A Half-told Story

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 68, 10 November 1883, Page 3

A Half-told Story

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y •'■'.'■ -'• '''■ ' '•'»"•• "" "".;■■_ ' "Captain," .says he, as ..he found the old weather bes ten tar running himself on the. ferry dock; ''youhave probably heard •boat Siiylock and the pound of flesh." , ■>\Weli,'7es."'x v v ;' "Can you remember: the particulars?" ".ir'."M.ost:of^ ri,brandye.witli;you!''v; X^. a ...... v f He- hadn't; .been asked to drink; but after.' tli'e ; two had wiped 'Off ; their chins th/captain;snt:clown,'got an elevation for his feet and began.- ~ , X .-,.. „." This. old copn.of-Sliylopk ( lived over in Europe somewhere,, aiid ,ifc was .some ~ time ago.' I've lieard, that he once kept r e"pawii-siio)i in : Buff'»lb, but I never tried to get him down very fine;- Nice -maa on the average, t'.-ey say, might havebeen . n littlefcrankj in wantinj. a good indorser oa a 'note. and steep interest on loans, but ■' I reckon , he. .paid Ids way at a picnic as ' f reely'as at' the .next; Yes, I wouldn't mind a glass of l«eer with you." '„. Nothing had been said. about beer, but it was -called for and /'tucked a way out of sight, and the captain continued, f 7 a-*' Xliis^niercliant ! AiVtbnio was no great shakes of a feller. He was in the retail Xbu'siness, and he;liadu'tenterprise enough - iii' the ' papers. Probably kept ii one-horse grocery and notion store and put inmost/of histime oh the cracker barrel. Somcjfolfcs try to make out that . he'Ws- the biggest rooster on tlie fence, but facts won't bear tliem out. /-Thank you; ■•So'am'iv "l'll take a lemonade." ■ The other hesitated, but finally orderedit, and again tli« ; story weut on: "This Antoaio -luvi borrowed various. email sums of money of Old Shy, aad it Lad been a tight squeak :Xo . niake him; pay tip: There wasn't a 'mau in; town who would give ten cents the ' doi lar for his antes, mad his opinion oa the question of finance, wasn't worth shucks.: He wanted to enlarge his grocery, or atart a sheep-ranche, or take a hand in aome such enterprise calling for cash, and he goes to Shylock. to raise, the green-. yoii.". *"'"' '"For what?" - "For the mint julep. I'll have mine : flavored with strawberry .":-■'. "See here, Captain, 1 caa't afford this. I want to be: courteous and liberal, but; this is rather strong." . ■■ "Young man;" said the Captain, as he drew hiiuself up With great dignity, " the story tShylock, as I tell it, coutaias eight; brinks and ends with a- ISrcent cigar ! Do you want the restof it ?" "Great Scott X/NdXX; ,; ■-■ •'Then be a little, more careful ; in the^ future : howj&u/absorl> my valuable time; ' My i stories" vary' from three d rin k s and a cigar td eight drinks and a .bottle of ale to takeuhomeX'Dou't -come Uo : me and try to get an eight drink story for three drinks for-yduwillV get left every time."