The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-29
so WORTH OF sAWDUST.
The Express Dodge Rocket, and
How IN Old Illinoisian
Was Taken In.

A0osg the ~ 0esous schemes to cap
turs the uusophislicstsd smart "Alicks''
the bond racket and the express package
dOdr. .'s the latest. aud insure s!mos: GER
tai, e.. ITO the operator. The readers
Of tue DAAOO are perfectly fsWiiisr vith
the bond confidence game. - the press Of
Sedsiia have had occssiOa 20 .peak 81 sew.
sPal csses during the past :hree weeks.
In nine c,ses out al ten the msn sho is
dipped 10 fellow Just budding into the 6rss
stsees of . large dos- Of self eonceis, 90
the look out for colt snaps whore he can
man generally demonstrates TO hio, fully
the chance 10 make haul.
THE gxPRSss oAMk
Vas introduced in S~dalia las, Wsines-
day for the 6rss time this ssSson, but the
iscis did not reach the cara OF the authors
ties until Yesterday, vhsn the victim re-
turned from his trip. TIE daped stranger
Va . man pas, DidGls-.ge from Illinois,
On his vsv To Gsinssille, Texas. While
the train was waiting al the Gsrri.on house
iOr time, the Illinois man Gas reclining IN
. sest, thinking OF the new and enlicins
vest. He vac startled IRON his -Frverie BY
. yosng msn sho hursisdIy deposited .
box about tWeaty inches I'm length and
twelve inches in width in the seat BY his
aide. The young man ,heu stood in the
aisle Of the csr aud dashed his hsnde
through his pockets With lightning rapid
itv, a. II he vas IN sesrrL u! something
he ssiIed TO 6n,i. ihe Illinois men z.ssi
at the psntomime 9th undi-gul.-i sym
patty. The fellow 9th the expires pick
age said he had Just taken the pscEags
from the cypress messenger, ard shst be
ovsA $40 on the same, and .. he hsd no.h-
ing hut . check he Wsa afraid he wonlt be
delayed, snd rot ass asss On that tram.
HIS DISTRESS WAS PAINFUL,
and the Illinois m.n indicated be ws.
sorry. very soFry - much 20 that when
ire expires pscksge fellow suggested he
should %, him have the $40, aud hold the
psckase. he desiberstssa bu, little. rhe H.
i,nois MAJ gaasd st the pscksss. II Ger
,siBly -hoped up expires Labels enough. and
Was .. carefully tied up ~ ii i, .Os.sine,i
diamonds. The train wss shout 10 starl
snd he hid tn make haste, 40 with sym
pathetic smile, NJ foske,2 over the $40 To
the Young man. Who immediately hnrI led
out OF the train to 6nd the express nesssn-
GEE.
The Illinois ussn xu srded the boz 81
treasures with vigilance the fr.in pl..sd
oct !,o,n the depot and the owner al the
pseksge cams not. Thinking, hcseves,
that he would socn appear, the lll,no,san
said nothing his thoughts had wandered
into suspicion that he sss dupsd % the
train whiriei svsy on the h. \ =. ,ow ari
Texss. Finally the l',inni- man concluded
no sonld speak to the conductor ard ia
form him OF he ,rrn-action. Conductor
John farr 10 slwsys redsy With his aym-
patty in es.ss Of distress. The llliuoi.
man asked The conductor to open the psck.
s2e and find out what IL contained, hut
FaFv replied in the negative AMI e,.Inseie,i
TIE Iiinois man BY ssy,ng he supps the
package contained 3 doisn soiled egg.
Finsllv the Sucker tscxlsa the package
himse'f, and after taking Cd innGn,srsbIe
strings and digging through oh express
labels. he found the box, opened il snd
showed M ss.dn... Hs dug through the
.aviuss ~ I'm: .,ue i~welr, p,eseG
tine rein. bat ''rarv' je~elry did he 6nd.
and out OF the window the b,.x went. while
the audience grinnsd kuo~,ael, AMI took
their sests. The Iisinnis uan pr csss.ed
to Gsinsvili-, and re'nrain. the next day.
he arrived in S-dalis Yesterday. or rocte
for Illinois. He is :-v dave Older end
several years wiser since he helped young
man nav for IN eXrrsss p~rks.S.