Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-07
BEATING A euNcO.
.uusing Incident said to Have Tran
." - i'm Lincoln Park, Chicago.

An .,rsd in Lincoln Park, Chicago.
~ a curious feature in human ma
hat while a man will peril his
he TO assist stranger, VINO IS being
,nrcibly robbed, he will turn about
nd delight in seeing that same man
saSen in and done for by skin
same or a bunco man. On the next
onch TO us in Lincoln park, Chicago,
dav sat long, lean, lank stranger
%ho had hayseed and onion tops scat
,.ned ali over him TO prove his hailing
T Inne and he gave himself away in
very move he made. Pretty soon a
snck Young man approached and ex-
snn6ed his hand and exclaimed:
well. well. but how are you Stew
Glow ar YET" replied the man, as
he looked up in a puzzled way,
what! Don't you know mef
"Whv. your face looks kinder IA
miliar. but | can't place we.
Cant place mel | am William
ccott nephew of the judge of probate
IN Grassville! saw you hundreds of
times in the two years lived with my
ION. YES. | thought / had seen you
before And you knew me right of e
tile minute | set eyes on you.
How S everybody down there|
"All tolerable. You live herel"
Yes | look after about fifty houses
and stores here for capitalist.
Gosh you must get big wages
"Oh. a hundred week"
You dol BY guml but you are
smarter than fox trapsl Mebbe you
kin help me to jobf'
Il think so. Indeed. was going to
make you an offer.
We we're ON to him from the start
as bunco man, but had no thought
Of interfering. "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";" queried bunco after bit
"Je whitaker! but you don't mean
hr
Il dol" 49,,
Give us yer hand on it, Say, I'll
work all day and sit up all night for
them wages. Say, will ye bind the
bargain right nowT
Il will. That is. r
mo flunking out nowi I've got a
hundred dollar bill here, and I'll give
We fifty to bind the bargain. Yes, by
gosh I'll give ye sixty
Il was going TO Say that | ought to
see my employer first, but | know II
will be all right. Twill take your $50,
but only for a day or two, as / happen
TO be a little short just now. You
know where the Palmer, house is, Of
coursef"
That all fired big stone tavernr
YES. Meet me there one hour from
now to sign a contract and begir
work.
IN be right thar. and I'll work lik'
boss. Gin me $40 out of this bill.
He handed out bill. and the young
man scarcely glanced at IT, so grea
was his hurry TO get away. | think IN
mistrusted us, although we pretended
not to see or hear anything. When h
was out of sight "Hayseed" came owe
20 us with a grin ON his face, an
queried:
How did il act. boysr
What
My young man -from-the-turnip
fields"
Bat you-you"-
I'm from Cincinnati. do a it'll
business with the three cards and I'll
shells when home Thought I'd Sc
what they were made of in Chicago.
But you gave him "a hundred dolla
bill"
"Exactly-one Of the counterfeits
1874. had fifteen of them once. II
jsst $40 ahead. I'm going now. If !
should return before you leave te
HIM that Stevens has gone TO me-
him at Mr. Palmer's big stone taverl
Two hundred month Wake snake
but hain't jist struck a golconda vii
a big Gr'-New York Sun.