The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-11-19
Write one dollar in decimals." :"
He pnt down the figures.

Gould says. that wont do--yo
havo got comma there.
Says Burnett, these decimal
is an old trick-they often dowr
ed me-"
"W hat ain to do?' asked sin
pie Simon. It ut The tail off til
comma" said Burnett.
A silence enSned while he WI,
scratching off the tail of the CON
ma, broken only by The hysteri
cal laughter of the boys in TIL
front Office, who sto>d holdin
their si;ies, heari..g every wor
said.
Another question:
The Court house sieeple is sal
to be So feet 4 inches high. Ii
shadow was observed 10 reac
Collins q Moore's corner. dis
tance OF IG3 feet inches. Lnthe
Bort carries on his arm, 8 inche
from the ground, a cane 2 feet
inch long, which casts shade,
3 feet 3 inches. What time G
day is it ?
Other questions as ridiculcu
were presented, copied and Cal
ried away. 1t was thought h
would drop to the racket" an,
not come back, bu, he did.
On Saturday evening Cap. Bu,
nett, Mr.. Green and Mr.. Goul,
called on Mr. Filing, Clerk of til
Board Of School Examiners. an,
told him Of the matter. 1t ap
pears from what was learne,
that this is not the Young man
first attempt to play The fraud il
getting a certificate, At any rat
it was concluded not to lead th
would be rascal any further
that he is too much a fool 70
men of sense TO trouble with
The game was not worth an,
more ammunition, the mouse wa
in the trap. the fun of the thin!
was at an end.
So on Monday merning. whel
the young man called for tn
other tests, Mr. Gould handed
him the following letter with tn,
two dollars enclosed, and asket
him not to read it until he got OF
somwhere by himself. 1t is pre-
sumed that Mr.. Gould did no
want Tie fellow to leave him ain,
of his feriilizing samples as a re.
minder cf The incidents that had
occurred.
The DETECTIVE S ADVICE.
LOGAN, Nov. Is, 1885.
Dear Sir-EncIosed is the mon
ey you paid to myself (Wicke
and Mr.. Gould. | am not the
printer you supposed, but my
real business is 20 detect rascals
when employed 10 do so. You
will get no certi ficate at all and
will probably believe you tackled
The wrong man in Lew Green, as
you will ill every respectable
editor in the country. The next
time you want to do crooked bus
mess my advice is TO "see your
man." and not write letters. NY
further advice to you is to act
square and honest in the future.
Very Truly,
ALE w. BURNETT
Thrilled with the anticipation
Of an easy victory. he pressed the
document closely to his heart
and made a bee line for the rear
of Collins & Moarc's store, where
in the seciusion of The deserted
stock yard he nervously tore of
the envelope AMI eagerly de-
vonred tie ling contents
With bitter disappointment the
realization vas forced upon him
that all men are not rascals. that
a contemplate scheme, emanat.
Ing from Il narrow, ignorant and
vicious nature, had been under
stood and contemporary thrus:
back ugon k;n,; that men who
owe their public place and theil
public trust to their adherence
10 honor and honesty are not
ready to sacrifice heii' place in
lie public confideI for few
paliry dollars. This dawned up
on his narrow mind. and as he
gazed upon the intelligent fea-
lures of the pictured face of the
able detective, which appeared
at he top of the letter head. and
who had so easily led the young
man into the trap, and had with
out scarcely All effort gained his
entire confidence and cleaned
from him his whole Iife's history,
together with the full details of
his weak and miserable plot, and
had so easily induced him to use
the money belonging to his father
to further his dishonest scheme,
when this dawned upon him he
slunk away to his buggy, and
with conviction that he had made
a contemplate fool of himself.
that he was a victim of his own
shameful, sneaking, miserable
scheme, he sneaked out of town.
and crest fallen and ashamed.
and doubtless with samples of
his fathers business secreted in
places about his attire.
ne sought the seciuSion of his ru-
al home, where it is to be hoped
hat in reviewing this abrupt ter
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