St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-07
BEATING A BUNKO.
He Struck Golconda, With a
Big G.

Big G.
New York SUM-
It's curious feature in human nature
that while man will peril his life to
assist a stranger who is being forcibly
robbed, he will turn about and delight
in seeing that same man taken in and
ne for by "skln" game or
a bunko man. On the next bench
to US in Lincoln Park, Chicago, one day
last fall, sat long, lean, lank stranger,
who had hay seed and onion tops scat
tered all over him to prove his hailing
place, and he gave himself away in
every move he made. Pretty soon a
slick young man approached him and
extended his hand and exclaimed:
"Well, well, but how are you, Ste
vens?"
elbow ar ye?'' replied the man as he
looked up in puzzled way.
"What! Don't you know me?"
'Why, your face looks kinder famil-
lar, but can't place ye."
''Can't place me! am William Scott,
nephew of the judge of probate In
Grassville! l saw you hundreds of
times in the two years lived with my
uncle.'
"Oh, yes. l thought had seen you
THE minute l set eyes on you.
HoW's everybody down THEREOF
Gall tolerable. You live here?"
Eyes. l look after about fifty houses
and stores here for capitalist"
"Goshi You must get big wages"
ooh, hundred week."
"You do! By gum! but you are
smarter than fox traps! Mebbeyou kin
help me to jOb?''
81 think so. Indeed, was going to
make an Offer.''
We were on to him from the start as
a bunko man, but had no thought of in
terfering. "Hayseed" should take the
papers and keep posted.
"HOW would you like to come here
and assist me at a salary of $500 per
month";" querried bunko after bit.
''Je whitaker! but you don't mean
itp'
edo"
"Give us yer hand on it! Say. I'll
work all day and sit up all mig for
them wages! Say, will We bind the bar
gain right now?"
II will. That is, I-'
''No flunking out now! I've got hun
dred-dollar bill here, and I'll give We $50
to bind the bargain. Yes, by gosh! Pll
give ye 1901"
Il was going to say that ought to see
my employer first, but know it will be
all right. 1 will take your $50, but only
for day or two, as I happen to be
little short just now. You know where
the Palmer House is, of courses"
THAT alfred big stone tavern?'
Eyes. Meet me there in one hour
from now to sign a contract and begin
work."
s'I'll be right thar, and I'll work like
boss. Gin me $40 out of this BILL"
He handed out bill. and the young
man scarcely glanced at it, so great was
his hurry to return the $40 and get
away. think he mistrusted US, although
we pretended not to see or hear any
thing. When he was out of sight "Hay-
seed" came over to us with a grin OH
his face and queried:
slow did l act it, boys?"
"What?"
"My young man from the turnip-
fields"
''But you-you-''
"Pm from Cincinnati. do little
business with the three cards and the
shells when home. Thought I'd see
what they were made of in Chicago"
But you gave him a hundreddollar
bill"
'Exactly-one of the counterfeits of
1874. had fifteen of them once. 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 jist struck
golconda with big G."
"What kind of memory have you?"
"Bad-very bad"
''In what PARTICULAR"
"It remembers things that were bet
ter forgotten. Chicago Times.