The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-07-10

You go on or I'll whack you with my
cane"
why. old man. what makes you so
spiteful?"
because I'm on to your sort. You'd
| rob me in a mint l wasn't born yes
terday. Get move on your
| RepuIsed Again.
| Mr.. Bowser moved. and a hundred
feet farther on he met we'll dressed
man and put up his finger TO halt him
| and said:
| II live down on the other block and
rame out without any change. If you
can loan me 10 cents I'll give it to you
| in the morning"
But I'm no loan Office" was the re-
ply.
do you mean that you won't let me
! have it?'
| "Certainly 1 won't. Why, man your
| little game is older than the great Chi
cago fire."
! Cant you tell something about a
! man by his locks"
| That's how I'm judging you"
Mr.. Bowser got ready to call the man
| a liar, but hung on to himself and
| walked on to the corner. he had been
! there about two minutes when the ped
| dler man who had tried to stick Mrs
| Bowser with the bad coin came along.
He was recognized and halted, and Mr..
| Bowser said:
You were at my house about 6
o'clock?'
"Mebbe was" was the reply.
| Making Amends.
"Oh, you needn't be afraid to own up.
You simply wanted to get change for a
dollar"
"Mebbe so.''
"My wife not only wouldn't change
| the coin, but she said it was bogus and
that you ought to be locked up. She
said that. didn't she?"
"She may have"
Eyes. she told me she said it. She
| didn't care a durn whether she hurt
! YOUR feelings or not l told her you
were an honest man."
Yes"
"And that the dollar was good one
| "Of course I'm honest"
"Well, here are four quarters for the
dollar. 1 want my wife to kno" that
l met you and trusted you"
After a puzzled look at Mr.. BoWser
the man produced the coin. received
his quarters and fastened away. A car
was coming, and it struck the truster
| of human nature that he would ride
down to the city hall and back. When
it came to paying the fare be handed
ont the dollar. The conductor looked
at it without taking it and sneerinsly
said:
Tf1was a blind man I wouldn't be
herer'
| "Eh? Vhat?'
"Do you make 'em?"
"Sir. is there anything EreBg abeut
this cefn?'
'rDo you mean you can't tell what IT
ts by the locks Of it,"
| Reward Of Confidence.
Nr. Bevsrr closely examined the dol
lar. It WIS Gurely bogus However,
he had a reputation to maintain. and
as he felt for another coin he srowied:
"You conductors on this line ought to
70 to a school OF manners"
And a few patrons Ike you ought
to go to fail for passing counterfeit
money" was promptly replied.
Don't you say that OF me"
'You keep quiet. old man!'
Mr.. Bowser failed to keep qHiet, and
| the result was that a policeman was
! called and he was given the collar. On
being walked into the station house be
began to tell who he was, but was run
into a cell and the door slammed on
| him. There lie was when he was led
out in the morning for arraignment.
| Rather fshy story" commented his
honor after bearing it, but III let
| you off this time"
Mrs. Bowser had sat up all night
imagining the worst, but when MI
Rowser walked in she couldn't help
saying:
well, have you brought the proofs"
81 80 to see my lawyer, woman. and
you can telephone yours! Let the d.
vorce be without scandal"