The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-12-25
shakes hands. He puts der shoes on
dor oonnfar Jnd SAWS.

shakes hands. He puts der shoes on
der counter und says:
"Now you vhas doing peesness der
VERY same ash der. Rothschilds, und
in two years you vhas owning bank.
You gif me credit. Dot means you put
me on my honor. Dot further means
am bound to pay you if I haf to sell
my shirt. I may not rush in here to-
/ morrow, but shall come sooner or lat
er. If undertakers would try your way
more peoples would die und be buried"
It vhas boy who came in next BE
had more ash six pairs Of shoes. He
says his mother reads der sign und
sends him along. She vhas a 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 yhas followed by der butcher und
baker und coal man, und in one day
more ash twenty peoples come in und
leave shoes to. be mended on der hon
or. Not one cent comes in. 1t vhas 80
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 sign down. / need money
for stock, und go by der plumber und
ask for my 35 cents.
.svhy, it vhas only three days ago"
I he says.
sBut /: must buy some leather"
..How yhas dis? You put me on my
honor und den come und shump on nae
ash if I vhas going to run AWAY. In
pessness you always give thirty days
credit. Dot vhas considered der same
ash cash. Il you put man on his
honor, dot means he pays when it vhas
handy. It don't be handy for me dis
morning, und il you don't look out
little you lose all your customers.
- I go to dot fat woman's house NIT
my leetle bill. She opens her door und
smiles on me, but when she sees der
bill she asks:
sHa! What vhas dis?
@ tsYou haf some shoes mended
.syhell? p
.I must haf money to buy shoe pegs
und cement
& sVhel, What hat got to do nit dot?
vhas no cement womans. yhas no
daisy Of a shoe peg. You extended
me credit. You put me on my honor.
Dot means If you get dis bill in one
year you vhas glad hearted mans.
.,,I,,.,, ;,,nr 1p CohIloy - .sAss.ts.
Butcher Sits on Him.
I goes by der butcher und talks
leetle while about der earthquakes und
gives him q chance to pay. He don't
tale no sooch chances, und ask him
for der money straight out.
'sVheII I be hanged!" he says, NIT
red face. ''Cobbier, What sort OF
duck vhas you anyway
IsBut must hat some money to buy
stock" I says.
"Money9 Stock? Didn't you extend.
me eredit7 Don't you put me on my
honor? Do you belief dot my honor
runs out In q week? II You need
money you must go to der bank und
raise II, same as der rest }of us, do.
Humph! Vhell, IL dis vhas your yhay
OF doing peesness you shall make no
more honorable repairs for me-"
s BE gets mad und Sings things around,
ind I hat to beg his pardon. I go to
der coal mans und ask him Il It Fhas
convenient to pay me 80 cents.
..sVhat fort" he asks.
'sEor fixing oop your shoes"
what! You put me On my honor
und den come und insult, me! II you
don't be an old mans I do some damage
{ to you. BY golly, but yhas never so
insulted In my lifer'
'But IL somebody buys coal Of you
you Yhant your money, don't you?"
says.
.But dere vhas some difference be-
tween coal and cobbling. Dere vhas 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.
I don't get one cent. 1t yhas all abuse.
stop all dot credit und honor right
AWAY quick, und though don't quite
go by der poorhouse it makes me hard
oop for six months. NJ. QUAD. IS
A Tough Menu.
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