The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-04-10
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Chow are you getting along, Ole
fellow?" said Rugg, in a stammerins
voice. "Where are you going?"
Sam stopped. They gossiped fol
q little while, and then went on to
gether.
Rugg asked Sam what he had il
his little parcel. "Calico for my
daughter, which I have just bought
in that store" said Sam, looking
backward at the place. Upon which
Rugg suddenly remembered that he
had to take some needles and thread
to the "old woman. He took q
good ten dollar bill out of his pocket
and asked Sam if he could not change
it. Sam gladly seized such a good
opportunity to do business, and he
gave Rugg two counterfeit fve-dollai
bills, for, thought he, the fellow is
drunk, he will not know a bad note
from good one.
Rugg now begged Sam to so 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 stam-
mered. And so saying, he took it
out of Sans hand, looked at it on
all sides and examined to see if the
large top unscrewed. 1t did; he
screwed it off, and found that inside
a string was fastened.
Sam was now on thorns, but he
was a cunning fellow and knew how
to control himself.
Rugg pulled out the string (Which
had knot at the lower, end) and out
fell little roll of bank notes. He
pulled again; another, little roll fell
out, and then another till altogether
there were twelve rolls five and ten
dollar bills.
Rugg, who still pretended to be
drunk, laughed aloud, apparently at
the quantity Of money he had pulled
out; while Sam was confounded and
hardly knew what to say.
'Hallo, you are rich, old fellow,
very rich, cried Rugg,
Sam collected his notes together
again.
"Do you think they are good
ones?" asked Sam, soon recovering
himself.
Rugg looked at the notes and re-
Piled Eyes, indeed, they are all
good" while, he had noticed at u
glance that they were all new coun-
terfeit5 Of the kind most recently
put into circulation.
''Is is curious" said Sam, "I have
carried that stick more than twenty
years. 1t belonged once to my faith
en-, who is dead, and L never in my
Lille knew that the head would u4-
screw"
Twenty yearsr stammared Rugg;
land you have have had it all the
time?"
"Yes,-it has never been out Of my
"It seems to me, remarked Rugg,
still feigning drunkenness, "that
your notes were not printed at that
time"
That was a delicate question, but
Sam went on as if he did not hear
it; and when he had gathered togoth-
er all his notes, "you wanted to go
and buy something in the store; let
us go and do it, and then we will go
along together"
$50 we will" said Rugg, making
an effort to stand on his legs. x
So they went to the store.
When they entered, Rugg asked
the store-keeper if the old man had
bought any calico of him.
eyes, aboutan hour ago, answered
the store-keeper.
"And with what did he pay for it?"
"With this note" replied the man,
showing the note he had received
from Sam.
cit is a bad one, " remarked Rugg
quietly.
"Bad," cried Sam, ''that is not
possible. Then l will very soon take
il back to the place I received it
from. I am an old man and have
not very good sight. Is it not
shame to cheat an old man in this
way?"
Saying this, he wiped the tears
from his eyes. Then he looked
about in his pockets and brought out
ten good one dollar bills and laid
them down, apparently very much
at being cheated. He was
On the point Of going away, when
Rugg, who now seemed to be sober
again, asked him again, whether all
bis money was like this, which to
him seemed closely to resemble that
which he had in his stick, Sam replied:
Indeed, l cannot say, for my eyes
IRE very bad"
Snow then" said Rugg, "let US
20 to the hotel and have something
10 drink" to which Sam agreed,
llthough he wished Rugg at Jerico.
Arriving at the hotel, Rugg called
he landlord on one side and asked