The mirror., 1894-08-02
3Ms. $1.OO per year. in advance.
Six Months so cents.
WHICH?


Are Men or Woman the Most apt to
Take Advantage of Errors in Making
Change.
During discussion upon "hOnesty,"
the question was propounded as to
which sex would be most likely to take
advantage of an terror in change" CIV
en- for purchase. The majority with
out the slightest hesitation agreed up
on man. One of the participants held
to the belief that both were equally
inclined to pocket the over-plus; to
prove the fallacy he would agree to al
low one of the trio to choose certain
lady and arrange for test to prove
his assertion. The plan of operation
was decided upon, the "Ticket Office"
for the place and the excursion July
4th the time. The choice of designat
ing the ''to be detected culprit" was
awarded to me as had charge of the
ticket case and was if anything, more
emphatic in my assertions against his
supposition than the others. The
morning of the eventful day arrived
and found not less than two hundred
persons assembled ready to depart on
pleasure trips. More than one half of
them L gladly observed were women
and large number personal acquaint-
ances and friends of mine. [ scanned
the crowd closely to make the best
selection, so the risk, if any, would be
slight. 1 was urged by the others in
terested in this vital question to delay
no longer, but name the correspond
ent" l made one more careful search
and found the object, certain winner,
positive certainty. [ whispered the
name of one, whose father was seri-
Gus problem to me, that is, l desired to
establish feeling of propinquity not
alone with him, but his immediate
family also, in fact the girl had
depicted to win the contest, thus
convincing this pessimist how absurd
his belief was and what differ
ence there is in men, especially as to
brains and the art of diScernment,
was an especial favorite of mine in six
or seven ways but whether | was
even three or four to her does
not matter now 1 am debarred,
cast Groned off, from one [ had the
utmost confidence in and admired as
much as l feared her father. Well the
window was raised, the rush for paste
boards began, the investigating COM
mittee were so arranged that they
could plainly perceive every move.
My "color bearer finally approached
and after few moments of delicious
utterances about the weather, dust and
rainy indications asked for round
trip to L.. 1 extended the same say
ing $1.O5; she handed me five dollar
bill, | returned her four dollars and
ninety-five cents, talking continually in
a positively fetching manner, so as to
make the error seem PLAUSIBLE. When
she called my attention to the extra
dollar 1 had given her [ was careful
and particular to lay them apart so she
could count them at a glance. Her
first look expressed amazement her
second denoted that her faculties had
observed the surplus, her third glance
was mixture of remorse and avari-
ciousness with the latter in the as
tendency. Her fourth glance was of
quiet determination, accompanied
with slight blush, her fifth and last
struggle 'broke the bank" She grit
} ted her teeth, became red in the face
exhibited an embarrassment foreign to
her usually placid temperament, swept
the cart wheels in to her portmanteau
with lighting move and vanished
without word or nod and my dollar
went with her. What a sensation,
what sympathetic crowd; they urged
me to try another and increase the
stakes and thus make the venture
more alluring and broader. 1t was
months afterwards before [ felt at ease
and on friendly terms with that gang,
but 1 am still uncOnvinced. l am in
clined to the belief that the majority
, of persons who take advantage of
: such mistakes do so knowingly, but
believe the loss is the companies or
corporation instead of the individual
making the error. HY.