The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-03

shakes hands. He puts der shoes on
der counter und says:
Now you vhas doing peesness der
VERY same ash der Rothschllds, uid
in two years you vhas owning a bank.
You gif me credit. Dot means you put
me on my honor Dot further means
am bound to pay you II hat to sell
my shirt / may not rush In here to-
morrow, but shall come sooner or lat
er. II undertakers would try your way
more peoples would die und be buried"
It vhas a boy who came In next. He
had more ash six pairs Of shoes. He
says his mother reads der sign und
sends him along. She vhas q widow
womans, und whoever trusts In her
honor shall reap large rewards. She
can't come herself, because she is lame,
but her son can tell about her honor.
He vhas followed by der butcher und
baker und coal man, und In one day
more ash twenty peoples come 10 und
leave shoes to be mended on der hon.
or Not one cent comes In. IL vhas so
der next day und der next Even der
dago shoemakers come in to be mend
ed up. After three days vhas scared
und took der slgn down. | need money
for stock, und go by der plumber und
ask for my 80 cents.
"vhy, II vhns only three days age"
he says.
"But must buy some leather"
"How vhas dis? You put me on my
honor und den come und shump on me
ash IL l vhas going to run AWAY. in
pessness you always give thirty days
credit Dot vhas considered der same
ash cash. If you put man on bis
honor, dot means he pays When II yhas
handy. 1t don't be handy for me dis
morning, und IL you don't look out
little you lose all your customers"
20 to dot fat womans house mlt
my leetle bill. She opens her door und
smiles on me, but when she sees der
bill she asks:
"Ha! What yhas dis?"
You haf some shoes mended."
"Vhell?'
81 must haf money to buy shoe pegs
und cement"
"Vhell. What haf l got TO do NIT dot1
/ vhas no cement womHns. l vhas no
daisy of a shoe peg. You extended
me credit, You put me on my honor.
Dot means IL you get dis bill In one
year you vhas glad hearted mans.
Good morning, Mr.. Cobbler."
Butcher Site on Him.
goes by der butcher und talks
leetle while about der earthquakes und
gives him chance to pay. He don't
take no sooch chances, und ask him
for der money straight out
"vhell, be hangedw he says, init a
red face. "Cobbler, What sort of a
duck vhas you anyway
But / must haf some money to buy
stock" | says
Money? Stock? Didn't you extend
me credit2 Don't you put me ON my
honor? DO you belief dot my honor
runs out In week? III you need
money you must go to der bank und
raise 1t, same as der rest of us do.
Humph! Vhell, IL dis vhas your vhay
of doing peesness you shall make no
more honorable repairs for me-"
He gets mad und filings things around,
und hat to beg his pardon. / 20 to
der coal mans und ask him II 1t vhas
convenient TO pay me 80 cents.
What for?" he asks.
For fixing oop your shoes"
What! You put me on my honor
und den come und insult me! IL you
don't be n'old mans do some damage
to you. BY golly, but yhas never 30
ipsulted In my llfe!"
"But II somebody buys coal OF you
you yhant your money, don't your" 1
says.
But dere vhas some difference be.
tween coal and cobblIng. Dere vhos no
credit In coal. Dere vhas no honor In
it, You better go home und soak your
head"
1t yhas der same NIT all der others.
don't get one cent. 1t vhas all abuse.
stop all dot credit und honor right
ayhay quick, und though don't quite
go by der poorhouse 1t makes me hard
oop for six months. NJ. QUAD.