Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-11-27
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
How q Chicago Young Man Put It to Ex
oellent Use.

How q Chicago Young Man Put It to Ex-
oellent Use.
81 reckon lovers will be lovers as long a.
the world goes round" said friend to the
Chicago Mails club man the other day,
"and they'll keep right on making fools of
themselves in all sorts of places just as
they've been doing for ages. But not many
OF them will ever dodge trouble as cleverly
as young chap know who lives over on
the North side not very far from Lincoln
Park. This young fellow happened, by some
means, to come into possession Of a $40
counterfeit bill He had this in his pocket,
and one day when he got his months wages
he had some sort OF = hunch TO wrap IL on
the outside Of the mod est roll that came In
his envelope. That evening he went to sec
bis girl. II was summer, and, after sitting
around awhile and telling each other how
much they loved one another, they went out
for ice-cream. Then they sauntered over
into the park, and, after the manner of lov-
ers, forgot all about the lapse of time. Tho
result was that they were sitting on one Of
the rustic benches IN a shady nook, down
by the lake, building air-castles about their
future and planning all sorts Of happiness,
he holding her hand and sitting pretty
close, when along came a policeman on his
rounds through the park. II was after the
hours for people to be there, but the lovers
didn't know it; in fact, they hadn't thought
blessed thing about it.
hut the policeman saw the chance and
made great bluff at arresting q them for dis
orderly conduct. The young fellow pro-
tested Indignantly and the girl cried with
modification, but the policeman insisted
upon arrestlng them. The young fellow de-
eiared his Identity and offered all sorts of
assurances that both himself and the young
policeman was obdurate Finally when they
had got pretty well toward the Clark street
side the young fellow sIw the officers game
and an idea occurred TO him.
Sec Aere,' he said to the officer, you
can take US in if you want TO, but il you do
you'll be sorry for it. On the other hand
I'll give you IS 10 drop this right here. You
know we are all right and that this is only
bluff of yours
"Well, after some hesitation the officer
agreed to take the S5 and the young fellow
produced the counterfeit SI0, saying that
the officer would have TO change it. The
policeman, seeing the bill, thought 70 get
the whole thing, and Immediately began TO
make play that way, intimating that he'd
better take them In, anyway. The young
fellow said;
"'AIl right. You can do it il you want to,
but let me tell you I'll make it red-hot for
you if you do. I'll not give you a cent more
than S5, and you can take that or not, just
as you ike. But If you lock as up it'n cost
you your star, and you can bet on it,
"When the policeman saw he cohldn't
get the whole bill he yielded gracefully.
gave the young man $ of gcad money, took
the $40 counterfeit, and sauntered down
his beat, bsppy In the calioused conscious
ness Of having cnrraled an extra s5. The
young man took his girl home, and on her
account let the rascally policeman go unre-
ported He had euchered him out Of e.
anyway. That's a perfectly legltImaf6
use for counterfeit money, according to my