St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-24

You SHALL HAF DEnl,' SAYS.
Awhile. Sometimes I think one thIns
und sometimes anodder. Shust now I
vhas thinking dot you vhas an old
Dootchman dot won't have anything
In der house to eat I'm week longer
if you don't wake oop und bring some
peesncss here. Begin on dot heel while
! talk to you. II vhas 20 cents, but
gf you two hoonercd dollars worth
OF advice instead OF der money"
I looked at him for awhile und den
took his shoe. und purity soon hc says.
"Cobbler, don't you make n study Of
der peopleT
"If I cobble shoes dot vhas all ! can
do" I says.
Dots where your head vhas screw.
cd on der wrong way. II you don't
study deS peoples you don't make
soocccss In pecsncss. Der drst thing
you have to learn In dot der peoples
ALWAYS vhant What dey can't get.
Dots What makes me n tramp. like
to be president Of q savings bank. !
can't get der Job. und 80 goes tramp
Ing. Anybody can como In dis shop"
"Of course"
"Und 30 only few como In. Sup
pose II vhas locked oop und had q sign
on der door dot nopody could come inf"
Den vhas a bankrupt"
"Den you vhas getting ready to
make lot Of money. Now. you listen
to me. vhas nobody. und yet ! study
human nature. II ! don't vhas starv-
ed 10 death In a week. If I vhant to
sleep In farmers barn. do you belief
I ask himf No. sir. I ask him II
can sleep under tree In his yard. Dot
makes him say I shall sleep In der
barn. II want a good meal I don't
ask his wife for IT, say would like
drink OF sour buttermilk. She likes
to have II her vhay. upd 30 she makes
me sit down 10 der table und eat a
good square meal"
"Vhell. mebbe dot vhas so." ! says.
'sof or course II vhas so. II you
like people to do one thing tell 'em TO
DO anodder. In dis world we all like
TO have our vhay. If you keep dis
shop open some one comes In when he
likes to. If you shut him oop a hun
dred peoples come here und pound on
der door 10 get In"
vheli. dot tramp talks 10 me for two
hours. Before he comes I don't belief
dot q tramp knows anything. After
he goes avhay belief dot tramp
knows all about II. I talk things over
init my wife. und she says go ahead.
und SO der peoples who pass my place
next morning ind my shop shut oop
und big sign In der window which
reads:
"Notice to Some Publlcs.-Der Ger
man cobbler has gone out OF peesness
No more cobbling done here. You
vhill ind dago shop one block down"
Shust ash soon ash ] eats my break
fast ! put on my soonday clothes und
take some walks. ! stop In effery
store und house and saloon und say:
"a vhas here to say dot ] vhas gone
out OF peesness. Please don't bring
any more shoes to my shop"
Stopped by People.
More ash feefty people like me to
stop und tell why. but ! pass along.
60 for half q mile around my shop,
and ! speak to children ON der street.
nnd ! keep avhay from der shop all
lay. Ny wife says somepody vhas
knocking at der door all der time In
Ter afternoon. but she don't mind II
Well. ! like to tell you dot der first
hing In der morning a man comes In
nit three pairs Of shoes und calls out:
Here. now. but What vhas all dis
lboutY
II shust 20 out OF peesness." ! says.
"vhat forr
''Oh. vhas ghetting old!'
SNonsensei You vhas going to stay
dghr here for ave years yet Here
vhas some shoes to Ok oop. YoS can't |