Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-07-26
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The Tale Of y Country sharper Told
to Policeman, ..t.-a,4r,

Z He drove policeman into n. doorway
ON Woodbridge street Sunday seyesifng
and began ;l9o7fi as ~ .sass1a ir.sai sk
"About two hours ago a; eatiayerons
woodenhead might have been seen ,gawp7
ing at the river from the foot of Randolph
street 3 He didn't know enough TO chew
gum. That.was me.n 5Tga fSd3 sacfti
se..You, eh? -WellG' si q gltss:z.a
swell, he gawped aud gawped. aud, he
knew he had $40 in his, pocket, and he
chuckied and tickIed and said he hat,
come to town 10 look around ana see
things md goihome andbe a lioh.i That
was me again. ,era s.4o5e hyfs. tlszssH
81 see." liz =5p4aa :. si-az1 -s.io
."He Just fairly ached TO hare a bunko
man come up and slap him on the back.
and cali him Josepheus Eastwood, and
ask how pa and ma and the children an
got aleng.j He itched to have 4 three
card monte. man, tickle him yfneer aha
chin and call him a red fox. from. Ianisi
county, and open up his litle game. His,
bones ali screamed out Tor the man with
the bogus gold pieces, and he drew down
Ids left eye as he thought hew they'd
take him for hsy-stacki and grt soid.i
He was an internal idiet. That's meI'f7o
eyes" -. .... 80 81.
s'Well, as he was standing there and
feeling how sharp and cute and cunning
he was up comes a man who was
breathing hard and looking scarf, and
says he to me in u whisper: EsYou iooH
like a friend TO the unfortunate. Il ca,
see by the cut of your face, that [ can
trust you. have wounded maj. who
insuitei my wife, and must skip TO Can
ada to escape arrest. Il have no money!
bat there is a hundred dollar bond.
Lend me $40 and keep the bond until 1,
see you,'' That Is. what he. said The. :
double -iinied idiot from the country took
it all IKE Il boy guiping down sulphur
and 'Iasses That's ruc some more" ''' i
.i,m listoning.n I:.dl TassEi9 - ssi4,fEt
s'Tl,e grccniiorn was fiattered and tick
led. He saw a chance to make $50 on
that bond. The boinb-preof, back-ae-
tion, copper-riycted. agricultural peach
blossom figured a. how he'd cash That
| bond Tomorrow and skip, and az how
the man In haste to resch Canada would
never find hia,s and as how, them siee
would buy a yoke of oxen, and 50 he
passed over his greenbaeks aud poeke.cd
| the bond. Yes, the bald-headed, cross
Ieyed, bow-iegged turnip patch did that
very thing. That's NE TO a dot" sag
| '.Is IL possible;y; - ssssi s.4izsse Z
| Sand here's the eboiid--worthicss. and
there an--strapped. And somewhere up
town is the sharper-tickled half 10 death
at the way he played me, say..''
| s<yes aE 1ft .r=ssEEz-sz~z- zsEsi Il
''Hunt up born fool, catch IA crank.
scare up dude, brips in silzoid man With q
Ia tlird wife, aud boil EN- all s!,lown and
!, bag mp the bones and call the thing jose.
/ phus Baswoods That's met''
|, And he walked off TO find the plank
road running West, waving the bogus
bond With mehand ami helping to kick
himself with the other. half . block
AWAY he halted aud looked back, and see
| ing the officer st4ll there be gave himself
three kicks and shouted out In lonesome
voice .E9 -E 5Ssl@ 7t5 81
sDon1 you forget IL fiist's M. ,''s=s5 -,
IL Hot Weather Directions.
i, Keep cool. Wear a cabbage leaf IN
your hat earrya sun umbrella. Bon't
!, walk on.tise sunny slile Of die street. DO
mot drink too nsehiee water. Nor besr :
Nor spirits. Don't overwofk- Dsn't
= worry Knock off business in the beat of
tthe day. Take sponge baths eyesy few
J minutes. Get on your sfoo. 900 yacht and
run up and down the hars,or Bet your
business slide mud retire TO tn: eool, siia--=
7 dy groves Don't read political saiteri-
) ais, Never mind about tine nex< presi-
s sdent. Put It on ice, Cultivate perspi-
, ration. Sleep all you can. Live In your
! hath room Thiffxof the poor Never
q mind charity, but shink of-thenf IN some