The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-24

about the last, for it's that which al.
ways gets the sucker. But you mustn't
give him chance to speak yet, for
you see he don't know you--how
could he, when he never SET eyes on
you bei0re-and you say: Now, that's
too bad; / see you don't know me.
Why, I am Jones, nephew of Ephraim
Jones, Cashier Of the National Bank in
your town. Don't you remember
when 1 was at your place? I wan u
youngster then, but remember you
perfectly. Ali this goes to make you
solid with the sucker; if you are the
nephew OF bank cashier, yon must
be somebody. aud if you huve carried
him in yonr mind so long, you must
be devilish clever fellow. But he is
forced to say he dou't remember you.
and you think it's too bad shat lie
should have forgotten you so entirely.
But you are determined he shan't do It
! again, FOR now you've met him once
more, you'll give h:m cause to remem-
Der you. which you are pretty sure to
do. bnt not in the way he thinks. You
ask him to take drink. and ten to
one he does it, for these suckers are
nearly always ready to drink at some.
body else's expense. II lie goes into q
bar-room with you, your graft is easy
after that; if he don't, you propose a
cigar. and il he don't smoke, you in
slst it's yonr lHnch time, and you drag
him of with you. Wherever you
take him, you open him ut once. You
do all tue talking, for it won't do to
give him chance, except to answer
questions, 30 that you may have the
office as to his business, family.
friends and all that, so that 10 IL little
time you know almost us much ubout
him and tho place where he lives AS be
does himself Then you get to tnlkinp
about yourself, and you always N AXE it
appear that you've been wonderful
lucky fellow. You have always made
money ut everything you pnt your
hand to. 1on can't even buy lottery
ticket without drawing prize. Then
sudden thought strikes you You
say: Blythe by, I've got ticket now
that's drawn prize Of some sort; I
must go down TO the Office, and see
what 1t is and get the money. Then
you draw out your pocket.book, which
shows up well. aud you take ont the
icketaud show it to the sucker. His Gu
rios,ty is excited, for lie never saw any.
thing of the kind before Your ticket
is one in past drawing in the Havana
lottery, and not worth cent; but the
sucker don't see the date, and don't
tumble to it 1 never knew q case
where ono did. Then you suy yon
must go to the Office, and you ask him
to go along With you. for after you get
your money. you want to go up town
with him and show him the sights.
The sucker always goes. Sometimes
be makes one excuse after another,
but you insist and he always goes.
"Well, you get him to our Office,
which is fixed up like oil the lottery
places in town which hnve Exchange
On the windows. YOU luy your ticket
down and ask the man behind the
counter, who is the third 'pal'-I'n call
him the dealer-if that has drawn
prize. The dealer says he'll sec, and
he looks over list Of prizes pasted
on the wall at the back of the room,
and of course behind the counter.
He's very careful about it, but at last
he says: Yes, sir, you have drawn
prize OF S29l. If you want the money,
III give it to you. although as rnle
all prizes are cashed at our main Office
in Wall street. You say, of course,
that you will take the money, and.
opening drawer, he takes ont a big
bunch of soft and hands you over the
amount. Then be says that as you are
in luck, you had better take another
ticket for the odd dollar. and determine
it by the dice. You agree to it, and of
course you win. BY this time the
sucker is generally ready to bite, but
If he don't. you go through the thing
again and win again. By this time he
IL always sure to bite. But by this
time the game requires large sum of
money, and he puts it up. The dealer
fixes the amount by what he thinks the
sucker has. The first throw, no mat.
ter what it is, the sucker wins. Some.
times. il we think he has big pile,
we let him win a second time, but it's
not often. Always the second or
third time we play him double or quits,
and ring the dice on him. that is.
We exchange the true dice which he
has been playing with for false ones,
aud, Of course, without his knowing
1t. Then we say to him that he has
an excellent chance to win, for he can
lose on no number but 2S, and it's al.
most lmpos ssible he can throw it. His
money ls on the counter, and SO is
yours He throws. and he throws %.
Tor the false dice wont count anything
else, no matter how they fall. Then
Tue dealer sweeps his money into the
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