Show OLE BOUGHT A GUN Had Served in the Army and Knew Firearms t i BUT THE JEW BEAT HIM t I I International Squabble on Scand f Sc-and South Street fM M The Gun Was All Right but There t Was No Ammunition to Fit Nearer Than Connecticut Ole Olsen who lives on the outskirts of the Sandy neighborhood but who has not boon In this country long enough to be In touch with the tricks and ways of some American tradesmen has of late been noting the rapid del de-l citation of his flock of chickens on the ranch and when he came to town yesterday yes-terday he had determined to buy a pun with which to wage warfare on the wild animals presumed to be responsible re-sponsible for the depredations Soon after arriving In the city he entered a loan establishment on East Second South street and began looking over the stock of firearms which had accumulated accumu-lated by means of advances to their original Indigent owners Ole having I I pcrved In the army of King Oscar thought he knew a good gun when he eaw one and when the suave salesman showed him a shotgun of the vintage t of the early eighties a venerable old llronrm carrying thirteen shells In Its r stock and with the barrel working on r n swivel at the break It looked good r to the sturdy Scandinavian and he h paid over the G demanded for It without f i with-out any attempt at bickering Proud of his purchase Ole sallied forth to a hardware store with a view of pur o ohaelng some ammunition visions of how he would slaughter coyotes already uppermost In his mind But It was only a few minutes before he returned to the loan office I GUN WAS ON THE BUM Das gun hay pooty much on day bums said Ole nho has succeeded In absorbing some American slang Day man hay tole me hay send to Connay tlcutt for day shot and day cost me pooty near as much day gun docs lame say day gun behind day dates Ay tank Ay not buy him But mine Irlent said the salesman sales-man you haf alretty bought Qe gun A sale Iss a sale vc cant take It back SWEDE AGAINST HEBREW P The Swede and the Herbrew argued the matter for some time with no re suit and finally Olsen went out and told his troubles to a policeman The officer went In and tried to persuade the merchant to give back the money so long as the gun was practically useless 1 use-less 1 at the same time assuring Ole that nothing could be done unless he bhould swear out a warrant charging the merchant with obtaining money under false pretenses But Solomon remained firm In refusing to call the deal off and Ole finally started away with the gun A COMPROMISE REACHED A bystander evidently a welltodo mining man who had witnessed the entire en-tire scene walked up to the merchant as Olsen left and said In a businesslike business-like way You better give the Swede back his money i You link so Yes The merchant went out and called 1 Olsen back I gif you fife fifty for de KUII not a ceht more he said Ay tank Ay will take him said Ole and the Incident was closed |