The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-10-28
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Transaction which PLEASED tire Ean.ss1
81 would ret have s1irecs Jrsn's re
tion on the foo- the c:af fe1
broker 10 q pasty & E-l i1s
"if he bad zoe osed srci-
p;cion when Le doia2naoi 1il.
on certain stocks that l aa- = ..
in loan.
''It's only bis way. Chasli-,
hearer. she cidn't I1ean - l'-.r
at all. 4"
Possibly be did not" said tie FIRST
speaker. ''It may have been due TO the
training that old Dutch banker -
gave him and his innate desire to let
nothing escape.
"Whcn he and were boys, Charlie
continued, Il spent several summers on
his fathers farm out in Jersey. II was
there that he met his partner, and tlrre
is a curious little story connected with
their first business trousa G1. Gre IN
which ne did the Old Ic-J,s. b1s 81
the same time endea-od ElE.st1 hos
''John and l had been fishing, and
among other things had caught a snap
ping turtle that weighed about 20
pounds We were carrying the snapper
home tied 70 a stick. one having hold Of
each end Of il, when we met the bank
er driving along in buggy to his sam
mer home.
"Our catch presented good appear
ance, and the old fellow st0p1ad 90 IN
quire about It. az he had never seen so
large a turtle before except in the mar
ket. He asked what we were going to
do with il, and we told him what deli
cious soup il would make. At once he
wanted il and offered 80 cents for IT, 1
was for accepting the 30 cents, but nor
so John. he felt that ne haG a custoI1-
er and I'd out for 81, and he get 1t
"Oid - was a little afraid Ct the
snapper's Jaws. but John and I b--6ic5
the turtle BY passing q bit Of fishing
line around il and between its Jaws
and so tied its head well back under i1s
she'll We then received oar silver dol
lar. tossed the snapper under the seasot
the old mans buggy, and lie aTove of
with it
"As he did so / started On toward
home, but John sat by the roadside
"'What are you waiting for:' l said.
e" The snapper, said John
Its gone, " said l.
"'Mebbe it is, and mehbe # ANT
Wait a minute and watch the old man,
said be.
'And sure enough, before the old
man had gone half a mile we heard hiir
yell and then saw him jump frCn ms
buggy.
John rolled on the grass and laugh
ed nearly as loudly as the Old man had
yelled
Picking himself up, he slid, Let
go get our snapper.
"'I'd rather have the dollar, l said.
What's the matter with havinE
both:' he replied, and tossing me the
dollar and telling me TO remain where
was he started up the road after tho
old man, who was afraid to 90 rear hIs
buggy, for the snapper had bitte9
through its bride, had nipped the ci'-
mans shins and had taken UndispEte
possession of the buggy.
HE found the old fellow in a stat,
of CONSERVATION, swearing at the snap
per in the most expressive German -
his command and rubbing his shins u
the same time.
''What you sell me-de devil?' asked
the old man.
NO, nice fat, juicy snapper, said
John, and 1 sold him too cheaply, too
He'll make delicious soup and plenty
of it.
'Donnerwetterl Soupl I'll haf ne
soupl Gif me my tollar and take d.
brute
" 4 haven't your dollar Charley has
it back there in the road Take tire
snapper TO him. and l guess he'll give
you the dollar
Mel Me take dat eatin ting?
wouldn't get into that puggy now for
quarter each way. Get i'm out and keep
the tollar.
1T was like rolling off a log for Johr
TO take a sticksprod the snapper ana
jerk him to the ground az soon as he
had fastened his jaws upon it. Old
Dutchy, as we called him, Jumped into
his buggy as soon IS the snapper reach
ed the ground and drove hurriedly away.
''Of course / rejOined John, and We
soon had his snappership swinging from
our stick. We walked home in tri-
umph, with the dollar in one pocket and
the snapper, metaphOrically, in the
other. Our joke was too good to keep,
and that night we related il 10 ali who
visited the mill.
1.-The old man bore US no Ill will. but
still he never wanted to buy any more
of our 'schuappers, although he occa-
.ionally stopped 20 look at them from
the seat Of his buggy when he me, us
carrying them home.
John and were sitting on the mill
steps one evening when the old man
drove up. he stopped, asked John TO
ride with him. and together they drove
of. They were gone about an hour.
That night John said, I'm going to bs
banker.
'You-going to be banker. What
nonsenser / exclaimed.
Nonsense or not, it's fact. The cid
man tonight asked me TO take position
with him. / told him knew nothing
of the business and would be failure
"'You pc failurep he said You,
who haf sOlt me sctnapper and saf
got my tollar and my schnapperl Dot
is too funny. You come Wit me. want
you. and some day put you on de ex-
change You judge human nature, and
you know animal nature. De bulls and
de bears is de place for you.
John went with the old man and
ever since has had the dollar in one
hand and the snapper on the stick in the
other. He married the old mans daugh-
ter, got into the firm and now owns the
whole concern. New York Times
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