Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-04-28

4 ~ 4LLASAD "a ADD8L = q l3Ti6f OF an l1fu f0Hg
NeN uAy hr WIS In again TO ask bow fha
AHaar Was getting along, and to show shaw
he'd bought for his old woman. 'Marries
Der fWenfy-fhree years 1go down 70 Wiseon
Sin, SQUIRE, he said; and she can hitch Hi
p span Of horses Quick,rn any woman ant
me, too. fhataa neignber OF his had sold /,
steer to this same buyer, and had been pait
IN cash, and he wanted TO knew whether
didn't think tits suspicious I told him i
was not, but rather the contrary, as sup.
posed the amount being small. The Chicago
| buyer preferred settling Tor cash. No douet-
said, his asvn check EoEld be paid in lew
DAYS by return mai. He said that was al
fened to inIreinoe me to his friend who had
sold the steer, but promptly declined. One
| OF that crowd was enough for me.
I "Soon after the bank opened on Saturday
| he was IN ag1iH 10 tel me that he had me,
another neighbar from handirohi al the no.
TEL, who had sold to afsot beF Chicago man for
| a check. and that he had advised it, BEN.
brough. TO me 70 be fixed 4 thanked him,
/ and a-ain declined an invitation rs come
| right along and see them steers He left.
! saying he had TO get few things for the old
woman right away, as he calculated upon
getting up the line home that evening. Just
before the bank was going to close, however,
he was back again.
man who was exhibiting in the fair. and had
agreed to give $3.50 for them The man
| wanted his money down, because he had TO
take his animals out OF the fair ground; and
| my granger, also. wished to get bone for
| Sunday, the fair being over Had got the
money from Chicago yet? No; there wasn't
| time. I couldn't receive it until Monday
morning.
swell. he'd heard at the hotel, he said, that
| the Chicago buyer was square man, and did
regular business around the State. but his
| fear was that the Chicago bank might horn
swoggfe me about the money. ] told him
there was no danger Of that, and he then
asked whether couldn't pay the man for
the horses and deduct 1t out OF the amount Of
his check This was not usual, OF course,
and there was no time to make inquiries
about him, as the bank was Just going to
close for the day, it being Saturday, but
there seemed to be no danger about doing
SO. He was evidently one of the granger
crowd that filled the town; he had pressed
me on several occasions TO accompany him
down to his STALKS at the fair, and his story
generally hung so well together that, after q
little hesfration, i said would do so.
-. knew Chicago men were in town buy
ing. aRd I had old hay-seed's Endorsement;
SO / handed him a check and told him TO
make il out for $50. 1t ended in my having
to fill up the body Of the check, and he signed
it, He counted his money. held out his hand
to shake hands, and, inviting me to cali in
Whenever / came down 10 kandiyohi, de-
parted. never saw him again. The check
was returned from Chicago marked, Not
W. r. Chity's usual signature;' and as /
read it / knew that a confidence man had
gone through me for $3.50"
80 One Of that crowd was enough for you,
then. evidently" said one OF the English
men,
Good enough" said the manager. smil-
inc. 1.-The worst OF il was that thinking over
the matter that evening it all Of q sudden
fashed across me that the hand had shaken
was not that of regular granger. 1t wasn't
rough enough. @ That shaking hands was the
only weaE part Of the cIss's whole game.
Il was too late, however, then, to do any
thing, even il had been sure
pretty tough on you, sir,'' said the car
conductor who hsd stood by to hear the end
Of the story.
EYES," said the manager, IT used to get
mad about it for q long time; but I've got
over that now.T
.Ecouldn'f play it on You again, sirs''
p ksNo.s n t worth cent. -
There's some fellow playing the conf
dence game along the line now" the con-
ductor said; .scooped a granger out of a
hundred dollars yesterday, and went through
a Canadian eInigraDt, on his way to Garry.
for all he was worth. i guess he'll get away,
though before we strike him. He'll have a
rough time of it II any OF the boys about
Glyndon lay hands on him I'm told there's
an old prairie crusner along here some
where's, that he went through last fall, that
swears he'll raise his hair il he catches
bim."
had noticed that both the fellow travellers
near us had listened attentively to the story,
the long man smiling rs the manager related
the way he had been taken in, and the old
frontiersman leaning further and further
over the arm of his cent, till his head almost
reached across the passage of the car. When
the cenducto Or had ceased speak ing the old man
broke into the conversation with burst that
was almost yell, land by the Eternal. III
do it.'' We all turned to look a. the Old fel-
low, who had worked himself into great
state of excitement, though we bad not paid
much attention to him. dumping Jndas -
he continued, '1if ever sot exes on that all
fired skunk agin-see here, mister" he said
pointing at the bank manager and getting off
his seat The better to ask the question, 'rdi 4
YOU take note of that white ilyered hounds
eyes:''
:. Not particularly" said the manager.
- He wore spectacles, but / noticed scar
running back from one eye almost to his
ear.
with be delivered himself Of string of in
geniously biasphemous invecfiyes- Indeed,
II struck me al The time that in this partica-
lar he was quite equal TO any Western stage
driver had ever met
1.Went through you toe. did hef"
Did he, See here. I'll tell you"
.fWire in. Old man." said The manager:
.sbuf look here. there's parson and LADY
at the other end OF the car, so let up little
on those ornaments OF speech OF yours
" AIN 1 roirg 10 say H9iIiD9 10 4BuTL Iie
minister nor Vet the lady, but III raise that
slab-faced gsloot's hair, sure you're born,
if ever strike his trail agin- You can bet
your bottom dollar on that, Colonel I'd
been out for a couple Of year on the Yellow
Stone, Iradin' along with = half breed from
Pembna. and "a made q matter of six hun
dred dollar or 1hereabouts. / come in last |
fall, masking for Chicago I'd put acme side /
q few dollars for bit OF bend AZ ST. Paul, |
me and that half breed Joe Bourinet, and /
1 he rest was a-goiHg TO nay gal at Chicago. |
She was to school there sAong of q convent /
and going TO be married to young chap.
They was ageing to move West piece and |
set up store and the Old man was a-going to |
do it for them. Ihankered after this all the /
time was out tradin' with them Sioux, for |
i han't seen her berter'n six year, and was |
almighty liked on this here idee Of mine. |
was agoiag TO whocp It up lively for them, |
you'd better bet, and the cid man was TO be /
the big toad In the puddle, too. Well, come |
along UP the river with Joe, and crossed at |
the Forks up here, and come on down till 1 |
struck this here railroad. Joe. he got into /
muss with q fellow Al the Forks and got /
hurt. so had to leave him to be looked az !
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