Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-22
BACH CLUB GOSSIP.


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eaDdy dc seheS svenine 70 Ted Oases,
kesvs snsss his isdasss scq~isnness
y Oh 6fss4
yes sheN's sns Who aos some $500 in
% wheat. that man gos his noaes nscx ard
. few dollars on top Of IT," replied Ted
HE vss clean gYis asd 8dded Up every
drop that came drriss the past eighteen
aSootbs. The eoys laughed . him bat be
sood By 70 the aaish ssd did hinsslf
prosf."
He sill make IN admirsbIe dupe for
the fellows hereafser," said the Psr'on.
II shssid j sdve 'hst the .ssck<fs' here
shouss had for the rsoss part haired their
t,ssao. but Ills nsl's exploit viii give them
tbs fever saev.r
sYou don't seem to think. Pssson. that
there's sny honor among those people. )" re-
marked 'Old Sport in . tone which indi-
Gated that for bis psss be considered the
forner's remark unjsss-
The Parson sint far from right il BE-
does think CO., interrupted Sandy. 81
tave friend ont West Who dsbbles in
speculation and be told me . pretty good
stsfy the last time met hin He vas called
enc morning TO Tie house Of ths broker viii
whom be deals. The lights we're turned
lsv vhen my friend entered and the broker
hegan
my dear Jones. l have had to-day
smother Of those dreadful attacks am sub
ject to, and an Afraid this last one is go
ing 10 do me up sent for you to con
Tess that ! have taken advantage Of you ia
q business transaction. and want TO maks
PREPARATION before die. That mining stock
l sold you to-dsy vas really worthless. and
1t troubles me that took advantage OF
You"
"Oh, nonsense, that 10 all right Ididn'i
10y you much for IL and can easily sell II
TO o melody else"
No. that vilI not do. I want to take /,
hack and pay you your money back.
can't rest until have made this right"
"Oh, we'll. IL you feel that way, Of course
will give you u back"
Very we'll. and while am able to sixn
. check I will prepare one, and. In the
meanv lille you can bring back the stock. y
The visitor went home, got the stock
and, returning 1t, received the check which
the nov utterly exhausted broker had allied
out for him. He went assy musipg upo;
the vicissitudes Of human life and filed with
profound sympathy for the Borrowing fam
lily Of the rapidly sinking broker.
And the broker? The moment his Gus.
toner was out Of the house lesped out Of
bed and gleefully danced around the room
In manner that would have aroused the
envy Of Cafmencita could she have seen it
But Jones. next day, when he learned Of
the rise in the value Of the stock. meta phor.
ically kicked himself for his stupidity Ia
being taken in by . brokers' conscience.
"'There is such Z thing a. people getting
toe smart san old saying that l otter
heard my father pronounce with . good
deal Of unction whenever he he Ard of some
person overreaching himself, - he termed
it," sid the Senator Who was present.
had an acquaintance when | vas in Wash
is g,on, poor fellow, he died last year Of
deliriun tremens. who was brilliant Of in
tsllect and with sit keen - rapier. Hs
knew he vas on the down grade and il
troubled him, but he never allowed biz
hrocdings to show on the surfase. HI
would tell Of his experiences whether the
laugh VS. on himself or not provided there
WAS lAsgh in the incident and he never
failed to perceive it il there was. One
story Of how he outwitted one Of the
pirate csbmen of the city that always max.
it . point to fleece . man shall Away
remember - we'll - the way poor Dich
used to tell it,