Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-12-12

Ice. He might have thought it was
genuine himself and been mistaken.
the same as you was. Anybody's liza
BILE to make a mistake What you
ought to have done was to have took
1t to a good jeweler and had 1t certi-
fed before you paid cut any money
on it. You was careless. that's all
there is about 1t.
1.-The other reason why / wouldn't
advise you to set the machinery OF
the law in motion about this here
business, is the principle l was tell
ing you about You take this for your
motto: Never make holler'-not un-
der no circumstances. II you get
stung. hide the swelling the best you
can and keep your mouth shut until
you get off some place by yourself
where nobody amt agoing to hear
you. Then If you want to relieve your
self by a few remarks, go ahead and
make 'em and get 1t off your chest.
Anybody's liable to be a sucker some
time; nobody can't be wise to all the
plants there is; but, believe me, the
biggest boob in the bunch is the va
hoo with the yawp, who wants every
body to know how shameful he's been
imposed on.
you take II from me, Nsls, my
friend: the fellow that's looking for
sympathy all the time never gets It.
What he gets is the fishy eye or the
merry ha-ha. but sympathy-nix. Not
II he puts up a boiler. II any son-of
a-gun gets the best of me in deal
/ make up my mind I'm Just as much
to blame for 1t as he is. All I've got
is what's acoming to me. II ! car
throw a rope on his goat any time
without advertising myself as an easy
mark, III do It; If ] can't, I'll charge
1t up to experience.
you see, I'm a man that likes tC
have the good opinion Of my friends.
declared the Janitor. I've got the
reputation of being a pretty flossy
proposition, at least that's what my
friends tell me- and I'll stand for {
pretty hard poke of the gaff before II
contradict 'em. II there's any rumori
to the contrary floating around. theI
don't come from me. II ! pick a win
ner any time, amt going to make M
dark secret of it. but II l drop I
weeks wages on bum tip. wouldn'
even tell my wife. This here worl'
is full of brace games. Nels, m.
friend; and we all go against 'en
more or less. the wise boys and tn
sap-heads both; but there amt no evi
dence against the wise ones. The
, don't write no indignant letters /
, the papers. You'll see 'em come on
of the side show with happy. satii
; fed smile on their faces, and the
don't go back to tell the ticket selle
, that he's short-changed 'em.
, Most of the trouble we have in tn
way of getting skinned is when we TT
to get something for nothing withor
understanding the game. I've watche
things pretty close for a man that
4 got his work to look after. but neye
seen q guy make his living by givin
!; away valuable property. Most gene
ally IL a fellows got something goo
to sell he wants somewhere nes
. what it's worth. II | found 81
carat diamond ring / wouldn't sell
to no squarehead for two-seventy-f1'
when | could hook IL most anywhel
for ten dollars. Same way II ! ownt
a gold mine that the finest exper
Z claimed would produce a million
: day. wouldn't peddle the stock
Z FIVE cents a share to get money to d
= yeIop 1t and keep 1t out Of the han,
: of the combine. I'd develop 1t wi
my fnger-nails first. ] don't want n
= bargains too big. I'm leary Of e
y whea they get over a certain size.