The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-12-08
TRICKS OF ~sMUoGLER3.
An Alexandria Fay Guide Explains
thc Games That AIe ptnycd.

An AIeNnuoftn bHy Guidc ENllniut
the Games THAT AIc pinycd.
Thousand | lands Cor. Cincinnati Eaquircr.l
How about the smuggling heref'
asked tie writer OF a guide.
"Tolable, toiable, was the reply.
Then there is a little done, We sug-
gcsted.
There's all sorts Of game a.goin' on.
a Teller used To travel over tnc road
here once in six weeks Ivy the yc r. lie
was a j%ewelcr, and met a man that come
from England. He rcycr carried Hctuin'
but a handbag with a fow aampl,s OF
s~pool-cottOn, and pretended he was q
drummer; but at last they got q de-
tcctiye after him, and they first found
that he didn't sell a spool, and what's
more didn't try TO. One day when he
was crossin' over into the states tic in
spectOr asked for his bag; the chap
handed il over, as usual, and the man
dropped the bunch of keys on the ioor
and out dropped Il diamond. | tell you
there was n circus, sure. He had his
bunch of keys caught together by a
chain, and each OF the links Wa like a
bead only hollcr, with a top tina; o. enci
and shut. Each one was hUluin a di'-
u.bllhs anu bilt VI llt htNN WIS LOCUS
and held two stones. II was the neat
est job you ever heard, and it bluffcd the
men every time, as he handed EN- right
out, and every time the inspector had 10
unpack the old sachel he took IN his
hands the very stuff he was after.
"OpS day, continued The speaker, 'au
inspector ! knew was walkin' through a
smokln' car, and see n man with his loot
cooked up IN the seat 50 that he could
see the bottom Of the heel. When he
came to him he says, You're Il skater
'WhyH says the man. 4 see says the
inspector, you've got skatin' shoes on
The Teller looked kinder red, but the in
spector would have Il look at 'cm, and
made him take off his boots. and his
heels was holler, reglar boxes full OF
d'monds gOin' over as slick as You
please.
But there was a game up here that
beat that all boxer said the guide.
"Thc inspector noticed that Il chap used
to drive an Old mare over pretty often
on the ice, and never seemed to yet
much Of anything, 50 they put a man on
him-One Of these ere detectives, You
know, and they worked it in this way:
one day a trampish-loohin' chap came
10 the old house and asked for a lob,
said he'd work a month for his grub, as
he was starvin'. The old Teller looked
him over and thought he'd try HIM for Il
month, SO he took him, and I'm blessed
If he didn't give that detective a pull.
IlcsOt him a-cutlin' and haul.n' ice for
his icc-house, the wust and coolest work
ON the river, but the detective stuck at
il, and it was three weeks before the old
man took Il trip over. When lie came
lack that night the detective went cus
to help him take out ti,e horse, but the
old man toll him to get off
60 bed. Out he went; but instead of
going to his room he Sncakcd round to
the barn and looked through a crack.
and saw the old man hold up the light
10 the mares head; then he took some
thin out of her mouth, and after foOiin'
round for hall an hOUr he started for
the house, the detective gettin' in first.
y day or two after the Old man started
for Matertown, and the detective pried
open the horses mouth, and what dye
spOse he fOundI Well, you'd never guess.
On the sides of the teeth, on h.lf a
dozen Of ON, WAS little silver boxes. 50
fixed that each would hold a eat stone,
and every time the Old man went oyer
he filed 'em up. The shafts OF the old
broke down sleigh, when they was looked
into was holl;r, the iron tip bcin' only q
cap for the LoX, and they said the old
fcllcr must have been dom Il big bust
ness for years. But ne got jagged At
last, and | don't know where he is now:
lie never showed up here sence."