Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-09-05
HE VISITED NEW YORK.
TIE OLD STORY WHICH coNTlN-
uES TO FAIL As A WARNING.

Another Man Who Sought ssddsn wealsh
and Failed-Rasy Victims Of the Screen
Goods" DeaIers-But This Time . De-
tective Was Near to Nip the Game.
Deacon Hardshell sat bolt upright in
the corner of the family pew, his eyes
hxed on the preacher and his whole at
titude that of -decorous attention. But
the droning tones of the parson made no
impression on him, for his thoughts were
far away. BE was thinking of the dis
tant metropolis and the alluring joys
which are always so dear to the bucolic
heart. "Cracky," he said to himself,
''but them Yorkers is up to cute tricks!
kalkerlate, however, I'm Just es smart
es most on em, even if l don't take no
daily paper. They've got ter get up pretty
early in the morning to fool old Josiah
Hardshell I'll start fur York termorrer,
n I reckon when get back I'll show
these critters raound abaout here trick
or two that'n surprise EN-"
# HE KNEW THE DEACON.
1t was late in the afternoon of the sec
ond day after these pious meditations
when the worthy deacon deposited his
gripsack on the counter of one of the
modest city hostelries frequented by his
kind, and asked the clerk if there were
any letters for Josiah Hardshell. There
was one letter-a brief scrawl-bidding
him to wait in the hotel barroom for his
correspondent, who would be ON hand at
8 o'clock, and address him as "Queer."
At the hour appointed the deacon's lank
form was extended in an armchair in one
corner of the barroom, while his eyes
anxiously scanned the face of each new
conner. He almost leaped from his seat
when dapper looking young man with
dyed mustache and glittering silk hat
bent over him and softly remarked;
"Well, Queer, how do you find things in
New York"
.'Be goshr' gasped the deacon. "How
in thunder did you know me?'
The man with the high hat and dyed
mustache suppressed smile with some
difficulty. He might have answered that
he knew him because he was the only
man in the room whose hair was sug-
gestive of chicken feathers, whose boots
had been creased instead of blacked,
whose face betokened anxious expec-
fancy and whose whole appearance de-
noted familiarity with rustic methods of
life.
He did not say this, but he said what
pleased the deacon excessively, and raised
himself at once in the estimation of that
excellent ruraNst. His reply was: "Oh,
I'm accustomed, to recognizing people
right away. / know shrewd man when
/ see him. Let's take drink"
"Don't keer eff I dew, stranger" said
the deacon, as he rose from his seat and
accompanied his newly made friend to
the bar. II guess be abaout es shrewd
es they make 'em daown aour way, n It's
gotter be pretty smart Yorker es kin
take in old Josiah Hardshell. Young
man, gimme leetle mite o rum n
gum"
CHARLEY, ALSO, WAS KNOWN,
"And now to business" said the dap
per gentleman, as the two seated them
selves by small table in corner of the
bar room.
"rm with ye," responded the deacon
eagerly, IN kin tell ye, young man,
yell find me pretty hard nut to crack
every time"
"That's the only sort Of men we deal
with" responded the other impressively
land can assure you. sir, we make it a
point to find out Just how shrewd q man
is before we put ourselves in his hands
Now this stuff that we're going to sell
you will go down your way exactly as
we'll as the real thing. You can't tel
the difference, and nobody else can fol
that matter. We can sell you $4,000 OF
our sort of goods for $500 of yours, anG
if you keep your mouth shut as tight al
we keep ours nobody II be the wiser
You can use it in your neighborhood fol
paying your grocer and lifting the mort
gage off the farm, and the money goe
away off and nobody's hurt at all. Thel
when it's all gone you can send to us 70
more" 8@
The deacon's eyes glistened with de
light. He thought of the 'scritters" ii
his neighborhood whom he could swim
die, of the mortgage which he coult
wipe off and the immense profit he coul,
make out of the transaction.
"It looks ter me like kinder goot
scheme" lie observed cautiously; "bu
be all them bills of yourn es good es tina
there dollar We sent me?"
''Just look here!" retorted the other
producing roll of crisp, new green
backs; lean you tell whether these ar
queer or not? Step up to the bar and Sc
if we can buy couple Of drinks witt
any one of them, .. i
"I'll have to take you in, guess
Charley" said a well dressed man win
had been sitting near by, apparently ab
sorbed inthis paper. And guess you'll
have to come along, too, as witness,
he continued, addressing the deacon
whose blood was freezing in his veins.
The dapper young man was bailed ou
, the next day, but the deacon is still Ian
gushing in the House Of Detention. I
has just occurred to him that there ar.
certain "Yorkers" who are as smart a
he is, and that some of them may
found in hotel barrooms, while other
are in the service of the New York dc
tective force. e.--New York Star.
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