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i ba5 V.lest .eesGa's' n buying: sa5aa5h.tz
we found tlat t.a# g .sasia. MS doing
j Basifsessda= l5ie Of LIS OWL. 8hen.\hu
snal}lua.5 dropped in 10 ret Il easc ot
caloIaol fer lis liver. which WIS DOING
business seven Itss IN tha WeeNarG
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any sort, NJ DAVIS said t. lin.
L bought this drugstore outfit Of &
teaderfoot down at GraS3 Valley. lie
was sick ami discouraged AM wanted
to SO back home. don't know much
about the business myself. III hunt
up the caioH9gl and sell it to y0u, but
won't be responsible for the results"
"What dye mean BY the resHlts:"
queried Ahe.
"Well, I've got calomel, arsenic, salts
and lot of other things mixed UP
here, and Im not going to guarantee
anything Mebbe it'll ae caloHei and
mebbc not.
We all SHE'D off for a day or two at
that but when we came to think it over
we rather. liked the uncertainty, and
the druggist was kept busy With our
purchases Some OF his liQuics and
powders We're in bottles or papers, duly
labeled, and some of the powders were
in parcels without label on them. If
anybody asked for epson salts, for in
stance, the druggist would fish around
under the heap of boots and shoes and
clothing till he got hold of a box or
parcel, and bringing it out, be would
say:
..AI! I know about this stuff IS That il
ain t copperas. took a parcel Of cop,
pcras on Il debt once, and so / know
the stuff when | see ii. If Xou want
to run chances, YOU can take ii along. .
Most everybody WAS WiIlinS 10 run
chances. and fer tHso weeks al went
we'll II nobody Was made any better
nobody was made an&=Worse. and the
druggist Gia 4 rushing trade. Then
cane an afternoon on which cid see
Crosby laid doWa lis working tools
and announced that= he was .otf his
1eel" ana had GOT to have something
&c U-ar, OF Il bilious attack,
q can saH what's sood for It" SID
tire druggist, "but III fish up g lot OF
packages, and you can take your
choice
ITe laid out ten parcels Oh the eoun'
ter, and cid Joe Wet the tip OF his
fn4er and tasted the contents OF eacis
in succession. lie finally found oae to
suit lis palate at least, and be bought
dollars worth and went eff 10 bis
shanty 10 desc Half an hour later he
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side Of Two hours he was dead. 4
move was made on the Gru2s,tst. but
the sailing and urbane Mr. Davis re
pied.
"CeatIemen, it might have been pow.
dered borax or it misht have aSen ar
senic can't tell tie difference Ec-
tween The two, and l have been free to
say SO. gave him good weight, and
he took his chances"
Our purchases were light for the
next week, but in time we got over the
scare and went to buying again. a
fortnight after the death of Crosby q
man named Healy WAS made terrible
sick for two or three days by dose of
some unknown stuff, and the next day
Sile Warner entered the drugstore to
say:
Il amt feelin' jest as l orter, and
want sunthin to brace me up. Kin ye
recommend a bracer?"
Il never recommend" was the reply. |
"Here's the bottles and here's the
packages. They may brace or they may
lay you OUT
.'Waal, this is q world of chance"
continued Sile as he paved the stuff
over, "and I'll take a dollars wuth of |
this stuff in the bottle. It'll wet the |
throat when it goes down anyway"
The stuff was probably laudanum,
for Sile never woke up from that |
nights sleep. His chum went over to |
give the druggist fits about the matter,
but Mr. Davis headed him off with:
Dead, Ell? Sorry to hear it, but he
took his chances. | Will now label that |