Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-25
SOME PAWNBROEER TRICKS
SECRETS OF THE BUSINESS OF
'rouR UNCLE"
How brace Of clever swinners
worked Firm in Houston for
LARGE Sum Of aiones-DIn-
monds and Watches Taken.

He teus v,,, 49, A. -
WIS you SO IN as many words.
you want an accommodation. my
friend, and silversteln accommodates,
Won ~ vo,, ~. a.. ,,, -,
| - "'N VIC o"lu'erNl' VI
e'u'se' the collateral Is always worth
much more than what YOU yet on 1t d.
But look at the risk. my f,,end iool. nj
tho Mi, ''s'' my iilenu' 'ooN At
uie RISK
II oiten happens that your uncle Is
honest but It much oftener happens
that he is not. He has 40 many t,t,,,s
as ,,a ,,,,.... 49, n''''s " ieN9
| "a Heotheh Chlhee, put
u'ey are rarely ever vain, as was the
case with the child-like and bland
| Oriental
,sn,,,.,,.,.,.
'','eiS'eih could get rich ensily II he
would stay IN the business long
/ enough, because tho Legitimate pronts
/ niIo,y,d Mo,
i''" " law "Horu MN an
a,puNuant harvest OF coin, but the gem
tetiuh VINO does business beneath the
| H. tuvn palis ot l-otubafdy believes in
pls pIoHts ana quick returns, 50 that
ne Gun retire early in life or go into
some other business
mere ls more money In the mnnipula-
ZION Oh watches and diamonds than in
uly uNher articles hung up" Com
peruuNey Few people know anything
unout Watches although they think
uhty 40 ana ieWer stlll are judges Of
tne sparkllng gems, II is not strange
that they should when even experts are
sometimes, ana not seldom, taken In by
pogus stones.
lhe history OF watch-snY a sport
ing mans ume-plece as 1t passes In
ana out from one pawnbrcker TO
another from vest pocket 70 vest
pocket. would Tuulea Upe gfa#tf f.f
crime, uiokery and romance For II is
rom what is called the sporting"
clement male aud femnle that the
men or so much interest make the
most prohts, BECAUSE the vices and the
niseries of the unfortunate afford a
livelihood and even wealth TO vast
number OF people Ia the world.
You Will always find the most pawn
brokers in the town where gamblers
nourlsh and the haunts OF vice are
permitted To run wide OPEN" Tor that
outside world, between which and sn-
Clety there Is deep gulf fixed. which
llulters about by night like gilded
MONS, IS ADDICTED to the lavish dis
porting or Jewclry. When they are
ilush they always wear diamonds,
when they are broke the glitterlng
symbols OF prosperity arc locked up IN
tue pawnbrokers safe. Between the
men and the women who lead fast
HiV anu lntlr uncle there Is n warm
ltelhB OF friendship; they are mutually
ADVANTAGEOUS to each other--the big
gesl advantage, OF course, being on the
size OF the man who replenishes a
slender purse In times OF direst need.
but you don't kick so very hard when
you want money SO very badly and
there Is only one man who can LEI Won
have 1t.
The noEus Pledge.
Sometimes your uncle finds n snort
who Is dead broke" II Inc "busiad'
individual Is stranger so much tho
better. His good old uncle hutton
holes him in n dark corner of the sbon
and opens in this wise,
MY friend You are dead broke md
you want money!"
The sporting man does and ia rot
slow to express hlmself 10 tbnt efrect
Silverstein can put money In bts
purse. you have boon nInying nrott,,
heavily" he win sny-thnt ia No No.
said so-"and are well known 10 ,,,d,,
OF the gamblers. win n,ais, 10, 80
several pawn tickets--one 70, -
of diamond ear 'l,nobs1 nay.rod ~ ~.
$3.50 another for n witch nis5'.,a ~.
500 and one r,nrs fcr a dti,,,s'ts, ~ - ~
'soalted' for Sis5 ha,.c ~ ilils
10 eorrespopd Win v.Int ~ a" , .eles
can far ana entsr mn, ,,,,,, ,'v ,i.,,'
name on Inc stub OF dnnlicatn t ggJ
which / lfeon fot "a bifnd 90 a' sugN'
~, s.,,,,h ,oa q ulll'u' VI course,