The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-14
in IMPORTANT CATCH"
y Clever Ruse of Three Shrewd
Swindlers.


he ~ Swindlers.
|e abos&
ept cuolH anosite the Bank of England and
manp-a M FIVE minutes walk from the Man
and Ii \ House, the residence of the Lord
|Active ,yor Of London, there was in Leaden-
L any street, in 1879, the shop of wealthy
malta tchinaker.
|h at one dreary November morning a man
Re- tered his shop whose loud dress and
der manner impressed the jeweler
sreeably. He looked at the swag-
r., gnq fellow, sized him up in a jiffy,
r. S, tipping his clerks the wink to be
|ill ss,,. Saa careful, stepped forward and
s So ii - q ms sharpeSt Tone "eH' slr'
L. Il, y fellow was not a bit abashed.
pAw,s he said. in an unmistakable
|anu. eockney voice, ''ye ave been very
s 4Falyrecommended to me-factis, | want
81. net about thousan' puns' worth of
=. stches from you. / am going to the
|, s. s. st Indies by to-morrow's steamer,
d.. want to make this little hinvest-
sHt on me own haccount. Now, re-
I 3 Il inber, me good friend" he added,
sughingly, my name is cash-cash,
s. know So want no fancy prices,
H. + Fl every thing tirst-class and bottom
los eS"
|, i : The jeweler, keeping a sharp lookout
s The while, showed him his various
ges and in very short time the fell
= s IN selected about $1,000 worth of
sIy HSzehes
8 Just 1892, 15s,' said the jeweler.
A..s l.1s Very well, 'ere's thousand puns.
- st wrap up the swag and gil me the
= I. {. ange, viii YEP"
80. - lou must excuse me" said the jew
e = FF, after fumbling little while at
safe, "but l can't change this note.
as'1~ 9laa sit down few minutes and I'll
y ad the boy over to the bank. Here,
sass pm take this to the bank" And then
:, W. an undertone he added: ''Just find
Z 81. ~ 2 i the bill is good Don't cash it; I
= 81 aFe plenty of change here" The
80 anger calmly seated himself and
'a.s Nety eonversed with the jeweler.
|'uasa aiew minutes the boy returned.
a. II me note is perfectly good" he said
aay TO his employer. The merchant
1o - z puzzled. Was it possible that he
II aad be mistaken? However, there
sea v nothing else to be done. So he
Dea Aaaed the man his change and the
p oas 3Hszagc OF watches. He was about to in
~ sals oy What steamer his customer was
ens eNng 70 leave, when the door opened
n Y shother more loudly dressed indi-
mAa 1aal walked in. He looked at the
Wa'ss " fellow, and, without minding the
| hen sAeler, who watched him narrowly,
|eo aspped him laundering whack on
L - =, shoulders and cried out:
n0llo, Jack, what in goodness are
~ doing ere?''
nes nlo Joe! where do you come
p ns ~ bought some watches 'ere!''
|tslas me dickens ye did! l arr ERE Just
oess 1le same herrand. And what did
70 in " ouy watches for?"
nhse IN going to the West Indies.''
sna y tne holy poker, so am 1! What
The Jamaica"
|eihg Deuee take it all, so am /. Well,
fan :, ne good fellow, just stay here till
d a ae | don't want to carry the
|.en -ae sal stuff you do Just 'elp me select 81
ruaer = course | will. 'Ow much are you
|auas ag to hinvest?"
|sv~ Well about a thousan INNS The
~, ssf " this time had become thor
| or ~ awake He felt sure the coup
|ewa s,s.a uow coming and he doubled his
|iets saaainess. With due care he dis
uMs goods, and the two fellows
|s FL ssss 0n selected another one thousand
Le sterling worth of watches.
- ~ lnoer one, one thousand pound
he us note was offered in payment
Il 4, Sli'oer s',a two. This time the Jew
|eh sa. ~ sure that the note was for
|s H..
a se Just told your friend" said he,
81 e. haven't change enough in INV
aa "a. = Is annoying, but if you'll kind.
bRa : moment I'll send the boy over
"a b su,s.ss sauA with the note. Just make
Il "a d s1ses 81, comfortable, gentlemen; the
ma - oe back in an instant" In 9
MINUTES the boy returned and AGAR
aos auttered: ''' neO' anu q an
/ sh isss. nOse is perfectly good" The
|nana H. ar was more astounded than ever.
s. q y ne had been mistaken in these
"a .spiclous-looking characters anC
sH kspal,. p.iess was at fault. He coulC
hisa srS believe it. His well-know1
& sns 'esA MS knowledge of human
Seqeq correction. Incompre