Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-14
A LITTLE DEAL.

Presents, clothes, honeymoon. How
on Garth can one leave out either?" ask
ed George Littlecash Of himself, earnest
ly drilling his penholder into much
furrowed forehead. "There never was a
wedding without presents. As for no
honeymoon-why, Hetty would be JUS
titled in crying off before the very altar p"
What had placed our friend in this
unpleasant quandary was, to begin with,
Uncle Piper's check for $500. 1t was a
check to marry Hetty and set up house
with, and qua cash was satisfactory
enough, but accompanied with the wise
avuncular injunction, George, marry
on q cash basis-cash, mind-or never
look me in the face again" Such ex-
cellent advice, plus $500 check, it is
impossible for q nephew to spurn, es-
pecially nephew in love.
And then, when he had this gold
mine Of untold wealth in his pocket and
afull ocean of happiness to look forward
to, George fell into the tolls of a plausi-
BILE fellow, Tom Scherer Of the we'll
known city firm of Mouton, Scherer &
Walker. Scherer had such taking way
Of remembering and cherishing affec-
tionately one Christian name.
"Ah! Congratulate you, my dear
George. Coming off next month, eh?
Happy man! Some of you fellows have
the DEVILS own luck. And just in time,
too, for me to put you on to one Of the
incest little chances of making COM
Portable nest egg for the happy home,
one of the prettiest chances you ever
had But come into Pipps' and have a
coffee"
Pipps', that long, low, smoky "dive"
in Throgmorton street, was crowded
with easy hammered gentlemen in silk
hats, or III no hats at all, who conversed
in pairs and groups with electrical en-
ergy. They could not hear themselves
for their own talking. "Sell at five
three eight" "Book you thousand, "
"Buy six quarter" "Sell," "Buy, "
"Panjandrums, Rhodes, Barney g
stock" "Struck Bibble bobble reef, -
Last crushing ten ounces"-such were
some of the scraps Of jargon that
emerged above the din in flashes Of
comparative silence, while ever and
anon a gentleman would draw from his
vest pocket little notebook and pencil
some entry or other. Almost deafened
at first by the hubbub, George Little
cash was soon in the whirlpool himself,
an eager listener to MI. Scherer's glow
ing tales indicative Of the pecuniary adj
vantage certain to result from small
punt in the South African Gloom"
Eighty thou in one deal, my dear
George-what dye think of that, eh!
Springett went nap Oh Gold Bug Elk
tensions-put on every penny he could
scrape together till he hadn It cent to
swear by and came out $4,000 golden
sovereigns to the good. And yet you say
it isn't worth trying. My dear George,
faint heart never maintained fair lady,
if it won her."
The upshot was that George figured
up his liabilities against his check and
handed over to the trusty scherer e25O
to be converted in two days or some
such reasonable time into 60, 500.
"Done I" cried Scherer as he penciled
the little transaction in his notebook.
And "done" George was, for next
day when he looked at "Mines" in the
money column he found Gold Bugs had
crawled down stairs hree-eighths.
"What do you advise, Scherer?" asked
+ George when they met in the city.
Never advise, my dear George.
Don't do ton principle. Cut your
losses, let your profits run, is our old
wheeze. But it's no good being toe
hasty. This fall is simply due to some
body being in too big hurry to pocket
profit. But you Judge for yourself,
dear boy; that's what advise. I"
Next day Gold Bugs had crawled
down stairs two or three steps more.
"It's nothing, George" said the Opt.
mistic Scherer. weak holders couldn'
last out. That's my explanation. Still
don't be guided by me.
Next day after that Gold Bugs had
fallen SO heavily that you couldn' find
anybody to pick them up again at any
price. And just then Of course to make
amends George Littlecash was reminded
by his tailor Of "that little account
which had been overlooked so many
quarters. 1t was in this doleful hour as
he sat savagely biting his lips, knitting
his brows and inwardly cursing Scherer
and all his works that he glanced vague
" at a copy Of The Evening Intelligence.
Renewed Activity In Rand Shares
was the line in large type that caught
the disconsolate investors eye as the
paper lay on his desk. 49,
"Confound Rand Shares I" he ejacu.
lated fervently, wheeling around as
/. though from too affectionate SNAKE
Just then, as luck had it, in popped
the beaming and expansive Scherer.
"Why, George, my dear boy, you're
looking as CHASTITY as James Canham
Read when he was taken from life, as
the waxworks bill says. Nothing seri-
ous, hope? Gal chucked your"
"Look here, Scherer, / don Z want You
blarneying again. I've had quite enough
Of Rand shares, thanks-in fact, long
site too much.
"Rand shares? Why, my dear fell
low" Scherer returned, with look Of
panied virtue, "you really don't mean
TO tell me that's what put you down in
the dumps-that little matter Of two
| 6fty, when you stood to win as many
thousandsl Bless my SOUL" Scherer'a
sys had 3ast caught the line In The