Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-03

take good care OF the key and 10 keep
quiet tongue In my head. Having left the
satchel Mt the express Office and got re-
ceipt for il. babe Samuel goodbye, cor
daily inviting him TO come and see me If
he was ever in my part of Maine. | added
that considered myself lucky man in
having made his acquaintance. II trust
you never may feel like altering your
opinion, he replied with wonderfully
bright smile | think | never met IA
stranger who made so favorable an impress
sion on me. Well, gentlemen | see that
you are all on a broad grin. and the rest of
this chapter of my experience with Sam
uel need scarcely tell you. When | got
home / FASTENED TO the express office, got
my precious black bag, and hurrying to
my room with 1t, locked the door and
opened IT, still recolect how my mouth
watered as turned the key. To my utter
amazement and indignation | found, Of
course, that had been taken in and done
for. The bag contained nothing but pack
ages Of brown paper OF the size OF bank
notes In flash | saw the true inward
ness Of the swindle of which | was the
victim had been shown genuine money
by the scoundrclly Samuel. The samples
which I had taken To the brokers' Office
and the bank were indeed as good as the
Uncle Sam-a very different individual
from Sam Hall. The closet in Samuel's
room doubtless could be entered from the
hall. 1t was so entered and the bag with
waste paper substituted for the one con
tanning good money For an hour after
making this discovery how | did tear
around that room. Great Scott II was
terrible. At length Gained down enough
20 consider what I'd better do about IT,
DR. al of ridicue and the realization OF
having been duped while | was endeavor-
ing to acquire counterfeit money forbade
me laying the matter before the police
At length / settled down on the determine
ton that | would never rest until had
got even and IA little more with Samuel
Hall
Well, Of course realized my detcrmin.
alton or wouldn't he telling you this
story tonight-not muchl Within n week
Of the time was plundered | was back in
Boston disguised so that my own mother
wouldn't have recognized me. | managed
10 obtain an agency for the sale of soaps
and pcrfumeries in order TO have an excuse
for tramping all over the city and entering
all sorts of houses without exciting sus-
picion But | failed to come upon Sam
uel. Finally, while endeavoring to dispose
of some perfumcry to the proprietor of
the saloon in which first met him-yes,
the saloon did need pertaining pretty bad
/ ly-I learned from a remark which was
dropped by one of the inmates that he had
gone West. That probably means Chi
cago," said to myself, and took the first
train for that city with my soaps and per
fumeries. ! arrived during race week
and concluded that If Samuel was about
/ I'd find him out at the race track. 1t was
good guess for grccnhorn. About the
/ first person laid my eyes on after had
reached the grand stand was Samuel. He
still wore Grape on his hat and patent
( feathers on his feet. He was betting freely,
going about with bank notes temptingly
displayed between his fingers-my bank
notes, very likely. After the first race
several men went up and shook
his hand, and edging my way toward
him, gathered from the talk that he hal
won large sum of money. So | APP
preached with my tray of soaps and per-
fumeries and remarked in a regular Cheap
John style: Now all you that have put
your money on the right horse-help
poor devil 10 make an honest living-the
finest soap and the bcstsmeling perfumery
in the world. Have n bottle, sir?' | adj.
dressed the question to Samuel, "WhY,
cert'nly," he answered, and he handed me
IA dollar bill and handed him bottle of
perfumery. The price was % cents so !
offered him his change, but he declined to
take it, saying good naturally: ooh,
that's all right old man Samuel was
the very soul of generosity when he wished
to be. thanked him profusely and then
glibly remarked TO the group: This
making myself millionaire selling soap
and perfumery is slow work I've got n
4, a
mattresses in my garnet in Chicago, and if
one of you keen ones will tell me which
horses are going TO win tomorrow III
bring it out and make my fortune"
kept my eyes fixed on Samuel as ! said
this, and | noticed to my delight that he
appeared interested. When the bell rang
for the next race the rest of the group left
me, but Samuel remained behind.
"Old man, said he, laying his hand on
my shoulder, you make me think of IA
dear friend of mine who was lost at sea a
few years ago. He was a splendid, whole
souled fellow, and for the sake of the re-
scmblence feel like doing you favor
Don't bring your money out here, you re-
sure to lose il. I've got rooms at No. -.
Lake street, and if you can manage 10
come around there tomorrow about noon
! can pat you in the way of investing
whatever you've got between those mat
tresses so as to increase it tenfold. But
NUNS the word; YOU understand |
deluged him with my thanks, assured him
that would not fail to call upon him the
next day. and he rejoned his companions
at the quarter-stretch.
The next day at noon found ire at Sam
Iels den on Lake street. He began the
conversation 10y inquiring If | was game
and If | thought | knew good thing
when l saw it. said thought was
pretty game and thought could appre-
ciate good thing at sight Whereupon,
having first locked the door, Samuel drew
out his wallet and laid on my knee a s., a
$40, and 500 greenback They looked
as il they had just come off the press.
why do you show me theseg" l In
quired.
IL will sell you all the green goods like
those that you want at SlO0 thousand, "
Samuel replied IL generally charge O
good deal more, but I've taken fancy to
you on account of your resemblance TO the
dear friend Of whom / spoke"
"You don't mean it, cried in an ex.
cited voice. Now. amt these genuine
greenbacks2 But of course they are OF
you'd not he Offering them for sale. Why