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

was con1Ounded and hardl,
knew what to say.
"Hallo, you are rich; old fel
low, very rich," cried Rugg.
Sam collected his bills togeth
er again.
"Do you think that they are
good ones?" asked Sam, soon re-
covering himself.
Rugg looked at the notes and
replied: "Yes, indeed, they are
all good" while he had noticed
at glance that they were all
counterfeits Of the kind most re-
Gently put into circulation.
at is curious" said Sam, 81
have carried this stick more
than twenty years. 1t belonged
to my father, who is dead, and
[ never in all my life knew that
the head would unscrew."
Twenty yearsr' stammered
Rugg; "and you have had it all
the time?"
"Yes-it has never been out
Of my possession"
at seems to me-" remarked
Observation-Disclosures,
that your notes were not prin-
ted at that time?"
That was a delicate question;
but Sam went on AS if he did not
hear it; and when he had gath
cred all his notes together, he
said, "Gou wanted to goand buy
something in the store; let lis go
and do it, and then we will go
along together
$50 we will" said Rugg, ma
king an effort 10 stand on his
legs.
So they went to the store.
When they had entered, Rugg
asked the store-keeper whether
the old man bought any calico
of him.
"1es, about an hour age" an
swercd the store-keeper.
"And what did he pay for It2"
''With this note," replied the
man, showing Rugg the note he
had received from Sam.
at is a bad one" remarked
Rugs quietly.
Bad" cried Sam, chat is
not possible. Then | will very
s5cn take it back to the place [
got It 1rC,n. I am an old man
and have not ve.,,,y good sight
Is it not a shame to cheat an OLD
man like that?"
Saying this, lie 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, appa-
rently very much enraged at be-
.ng cheated. He was on the
point of going away,when Rngg,
who now seemed to be sober a.
gain, asked him whether all his
money was like this, which to
him seemed to closely resemble
hat which he had in his stick,
to which Sam replied, Indeed,
| can not say, for my eyes are
very bad"
"Now then" said Rugg, 'let
rs go over to the hotel and have
something to drink" to which
Sam agreed, although he wished
Rugg at Jericho.
Arrived at the hotel, .RHgg
called the landlord to one side
and asked for the ten dollar bill
which Sam had paid him. The
landlord gave it, and Rugg at
once said to him:
'Did this man give you this
note?"
Yes, heis the man who gave
it to me-"
"What did you give him in
change?"
"Nine dollars and a half"
In a moment Rugg took "lame
Sam" by the collar and began to
search him. First he foun d the
publican's nine and a half dol
lars; then his own ten dollar bill,
for which Sam had given him
the two counterfeit five dollar
notes, and lastly he took $40O
in counterfeit notes from his
stick.
"Where did You get these
notes from?" asked Rugg, who
was now quite sober. Il
brought them from home. |
went to see my sick daughter
And Sam was going into a long
explanation, but Rugg took off
his hat and his false beard, and
said: "That is played out, | am
a United States detective and
you, old rascal, are now my pris-
oner." And at these words he
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