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Show o HAD BROUGHT ANOTHER LOAD Colored Tobacco Grower Knew What Wat Expected of Him, and Had Come Prepared. A coloied iii.ui flout Kentucky drovo to u loose leuf tobacco Miles ware-Iioubo ware-Iioubo In ouu of thu ludluuu cities ou the Ohio with n loud of tobacco. When lie received his sales slip mid weights he noticed the customary bank check was iiiIskIiir. ApprourhliiR the ciihhler he said: "Look Inn;, Ihihi, where It my mono for thin here totmccol" The sales sliest wits consulted. "It's tike tills: the expenses for welRhliiR. uiiloudliiK and commission for bcUlux our tolmceo uuiouuted to more than tho tobacco was worth. You still one us Just .7.1 cents," explained thu cashier. "Well, that's all right, 1 kucis, hut I ain't Rot a cent with me." "Then lieu time jou are coming over the river, Just bring along u chicken with you and we will call the deul Muure." Within u week the colored man up-penred up-penred In the olllco with two chickens, one under each arm, "Here are the chickens." "Sure but you didn't hau to bring two of them, one would hae paid the bill." "Yes, lioss, hut I'se brought another loud of tobacco." Indlamipolls News. |