The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

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you not?" asked Watkins.
yes, twice. The woman's mother
in-law pulled through the ordeal of
the knife and she snapped back for
that brown hat again"
NO, sir, you can't afford to lake
ad vantage of anyone who I'M to
buy anything from you, whether the
customer be man or woman" spoke
up the Philadelphia clothing man.
Right near u house, on Broad
street, are several cigar stores. When
/ first went to Philadelphia l dropped
in one day on one of these places and
asked for a good two-for-a-quarter ci'
gar. The man behind the counter
handed me out a box. and l picked
up two and gave him a quarter. The
cigar didn't please me very well, but
you know we are creatures of habit.
If We go anywhere for anything, that
is the place we naturally go the sec
ond time. The next time | dropped in
this store there was a young man be
hind the counter. / picked up a cou-
pie Of these same cigars and threw
down a quarter. He handed me back
is cents in change.
Found Out Swindle.
Haven't you made a mistake? |
asked, in selling me these cigars for
five cents a piece?' He said: oh, no;
they cost us S35 a thousand and you
bet your life that | never darkened
that fellows door again.
at the next place / went into to
get my cigars the man was very care
full and took a box out of an ice chest,
and said to me, as he passed them
out, Here is a cigar that we pride
ourselves on. We sell them pretty
close at UNDERGRADUATES, but we Tx
to give our customers satisfaction,
That man has my trade to this day.
| not only buy cigars from him when
| am in Philadelphia, but have him
express them to me when am out
on the road. l have confidence in
him"
"a man does not like to be done,
and I'm not quite so easy as you are,
began the cloak nan. 81 know just be-
fore Christmas last year | went in to
buy a book for a young lady friend
of mine. | had heard her say that
she liked Lucille and / went into a
book store to buy for her a nice copy.
| was in quite a hurry. | usually buy
my books when | am at home, in Bal
timore, from an Old friend in the book
business, but that time ! was in a
great hurry. | asked the man for a
o p of Lucille. He showed me one
and priced it at S1.30. asked him
if he didn't have anything better. He
fumbled around and finally brought
out another book that looked more or
less like the one he had shown me
before, and said, Here's a copy for
$50"
Gave you what you were looking
for?" asked Watkins.
Eyes, you bet. 1t so happened that
before | went home l had to go down
right near where my old friend in the
book business was. Just for curios'
ity sake l went in and asked to see
a copy of Lucille. He showed me the
identical thing for which | had paid
$3.50, and his price, marked in plain
figures, was S1.20; and l didn't do a
thing but go right back up to the
other store-to the other mans place,
His store was full of customers, and
| told him that | wanted him to hand
me back S1.30. l told him he had
robbed me outright and that he
should give me the money and give II
to me quick. He hemmed and hawed
for a minute and tried to get out OF
1t, and didn't give him very much
time. ! simply slung the book at his
head and told him not only to take
the $1.30 but to take the book also
and go to. Then / went and bought
another copy for my friend"
Mistake in Having Two Prices.
81 don't like 10 deal with those two
priced fellows,0 and l won't do It," the
hat man remarked. Il know one eve
ming, when it was colder than blaZes
and the wind was blowing down my
collar and sending shivers along my
spine-one of those raw, vile winds
off from Lake Michigan went into
a little store on Wabash venue tc
buy a muller. l usually fight shy OF
these little joints, but 1t was after
six o'clock and all the reputable
stores we're closed. asked the mar
he was running the store ali o,
himself-to show me a muller. As
he passed it out to met seemed I;
be all right asked how much?' ant
reached in my pocket for the money
was in a hurry. The price OF this
one is s1.50, but | will make 1t t.
you for a dollar said he. You won
do any such a thing ! answered. :
don't do business with people wht
will do 1t that way"
That was the very reason why,
said Hoover. the merchant, this MAJ
was able by himself to attend TO al
the business he had. The retail Gus
toner has absolutely demanded tina
the merchant mark his goods in plair
figures, and sell them at n price
It's only during the last few year
that this has become the general Gus