Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-30
"DoNE AGAIN."

"DONE AGAIN."
An Over-Confdsnt Man Buys Q Little En-
perience.
An awkward-looking man walked
somewhat timidly up to the clerk and
asked if ASmand Withersbee was in his
room.
Armand WithersbeeP" replied the
hotel clerk. Don't know him."
Hasn't he room hereP" asked the
man.
''No."
'Not Parlor D, on the second floorp"
he gasped, as he mopped his face with
handkerchief, and produced a check
payable to Armand Withersbee," /"
drawn on the Fourth National bank
''Did he tell you he lived hereP' asked
the clerk.
YES" answered the man, ''and he
promised to be here at seven p. m.
sharp, to repay me the forty dollars he
borrowed from mep'
'Been lending him money, eh?'
"Why, yes, but he gave me good Sc
curity. I wouldn't lend money to a
man had only known for few hours
without good security. He gave me this,
check for one hundred dollars"
"How much did you lend him on it9''
Forty dollars"
"The bank was closed and he had to
get the money somewhere at once, to
meet pressing claim, eh?"
''Why, yes, that was it exactly. How
did you know it?"
Hear of them every day." replied
the clerk, land see their victims"
'Victims2'
"Yes, victims. You're one of them"
"How's that?"
you've been swindled'
'tMe swindled?"
Yes, you You ought to know bet
ter than to lend money to casual ac-
| quaintances you may make in this
great city. You must learn to keep
your eyes open and read the newspa-
pers. It's pretty rank greenhorn that,
would be taken in by that old dodge ''
III thank you not to call me a green
horn, SIR" replied the man in an angry
tone; 'rm no fool, can tell you.
can read character in the face. This
Mr.. Withersbee struck me as an honest
man and I'm sure he'll come here to re-
deem his check"
Bet you he doesn't" said the clerk
"Tm not betting man." replied the
other, ''but I'm going to sit here awhile
and wait for Mr.. Withersbee"
''All right" answered the clerk. Sit
down"
The man sat down and kept his eyes
steadily on the door for about half an
hour.
"Still think he's going to come, ehP"
sneered the clerk
Eyes; 1 amt going to abandon my
faith in human nature yet He'll
come"
''Bet you ten dollars he don't" said
the clerk, tantalizingly.
"Well, I'll risk II, Z" replied the man.
Who'll hold the stakes?'
''The elevator boy" said the clerk.
The ten dollar bills were put up and
the man sat down to wait again. Be-
fore ten minutes had elapsed a man
burst in, went straight up to the clerk
and threw down a card, on which was
engraved, Armand Withersbee''
'Has anybody been asking for me?''
he said Then without waiting for an
answer he turned about and let his eve
fall on the man who had the check.
With an exclamation of pleasure he
saluted him, excused his lateness, pro-
duced forty dollars in crisp bills, hand
ed them over, procured his check for
one hundred dollars and invited the
| lender to drink
The clerk looked on in amazement,
while the awkward man reached for
the elevator boy, got the twenty dol
lars, declined to drink, took the arm of
Mr.. Withersbee and marched out with
him triumphantly.
AS they passed out they had an indes-
cribable, but unmistakable, air of COM
radeship about them that made the
clerk kick himself and exclaim angrily:
Done again, by jiminy Pals, of
course! / might have known it!"-N.
Y. Tribune.