The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-09-15

HE WANTED TO SELL NE SOME GOLD
BRICKS"
price 5000. l shake my head. He falls
to $3.50. I shake my head some more.
He comes down to 500. Hans, if it
vhas you you buy dot brick at S10O so
queek ash neffer vhas"
But don't you?"
Not mooch. 1 vhas no spring hen.
say Will gif $50 und no more, und
dot Teller finally hands me oafer der
brick"
"Und how mooch you make, eh?'
"NOttings. 1t vhas all Il swindle. l
take dot brick to a jeweler, ind he
says it vhas all lead und brass und
vhas valued at 10 cents"
Den you lose $50"
NO don't. make 5000, und when
I tells a policeman aboudt it he pats
me on der back ind says / vhas sharp
ash razOrS. Hans, don't neffer pay a
man his first price for Il gold brick.
Take advantage of his being hard oop
und beat him down."
Mr.. Noglestein puts his feet on der
stove und sings to himself for awhile,
und den he says:
Hans, do you know aboudt some
stocks?"
Il guess not
"Of course you don't. You vhas only
cobbler. If you knew aboudt some
stocks you can ride in your own car
riage in three months How mooch
you pellet l make last week from
stocks?"
1T vhas So, mebbe."
"Humph. Do look like some five dol
lar man? 1 make S75 shust ash easy
ash grease, und l pellet nobody vhas
smarter dan me. l see in der paper
dot some Texas oil stock vhas worth
par, but can be bought for % cents on
der dollar il taken right AWAY.
vhas at der Office at o'clock in der
morning to buy dot stock. 1 pay $25,
and it vhas worth 500. Do you see?
Dots what is called der ground floor"
1t makes me feel badt dot MI
Voglestein makes so mooch money in
leetle while, und 1 keep still und
don't say nottings. He smiles und
chuckles, und putty soon he says:
"Oh, l vhas nopody's fool. l go by
an auction room der odder day, and dot
auctioneer holds oop a watch und says
who Will gif me $75 for dis watch? If
it vhas you you gif him dot $75 right
off queek, but dot vhas not Mr.. Vogle-
stein. l look at him und don't say
nottings When he says $G0-S5O-$4O
l keep quiet. When he says he shall
hat to sell dot watch or be turned
outdoors 1 bid $25. He likes me
to make it 500, but l won't do it, und
NIT tears in his eyes he puts der watch
in my hands. Dot vhas $50 saved. |
tell you Hans, if you vhas some sharp
ness you get along in dis world all
right"
'Vhas dot watch all right?" asks.
Il can't say. l put him in my pocket,
but While l vhas going home some pick
pocket takes it out. If he pellets it
vhas my 5000 watch dot l bring oafer
from Shermany, den he loses $175, und
make shust dot mooch. Did you hear
aboudt my buying horse last week."
mo How he vhas?'
"Vhell, l vhas in saloon, und man
ZONES in und says he likes to go to To
ledo, O., to see his mother die, but he
don't hat enough money. He must sell
his horse for $50. How mooch you Pc
lief offer him, Hans?'
Il can't say"
"Vhell, I speak NIT him little While
und den offer him SIS. He cries aboudt
his mother und says it vhas too cheap,
but he finally takes it und goes AWAY.
Dot vhas a clean profit Of $35 for me-"
But l don't see you drive dot horse
oudt," says.
ut vhas good reasons why. When l
goes down to der stables to get him he
vhas dead"
"Und so you lose $15?"
Not at ALL Hans, you vhas a cobbler
ind not a 6nancier. If dot horse vhas
alive he cost me 500 a year to feed
him, und so l save SS5. l speak to my
wife aboudt it, und she holds oop her
hands und says shall hat an Office on
Wall street. By golly, Hans, but it
vhas awful nice to be some spectators
und make money"
Dot makes me feel badt some more,