The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-30

He Takes Pleasure In Giving HIS,
GOODS Away.

A game of throwing a sprat 10 catch
q mackerel' was played in a court of
Green street the other day. and the fakir
who played it was the centre of a crowd
which seemed perfectly dazed. He was
actually giving money away. The peo-
pie could not understand il. neyer,he-
less, they did not miss the opportunity
of getting a little wealth easily.
There you are, gentlemen" he said.
''Here a quarter" Who gives me
twenty cents for itl Come ON, now,
good money. don't be afraid! I'm the
man that sold guineas on London bridge
for a penny and couldn't sell one. Who
takes itl"
Nobody seemed at first to understand,
but presently one man handed up twenty
cents and got the quarter.
Before the crowd could complete an
examination, to see if it was genuine,
the fakir shouted:
Here's the twenty. Who gives fifteen
for it,
This was another surprise, but it was
not long before a man made the trade.
Then fifteen were sold for ten, and so on
until the fakir gave the last cent away,
talking like "A house afire" all the time,
and occasionally remarking: IL don't
covert money. | give it away. I'm
the fellow that's driving the fakirs out
of business
Then he fshed something out of his
bag.
'%lIele's a watch, " he said; "a watch
ought to be worth fifty cents if it's worth
anything. Who gives me fifty cents?
Nobody! All right! Who wants il? I'll
give IL away
A man in the crowd got il.
"Here's another watch. Who wants
ii? Won't somebody give me fifty cents
for it?'
A man handed over the money. but
the fakir spurned it, saying: Here,
take your money. Take the watch. I'm
giving things away"
Another watch WAS brought forth and
and offered, money produced and not
accepted. Still another.
WHO wants it r. asked the fakir
again. a young fellow offered fifty
~ guess I'll keep this for luck" said
the fakir.
Then he gave another away and kept
on doing SO. occasionally accepting the
hlObCS duu htcIlHS IL lOl AuIh'
In ii few minutes he was doing a brisk
business and money was changing hands
at a grea. rate.
Here's a ling, solid brass, but its got
three tiers of gold on it. 1t ought to be
worth a cent, and if you're smart you
ought to make "A dollar on it. See. It's
got 'lS-carats' marked on the inside"
He sold the ring-sold lots Of them
then began TO throw trinkets in a hat.
"Who buys the lot p he asked.
Nobody wanted to bid.
He held up a quarter and dropped that
into the hat; nobody wanted to buy. He
dropped in a ffty-cent piece. Somebody
purchased the lorfor half a dollar.
Put it right in your pocket and look
out for more bargains, said the fakir,
and the people secreted their purchases
from the eyes of a curious crowd.
He sold trinkets, money and everything
else; the people seemed astounded by
his liberality and spent their money.
After a while "A number Of his best
customers began to look thoughtful and
then sneaked off and examined their
purchases. One man, who had appar-
emily received seventy five cents and a
hatful of trinkets for half a dollar found
the trinkctS and two cents. The seventy
five cents probably went up the fakir's
sleeve. lie had given away 81 and made
$40 Boston Herald.