The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-13
JUDAS IN THE SILVER MARKET

JUDAS IN Iht SllFeH Make
IL the late Judas ~Iscariot had II to do
over again, the record would read like
this:
Then Judas arose and took the certifi-
Gates for the thirty pieces OF silver, and
came unto the chief priests and elders,
and spake unto them, saying, Lo. | did
tax this Doodle which ye a me even
for my dirty work unto the First Ma
tional Bank of Jerusalem for to deposit
the same;
And behold he that did stand al the
small window in the iron wicket, even the
receiving teller, rebuked me. For he said
Verify thou giyest M n pain. Hast thou
not read, % chump, the bill of the council
of the sanhedrim which maketh the GER
t~iflcatcs of silver a legal tender no more?
And | wot not what had got into him.
And ! said unto him Behold what eateth
thee? Take now my certificates of silver
and put the same in thy vault and enter
up unto me credit therefor upon mine nc
count. And il shall come to pass that /
will draw checks upon thee as II shall be
ncedful unto me.
And he laughed me to scorn. And he
said When thou drawest thy checks, be-
hold il shall come to pass that they that
present the same shall demand Of me
that i fork over unto them ever
pieces of gold. For they will
want certain stuff wherewith they
may pay even the mortgages upon their
property. and the divers debts that they
and their wives and their ons and daugh-
tiers have run up, and the liabilities they
hrve incurred even in the spondulix That
hath been specified i'm the contracts, the
which they did enter into aforetime. And
behold in these days, the council Of the
sanhedrim having administered a vast
razzle dazzle unto silver. il is so that no
man specifieth in any contract aught save
gold, Wherefore IL ] take thy certificates
Of silver, howso shall l get rid of them
even ut par?
And I waxed wroth. And I said unto
him behold l arise n go unto them that
gave me the certificates of silver and
compel them to redeem them. And il
shall come to pass that | will return again
and make thee tired.
And he answered INT saying, Arise now
and go and soak thy head. And il thou
dost bring unto me aught save pieces of
gold or certain notes the backs whereof
are green, the same being rcdeemable in
pieces Of gold even at he face value of
them. behold will summon the officers
of the watch, and they shall fire thee into
"A far gutter, and thou shalt wist not the
thing that hath struck thee.
Wherefore | arose, % chief priests and
elders, and came hither unto YOU with all
speed. Redeem we now therefore, l be-
seech you, these certificates of sill
yer ever of the value of thirty
pieces, and give me gold therefor
that | may return unto the dude that is
at the bank and have even the dead cinch
upon him.
But the chief priests and elders smiled
one with another and answered him say
ing, Behold, % Judas, thou son of a sea
cook, well knew we. when we did pass of
the certificates OF silver upon thee, e m
that which we were about. Verify we did
come skin game upon thee, even as thou
didst deserve, and IL thou likest Il not, be-
hold thou shalt lump IL. For the certifl-
Gates of silver are no good unto us; and
thinkest thou we shall give thee pieces of
gold for the same? Go to. o Judas, and
give us even n rest.
And Judas wa exceeding wroth. And
he whooped and cussed and spake INTO
the chief priests and elders saying he
would see them later. And he arose and
gat a gait upon him and did journey unto
the department of the treasury for to
dicker with the money changers. And he
threw the certificates of silver even Town
upon the counter and spake with q loud
voice, saying. Behold, q Sons of guns,
here are even thirty pieces of silver.
Wherefore, arise and make haste aud
give me thirty pieces of gold, for 10 il be-
hooveth me to catch the next car.
And they that did run the department
Of the treasury arose and went into an
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