The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-18

know great many former officers in
America who are earning living as
walters. | fancy trouSer merchant is
worth as much as they"
Certainly" l interrupted. but let
me hear your story"
He stretched himself full length upon
couch, lit his cigar and began: "a few
hours before | asked you for the soye
reign 1 was hungry, poor and ragged. In
the Rue Rivoh l walked into large shop
where a sale was going on. l did this,
not to buy anything, but to get little
warmer. When / had got warm, lis
tened mechanically to the crier and heard
that on the following day 100000 pairs of
trousers, in lots of ten pairs were to be
sold. There were very few people in the
shop; studied the trousers, as they lay
in lots of ten pairs, and saw that they
were decent results of the tailor's art;
good material and good work. The pair
was sold at two shillings, but you had to
take ten pairs at least.
Long experience has taught me that
my aunt (the pawn shop gives five or
six shillings for good pair OF trousers
Can't you see my calculation? With
sovereign | could buy ten pairs; you were
good enough to lend me the money; |
bought ten pairs of trousers and took
them Immediately to the pawn shop A
great disappointment was in store for me.
The man behind the counter told me that
new articles could not be received in
pawn shop. What could | do| l put my
case to the man. and vowed that had
worn the things, but that they only looked
so new because I was a very neat
and careful man, who looked after his
clothes. At last he took them. He gave
me six shillings for each pair which l had
bought for two. 1t was a lucky dayl
Next day l bought twenty pairs and spent
the afternoon and evening in wearing
them. And The day after that ! took
them all to the various branches of the
pawn shop, after which l had sufficient
money to buy fifty pairs.
"Of course could not wear them all,
and as did not know a soul in the place
except your old porter I began TO make
love TO him, and supplied all your bank
officials with trousers that is to say, l
made TO each of them present of pair
on the condition that he must wear two
pairs of my new ones a day. AS soon as
the trousers began TO look worn | pawned
them-that is to say, caused them to be
pawned by my clerks. For my business
! went so well that l could no longer man
age it alone. had about sixty assistants
some of whom were employed in walking
about the boulevards wearing new trous-
ers. Occasionally 1 got them to wear
three or four pairs at time in order to
expedite business. Thus l soon got the
100000 pairs into my hands. The great
difficulty now arose that the pawnshop,
trimming over with trousers, would take
no more My men were even threatened
TO be taken TO the police, Some 10000
pairs are now sIumbering in the cupboards
of my aunt And the provincial pawn
shops are glutted in the SAME way, for
had finally to send travellers into the
provinces
THE net result of 1t all is that, after
all expenses are paid, 1 have made profit
of some geo, 600 on the lot. Besides this,
l am taking 200 pairs, the best of their
kind, home to the south. They will last
me for life Finally, in order to express
my gratitude, have presented generous
presents of good warm trousers to every
kind of charitable institution in the coun-
try. Every one Of your officials have had
a present Of two pairs, and you, my good
friend must allow me ihe pulled out n
| parcel to present you with this magnih-
| cent specimen, this best pair in the col
| lection"
And he unwrapped truly elegant light
! gray pair OF trousers, made after the