The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-07-08


me and take care of the note till return"
Upon this Rugg left him, and going on
the road after Sam, soon overlook him.
Sam had just come out of a store upon
whose proprietor he had played similar
game. 1H
my daughter" said he, as he went in,
asked me to get her three yards of calico.
Have you anything good in the wayp"
eyes, answered the storekeeper.
How much is it a yard?"
"Twenty cents"
is not that little dear?''
mo, ON the contrary you will not get it
as cheap anywhere else."
"Well, then give me three yards" Sam
took it; paid for it with another bogus ten
dollar bill, and left the store with the
calico "for his daughter" and nine dollars
and forty cents of good money in his pocl-
ct. 80
Meanwhile Rugg had altered his dress,
beard, and hat, so that Sam could not rec
ognize him. He also, as he fell into Sans
road feigned to be somewhat intoxicated.
"How are you getting along, old fellow"
said Rugg in stammering voice. "Where
are you going ?''
Sam stopped. They gossiped for little
while and then went off together. m
Rugg asked Sam what he had in his
little parcel. "Calico for my daughter
which I have just bought at that store"
said Sam, looking back towards the
place. Upon which Rugg suddenly re-
membered that he had to take some need
les and thread to his sold woman" He
took ten.dollar bill out of his pocket and
asked Sam if he could not change it. Sam
gladly seized such good opportunity to
do business, and he gave Rugg two coun-
terfeit five dollar bills, for, thought he,
the fellow is SO drunk he will not know a
bad note from good one.
Rugg now begged Sam to go to the store
with him, then they would go on together;
and, as they set off, Rugg noticed, as if for
the first time, Sans stick.
"What a curious stick" he stammered
out. And so saying, he took it out of
Sans hand, looked at it on all sides and
examined it to see if the large top un-
screwed. 1t did; and he screwed it of,
and found that inside a string was fastened.
Sam was now on thorns, but he was
cunning fellow and knew how to control
himself.
Rugg pulled the string (which had
knot at the lower end) and out fell little
roll of bank notes. He pulled again and
another little roll fell out, and then an
other, till altogether there were twelve
rolls of five, and ten dollar bills.
"Hallo, you are rich, old fellow, very
rich," cried Rugg.
Sam collected his notes together again.
edo you think they are good ones p"
asked Sam, soon recovering himself.
Rugg looked at the notes and replied !;
eyes, indeed, they are all good" while he
had noticed at a glance that they were
all new counterfeits Of the kind most re-
Gently put into circulation.
"It is curious" said Sam, "I have car
ried that stick more than.twenty years. 1t
belonged once to my father, who is dead,
and never in my life knew that the head
would unscrew."
"Twenty years9" stammered Rugg
"and you have had it all the time P''
"Yes,-it has never been out of my
possession"
"It seems to me, f" remarked Rugg, still
feigning drunkenness, "that your notes
were not printed at the time 9''
That was delicate question; but Sam
went on as if he did not hear it and when
he had gathered together all his notes, he
said, You wanted to buy something in
the store, let us 60 and do it and then we
will move along together"
$50 we will" said Rugg, making an eff
fort to stand on his legs.
So they went to the store.
When they had entered, Rugg quietly
asked the storekeeper whether the old man
had bought any calico of him?
"Yes, about an hour ago." answered
the storekeeper.
"And with what did he pay for it P'
With this note, "replied the man ;
showing Rugg the note he had received
from Sam. r1g 8l
"It is bad one, " remarked Rugg, qui-
city. n4 o oa4
"Bad," cried Sam, "that is not possible.
Then l will very soon take it back to the
place received 1t from. 1 am an old man
and have not very good sight. Is it not a
shame to cheat an old man like that9"
Saying this, he wiped the tears away
f.o.., l,in a.Las rrl.a.. hfa lonIrod nha.ak In.