The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-01-28

TWO cOGO STORES ILLUSTRATING
A 3~CK-Fs5 THEORY.

Some mea VIII S@tt@fr &tint'~t 32ftain:
wft'iott s.e@seal Ias@sf=.sia. IT ~atls-
body Thu. .~.a3..en - .-.e@ -p..rs-> y
BE in Earnest.
They waed reI from sa1jeet to snh-
iect III a slezs w avcr tAe.r coffee
and cigs.s. - taea oil 30 y4.a t.Eor
have enjoyed Il good ols4a-. anil taa
broker yet oa his f~.yetz.a !aa4y-ta-
avcrs.-p ll.u & #'a.s.r. lis companion,
a lawrer. disagreed with him. a1.. t!tat
at once started theua 90 Il lively ar-r-
ment. After u lew mi&gltes of general
discussion me tro!1cr sad.
Well, I'll give You an instance. It is
a pretty good story anyhow. and per
fectlr true. almost incredible as il seems.
IL tins town where | was bern there lives
an old river captain Ea,2.A! Stewart. who
is great practical joker. The proprie-
tor Of one &c the two hotels IL the place
is a rather pomrons AMI conceited old
man. Stewart WALKED into the office Of
the hotel one G#y 4 fen years ago. and
drawing cut one dollar bank note asked
the proprietor II Ia c9@lt change an
eleven dollar bill. Tie old fellow said
YES. and took the Ill. which. surc
enough. had the number eleven IN the
corners. AMI just gl&ucia< at it handed
the amount in change t. Stewart.
The Joker had added another figure in
ink to the numbers on the bill. ana as
the proprietor dill not Ike t0 acEnowl-
edge that he hs1 never sen an eleven
dollar hill before he iat ONLY glanced 1t
it casually before putting it IN the
drawer. Stewart WALKED ont Of the no-
til and iold al tie men lie met about the
joke.
About fifteen minutes after Stewart
went away . mar walled IL and said to
the proprietor:
".Mr. Kennedy. | understand that Won
have an eleven Goilar iii !.are. Hay !
look 1T il? nevor s1E o2e.
Kennedy producca it, ard the mar
marvelea ovcr il for several IIinntes-
Before he set through examining It an
other man walked in and asked to see
the bin, AMI then another and another.
FINALLY Eo21eJy's curiosity became ex-
cited. and i4e t,49a@h+ lie wa,ll Std what
the till really looked like. LIE saw at
oncc how it k&l been fixed and hi
face WAS . study. The boys shortci
with laughter, AMI the old fellow had 81
acknowledge that the cirars were on
him, and he set tcp.l ~ Ike a rian."
Hun. tat v2s f6nay." commented
the lawyer.
''Weil. here's another instance" said
tie broker. Stewart vent to 4 picnic
one day with :a5c..c r.an. and ore Of them
had on Il brand new hat he had Just
bought in the city. 1t was ali almost
white Garby. ana it at once attracted
Stewards attention.
well he .2ia, soire up to H."
young man. you've got mi OF those new
hats. have you? Let's hook 1t IT.
The fellow took it OF with some SLOW
of pride and handed it orcr torin,let-
ton.
Il saw one of them hats the other
day in the ely said Stewart Il the lit
tie group Of men who had gathered
around him. and / had half il mind I'll
get it. bat rs was in a hurry | didn't
stop. They are something entirely new.
They don't burn, you know. Id ike t.
have that h"t. WtatH YOU take for it.
II don't want Il sell it. answered
the owner. grinring with plelsur. II
being the object of SO mitch attention. I
didn't know ii was iirr.nsAf thoagll
Are you SIRE aboat it,
oh, yes replied Stewart confident
". Sell it to me and I'll show YOU
No. if vor'ra srrc I'll try i. mvsplf.
And Il" vo1ng colntryIGaa walked over
toav1. i;~e. foilowedby thn crowd u
men y. lad been s,aping with wonder
at the r~I#11"a qualities of TIE rnw hat.
How will | put tim. nc 4>k,t. Slew,
art, who stood near ~ with a louA II IN
tense interest Oh his f:tae.
"'jl. cltn"s it rl-!t ii. II cant htIt
it replied tae jo,a"
$50 the ~ira:@rcnt yie'..l tlr1H Lii, ilat
into the fire. which Of caaG3a Maa" s3nr;
work II it THO mar. face ,.ts con-
ynl%ttl with 49, ard #5tan!+,aa..t. "rl.l
his |tg.sFter s-as not ~i,>:r3rc! wha.i ~.
crowd "f rien burt into a ysrtr. n
looked ",tsral f." Stewart. Ir:t that
gentlai.sa '4t :. .4s.ir 3.a=ap II"
"oh. como 90 O., ara I'LL tf.st n
the maria - yeur 't>!si-a.t. ye.
can't nia3.c me believe 8,:ra fairy afo-
rieS, SOD hifacl;.oc
Those steriss arc lerteyc'r straight
| knew tilr rs"n msself."-N.w 4orl
Tribune.
Excess of Conscience.
Professor Palmer. Of harvard, discuss
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