The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29
BARGAINS BY GEORGE BEAN.
TRICKS PLAYED BY 4 YANKEE
TRADER on HIS NEIGHBORS.
Compesurc That Nothing Could Upset
His Attitude Toward a Creditor
A Horse Dealer Worsted One bar.
gain in which Bean Wa Not n Gniner.

HIS Attitu0e TOWuru u trcuitof
A Horse Dealer Worsted Ono Bar.
gain in which bean Vas Not n Gainer.
Bosroy, Dec. 2s.-"The best hand at
s~wappin' that I ever knowed was George
Bean that used to live up there In my town.,
says q Maine man whose home is on the
dividing line between Maine and New
Hampshire,
Yes. sir. George could swap with most
any critter that come along, and it took
mighty kecrful ~plannin' 10 60 ahead OF
George. He was a singh lar %critter, George
was, and no mistake. One o the most
inisseIble beats he was that you ever sec.
Had a little soft. yappy-yappy. ~palavery,
oooin', s~qeal:ln' voice that alters made We
most feel like hittin' him when he begun
70 speak to We: and yit We alters felt We
wanted ter kinder hold of just ter sec what
comical thing he'd TO say next.
There was just that oily, purrin' tone he
had that made a Teller just itch ter kick
him, We know. n still. If We did, yo knowed
'twould Spite the performance. Crooked
he was-oh. massy. There want nothing
he was too low down ter do, II he could
only beat somebody out o his just dues.
Il remember whom Georges house burnt.
lIfy Il DeSn u udiiCt oNtI bl VIC '''
bout Ave miles or 30 from where George
lived. The young folks was havin' a good
time and George had come over ter see
what was goin' on.
He staid round till bout half-past 10,
/ guess twas, and then he drove of in his
old rickety buggy that he swindled a Teller
out on the week before. Traded him n
SEWN machine that wouldn't sew moren
"A thrashin' machine.
1t happened that |. with a couple other
~fellers. set out fer home p'r'aps an hour
after George and that our road was same's
the one he'd took. Well, we logged along
,hinkin' O. nothin' in perticlar, bu- talkin'
over the history o. this George Bean some.
When we got up the long stretch ana Ter thc
top o. Bartlett's Hill, soon's we looked
down the long slope inter the valley we
SCI flames a shootin' up from the roof OF a
house.
Tcorge Beans house 5 on fire. saws
somebody, n give the oil boss a cut y
down the hill we went like the oil tarnation.
We gifts ter her Bean place inter the
ward and inter the house. just kickin tho
door right in. fer il 'peared they wa'nt NO
body ter home, That struck Us immejitly,
fer we'd see George start home moren
two hours ago.
But we hustles in. see they want no
fire downstairs, so we scooted up inter
the loft, n what de We spose We found'
Why, a lot o paper an rags strewed over
the floor, n everything smellin' q kero-
sene. We soon got the blaze put out
n then We set of ter find George.
They want none on lis, ye see, but
knowed the blame cuss a set the house
afire. but we was bound TO get trace OF
him. n see what he had ter say about
il We'd lust recollected thai George had
had his place insured not three weeks
before, nd the agent had been warned ter
l, the yarmint alone. But he'd insured
George Just the same
Well, we find George tucked away
over at his fa'her-ir-law's. bout a mile
OF. When we got him up he put on a
terrible front q lamentation n surprise.
why bless me, bless me he KEEP sayin,
a. he hoped around, bless m, why now
that's terrible, terrible y come righ,,
see nothin' wrong. My wife n the chill
dren was stayin' over here ter-night. so
I come right long -,
We'll, We made him get in with US n
10 back 10 view his residence, though
we could see. in spite Of all he said. that he
didn't care a continental bout the whole
business
The insurance company sent a man TO
paw a red cent. though George talked a
suin' nj don't know what all.
a few DAYS after. they was some OF
ur sc,tin' in al the store when George Bean
DO. George. says We
DO. gentlemen SAYS ne
"Georga didn't have much ter say
Looked kinder glum He stepped IN 10
tie fur end - IN" store n pared 20 I've
dret fIl Interested ~ a sale notice thai was
stuck up there We KEEP Wutt"rin long
though. -o'- ter git George started. some
way 90 to'her Pr"'iy soon. 6eorg'
turns round, "a that greasy. Sappv way
q his, he ,ays'
''Nc- hate it, gertlemca, 60 IL, That's
l. = a f,ilrf goes long u haS spen' nough
ter ~ hiS hou-" n premlr'- insured. n
they bYru dpvI. Ne all hIllet ~ en-
afr hi~selN' But n Dee gps~ long n dom
gli 30 insurance. n hi Tlacv hurn- down,
every fsrnal one pu We hull"rs GOOD
'n1ugh foI him Don't pity nan mite
We'll nov. you h-t they want much
said fer n spell, Ter II ever he-ri What
rail- u good answer. ! au - the opinion
thai Genrg" b'au don" 10. gp o." good shafts
that time
= va iu rle store Ioue. one day. tilkir'
Wth IA man Hanson the proprietor
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