The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-09-03
THE C0UNTERFEiT DOLLAR.

richly dressep LAZY, followed by man
rvant stopped at a market-stall one S,tur-
d ~, aud bought pair of chickens of the old
b lckseer woman. The lady offered five dol
ilr bill which the hacks'er could not change
A man making some purchase at the same
time, Offered 10 oblige the huckster BY taxing
the bill, AID giving five gold dollars fof it. lie
gave than to her, ani she returned the Just
change TO the lady
The latter h,i not walked sqlare before
she discovered that one of The gold coins was
counterfeit. She took it back to The market
woman, who insisted upon her taking good
dtllar instead, saying that she would see the
man whe had given her the bad one, the mex,
time he passed, and make him take it back.
Quite willing not to loose the dollar, the lady
consented, A few days afterwards she pass
ad the stall again, and stopped to ask if the
woman had yet seen the man who had given
ber the counterfeit dollar.
Laws, no, honey was the reply. Il was
MT going to let you keep il, being as you are
my best customer; but I just passed II of, the
very next time had to make change, and NO
fassi Never you mind, honey, the woman as
L give it to, served me the very same trick,
iastwesk. was glad to get a chance to pay
her Of" - is
4 am very sorry il is going any further
said the lady. 81 came here on purpose to gel
l., and destroyit. thought could better af-
ford to loose It than many another Now !
shall always be sorry dill not Il, my duty
when had 1t in my power.'
Laws, then, 1 wish Pd a kept il, for Peg
Byle, who gin it TO-, will likely pass il off on
some poor boiyj and it does seem fair that the
Gg-bugs should loose what must be lost, any.
how. Twill just see it Peg has got it yet, Ii
you're willing to wait bit.'
No--Peg had not got it! She would have
scorred to keep it SO long. Bat choosing hal
victim with some discretion, among those she
called the big-bngs, she gave it to a rich mid
die aged man, whose fingers were so cold thai
he was less particular in examining his change
than usual. Arriving at home, he found tbs
dollar bad, but could not remember what stal
he had received II; so in great Equation a,
the dishonesty Of those hucksters, he had to
make up his miad to pocket his loss. i
lie went to church regularly-or rather, td
Methodist meeting of all things, be hated
the poor-plate which was passed around 70:
contributions every Sunday. Yet he general
" put something into it, because folks eye
were upon him. The next sunday when i
came around, he meliciously put therein tn,
counterfeit dollar. There thought be, syol
are welcome to that!' .lf. g
He did not blush, or look, orfeel ashamed
Observers would never know the cheat. How
ever, when the preacher read Ia the Bible
lesson about Annanias and Sapphlra, he has
to comfort himself with observation-disclosures tina
the age for miracles had passed..
That afternoon lady called upon him, an,
|. complaiuaA that a,counterfeit dollar, whic!
she had given to such huckster, had beef
Transferred to another, who had given It to hin.
She bad come To redeem that dollar, az he
conssisncs troubled her about it, aud she sup
posed that i vaassiIl 10. hi, possession. Q
course. N b atssss