"
"Well, I've taken a fancy to it. It's rather cheeky to ask you to go
down there, but I'll make it an object; I won't give but $8 for the
coat, but I'll give you $1 to buy it for me. You are also a Jew and know
how to beat him down. Here are $9."
The dealer took the money and started off, and in five minutes was back
with the coat.
"Good!" chuckled the other. "I reckoned you'd lay him out. How much did
you make for your share?"
"Vhell, ash dot is my branch shore, and I only ask six dollar fur de
goat, I was about tree dollar ahead."
A COMING DIVIDEND.
Last fall, when a would-be purchaser of railroad stock called upon
Russell Sage and asked him regarding the outlook of certain stock, Mr.
Sage replied:
"Splendid idea! That stock is certain to raise fifteen per cent."
"Upon what do you base your calculations?"
"Upon the immense crops to be moved along that line."
The other day the same gentleman again interviewed Mr. Sage regarding
the same stock, and the great financier replied:
"Best outlook in the world for that stock! Certain to advance fifteen
per cent."
"Do you base your calculations upon last fall's crops?"
"No, sir; it's going to be an open winter, and the line will save enough
in snow-plows to declare a dividend of five per cent.
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