Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-13
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It's n curious r,oj"1m =, lWatp rr,
turc that while auU.A H.! p'rl ills
life 81 assist a ,,.gnsr ,?,tn Is b2ing
forcilly roOb.d d. he will turn uNout
and delight ia seeing t.'at .:rlr man
taken Ia aud done lpr by a SKIN
game or a bauuu man. On the next
bench 10 uE in Liaeuln park, Chicago,
one day, satH long lnau, lgUk stranger
who had hayapyd and onion tops scat
tered all over him to prove hi, mailing
place, and he gave himself away in
every move he made, Pr,tty soon "A
slick young man approached and eS-
tended his hand and exclaimed:
We'll, well. but how are you Stev-
ensI"
How ar yer replied the man, as
he looked mp in a puzzled way,
"What! Don't you know mc!'
why your face looks kinder IA
miliar, but ! can't place yc."
Cant place me. | am William
Scott, nephew of the Judge of probate
in Grassville! Islw you hundreds of
timesin the two years | lived with my
uncle"
'Oh, yes. | thought | had seen you
before. And you knew me right OFF,
"The minute ! set eyes on you"
''liow's everybody down iherei'
"All tolerable. You live heref'
''Yes. | look after about fifty houses
and stores here for a capitalist
Gosh. you must get big wages"
''Oh, a hundred a week"
You dol BY gum! but you are
smarter than fox traps! Mebbe you
kin help me TO a job
Il think SO. Indeed, / was going to
make you an oilrr."
We were on to linn from the start
as a buuco man, but had no thought
of interfering ''Havscetl' should take
the papers and keep posted.
How would you like To come here
and assist me at IA salary OF $500 per
month";" queriel bunco after "A bit.
''Je whitaker! but you don't mean
it,"
Il do"
Give us yer hand on III Say, I'll
work all day and sit up all night for
them wages. Say. will ye bind the
bargain right MOVE
Il Will. That is. r.
"No !lunking out nowl I've got a
hundred dollar bill here. and I'll give
yc fifty 10 bind the bargain, Yes, by
gosh. I'll give We sixty!'
Il Was going TO say that | ought to
see my employer first, but | know il
will be all right. | will take your $50,
but only for day ortwo. as | happen
TO be a little short just now. You
know where tie Palmer, house is, of
courSef
That all fired big stone tavernG"
''Ies. Meet me there one hour from
now To sign a contract and begin
work"
I'll be right thar, and III work like
a huss. Gin me $40 out of this bill"
lie handed out a bill, and the young
man scarcely glanced at it, So great
was his hurry 10 get away. | think he
mistrIsied Us, although We pretended
not TO see or hear anything. When he
was onto sight "ilayseeA' came over
TO US with a grin ON his face, and
queried:
How did it act, boysG"
''What!'
My young man from-the-turnip-
fields"
But you-you"-
I'm from Cincinnati. do a little
business with the three cards and the
shells when home. Thought Id see
what they were made of in Chicago"
But you gave him a hundred dollar
bill
''Exactly-oneof the counterfeits of
1874. | had fifteen of them once. I'm
just $40 ahead. I'm going now. If he
should return before you leave tell
him that Stevens has gone to meet
him at Mr.. Palmer's big stone tavern.
Two hundred a month! Wake snakes,
but hain't | iiot struck a golconda with
a big G!'-New York Sun.