Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-03

err, said he didn't want to give any mans
business away, and wasn't going to do 1t.
"Of course, as a man Of business you
must protect your customers, he sub
mitted.
"That's Just it, you see. Why, my
customers have so much confidence In me
they won't some of them take q ticket. l
deal with the beat people going and It's
because l know how to treat EN- that /
make my pile every year and cay nothing
about it. But 1 could tell you things
you wouldn't hardly believe, but 1 amt
goin' to do It, though, go you needn't ask
"That's exactly right; no more you
ought" the reporter responded.
81 say, do you know what Goldfish aris-
tocracy is2 You dot OF course you do.
Well, there's lots of that In this town,
femme tell you, and what don't come in
here ain't worth having. l never turn
the screws on EN-, though. II q pawner
comes up and says right out, Here, /
can't settle up, but l will If you'll be a
littls easy,'I just let him go with the
premium.
81 say" asked the reporter carelessly,
w tho Boloidiibt VI Viz poopiu uhto up
when, times up2"
"Yes; l don't often have anything left
over. You see it's best to be easy.
When a man or woman has once bor-
rowed, they never fall to come back
again. They get to like 1t and lean on
It,"
"Butit must be an awful nuisance to
them to have to get the cash ready every
time, Is 1t notT
"They come up on time though. But
you're gettin' too much out of me-"
The reporter protested that he was not
up to anything mean, aud assured the
speaker that he already had enough to
write a column out if he wanted to do
SO, and he might just as well go
ahead.
"Well, if you just won't use my lame
anywhere about 1t; I'll show you what
sort of business I'm doin'."
Softened at last, he undid a large safe
of ingenious construction, and opened,
one after another, half a dozen shallow
drawers filled with gold watches of every
description, make and value, from the
large hunting cases of a man to the
fragile diamond-studded Jergensen of
feminine identity. Several had mono
grams traced upon the fronts In delicate
designs. Other Jewels, one rated at
$1,000, lay separately boxed In other
parts yf tho safe and in q thick layer of
bills, and several rolls of silver coins
looked out at the reporter In a don't-you-
sdmire-m sort of way.
"You see the run of my customers
from these things, don't you?" asked the
proprietor.
"Now, 1 have to study human nature
here, and you wouldn't hardly believe
how weak human nature Is. All you have
got to do Is to look like a fool and be as
wise as Solomon. Now, / am fond of
theaters, and you can see me any night
at the Masonic. l look at the people
coming in and l smuHe myself that way a
good deal. I'm no dude, myself, to go
foolin' about and let somebody else get
ahead. l seq young fellows there get out
of a carriage and hand a beautiful young
lady up the stairs. Both of them are
dressed up stylish and they take the dress
circle every time, and that fine young
rooster was Just as like as notin my place
looking for enough to get in on two hours
before"
"You don't aay?"
"Oh, that's nothin'. AS 1 Ea,d before,
l could tell you things you wouldn't
hardly believe. But my policy Is to deal
on the Equare, it pays better, and l don't
make enemies by it. But if you want to
know something about the business, some
of the others might tell you. They
don't have to be as particular as l am.