The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-10-13

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before they had time to get into line.
he once more turned to the old COLI
ored man and said: I
<"Here, loan your friends each An,
other two dollars, and hurry up be-
fore close these pools" 3,ls I. K. \
As II completely under his control
the old darby handed it over and the
CRATER handed each another electric
belt. 2@.a.-. d
BY this time no was re ady for more
SO investors. and soon had at least
q dozen Of them. Then he wanted .
larger pool Of IS investors. and as II
In duty bound to contribute their
share, several who had stood; out to.
the last came forward.
As 1t now began to look as Il he
were closing up at least, 20 men came
forward with from one to two dol
lars, and were lined up where they
belonged. ..l<>,.-
Suddenly the CRATER, rs II hearing
some one in the crowd making re-
marks, said: ...~
Whats that? Was that meant for
me?" ... i. .s s.,.. .- ..-e..<
And looking intently in one direc-
ton, as though greatly wrought up:
so you are going to cut out my heart.
are YOU? Well, now, We'll see about
that" = $ 4.
Reaching in his valise, he brought
out an ugly looking corn cutter. with
q blade fully '1s inches long, and care
fully feeling its edge, he reci ed the
Razor poem, as follows: ..,
"You know . gun shoots fast and
= loud, - =
But, razor is the real thing in q
crowd. ID. &&s
I could have used it better than a A,
II they had only fought with Racers
~ s in the war" a.
Then, corn cutter in hand, he coolly
crawled down from the buggy, and be-
gan walking slowly through the
crowd, carefully scrutinizing every
face as If trying to locate the man
who had threatened to take his hearts
blood. The glitter of the corn cutter,
and the terrible look OF vengeance
on his face had the desired effect, and
when he climbed back into the car
rage, every man stood as If paralyzed.
They seemed to have forgotten what
had happened, or what was expected
to happen. t." -
Immediately the CRATER slgnaled
the driver to start, he himself remaining
standing in the carriage as If terribly
agitated and repeating: .s%., <ss
II would like to see some man cut
my heart out; would just like to have
him try It," at the sane time feeling
the edge Of the big knife, as If to see
that it was sufficiently sharp.
The team went of at a trot. The
grafter's hotel and livery bills had
been paid in advance, and no stop
was made until they had reached Z
small town 20 miles away. ~,
The CRATER was $500 or $500 to the
good. AS the carriage moved away
the dupes still stood in line, staring
sheepishly- at one another. with ten.
cent belts dangling from their hands
The old darby who had been SO obe-
dent was the only man who had the
courage to protest. .,.s r, ..,:. ,,..,s1..
"See yher," he, yelled, you gener-
GUS white man, what my family gwine
to do fer sumpin to eat? Gin me
back ma ten dollars, orr top you
buggy over, you schoundrel!"
So saying, he and his two colored
companions rushed toward the cdr
riage, when an officer who stood con-
veniently near said: - ,f5%j
what you niggers lettering around
here for? Go on home, or I'll run
you in"
Eventually, of course, this clever
CRATER landed in states prison.
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A Chicago man once made a great
deal of money out of the sugar graft.
With an old horse and covered
peddler's wagon, he started out with
a load of sugar, put up in tin cans,
each holding $3.50 worth at retail.
The wholesale price was about $1.25.
After remaining in some county
seat long enough to "get line on the
town." he would start out and call
upon the farmers of that county, with
a proposition to sell one of his 30
pound cans Of white sugar, for $1.25
In cash. He would represent that he
had recently moved to their county
seat, where he expected to reside in
the future, and would u;ake regular
80 day trips, enabling item to re-
plenisn their supply of sugar at the
lowest possible price. -
Sugar, being a staple article, and
there being an actual saving of so
cents on every purchase, he mad no
difficulty whatever in making sale
at the house of almost every thrifty
well-to-do- farmer. Many farmer.
who wondered how this man could af-
ford to sell sugar so much cheaper
than the cheapest grocers in many in
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