The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-04

thursday evening. lie went to Hood
Foulkrod & Co.'s store yesterday, go
lected large order Of goods and woult
have obtained a now suit OF clothes
but request Tor spending money arous
ed suspicion md he escaped nrrcst by
reading dispatch%hich tho telegraph
operator was sending to his father.
MEKNEw TIE ROPES.
The boy is only about 10 years Of age,
and is dressed in knee breeches. lis
father is L. NJ, Shepherd, one OF the best
known merchants In Cumberland, who
buys all his goods In this city. George
knew that his father always stopped at
tho Girard House when in the city, and
rs soon as he landed at Broad Street Sta.
tion he inquired for tho coach To that
hotel. The driver OF the coach, think
ing he was one OF the boys who sener.
ally hang about the hotel coaches,
threatened to give him ride In patrol
wagon, but without paying any attention
to It, young Shepherd quietly entered
tue COdCu Auu bdt uoWus
YOUNG, but BRIGHT.
When Shepherd reached the hotel be
registered in plain, echool.boy haud,
and then recognizing the clerk from his
fathers description he held out his
hand and greeted him with "Good even.
lug, Mr. Barry" in tho most matter.of.
fact way, and announced who he was.
AS the father was well known ut the
hotel the clerk questioned him very
closely, but he told straight story
about having come up to buy goods for
his father, who was i'll with dyspepsia.
When reference was made to his age he
announced that he had been engaged in
his fathers stores for four years, and
was familiar with every line of goods
handled. He talked with all the ease OF
a man OF the world, and never hesitated
for an answer. lie said lie had stopped
over several hours in Washington.
lie MAKES HIMSELF SOLID.
After supper Shepherd asked the clerk
for some paper on which to make list
OF some things he was 10 purchase for
his mother and himself, and was after.
ward directed to the Grand Opera
House. He started out, but returned
in a short time, and the clerk took him
up to the man who was throwing stere.
opticon views on to the canvas on Ninth
street, where he spent the balance OF the
evening. The man tried to "kid" the
boy, but the young fellow proved as
sharp as a steel trap, and could not be
fooled. H
In the morning he was introduced to
Andrew Haines, one oil Hood, Foulkrod
4 Co.'s salesmen, who boarda at the
Girard House, and'the two went to the
large establishment at Eleventh and
Market stre cts, where Shepherd asked to
SEQ either Mr.. Smith or Mr.. Weston, as
they knew his father aud the kind OF
goods he wanted. Neither OF the GALES.
men were in, and the boy waited quite
time for them.
A NOTE THAT WAS A TRAP.
When Thomas NJ. Weston arrived he
Immediately recognized the boy, butw
rather surprised at his errsnd. The fol-
lowing note purportlne to come from the
however. - - '@' ' '|'s'' Oh "'s A'
"This will introduce to you my SON
George, and anything that he may order
will be all right. He wants 10 get nice,
light, geutecl suit of clothes, and will
vour adv;ce in aelcci;na i II n ha n wan,s @
any amending MONEY advance him mt
over S30."
RARE BUSINESS TACT.
A large order OF goods was then sc.
lected, and the boy exhibited rare bust.
ness ability in making the purchases,
and showed that he was familiar with
what he was doing. When the order
was completed Shepherd told Mr.. Yves.
ton that his father was suffering from
consumption, but that lie hoped to be
able to get up himself in about two
weeks, and that the goods were not to be
shipped until that time.
pr7pAvrn ny ms wp,r,.o
y e%.-I., ,,, ~
iouus onepueiu auo weston were
about to 20 to Wanamaker's to select q
suit OF clothes when the boy suggested
that he would like little monov aa.
vanced Reinre doinv 50 housvsr NJ NJ
Was,nn rant nnata;ra 10 ~ ronorit E's, 40 ~; ~
the finanr;al man pnH wbo - advisad ] camtiou @ ~
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r. bn W. w,;tten n r. % sahnol .hon,s .a hanI s.uI
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aranhaJ ~ ths T father for vi ;nstrnct;one snn ,o'e
h'"~N ~ .o 's' ~. .A's' oS''o"0'
WHAT THE 10y SAW.
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'o"o"eo ~ N.l1 ~ sAe '1'es -pn oeo "'''
He then % ~alrod o',;etIv beh;nd ,%o alss.
partition, and looking over the oneru.
tors shoulder read the following mess.
age addressed to his father: =. -
FOUR son Georee is here. Shall we
give him any moneyY Weston" =
That was enough. shepherd imme.
diately left the store and started down
Market street. The answer came from
the father in short time, and was: =