The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-12-16

but viii st il and hand y . gop-
HetnaSe, / want el2e6 ESc
said she toherself.
It happened that / had taken
all arge bills-I had none lessta
a.6fsy-and knew T could not al
tke change, I vas wondering
had So suddenly scpcled tAe NON
down. a nome1 sgo she 1asFsl
Ito fight. ahd aetiay had
| I pissed ont oE csae.
seated III sIiiok cal, s7hs5
ibralsemun cans Ia
said, What aileHshe old bear, that
she tuned down saalmighty quisk2'
81 haven't the least idca,' I an
swered.
Something struck her all at once,
that's what's the matter with me-
said Abe, thoughtfrlly.
at Janesyille 1 had the bill chang
ed, and afte- taking seven dollars
and thirty-fve cents for her fare, |
gave her the balance, which was for
ty.two dollars ana eighty-ive cents,
not waiting for her to count it, as |
should have done. Upon coming by
her twenty minutes later, she stop
ped me and said:
i gave you $50 obill?"
Yes, madam
- THE fare was seven dollars and
thirty-fvc cents said she.
Seven thirty-fveI' 1aLswered.
That would leave s42.S5, wouldn't
it?' she asked.
Yes, madam, it would replied,
wondering what she was coming at.
well, you didn't give me but
TWENTY-FIVE dollars said she.
you havemade a mistake in count
ing, madam I answered, 4 gave
you the full amount, I am positive
of it
But l say you didn't
sYou are mistaken l said.
I am, eh! You are going to try
and beat me out of over twenty dol
lars, but you can't do it, no SIR
4 am not beating, or trying to
beat you out of a cent answered.
Her wrath was rapidly rising; and
not wishing to have a scene, I-left
the car. ] informed Abe Of the new
game she was trying to play, when
1he.gave utterance asfollows:
IF you let that old she devil beat
you, you're not half as smart as ]
think you be. She is playing some
deep game, she is. l thought it fun,
ny when she so quietly paid her fare
after making so much fuss. Just like
as not the bill was counterfeit
Abe was right. She was playing
a deep game, and perhaps the biz
was counterfeit, but had gotten rid
of it, left it with the agent at James
vile.
AT A-the telegraph operator
handed me a bundle Of bills, which
had been left with him, asking meto
| give them to the agent at C, with
"a request to have them posted upcon-
spicuously. Such transactions were
common, and did not ask. the ma
tureof them. They were tied around
with small string. After We left
A-rgave the bills to the baggage
man on the train, telling him to
leave them at C-with his report,
for / feared might forget to deliver
them. About two hours after wan
ted a piece Of string. but could not
find any on the train. Generally
there was quite an amount in the
lamp-box, but not a single piece now.
discovered the bills (Which were
handed to me at Al upon the
rack in the baggage-car, and unwound
the string from them, and placed
them back. Going into the car
again some time after, | found they
had fallen on the floor. Picking
them up Noticed the heading, which
read:
,'0nc Thousand Dollars ReraoE.s !,
The rest of thcbill was as follows:
The above reward will be paid for
the arrest and conviction of a gang
Of counterfeiters, who are now opera
ting in this portion of the country
The head or chief of the gang is a
woman
signcd-.Allen Pinkerton,' Chief