Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-18

He Purchases II on shares and Hss . Dismal
Experience.


NOODLES BUYS A LAWN MOWER
He Purchases II on shares and Has . Dismal
Experience.
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Im.Pus 'iup. Judging from my own expe-
rience Il is not the plan would be disposed 20
recommend
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wen, rephed Noodles, pausing to light one,
lone reason why my wife bought that little
house of ours ont bevond the Roundary WAS
that il had sucb n pra,tx nj, q, go. A., ,ro,,
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gre" spot we wanted 70 Keep II looking
nicely. and finding il expensive to have IL cut
every week or so we wished that we had a
mower
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"ouiah sucker oo' asked Binks.
sucker Is not genteei nor lsbor-ssvinG
implement" said Noodles. Besides in using
il one is OBLIGED to stoop. and I cannot 40
that with ease any lorcsr ..oora;r,, a. -.
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oosei 'a,i'n '"e nrs' s'sn Oh approaching age Is
iouhu "hen one Is no longer able 10 tumble
down without hurting one self: the next comes
when steoping begins 70 be uncomfortable
Possibly the latter NAV have something Ia 40
with getting fat. Snifkins there Who IL con-
stitutionally skeleton with only Fat enourb 10
grease his JOINTS, is built for doubling NO.
why, certainly" assented SniffSins cheer
fully.
AS 7 yas savipc continued Noodle .~.
wanted lawn mower. but we found that a GOOD
one cost $40. and the Investment didn't Seem
worth while for such A little match Accordingly
we were rather pleased with a proposition made
to us by an old man of very respectable appear
in a remarkably small house around the corner
from ours. He has n garden about ten feet
square in which he practices farming after the
intensive method. "a i believe IN IL called
That is to saw. he has four little beds Of finely
powdered black soil. kent moistened with
manure water by perforated tin cans Allied with
stones and buried beneath the surface ana hi
vegetables. of which he raises in that space an
ASTONISHING opantity snront m fsncy No tser,,s
whats that got to do with the lawn mower
demanded Binks
lit shows what a frucal and inVen,ons ola
buffer tins greenish-whiskered person is." re-
sponded Noodles He came to me and said thar
he wished TO form a club Of FIVE for the pur-
chase of lawn mower. which we might ali nos
sess in common, each one making use of Il at
convenience. Having already secured three of
our neiyhbors as subscribers IN the scheme he
would be glad IL I would make. with himself
fifth An assessment of 90 ali around vouid
buy the machine. Naturally I WINS delighted
with the idea and at once paid my 81 The
lawn mower was bought by the old man placed
in his cellar. and I vas allowed bx him ,be ON
portunity of using il once i never had an
other chance
'Whv not?' asked Sniffkins.
sWelI. said NoodIes Ggbt;r, . .-os,, .;,,.r-
cite. lit wasn't long before the grass needed
cutting again and went 10 oct The mowar n
wasn't to be had. because the old duffer with
green whiskers was off emitting grass with IL nv
the job. If tried once more to get the use Of
my property tried dozen times. but the ma
chine was always occupied elsewhere. / told
the story 10 a neipbbor of m;na namad LOVES
and he informed me that he was a shareholder
in that lawn mower also having given 80 Gov
the privilege TO Whiskers' whom he maid in
addition stated sum weekly for having his
grass attended to-"
But there were ONLY five Shares said
Binks
That's what I understood. ~ replied Noodles
But by inquiry in the neighborhood I
learned definitely of eleven more housebolders
who were let in on the ground floor by Wbiskers
at % each after the machine was bought and
paid for Doubtless there were others The
working of the speculation seemed TO be that
those subscribers who were willing TO hire him
to cut their grass at so much a lob were ali
right, while the rest were not in Il Al ali
Whenever they wanted to NOW their lawns the
mower was engaged. One evening about a
fortnight after the purchase of the machine I
was smoking a cigar on nv front porch when I
was surprised to see whiskers walk up the
gravel path
"'Howdyv he remarked soueakily.
"'Good evening" ! answered coldly.
give come to make a leetle assessment, he
said.
Assessment replied. astonished- what
do you mean?
"'Fifty cents for sharpening the lawn
mower
-".On what pretext do vou rn.ka .uch A.
mand?' asked indignantly,
"'Ain't You n shareholder in the machine2' be
said.
81 thought was, but can neye- obtain the
use of it,
"'Well. I've had to sharpen il. and that's 80
cents all round he explained.
~ won't pay itr said.
"'Then YOU can't have the use of the ma
chine no more until you do he rejoiued coolly.
".Old manrI exclaimed in wrath sRera.a
of presuming too far upon your wears and nes.
green whiskers! Up to the present time have
paid 81 for the privilege of using that lawn
mower once. / learn that YOU have been selI
ing shares in the machine to at least eleven per-
sons outside of the original combination. mt
ting themoney into your own pocket. By what
right have Won done that?'
1.-The machine is mine and / have n RIGHT In
sell as many shares in it as choose. replied the
old seounirel cooliv.