The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-29

1o OouSnI IOr MS OLD woman. Marie
ner twenty-three years ago down to Wisco
SIN, SQUIRE he said; and she can hitch I
span OF horses quick'rn any woman al
most men around the place. He had to Il
me, TOO, that a neighbor of his had sold
sIeer 70 This same buyer, and had been pa
casn: and he wanted to know whether
dion,t think this suspicious. 1 told him
was not, but rather the contrary, as l SUI
- Poseu the amount being small, the Chicag
guyef preferred settling for cash. No doub
said, MS own check would be paid in fe
Gays by return mail. He said that was a
! sgn.' ne W0rn,t in no hurry. Then he Of
Ierea 70 introduce me to his friend who ha
s0i0 the steer, but promptly declined. On
OF tnat crowd was enough for me.
"S0on after the bank opened on Saturia
ne was In again to tell me that he had me
another neighbOr from Kandiyohi at the no
tei, VINO had sold to another Chicago man fo
cneck, and that he had advised its ben
brought to me to be fixed. thanked him
ana again declined an invitation TO com
sagas along and see them steers. he left
. saying ne had to get few things for the oil
woman right away, as he calculated upo
getting up the line home that evening. Jus
De1ore the bank was going to close, however
he was back again.
HE had bought span Of horses from q
man who was exhibiting in the fair, and hat
agreed to give $3.50 for them. The maj
wanted his money down, because he had {,
take his animals out of the fair ground; ant
my granger, also, wished to get home To-
sunday, the fair being over. Had got tn,
money from Chicago yet? No; there wasn'
time. l couldn't receive it until Monday
swell, he'd heard at the hotel, he said, thai
the Chicago buyer was square man, and did
regular business around the State, but hi
1ear was that the Chicago bank might horn.
sWoggie me about the money. told him
there was no danger Of that, and he then
asked whether couldn't pay the man fol
tne horses and deduct it out of the amount OF
MS 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, 1t 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
generally hung SO well together that, after .
little hesitation, I said would do so.
IL knew Chicago men were in town buy
| ing, and had old hay-seed's Endorsement:
SO handed him a check and told him to
make it out for $3.50. 1t ended in my having
to III up the body Of the check, and he signed
1t. He counted his money, held out his hand
whenever came down to Kandiyohi, de-
parted. never saw him again. The check
was returned from Chicago marked, Not
w. Il. Chitty's usual signature;' and as I
read it knew that q confidence man had
gone through me for. $780,"
Zone OF that crowd was enough for you,
then, evidently" said one Of the English.
men.
"Good enough" said the manager, smil-
ing. "The worst Of it was that thinking over
the matter that evening it all of a sudden
flashed across me'that the hand had shaken
was not that Of regular granger. 1t wasn't
rough enough. That shaking hands was the
1t was too late, however, then, to do any
thing. even II had been sure
Pretty tough on you, sir" said the car
conductor, who had stood by to hear the end
of the story.
mad about it for long time; but I've got
Couldn't play it on you again, sir?"
mo, not worth cent"
"There's some fellow playing the conf
dence game along the line now" the con.
ductor said; "scooped granger out of
hundred dollars yesterday, and went through
q Canadian emigrant, on his way to Garry,
Tor all he was worth. guess he'll get away, |
though, before we strike him. He'll have |
rough time of It'll any of the boys about !
Glyndon lay hands on him. Pm told there's |
an old prairie crusher along here some- |
where's, that he went through last fall, that |
swears he'll raise his hair if he catches
him."
I had noticed that both the fellow travellers
near us had listened attentively to the story.
the long man smiling as the manager related |
the way he had been taken in, and the old |
leaning further and further
over the arm of his seat, till his head almost
reached across the passage of the car. When
the conductor had cessedspeakingtheo old man
svnf<H |
was almost yell, Sand by the Eternal, I'll
do itw We all turned to look at the old fell
low, who had worked himself into a great
.tate of excitement, though we had not paid
much attention to him. "Jumping Judas I"
he continued, cit ever sot eyes on that ALL
ired skunk agfn-see here, mister" he said,
pointing at the bank manager and getting of
his seat the better to ask the question, Sdid
7ou take note OF that white-livered hounds
,yesr'
"Not particularly" said the manager.
He wore spectacles, but I noticed Q scar
unning back from one eye almost to his
ar. -
ssIt's him 20 said the old man. and forth.
With he delivered himself of . string Of in.
blasphemous invectives. Indeed.
struck me at the time that in this particu-
ar he was quite equal to any Western stage. .
river had ever met.
"Went through you too, did hef"
- DlU u01 Scc ucTcs LII t6u you"
"Wire in, old man." said tho manager:
but look here. there's parson and lady
the other end of the car, SO let up a.little
n those ornaments Of speech of yours"
" I amt going to say nothing to hurt the
Minister nor yet the lady, but I'll raise that {
galoot's hair, sure Is you're born,
ever strike histrail agin. You can bet I
our bottom dollar on that, Colonel. I'd "
cen out for couple Of year on the Yellow
tone, tradin' along with half breed from l
'embina, and I'd made matter of six hun.
red dollar or thereabouts. I come In last t
Ill, making for Chicago. I'd put acme side
few dollars for bit of bend at st. Paul,
le and that half-breed Joe Bourinet, and
he rest was a-going to my gal at Chicago. Z
he was to school there along Of . convent
nd a.going to be married to young chap.
hey was agoing to move West . piece and t
1t up store and the old man was a-Eoing to q
o it for them. Ihanksred after this all tho q
me was out tradin' with them Sioux, for Il
han't seen her better'n six year, and I was t
mighty fixed on this here idee Of mine. 1 G
as agoing to whoop it up lively for them,
ou'd better bet, and the old nan was to be t
IL big toad in the puddle, too. Well, 1 come t
ong up the river with Joe, and crossed at a
IL Forks up here, and come On down till I Y
ruck this here railroad. Joe, he got into . Y
uss with Q fellow at the Forks and got q
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