The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-08-09
HE VISITED NEW YORK.
THE OLD STORY WHICH coNTlN-
UEs TO FAIL AS A WARNING.

Goods" Dealers-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
fixed on the preacher and his whole at
titude that OF decorous attention. But
the droning tones of the parson made ne
impression on him, for his thoughts were
far away. He was thinking OF the dis
tant metropolis and the alluring joys
which are always 80 dear to the bucolie
heart. ''Cracky," he said to himself,
.'but them Workers is up to cute tricks
I kalkerlate, however, I'm just es smart
es most on 'em, even if don't take nc
daily paper. They've got ter get uppretty
early in the morning to fool old Josiah
HardshelL I'll start fur York termorrer,
n l reckon when / get back I'll show
these critters raound abaout here trick
or two that'll surprise 'em."
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-biddinp
him to wait in the hotel barroom for his
correspondent, who would be on hand a.
o'clock, and address him as "Queer."
Atthe hour Amounted the deacon's lank
form was extended In an armchair in one
corner of the barroom. while his ewes
anxiously scanned the face OF each new.
conner He almost leaned from his seat
when a danner looking youne man with
a dyed mustache and elittering silk hat
bent over him and softly remarked:
"Well Oueer how do Won find things in
Nav York;,
"Be eoshv' easped the deacon. "How
in thunder did Won know mep'
Tho mo, With tho HIGH hat and dvad
,o,,stocha snnnrassad a en,;la with Some
d;f8cnltv Ham;obt have answered that
ba nav hin, haca,,sa ba waa the only
man In the room whose hair was sup
oe.t;va of chicken feathers whose boots
had been creased instead Of BACKED.
whose face betokened anxious expec.
fancy and whose whole appearance de.
notad famil;ar;tv with r,,stic metbods of
life
He did not saw this. but he said what
pleased the deacon excessively and raised
himself at once in the estimation of that
excellent rpralist His renlv was. "Oh
p,n accuston,ed 70 racoon;zino neonle
r;eht away know a sbrewd man when
Soc him let's take n drinkn
"non,t taer Of dew stranger - said
tho deacon as he rose from His seat and
Recommended b;s ne,v,v made friend IN
the bar ~ guess he abaout es sbrewd
es thew make ,em daown ao,r wav N IFS
ootter he nrettv smart yorkcr as hin
taLa in old Josiah Hardshell Young
n,an o;nn,a Ioatla mite q, RIM, :,
gum"
CHARLEY. ALSO. WAS KNOWN.
"And now to business" said the dap.
ner gentleman. as the two seated them.
selves bv a small table in a corner of the
bar room.
"Pm with We" responded the deacon
eagerlv ",n 7 kin tell We. voung man
vell f,nd me- a pretty hard mt to crack
every time"
"Thats the only sort of men we dea,
WITH responded the other impressiyely,
sand T can assure Won. sir. we make II n
point to find out lust how shrewd man
Is before we put ourselves In his hands.
Now this stuff that we're going to sell
Won will 90 down YOUR way exactly as
we'll as the real thing You can't tell
the difference, and nobody else can for
that matter. We can sell YOU So. 900 of
our sort OF goods for $500 of yours, and
if you keep your mouth shut as tight az
we keep ours nobody I'll be the wiser.
You can use it in your neighborhood for
paving your grocer and lifting the mort.
gage off the farm, and the money goes
away off and nobody's hurt at all. Then
when it's all gone you can send to us 70,
more"
The deacon's eyes glistened with de.
light. He thought of the "critters" In
his neighborhood whom he could swim.
die, of the mortgage which he could
wipe off and the immense profit he could
make out OF the transaction.
ut looks ter me like q kinder good
scheme" he observed cautiously; "but
be.all them bills OF yourn es good es that
there dollar ye sent me?'
"Just look here" retorted the other,
producing roll OF crisp. new green
backs; "can you tell whether these are
queer or not? Step up to the bar and see
httu a NJ drin rrtfh