Daily Republican., 1888-12-28
IN a BOwKRY PAwNsnor.

I'VE are doing a rushing business sipce
the weather got co q, said a Boyery
ptwBbroker, last week "All the over,
coats which, 70 use political expression.
have been in the coup all summer are
going out at the rate Of 4 iteen or twenty
a day We carried at least 500 this
summer, and If the weather keeps chilly
eighty per cent. Of them will be called Ior
before the present month eEplres"
The money lender 8 opDed talking Al a
tail, gaunt man, wi unkempt hair and
q seed9 appearance generally stalked into
the store and handed his ticket across the
counter with as much composuIe as II he
hhd called for q glass OF ale.
Three dollars" sad the proprietor.
and six months interest-54 cents
The seedy-looking man dived into bis
pocket and counted out the cas-, seized
rus y Overcoat which the pawnbroker
pushed toward him and left the store
with look on his face as If be had met A
lonR-lOat friend.
Then an old weather-beaten creature
who ekas out scant living by peddIipa
spectacles, offered bunch OF his stock
IN trsde aud requested tho loan Of s. for
a week
I'm let you have g." sAld the pawn
broker
:" ant you naJe rs .5OW
"One, was the metallic RESPONSE,
The iorlorn old man departed with his
dollar
A huTom Irishwomau, whose good
humor shone all over her Celtic face
stepped up to the counter ard spread ont
parcel containing faded coats, sacunee
etc. The ould mon Is under the wealth
err" said the woman, oheerlIy, land says
plaz- siEd i'm oh wat ye can spare on tn
vile" She got $3.50 and went away. her
face bes Mug with smilts
A dri~d up, dRTk-Visaged italian linn
ed iutO the place as the door olose ed be-
hind the Irishwoman aud asked the pro-
prietor how much he could get on a
wooden leg
"No," sad the pawnbrokey, shaking
bis head, we draw the line at wooden
legs"
A woman Of fragile form and respect
hhes, et, Gn RGe COULTER n and asked 10,
$50. This money was handed 10 her with.
out word.
when women begin to pawn their
Jewe ry," said the pawnbroker, when she
bad closed the door behind her. at ia
only after all other exp, dlenrs have failed.
and nine times out OF ten they eventually
lose It.
A young man Of quiet mien took bIs
place before the money lender and handed
him ticket and four $40 notes. The
paWnbToker banded him 10 return a hand
some gold watch He fastened II In his
wsistcOGt aud went out whistllng.
81 have tried for years to ret that
watch, - said The man behind the counter,
but be eomes In 81 the last minute al
ways and redeems n. +"
Next on the list OF impecunious visitors
was a little girl hardly zen years of age.
There was an air of cleanliness about her
thin clothes that bespoke respectable
parents. She unrolled two children's
dresses, woman's dress aud a cloak.
please, sir, mother says seud her 81, ~
said the child, ''She'e too sick to come
to-day"
Fifty cents ia all she can get on
these"
A look of disappointment c'ouded the
the innocent young face, q, d at err wrap
ping up the miserable pittau &C sevorsl
times in the folds OF her apron the child
walked out.
And 81 the scene kept constantly
changing. But the Call overcoats was
oft renewed, aud many of them we're
taken cut o. she soup" before the re-
porter lett the place.