Telegram-herald., 1891-04-27
NEATLY OUTWITTED
HOODWINKED AND HIS CANE SPOILED
~ Couple - sAsewd Earussrs WAess
kseuiedxs 81 Sse~ipu Was 1saaa -
. sAarper's Canning sse lssosat-
Asu Uhsas ~ nanipalasea-

"Yes,s be said rensctively. ~ he bit
OH the end Of his cigar. 81 hAyen't seen
you since 80 And you were boy then
and WAS one Of the widest specuiators
on the Excbange. reckon that's why
I'm on the road nov taking arms OF
of people. You were on the Journal Of
Commerce then weren't your Wei,
well, who'd thought We. would ever
meet again. How did ! break up,
Light fresh one and VIII tell you,"
and he hitchcd ms char mp 10 the win-
dow. cooked his heels up On Inc iron
rail and begsn.
"In the fall Of 'Ts nv brother and |
were IN the banking business and doing
a big wheat business on the SIDE, IN
Wamego. Kansas. Sewer, of Kansas
City, Was our commission agent and the
First National bank Was our standby.
In October. along about the middle of
the month. l came down TO Kansas
City with seven cars of wheat behind
me. Sewer held our elevator receipts
for forty-tye more, and sny brother
you remember NJ. N. don't you s-weil,
NJ. NJ. was buying all he could lay has
hands on. and wanted money. ] went
10 the First National early ia the mora
ing, and going INTO the PRESIDENTS rooa
remarked, send ten thousand % Nane-
60 ON the next mall"
more whea:T' asked Arnold.
Yes" l replied. why Are you
afraid y'
well. that will overdrsw your sc-
count, aud Sewer says your short and
"You needn't send the money" I
said and Jeff the bank. "noig / Was
boiling. but die not dare give way TO
my feelings As was afraid something
was wrong. "Sevier says your short
that was the problem for me 10 solve.
Why, Sewer had elevator receipts OF
mine for forty-fiye cars OF wheat, and
those receipts are cash. | wired TO
Wamego, IN. NJ. come at once and
sidetfack all cars" The answer came
about noon, IN. NJ on the way; cars at
Manhattan
The Boekkeeper Gave IL Away.
About o'clok l met NJ. NJ, and told
him the circumstances. and we came
to the conclusion that Sewer and the
bank president were on the short side
of the market, and were trying 10 down
ue. WAS lSHss wen aCIuai1tca Will
the bookkeeper oi the bank. and made
arrangements 70 60 out calling with
him that night. Ny brother was 10 be
within hAiling distance in case of
trouble. Al about midnight my friend,
the bookkeepsr, hssi become full enough
of "enthueiasYn'' 70 become both broth
erly and confidential. and then unbur.
dened the startling news, that my ele-
va s<@v inf "a s~.
First National, and had been placed
by eevier 70 cover his own shortage.
Well, morning came and ! went TO
Sewers Office. Says j, 'Scv.. let's go
on Change 'Ali rightl' says he, and
over we went. We bought and sold .
few thousand bushels, and finally laud-
ed in his Office again. where TO nv sur
prise-in an hour-was my brother.
had during the "wee hours fixcd UP .
bogus account book, and hauling that
out asked for an accounting. OF course
their books and mine did not agree,
and we finally got into words about IL,
and by brother suggested We check up
the elevator receipts. Sewer fell into
the trap. He sent clerk over 10 the
bank, who was followed by a detective
in my employ, ana borrowed the re.
ceipts.
Neatly Caaghs by . Rinse.
Sewer called them of and checked
off and of course they didn't check
right. More hot wolds and then ~. M.
insisted on my counting them and he
and SEWER would check.
SEWER banded me the receipts ike .
lamb. We counted, and NJ. NJ. who
had a correct memoranda of them said
they are there. place them ia nay
INSIDE coat pock.t and femarSine 10
Sewer that II wssa .~oid day for shorts,
walked out of Ia Office. Within halt
an hour Sewers Office WAS closed and
he had failed. How did I break up
We'll went over 10 liie First National
anc shaking the elevator receipts under
Arnold's nose CAV hins lreai roast
ing, drew out our .siance and placed
all money aud receirts in The Nissoari
Valley Bank, across tae street.
The next week--sisd Tuesday. the
Missouri Valley failed ana we never
got but ten per cent. NJ. NJ. made q
blg hat IN the Kansas City boom OF SIS
and dropped bis roll IN the Wichita
iizzie OF 81, while fam selling goods
on the road like little man and ana
behaving myself. Let's have come
thing And he led the way to the
star,a Hf1r ifff-rH