The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-11-26

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~ am willing 70 aocspt your stAts-
ment that Photographers don't play ~
many tricks ON the trade - soma other
people do, but there are exceptions."
sWell. I never heard Of one" said the
photographer. shakipe his head a. u
he wanted to butt the drummer OF the
line Of argument.
'sLet me give you an example," said
the drummer, seating himself comfort
ably. 'Not 90 many years ago / had .
friend who was anxious to buy q photo-
graph gallery In southern city, and
having quite q solid little wad Of wealth
be was prepared to supply himself will,
something handsome. Being q first
class artist a. well, he knew that when
he did get what he wanted he would
know what to do withit Well, he had
me to look out for him on my trips.
and In month or so picked up in
one Of the large southern cities an ad-
vertisement by photo man who want
ed to sell out on account Of poor health.
ssThe I'D, read well, and my friend
wrote to the man at once, and was 20
pleased with what he was told that he
finally came TO zee the party. II was
arranged by the seller that the pur-
chaser should be there on one Of three
days--l0th. 1lth and 18th Of July, be-
lieve, e. he was too busy to see him ut
any other time, but thought he might
have little resting spell then. MY
friend got there on the 10th. and went
to the gallery as soon as he had break
fest, which was about ten o'clock. A
half dozen people were in the place
waiting. and the artist only had timc.
TO tell him to call at noon. He did so.
and there were more people, and the
time was put OF till three, and then
again TIL five. and II kept going that
way for two days and up to noon Of the
third day. s
Then the photographer said IL was
a shame to keep him waiting longer
and he would give him an hour that
evening II he had to shut up shop to do
II. OF course, by this time my friend
was. more than convinced that he had
hit on bonanza, and he was ready to
pay almost any price the party might
ask. To make the place more attractive
to my friend he had observed that most
Of the visitorsto the gallery were judges
and majors and colonels and that sort,
and their ladies'. Well, the bargain
was closed and my friend got out that
night and was back again in ten days
ready to carry on the good work of his
successor, whose health prevented his
enjoying such pecuniary snap"
"And, Of course. he got bargain ?''
interrupted the photograph man.
Z "Oh, did hep" sneered the drummer.
"Oh, that artist didn't do a thing to
him, did he? Ny friend didn't get two
customers . week. and couldn't coax
them to him, and he Just dropped n, 900
cool on the job. And why, friends and
fellow-citixens?" 2" concluded the drum
mer, In semi-tragic tones, .and why?
Because that innocent and guileless
photographer had worked up boon,
for those three days by sending ont In
vitations to lot Of prominent people
to come in on those days and he would
take their photographs free. OF course,
they came. Did anybody ever refuse
that was free. and especially
when IL was chance to have their pic
lures taken? Well. guess not" And
the drummer handed his handkerchief
TO the photograph man for him to wine
his weeping eyes with.-washington
Star.