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/ ii am q drunnne 81 Boston unmer
writes TIL victim of this tall the De-
i troit Free Press: Two mon tbs
1 while On d Western til >, q got q bank
\ ddra ftt for 300 cashed in q Kansas City
i bank. he cashier gave me twenty
brand new S. ills had not even
been folded, and as 81 slipped them IN
i nv pocket I tho ught that new as they 4
were they would not wear me any bet I
i ter han second and ones.
That night, Sa II a., got 70 Omaha
4 and went straight to the hotel and bed:
Next morning I put on my best Sunday
/ clothes, brushed up my beaver and md had
j a shine. Then with ascigar and the
gold eaded cane the Arm presented me
i with as 4 memento Of the JohnstoWn
4 food. which disaster nearly closed my
i trip. I walked out. II felt that my gem
eral makeup was just too much for the
Omaha dudine and expected TO be OBJ
1 served once or twice. In Omaha and
! many other Western cities some ct the
stores keep open Sunday. ! noticed
pair of slippers marked ~, IN the win.
dow Of a shoe store, and as they took
NV fancy I walked in and told the pro-
/ prietor that if they fit me would take
them. tried them on and they were
good fit, so had them tied up and ten
i dered one Of my new fves in payment.
The proprietor took the bill, looked IL
over back and front, sized me up from
/ head to foot, not missing the goldhead-
1 ed cane in one hand and roll OF new
bills in the other. Then he handed back
| the bill with freezing smile and said:
young man, you can't play that on
! me-
.sWhat's the matter?'
! 81 am too old bird to be caught by
slick chap like you. Do you think
have lust started in business?"
81 don It know how long you have been
in business, but l would like to know
/ what you are driving at.
ssYoung man, that bill is counter
felt and you are loaded with them
He then told me that / was a bad and
I dangerous man; that he would advise
me to get out of his shop before he
called the police, and that there had
been good many complaints about nae
lately I tried to show him that the pill
and were both all right, but failed, SO
left him in disgust. AS ! passed
out saw him go back and put on his
coat and hat, but thought nothing OF IT,
! After a short walk [ returned to the
hotel and had just put my foot on the
first step when policeman put his hand
on NV arm and remark ed that he want"
ed me. In reply to my question he said
he had reliable evidence that was
.sbad one,''' and was loaded with coun-
terfeit money. BY, this time crowd
had gathered, and up the street came
the patrol with it's gong changing and
additions to the already large crowd
Just as / was being hustled into the
wagon the landlord stepped out and told
the policeman that / was all right and
he was making big mistake. But the
policeman said he had good evidence
from respectable parties, and he guessed
there wa*no mistake. Then q reporter
stepped up and asked If he could do any
thing for me, stating that he. was
q reporter and world see I had
fair play, as the landlord had. assured
him was all right. / asked hina
to take ride with. ne, and we all
i got in and drove to police b aquarters.
i When we got there the officer in charge
i told me was charged with passing
bogus bills. l denied the charge and
produced my money and handed a bill
J to him and one to each of.the policemen
preseno, asking them if it was good or
bad Well, they didn't know. The re-
porter said he did not know much about
nancy, especially new money, but he
~ tr>y1, fn,x
the sample. At last got the officer in
charge to send four of the men out to
show the bills to city bankers and
thus decide the case at once. In less
than twenty minutes the four men re-
! turned and of course each reported that
they had shown their bill to a banker
and had been assured that it was per-
4 fectly good. That was what 4 expected.
Then the officer was in a great stew. He
wanted to know What hef$eould do to
make it right, etc. told him he,could
do nothing then, but might later.
\ I made quick trip to the shoe store.
The proprietor saw me coming and
lodged behind the counter. AS I ap-
preached he begged my pardon, saying
he had never seen so much money, and
new money at that, in one mans posses
sion and that he was sorry. He said lots
4 do not remember, but made a dash
behind the counter and in no time had
him licked to a. standstin. One Of the
clerks ran for the police, and in 81 very
short tirne / was back at the station
again. They waited a little while, but
the shoe man made no charge, SO they
. let me go
ii did not sue any one. The papers
treated me handsomely and on Monday
did an enormous trade. But the
smallest purchase in Omaha was PAID
for with new five, so that LETT them
I all there and won't away loaded with
change.
Bits of Public School History.
Il Here are two or three amusing blum
ders that have just occurred in exami-
nations in Boston public schools: One
little girl informed those who had read
J her history paper Of the remarkable fact
III that Gin 1890 the nilrri1nS came to Mas