Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-11-26
take IT FROM Me- NELs THAT'S ALWAYS LOOKING
SYMPATHY, NEVER GETS IT."

ice. He might have thought 1t 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
It to a good jeweler and had 1t certi'
fed before you paid out any money
on It. You was careless. that's all
there is about it.
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 a holler'-not I'M
der no circumstances. If 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 II you want to relieve your
self by a few remarks, go ahead and
make 'em and get it off your chest
Anybody's liable to be a sucker some
time; nobody cant 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 it from me, Nels, 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
If he puts up boiler. If any son-of-
a-gun gets the best of me in a deal,
l make up my mind I'm just as much
to blame for it as he is. All I've got
is what's acoming to me. II l can
throw a rope on his goat any time
without advertising myself as an easy
mark, I'll do it; if / can't, I'll charge
it up to experience.
"You see, I'm a man that likes to
have the good opinion Of my friends,
declared the Janitor 1--WE got the
reputation of being a pretty dossy
proposition, at least that's what my
friends tell me, and I'll stand fer a
pretty hard poke of the gan before III
contradict 'em. II there's any rumors
to the contrary floating around, they
don't come from me. If / pick win
ner any time, amt going to make nc
dark secret of it, but If / drop g
weeks wages on bum tip, / wouldnh
even tell my wife. This here worlt
is full of brace games, Nels, ny
friend and we all go against EN-
more or less, the wise boys and the
sap-heads both; but there amt no evi
dence against the wise ones. They
don't write no indignant letters t
the papers. You'll see 'em come gu
of the side show with happy, salts
fed smile on their faces, and the!
don't go back to tell the ticket sellel
that he's short-changed EN-.
Most of the trouble we have in thu
way Of getting skinned Is when we tr!
to get something for nothing withou
understanding the game. I've watched
things pretty close for man that
got his work to look after, but l neve
seen a guy make his living by givinl
,, away valuable property. Most gener
ally II fellows got something goo,
to sell he wants somewhere nea
what it's worth. II l found a ST
carat diamond ring wouldn't sell
to no sQuarehead for two-seventy-fiv
' when l could hook 1t most anywher
/ for ten dollars. Same way II owne
! a gold mine that the finest expert
/ claimed would produce a million
. day. wouldn't peddle the stock a
, five cents a share to get money to d.
velop It and keep it out Of the hand
Of the combine. I'd develop it wit
my finger-nails first. don't want m
bargains to- big. I'm leary OF 'eI
when they get over a certain size.