The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-02
HOW CARL puNpEa CAUGHT on.

HOW CARL puNpER CAUGHT ON.
~ Usual He Gets tho Small End Of the
: Bargain.
b well, l hope you haven't been swim.
died again." remarked the fat police
sergeant as Carl Dunder entered the
station-house the other afternoon. =
Sergeant, vhas dere some haysseds
ON my coat collar?'' queried Mr.. Dun.
der in a lively way. ''Schwindled! ]
guess not If somebody looks me for a
spring chicken he vhas left"
''Then you begin to catch on to the
customs of the country, do your
II do. vhas awfully discouraged
der last time l vhas here, but now l
vhas all right. Nopody can fool me
again. Shust gaze on dot"
He pulled out gold watch and chain
and handed them over with a broad
grin on his face.
''Well?'' queried the sergeant as he
briefly examined them and sighed heav-
lily.
-Four days ago." said Mr.. Dunder, II
goes down to Toledo to see my brudder-
in-law. On the train a young man
comes to me und says vhas Carl Dun
der? vhas. Dot pleased him, because
he reads of me in der papers, und he
knows how big-hearted vhas. He likes
to raise money to buy some grave stones
for his dear mother, und he Will sell
me dot watch for two hundred dollars -
Great Scots! but you didn't pay him
no such price?'
Sergeant, do you see some green
grass in my eye?' chuckled Mr.. Dunder.
Il may be a leedle slow, but vhas no
cornfield. say to dot young man dot
doan' care if he has lost six mothers
Will gift him seventy-five dollars und
not one cent more. He feels mighty
bad, but he is obliged to sell it to me.
How vhas dot, sergeant-a two hundred
dollar watch for seventy-five dollars!
Don't catch on, eh?"
The sergeant looked very serious and
did not reply, and Mr.. Dunder con-
tinued:
"A stranger comes in my place der
udder day md says his wife und shil-
dren vhas all burned oop in a fire in
Buffalo. He wants to go oudt by der
first train, und it Will be a great favor
to him if cash a check for thirty dol
lars"
''But you didn't do it?''
Sergeant, do look like some cat
nip?" demanded Mr.. Dunder, as he
stepped bacl. and Strengthened up. Il
feels sorry for dot man, of course, but l
shust tell him dot l gift him fifteen dol
10. nd l. Ia
he can go AWAY. He takes me oop.
Here is the check. save shust fifteen
dollars on dot deal"
The sergeant looked at the check,
which was signed John Smith, and in
sorrowful voice he asked Mr.. Dunder
if he had anything else to relate.
"Vhel, ! do leedle peesness yester-
lay dot l like to shpeak aboudt- A
nan comes in my place und says vhas l
Carl Dunder? I vhas. All right He
like to see me quicker dan der presi-
dent. He reads of me in der papers,
und he knows l vhas sharp, shrewd
nan. He likes me to go into peesness
nit him.
"What sort of business?"
"Vhell, it vhas new kind of fly
screen. 1t vhas fy-screen NIT hole
in der center about as big as dollar.
He vhas der inventor. Nobody ever in
vents dot ides. before, und he sells me
half interest for feefty dollar 1t vhas
worth one tousand, but he likes my
name for influence, see?''
what is the hole left for?''
''Vhell, some flies go in by der door,
maybe, und dot vhas to let him go oudt
by der window. Dot vhas good idea,
eh? close dot bargain at feefty dollar,
und belief make ten tousand What
vhas der matter, Sergeant?" Why you
look at me like dot?''
The sergeant handed him watch and
check, and taking him by the arm led
him to the door and put him out and
said:
Mr.. Dunder, l am sorry for you
You are too incocent for this world.
Good-by!"
Mr.. Dunder turned at the curbstone
and stood and looked long at the sta
tion-house door. BY and by a smile
:rept over his face, his chin went up a
foot higher, and he called out as he
walked stiftly away:
1T vhas all right, Sergeant! l see
how she vhas. You vas shealous of me
dot don't get shwindled some more,
und dot dere cows don't take nae for
some grass any longer! HI! l vhas on
to you like a big house, und don't ask
you no more if buy an electric clothes
line fur ten dollar und save all der rub
bling und half der soap."-M. Quad, in
n. Y. World.