TOO CLOSE "FIGGERING."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 414, 15 March 1880, Page 2

TOO CLOSE "FIGGERING."

[From the Detroit Paper.]

" Get your tickets at the wagon !" screamed the doorkeeper of a circus yesterday to a young man with a girl on his arm, who had a handfull of small change. " This is the third time you have come here without tickets, when you know I can't take money."- ihe young man and his girl fell back, and, as they did not go near the wagon, and yet seemed very anxious to see the circus, a curious-minded citizen edged round and enquired of the. young man, " Why don't you buy your tickets if you want to go in?" " 'Cause I'm short," was whispered reply. " I didn't 'low.enbugh' for incidentals when I wasfiggering on the cost of this thing; but I don't want the girl to know it." "How much are you short?" "Only five cental I figgered that 10s would pay all expenses, but I got left. We spent 10 cents for peanuts, 10 cents on the street cars, and five in candy. I had just one dollar left to.pay. our way in, when -thegal got a peanut etuck in her throat

and I had to buy a glass of lemonade to '■ wash it down. Didn't do it though till t had pounded her on the back more'n 80 times and tried to pull up one of them fire. hydrants." I'll lend you live cents to make up your dollar." said the citizen, "Xoii will, by gosh. But that's let me out I ' I'd made up my mind,to,tell thef girl that the tigers had got loose,"aiid tljjL. hyenas had run mad; but fllie'a 'headed, and might not have believed Thankee, sir; and the fust time I'm in town I'll pay it back; Hang, it, I orter ■ figgered on 11 shillings.instead of 10, but you've made me happy for life I Bets." ' !■