Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1900 — Always Make a Bargain. [ARTICLE]

Always Make a Bargain.

London street boys are on the,make whenever the opportunity offers, and they go about It In a business way. Not long ago the wind picked off a gentleman’s fine silk hat, and whirling It aloft left him bare-headed on the pavement. “Here, boy,” he called to an urchin near by, “get my hat for me.” “What are you offerin’ ?” Inquired the boy. “I want my hat,” exclaimed the gentleman. “I'll give you twopence.” “What’s It worth?” the boy inquired. “It’s a new silk hat that I just gave 17s. 6d. for. I’ll give you a threepennybit if you’ll run and get it for me.” “I think not,” replied the boy, turning away. “I ain’t in the business of furnishing gents with seventeen-bob hats for threepence. .Let’s liaA T e 10 per cent on the value for salvage, mister, and away I go. ’Ow does that strike yer?” And the boy, stood expectant till the gentleman nodded.—London Tit-Bits.