Nevada County picayune., 1889-03-20
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.
ED II. pRiTCN NARib.

 county. Indiana, came to Chicago one day last week with car load of hogs. After he had sold them the purchaser handed Andy a check on the bank for his money. saving, as he did so: "lon can get that cashed now, or wait until you get home, Mir. Arhucliie, if you do not care to take the :is!l of carrying the currency with you. ''
 Guess I'll gist git the money on it, If it's all the same tO you. mis- ter, replied old Andy, with grin. "Because, l kinder want to look 'roun' little, an might need it..
 All right, rephed the stock dealer, ''only it's not safe to carry much money with yol in large city like Chicago"
 ] "les. so Eve heerd.' assented i Andy, "but I've bin hustlin' long now fer alarmed near forty years, an 1 the feller that gifts dollar rum me has mighty near allus give me two fer it fore he got it.''
 The dealer smiled and made no re- ply. He had seen such men before.
 Old Andy went to the bank, drew his money and set out to see the sights. He took cable ear into the city and began his tour of inspecting Chcago's many fine business build ings. gazing in at the shop windows, etc. He had just halted in front of the Eden Musee, and was staring at the wax figure of tramp which stands at the entrance, when dap per looking little fellow seized him by the hand and exclaimed:
 Why, how are you, Uncle Andy, and when did you leave old Tipton!"
 Uncle Andy looked at the fellow a moment, and then said: "Kinder pears ter me I'd orter know that mug O yourn. but you've got 1t on me this time, guess.
 You used to know Scott Hawkins, didn't you:"
 "Thunder, yes; you're not his son, Rafe, that run away from home-''
 "Yes, Pm Rafe Hawkins, and Pm mighty glad to see you, Uncle Andy"
 "So'm l, Rafe. How yer maxim it:-laying up any dust these days:"
 Well, yes, little; and that re- minds me: l have just drawn a prize in lottery down the street here and was going to get the money on it when met you. Come on with me, and after l get it we'll go out and see the town"
 Say, Rafey," said the old man, as he laid his hand on the young fel- low s shoulder, "I'm a Hoosier, an live down In the Tipton county alashes. know my face looks like dihn't know eTnuff io 90 in out O the wet. but I've gut CT pet calf down ter home. an ef ] thought that brute hadn't more guinp than ter be taken in by yQug little game, I'd trade it off fer a yaller dog and then shoot the dog. Us Hoosiers, Rafey, don't put on no style, but we've got schools, an we read the papers; an some of us don't take the trouble ter talk as well as we know how, but we ain't allus asleep when our eyes is shet."
 Before he had finished his little speech, the confidence man, seeing , his mistake, was attempting to get away, but old Andy held him fast. Just then an officer happened along l and he turned ''Rafey" over to hn with short explanation of the mat ] ter. The fellow who had tackled him was one of the slickest confidence men in the west. and as the police, men knew him, he was soon hehino the bars in cell at the Central sta : tion.
 That night the old fellow relate, the incident to me and added by wa, of explanation: II was took in ono, on that coincidence game bout if teen year ago down in Cincinnatv ) an it's been tried on me hundred 5 times, since, l reckon, but Eve allu, kinder got the hest of It, Arkan saw Traveller,
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