The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-05-28
HOW oARl. puNpER CAUGHT On.
As Usual lie Gets the Small End Of tn
H..

AiON OFNhhs DONN0N-ih ~'''' Nv
As Usual lie Gets the Small End Of the
Bargain.
"Well. hope you haven't been swim.
died again" remarked the fat police
sergeant us Carl Dunder entered the
station-housc the other afternoon.
Sergeant, vhas dere some haysecds
on my coat collar?" queried Mr. Dun.
der in lively way. "Schwindled! !
guess not If somebody toolSs me for
spring chicken he vhas left"
"Then you begin to catch on to the
customs of the country, do you?'
81 do. I vhas awfully discouraged
der last time l vhas here, but now
vhas all right. Nopody can fool me
again. Shust gaze on dot"
lie pulled out gold watch and chain
ana handed them over with 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 u 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-heartcd 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.
~ may be a leedle slow. but vhas no
cornfield. l say to dot young man dot
doan' care if he has lost six mothers.
| vhill gif 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-fve dollars!
Don't catch on, eh?"
The sergeant looked very serious and
did not reply and Mr., Dunder con
tinucd
"A stranger comes in my place der
udder day md says his wife und shil-
dren vhas all burned oop in II fire in
Buffalo He wants to go oudt by der
first train, und it vhill be great favor
TO him ii | cash check for thirty dol
lars
But You didn't do it?''
Sergeant, do l look like some cat
nip?' demanded Mr.. Dunder, as he
stepped back and Strengthened up. 81
feels sorry for dot man, of course, but |
shust tell him dot l gif him fifteen dol
lars und no more. If he doan't like dot
he can go avhay. He takes me oop.
TTo,.a 10, +l,n nInn1y I cl,,,Gt
dollars on dot deal"
The sergeant looked at the check,
which was signed John Smith, and in
Il sorrowful voice he asked Mr.. Dunder
| if he had anything else to relate.
''Vhell, | do leedle peesness yester-
day dot | like to shpeal aboudt. A
man comes in my place und says vhas |
Carl Dunder? L vhas. All right. He
like to see me quicker dan der presi-
dent. He reads of me in der papers,
und he knows / vhas sharp, shrewd
man. He likes me to go into peesness
nit HIM"
''What sort of businesS?'
''Vhell, it vhas new kind of fly
screen. 1t vhas hy-screen nit a hole
in der center about as big as dollar,
He vhas der inventor Nobody ever in
vents dot idea before, und he sells me q
half interest for feefty dollar. 1t vhas
worth one tousand, but lie 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:
''NIr. Dunder, l am sorry for you.
You are too incocent for this world
Good-by!'
Mr.. Dunder turned at the curbstonc
and stood and looked long at the sta
tion-house door. BY and by smile
crept over his face, his chin went up /
foot higher, and he called out as ht
walked stiffiy away:
1T vhas all right, Sergeant! | SEE
how she vhas. You vas shealous of mC
dot | don't get shwindled some more
und dot dere cows don't take me TO.
some grass any longer! Ha! | vhas OF
to you like Il big house, und | don't asi;
you no more if l buy an electric clothes
line fur ten dollar und save all der rub
bing und half der soap IN. Quad, il
N. Y. World.