The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-11-28
BEAU HICKMAN AND CAyADABILL

Canada Bill one time WAS passing
through Washington on his way tJ
New \ OTk. after q successful gambling
trip on the steamboats, of the western
and southern rivers. The thought
struck him that he would stop and SCI
Beau Hickman, the great wdg. then IA.
NOUS as clever tTickStcr. The two
sports met ON the steps of the huge
marble capitol Hickman hai been
pointed ont to Canada Bill hv boot
black.
is Your name Hickman. pIri:" III
quire,l BID, extending his hand
The same. sir. Whose hIud migat
! have the honor of prrSSiHg: return
ed Hickman, thinking that his new ac-
quaintance WAS a ncWly-UriVrI west
rrn member of Congress.
The hand you grasp. pagd. respond
ell Bill. rs one generally known JS he
ing more able 10 deal clryrrlv than
fairly. |, like yOaTSeif. am one of SU-
ciety'S r;IZOTStrupS. | am
Canada Bill, 10y gum
''Shdke the member two lim,s-.uT
I'm glad 10 see yDU. Hickman
How long are you going ID stop i'm
i'm town :"
). stepped of expressly to make ynTr
acquaintance
Are You known in this city"
No"
Then I'll turn ynu la good account.
How much money have yoI u venture
on 4 sure thing:~
Got S6.UOO."
With you:'
Right here" AMI CuHda Bill pulled
[ forth two huge rolls of bills.
How would YOU like 10 turn that IN
/ to Sl2,OJ1 within the next three DAYS :"
/ Name tine job. and I'm Your man..
/ "Sh. Wen take a drink : and IIicE-
man led the mOnte-tOsSrr into the card
I room of Il fashionable Sample-rOOm.
! The next day, genteel, sOlemn-lOOk-
/ ing man entered the gentleman's par
/ lOrs at WillardS hOUel. which were
] filled with senators, congressman. and
/ Oiiice-SeekerS and holders Of all grades.
/ He Carried Il small notebook in his
( hand, and rs he approached each group
| he would bow and SAY:
"Gentlemen, | am collecting money
| for widow lady ANA her three child
| ren. They belong to Il Once-prOud but
now caSt-dGWn family. If YOU will aid
| them, please ask no further questions,
( but give what You see fit.
In the entire hotel the gentlemanly
beggar only received three donations Of
| twenty-five cents each. The others
/ waved him impatiently aside, while
some plainly told him he WAS an i'm
pOStOr. Before leaving, he said quietly
To the three gentlemen who had given
| him money:
This will be repaid YOU tenfOld to-
morrow evening at this hour"
He then took the address of each,
asking them to not fail To he in the
parlOr the next evening to get their
money, and cautioned them to speak
/ To no one of his prOmiseS-that he WAS
Sir Orlando MattersOn, president of
royal London society for the CncOuT-
agement of heneyOlenCc.
As Il matter of course, before hc had
got block away from the hotel every
one knew all that he had said and
done, and all considered him some
crazy fanatic. Thena report got about
that hc WAS an Immensely rich hut i'll
sane English nObleman, who spent
yearly hundreds of thousands in seek
ing those out who were willing To lend
aid tO the needy, and I'm reWlrling
them afterwards, 81 that, according Jp
his cracked brain. the cause of charity
might br in general WY accelerated.
The next evening d" came again,
asking aims, and everyone Was on the
lookout for hims He first singled out
the three gentlemen who had given
him twenty-five cents each, and very
quietly passed each an envelope con
tanning two dollars and fifty cents, and
Il small card, upon which was printed:
Give, and You shall receive" Cast
your bread on tn" waters and ii shall
he returned to You tenfOld." Re
member the example of Sir Orlando
Matters0n Us yoa journey through
life"
Sir Orlando MatterS0n took seventy
three dollars i'll donations from the
house that night, and it WAS noticeable
that those whom his example had thus
quickened We're very careful that he
should have their correct address
The same result followed in each of the
scores of hotels and Sample-ruOmS
which he had mitiated on the night he
fore. The third night he, with u sol
emn face, returned To each donor of
the previous night the exact t"nfOld
promise.
1t would ,e joy which would
consider cheaply purchased said he
cOniidentially 20 a dozen gentlemen, IF
at the cost of half a million dollars |
could teach the citizens of this hcauti-
full city t0 De thoroughly generous to
the poor"
This night he WAS like tine ticket
seller ut the railroad depot One. two,
| five, ten and even twenty dollar bills
were showed at him on all sides, So
great had been the awakening in the
cause of benevOlenCe which the eX-
ample of Sir Orlando Mutterson had
aroused. \ benign smile lowered
about his mouth, and 4 tear that gilt
tered betimeS i'm his mild, kind eve
proclaimed the joy his soul felt as he
showed bill after hill into his 10 .kpts
and g,IZed with the Look ui father up
on his converts.
Wen split her now" suggested Bill.
as he ceased counting.
"rwOuldn't give You Sl2,0Ja," quOth
Hickman. Let it be till tomorrow
night. | think ! c;In raise Il little hush
money on this racket
Next night Beau Hickman went the
rounds, and found groups of cxprctant
converts waiting tO see Sir Orlando
MatterSon. One az Il time, a. fast as
he could dO So, he would take one after
another of the most prominent gentle
men aside and whisper in his ear.
Il have got Il little subscription book
here which was handled tO me hv
friend as he took the train tins morn
ing for New York. Sorry You got sold
on Sir Orlando MdttrrsOn. He's
skipped ont. That was Canada Biil.
the three-cIrd monte man.
is that sO?'
'Sure. Here's tine book with your
name in it for twenty dollars.
well, for gracious sake, Bean. don't
show that notebook Ia anyone And
scratch my name of it, will yOu:"
Certainly, returned Hickman,
scratching over the name with his
pencil. "But, governor, I'm kind
q short tonight. Couldn't Won lend
me twenty dollars until tU-morrJw:" :"
With a WY face. tine victim would
pull forth his pOckctbOOk. and, placing
the bill demanded in IIickmIH'S hmd,
would slip quietly from tn" hotel tn
the street.
That night the two woTiiiici s.iyidcd
and the share of each WI, uvr.' twelve
thousand dollars.
Both Beau iiichmju aGd CmE'a
Bill, whose tricks on the HHWary Ol-
tanned for them thousands of dollars.
died poor and were buried as FaIpcrs;
and the moral is, that no matter how
much man makes dishonesty or hv
trickeIy, he will sooner or later br.
found out. and doubtless di~ Il mis.rd-
bic. deserted Outcast.