The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27

Bible and was willing to pay 81 cash for
| the book.
The young man went 10 the firm he bad
| worked for and frankly admitted that ne
| had tried 20 swiude them in the previous
| transaction and that he grieVed over IL
| and had made a heroic resolve to reform.
He had a chance TO sell Bible for cash.
| Would the proprietor trust him with one
! book for an hour? If the proprietor would
/ do Iuis ne would Toe prayed for L eventide
! ever after by the young man. The proprie-
/ tor gazed at the young fellow for few
| moments and then said:
! " 'You take that book, collect the mOrey
and keep the commission OF So You can
| cut out those prayers YOU spoke Of Bu.
! 81 you don Te.uGn here n one hour with
the balance Of the money I II Ia y,u
landed IN he Bridewe'l'
AFTER many fsrvent thanks the young
man went forth with he good book under
his arm.
His customer was charmed with the
volume and promptly paid over S1l. He
then showed her The pages in the book
left blank for The insc'ipt on of births,
deaths or marriages. The woman sta red
that she had d list of these occurrences
made out on slip Of paper. Would the
young man write them in he book? The
young man saw a chance of more morey
glmmering on the horizon of that BIB
sale.
no, he would not care to wri them,
he slated, because his penmanshlp was far
from fTst-class but he hal a fr.e9d, a
teacher OF writing, who would inscribe
this chronicle of events in the book OF
characters like steel plate. Did tIe lady
wish il done2 Of course, she did HOW
much would his friend eta &c? thu y
Inquired.
Oh nothing" answered the young
fellow. He'd do anything for me. IA have
In m fpV tt I -
added in an offhand manner
THE lady handed him "a dollar to buy
the cigars, and the agent departed with
the Bible the 81 and the extra 81. He sold
the Bible a half hour lat in a State
street secondhand store for 81, ana left
the city.
Now, unused the detective, III you can
show me any one that young man over
looked in that Bible sale 1 WI be thank
f..
1.-The bookseller VINO had trusted him
with the Bible and the woman who had
bought it reached The police station at the
same time with their complaints, but We
never caught him.
Another case in point is that f young
Napoleon of finance who NIT his Water
loo in the shape Of a trunk strap in the
hands of his enraged mother, after she
had discovered his misdeeds The young
fellow is a Cincinnati product, aged H.
anu llesu cttI tlLifioA & u d. q bdhfis 10 tt
AVER pies, cakes and bead. 1t was after
ward ascertained by the baker that c
boy had collected all Of his smaller bill
and used the coin to provide sustenance
TO The voracious n ckel-in- the-slot ma
chimes. One day as the baker was buying
some chickens. soon to be converted into
succulent chicken pies, the boy remarked:
Why don't you buy chickens from my
mother"
The baker replied that he was not
aware that The boys mother kept chick MS
but if she did he would just as soon buy
them from her as any one else. The reXt
morning when the boy appeared for work
he brought with him half dozen spring
chickens, which had been cleaned. TIE
baker noticed that the breasts Of the chick
ems seemed to have been torn open instead
of cut, and told the 10y TO inform his
mother to clean the fowls more neatly.
Two days later the boy appeared with a
dozen fowls, neatly cleaned for which
the baker paid MIN.
The boy was then sent out to deliver
bread, and half hour later his mother
appeared in the store, and approaching the
baker. said:
Could you let me have that 60 cents
now, sir? MY boy won't be home until
evening, and l need the money
What 90 cents?' asked the baker.
why, Freddy brought twelve chick
ems from your coop To me this morning,
and said that you would pay me five cen $
apiece for cleaning them, explained the
woman.
We'll Freddy ledr answered the bak-
er He brought me twelve chickens this
morning, which he said you wis el 10
sell me. l bought them and paid him for
them
The woman left and return "a later 10
the day. and the scheme was unfolded.
Freddy had stolen the chickens from his
mothers stock OF poultry cut OFF the
heads and carried them to the Old lady.
who, not recognizing her own fowls, had
cleaned them fey the baker at the uniform
price of five cents per fowl.
And" concluded The detective at is a
10 to i shot that that boy viii wind up in
the penitentiary or own a trust some
day"