Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-07
pAwnsHoP TRAFFIC.
A Broker Explains where Most OF the

A Broker Explains Where Most OF the
borrowed Money Goes
"WWre does all the money we lend 90
tot" said a pawnbroker TO a Brooklyn
Eagle writer. Gwen, Into the saloons prin-
cipally. We aud the breweres run a sort
Of joiut-stock company. Don't you believe
all that talk about cruel landlords and peo-
pie p,tting up their clothes 70 pay the rent
When they do il is mostly because they've
spent the money they owed him in working
the grOwler Now there are the washer
women, Tor example. By Saturday they've
gdt wash-boards, irons. s-pins-cvery
thing "spoutod.n Monday they come and
redeem the gvash-boards and clothes-pins
Tuesday they bring these back and take
out the irons, and Saturday when the
clothes go home back comes the whole out
fit again. It's beer. They say they've got
10 have something strengthening while
they work, and the beer-bucllet stands by
the tub and ironing-table all day long and
socks up all their earnings, and so they come
10 US. The sporting men come 20 us pretty
regularly. When luck is with them they
redeem every thing, AMI we don't see them
for awhile, but the moment it turns, back
come the watches and diamond pins they
are so fond Of. Every thing goes in at once,
because they don't pawn piecemeal to
a
new try, and all the rings and pins and
chains go in lump. I've known some men
whose names are familiar in sporting cir
Giles all over the country come here and take
oct and put in their jewelry twice in one
week when the see-saw was going UP and
down lively. You'd be surprised. too, If
you knew what queer experiences we have
with young ladies whose names are in the
lists OF Demoui.O balls. Some or them,
though they 1--we in fine houses. are kept
awfully low i'm cash, and when they want a
fve-dollar bin 20 so out Of town 10 n friend
or ask another girl 10 lunch with them at
Dcrs, come 10 as with their silver smelling
bottles and hair brushes One Of them had
close shave here last spring, for they do
these things on tho strict O. t. \ stylish
girl in seaisisins came here in February and
pawncd a beautiful French bonbonniere with
a miniature painting ON The lid, which was
surrounded with little diamonds We knew
perfectly well when she gave US the name
and address that II was not the real one,
but that was her affair. she didn't seem
able 10 take IL out again, but she paid the
/ interest regularly. and tho last payment
/ she made she came near getting into q
scrape but that she was so quick-witted
and 1 helped her. \ lawyer came in
/ while she was attending to it-held
] NNAAAp " ~ cOlAt u tAtAAG nc waltz
/ cd TO use in a case, and he recog-
/ nized her. why, Hiss --r he cried, as
! t0nished, what are you doing here! Is
/ there any thing in when / can be Of serv-
/ ice TO yOuP The girl turned dead white,
/ but she said quick as a fash and in the
sweetest, quietest way: Wei, no and yes.
! You see favorite maid of mine got into
/ trouble and carried Off my bonbonniere and
! pawned It. think she only meant to keep
it here for awhile and redeem and return
| 1t with her next months wages, but
missed 1t and then she confessed and gave
/ me the pawn-tlcket, and / concluded TO
! come and sec about it myself. / haven't
the money with me TO day, she said, turn
| ing 10 me in tho most mGtter-of-fact way,
but I'll send for il tomorrow Certainly,
ma'am,' said L. I'm sorry for our share in
your annoyance Then she smiled up at
the lawyer and said: Now | want YOU to
advise me as to whether l should keep the
| girl and give her a chance TO redeem her
sharacter,' and 80 discussing that point
they passed out together aud he put her in
the car. She came back early the next
morning and paid the interest. l saw in
one Of the papers the other day that her
| engagement TO the same lawyer was an
| uOuuced Tho hon hon Moro l. Ioro e+il1 -