Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-02-26

hotel, andsoOn after to repeat the
action in another house.
Now the officer went to work
Sam was travelling about in New
Jersey, but Rugg, was watch
ing him unObseryed; and, one
day, just after Sam had come
out OF a hotel in y country place,
the detective went in and asked
whether Sam had spent any
money there.
Yes" answered the landlord,
"fifty cents. He is an old miser
never stays through the
night"
"What money did he give
you?" asked Rugg.
GA ten-dollar note"
'May | see it?"
eyes, here it is," answered
the publican, taking the note
out of the till.
THE note is bad,' Rugg quiz
city remarked
THE devil it is," cried the
host.
"Nothing bat q counterfeit,
my friend! Not worth a cent"
"Damn i'll" shouted the pub
lican, and he burst into a tor
rent Of oaths. But Rugg whis-
pered to him: "Now be quiet,
friend, | am a detective. Leave
the rest to me and take care of
the note till I return"
Upon this Rugg left him. and,
going on the road after Sam,
soon overlook him.
Sam had just come out Of q
store upon whose proprietor he
had played a similar game.
"My daughter" said he, as he
went in, asked me to get her
three yards of calico. Have
you anything goodin that way?"
eyes" answered the store
keeper.
GLOW much is it q yard?"
"Twenty cents"
'Is that not a little dcar?'
mo, Oh the contrary, you
will not get 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 his !
calico ''for his daughter" and
nine dollars and forty cents Of
good money in his pocket.
Meanwhile Rugg had altered
his dress, beard and hat so that
Sam could not recognize him.
He also, as he fell into Sans i
road, feigned to be somewhat
intoxicated.
'1How are you getting along,
old fellow?" said Rugg, in a
stammering voice. "Where are
you going?"
Sam stopped. They gossiped
for a little while, and then went
off together.
Rugg asked Sam what he had
in his little parcel. "Calico for
my daughter, which | have just
bought in that store" said Sam,
looking backward at the place.
Upon which Rugg suddenly re-
membered that he had to take
some needles and thread to his
cold woman" He took a good
ten-dollar bill out of his pock-
ct and asked Sam if he could
not change it. Sam gladly
received such q good Opportu-
nifty to do business, and he gave
Rugg two counterfeit five-dOl-
lar bills, for, thought he, the fell
low is so drunk, he will not
know a good note from a bad
one.
Rugg now begged Sam to go
to the store with him, then they
would go along together; and, as
they set off, Rugg noticed, as if |
for the first time, Sans stick.
"What a curious stick" he
stammered. And so saying, he
took it out of Sans hand,
looked at it ON all sides and ex-
amined it 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 cunning fellow and
knew how to control himself.
Rugg pulled out the string
(Which had o knot at the lower
end) and out fell a little roll of
bank notes. He pulled again;
another little roll fell out, and
then another, till altogether
there were twelve rolls of five
and ten dollar bills.
Rugg, who still pretended to
be drunk, laughed aloud, aPpa-