St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-01-12
The Bunco Men FOiied.
THEIR ATTEMPT TO ROPE IN THE PRES
IDENT OF THE THIRD AVENUE RAIL
ROAD.
lErnm the New York Snnl

From the New York SUM-
Mr.. Lyon laughingly told his story
at was ten days or fortnight ago,
said he, ''when one afternoon, feeling
rather unwell, and having no appetite,
/ thought ] would try what good a
long, aimless walk in the open air
would do me. 1t was wet, unpleas-
ant day, and | put on an old hat, OF
very questionable style, and rough,
well-worn coat that | kept in the office
for lust such weather. At Fourteenth
street left the car, strOlled across tO
Broadway, and turned down town,
sauntering along slowly looking, |
have no doubt, like IA sightseeing
countryman. A little below Four
teenth street some handsome pictures
in IA store window arrested my atten-
ton. While | stood before the window
| became conscious of the presence OF
an over dressed young man, standing
in a doorway, and cycling me sharply
knew what he was at glance, but
thought to myself, Now this is some
thing rather enjoyable, to be picked
up as fiat by a buncO steerer. 1t may
stir my blood enough to do me little
good So | looked as innocent as
could to encourage him, as l turned
away from the window, and, as | eX-
pected he would, he came right up tC
me with a demonstration of real friend
ship.
".Why ! How do you do p he said
shaking my hand vigorously and fairly
beaming upon me. 'Im so glad to Sc,
YOU
81 shook Just as warmly as he did
and tried to look as if was SO glad t,
see him.
d" Now he continued, with an air %
playful reproach, 'Pd wager that yor
don't remember me Do you
" Well said, Il can't say that
do positively. Your face seems famil
lar, but | can't just recall your name
| think You used to trade at my store
I'm sure your family did-Cumming
of Chestnut street, Philadelphia, yor
know
" 'Oh, yes, knew You at once
Cummings he replied. But yOu
wouldn't be so likely to remember M
| as well as you would remember th'
ladies, whom you saw at your store
oftener, and, besides, I've been ont IL
Colorado since you saw me. All that
the place to live and make money
No place like the west
81 sized him up, his shiny hat, an'
lemon kids, and fancy boots and th'
general stamp of wOrthlessness an'
rascality that was all over him, and /
made me chuckle to myself to thinl
how little use they'd have i'll Colorado
for thing like that. But of course
said nothing of that, merely cOngratu
lated him on his fortune and said how
| clad | was to see him back lOOkin!
so well as he did, and he went on adj
dressing me as Cummings and talkin!
about business in Philadelphia ant
what nice store had there, and nj
that, presently he expressed his regre
that he had to leave me to keep busl
ness engagement, and we parted.
went down town and walked slow t.
give his confederate good chance t.
catch me. When | got down by Grac
church tipped my hat on the back u
NV head little, and stared up at tn
building as if | was admiring it for tn
first time. just then the second yOun
man overlook me. He was just IL
friendly as the other had been, an
was in full possession of the Cumming
and store racket, as | had Innocent
/ given it to the other-iust to smoot
his path and save time.
"'Why, Cummings, how do you do
said he. 1T seems good to see "A towns
man over here
~ looked at him with just Il littl
hesitancy and said : Il hope You wi
pardon me, but really | can't quit
place Won. Pm such a bad hand at rt
membering faces.
".Ah y he replied. 'YOu know m
father a good deal better than you d
me, guess My father keeps the dru
store on the corner below your store
, " 'Oh y | said. you don't mean
say you're a son of Mr.. Penn, VIII
keeps the big drug store on the corn'
of Eleventh street, do You 2
ale said he was, and he may he f'
all | know, for | am sure | don't knO
whether there is drug store there {
not. or whether there's Penn i'll Phi
n adelphia since William moved on
Well, of course | was very glad to Sc
? him, some on his fathers account, bl
more on his own, he was such nil
# Young man. He asked me if | Ia
II anything particular to do and | said
; hadn't; that all my business was don
II and | was just looking around. The
he proposed a little walk, and of cour
! agreed. As we went along | i
weighed against the dirty streets
New York and Landed Philadelphia
" Yes, indeed said he, you and
Y know, Mr.. Cummings that there's
place like Philadelphia We got dov
as far as the Sinclair house, and
proposed a drink We went in to t
bar. He ordered some sort of a mix
drink, and | took plain rye whisb
By that time began to think tina
had been walking quite far enou
down Broadway with a fellow of
, kind, so said to him in loud vol
that called the attention of everybo
in the bar-roOm, Young man d.
You think this thing has gone abC
far enough 2 He looked sort of sta
led, seemed to recognize that | was I
talking just as had been, and sta
mered, 'Wh-wh- do you meaI
Z" Il mean that you picked me up
a fiat and | picked you up for fo
and | was the only one that was rig
| played you along as far as it amu'
me, and now | tell yOu-Cummings
Is Philadelphia tells you-the sooner '
Z get out the healthier it will be for VI