Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1881 — A Narrow Escape. [ARTICLE]

A Narrow Escape.

Detroit Free Press, “I tell you, Bah, dis partnership blznees am powerful resky,” said the old man as he nibbled a green onion at the Central market. Las’ month I went into partnership with Csesar White in de peanut bizness. He furnished de roaster and I furnished de peanuts, an’ we was to whack up on profits. Dat Ctesar am a bad man, an’dogn you forgot it. Es I hadn’t been on the watch fur him I’d been cleaned out sky high. What sort of a game d’ye ’spoee he tried to play on me?” ' No one could guess, and finishing the Test of bis onion, the old man continued. “Well, sah, when we coma to roas> dem peanuts dat Caesar wanted me to believe dat de shrinkage oflaot all my sheet in de bizness, and he ordered me tb get aWay from dat roaster an’ go nome.” “ And you want to law?” an'-.*; *i*r“No sah | I got an* inspiration ’bout dat nme, an > I poured de whole bushel into a barrel of water. In five minlts dem peanuts had swelled all my capi* 1 tal back an' gin me aaizahiliin’ claim on dft«toa*ter> beside*,**’ dwfray Crosai* saw!” . t ■- The art of praising canard the artof speaking.