The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-07-21
HOW HE GOT LEFT.
a Hoosier State Spectator Meets
Western Sharper.

William Glasswhistle, who claims to hail
from Indiana, was whistling a very mourn
ful story at the depO' last night.
"Do YOU live here?" he inquired OF the
BAZo1 scribe yesterday.
Yes, sir" responded that worthy, what
can do for your"
"Do you know john Baddermann
"Not that am aware OF. What does he
dow
"He's a real estate agent"
There is no such dignitary in Sela-
la"
fare you sure? ?"
40 dead moral certain,y."
"Well, swan, stranger. What's your
business, though? %
Mr.. Brittlewhi,tle was informed that he
was quizzing an item grabber.
We'll, stranger, you needn't put this in
your paper" continued his interlocu.or,
"but guess Pm bat. ought to known
better, ssein' I've travelled from Indi snapo.
lis to San Francisco and back this far. My
name is George Glasswhistle and I've been
out west looking for a location. When
started / took s. 900 with me and I've in
vested $1,000 In firm land
and mining stocks and guess I've
got pretty fair plant. / had about
81 500 with me when started home from
Denver, 81 400 was in my belt and about
500 in hand satchel | carried strapped
over my shoulder. / met Mr.. Baddermann
at Denver, and he tried to sell me several
claims, but did rot buy of him. He said
he was from Se1alia, where he had large
lacded interest and followed the real estate
business. We started east together and he
was to show me some property here. On
the way down he asked me to put $500 In
nay satchel for him, as he was afraid he
would lose it. / did so, aud We got off at
WarIeDsburg yesterday and took look at
the sandstone quarries and other sights
there, and came to Sedslia ON a freight
train. When we got off be took the satchsl
and We went into tae depot, where l sat
down while and got inIo a dOze, and
when got up my partner was gone, and
l haven't seen him yet, and If he don't live
here guess he's give me the slip, and I'm
out about 500 and salchel.
"What else was In the satchel?"
CA lot of ore specimens and crystal
stones, couple of handkerchiefs aud col
lars and bottle of cholera medicine 500
of his money and few other small things,
among which was p4ir OF quartz sleeve
buttons"
did he know how much money you
had in the satchel?"
"I don't know. He knew / had some,
for took out money when wanted to pay
for anything"
what sort of looking man was he? ?"
"He was about tbirty-tive years old,
wears side whiskers and a moustache and
was dressed in a suit of dark gray with a
linen buster and black straw hat, and is
about five feet nine inches high, with a
very long nose and prominent features, and
has a scar on the back of his neck"
Shave you notified the police p
"No, sir, don't want to. If he don't
come back want TO leave on the next
train as / have business at home. l sus-
pect that am beat. and oaly asked you
to fiud out if such a man lived here, but
don't say anything in your paper about
it."
Evidently Mr.. Glasswhistle has been
more lucky than wise during his western
tour, and while the BAzoO wishes him a
safe journey home, il is sad to contemplate
the profanity that will evolve from the in
ner soul of Mr.. Badderm ann when he huds
he has managed to gobble something
less than 500 out of Glasswhn ties 500,
and spoilt all future land deals wlsh his
victim.