Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-27
A FAkIR.
He Takes Pleasure In Giving Ills
Goods Away.

Goods Away.
A game Of throwing q sprat to catch
q mackeEel' was played in q court off
Gretn street the other day, and the fakir
who played it was the centre OF a crowd
which seemed perfectly dazed. lie was
actually giving money away. The peo-
pie could not understand it: neverthe-
les, 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 it, Come Oh. now.
gcud money. don; be afraid. I'm the
man that sold .uineas on London bridge
for q penny aud couldn't sell enc. Who
takes it,
Nobody seemed at first to understand.
but presently one man handed up twenty
cents and got the quarter.
Before tAe crowd could complete an
examination. to see il it was genuine,
the fakir shouted;
Heres the,wenty. 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 sn on
until tie fakir gave the last cent away,
talking like q house afirc' alt the time,
and occasionally remarkin.: Il don';
covert money. | give it away. I'm
the fellow that's driving the fahirs out
Of business
Then he tished something out Of his
bag.
%'.lIelc's a watch" he said, "a watch
ought ~ be worth fifty cents if il worth
anything. Who gives me fifty cent?
Nobody: All right. Who wants it! I'll
give it away
\ man In the crowd got 1t.
Here another watch. Who wants
il? Mont somebody give me fifty cents
for IL:
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.
'\Iho wants it, asked the fakir
again. A young fellow offered fifty
cents.
i guess I'll keep this for ludl,s' said
the faku.
Then lie gave another away and kept
on doing 50. occasionally aeceNHy the
money and keeping it "for luck
In u few minutes he was doinsgD brisk
business and money was changiugfands
at 4 grca. rate.
%"Iicrc's Il ting, solid brass, but its got
three tiers of gold on it. 1t ought to be
worth q cent, and l. cure smart you
ouyh. to make a dollar on it. See! It's
got 'lS-carats' marked on the inside"
He sold the rin.-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 upa quarter and dropped that
into the hat; nobody wanted to buy. He
dropped in a fifty cent piece. Somebody
purchased the lot for half a dollar.
Put it right in your pocket aud look
out for more 3argaiNs.' said the fakir,
and the people secrcted their purchases
from the eyes Of a curious crowd.
He sOld trinkets, money and everything
else; the peopI, seemed astoundcd by
his libcralitv and spent their money.
After Il while a number of his best
customers began to look thoughtful and
then sneakcd off and examined theil
purchases. One man, who had appar-
emily received seventy five cents and a
hatful Of trinkets for half a dollar founG
the trinkcts aud two cents. The seventy
five cents probably went up the fakir'e
sleeve. He had given away 81 and made
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