The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-10-21

"No, not much but you should not be
so impetuous. Are you returning by the
four fifteen train ?"
eyes, sir, think so," replied the youth.
"Then we may as we'll travel together.
I want to speak to you about the shooting
over the glebe lands, so buy your baubles,
my dear boy-buy your bautles at once"
The dear boy lost no time, he selected q
diamond and opal necklace, breach and
bracelet to match the whole value fifty
pounds, net cash. Sophy was lucky girl !!
offered hundred pound note in payment and
demanded change-not as his reverend ac-
quaintance had done, as a matter OF favor,
but as his right.
"There change that" he said and flung
his note upon the counter.
Now it seemed too good Mr.. Elephant
that there could be no possibility oil danger
in changing note of so unusual an amount,
when presented by a gentleman of Mr.. Dali
cimer's appearance and manner-Mr. Dalci-
mer why, be might be an Archbishop |!
but this young Rapid with his hands thrust
in the pockets of his pegtop trowsers, with
his ballet dancer pin, and his birds eye scarf
chewing a tooth pick, with his hat cooked,
was very different sort of customer: He
could not be a bad character himself-Oh
no did not the divine call him Frank"
and would he frank" any but respectable
people? But young men will be young men
and sometimes keep very bad company.
He might have been imposed upon him
SELF So, the Exchange being near at hand
Mr.. Elephant dispatched young Rapids note
to the master of that place to be scrutinzed,
pretending all the time, that he was sending
it out to be changed
The messenger returned and whispered
to his employer that the note was perfect
ly good one, and he-rather ashamed of
himself for having kept his worthy custo-
mer waiting whilst he INDUCED in such I'M
worthy suspicion-hastily changed the de-
faced note, and having handed the differ
ence and Sophy's "baubles" to Rapid, was
bowling his customers out, when-Oh that
this pen should have to record it "a pO-
liceman, breathless with haste and excite
ment. dashed into the shop and seized the
reverend gentleman and his lively young
friends by their collars, and am sorry to
add that the responsibility of the former
dropped from him like cloak, and he stood
trembling, the very picture of detected
swndler.
W-w-w-what's the meaning of
this ?" gasped poor Mr.. Elephant.
"Why, that you have two of the most
notorious forgers in England in your shop
that's all" replied the man in blue, pro-
ceeding to handcuff his prisoners.
"Have you changed any note for them ?"
Y--y--yeS, two of hundred
apiece"
They are forgeries, then, the cleverest
out. Here, give them to me-" Mr.. Ele-
plant obeyed mechanically. II shall have
to produce them at the police Office to make
the charge--Hi cab," and constable having
secured the darbies on his captives, thrust
them into the cab, and having told the still
confused jeweler to come along as soon as
he could "to swear against them"-drove
off-aUheee?
Echo makes the usual responsel For
never from that moment has Mr.. Elephant
set his gaze upon either of his customers !;
the pretended policeman that took them
into custody the cabman who drove them
away; the watch; hejewelry; the change,
or the perfectly good Bank of England
notes for one hundred pounds piece, with
which their ingenious fraud was committed.