The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-22

lari- Al last he got down AMI pre-
pared 20 close up the store. '''Iain't
no counterfeit n all. It's good money.
Where's the harm IL ! can buy thirty
thousand dollars for one thousand dol
lars - long a. Il j. all good money!
After the deacon closed Up the store
he wrote this letter and got II ia the
last mail:
'CLAxvifl.E l. l.. May :. 1871.
-in cHsnrxs vusas:
seeing that the money i good see no harm.
wAll lean % yoa any place you name I am =
man ~ experiences sho viii stard no trlf.inx
with. but can BE- COOL friend % you II ycu are
- yos sry VIII br.ng enc Thousand dollars.
zEoEKIAH SAtIER
Promptly after two days Of waiting
came an answer from Wilson:
',L0Sc IsfkSD crr1. May r. 1871
~zEnEErAH SAf1En Esq
''DEAR SlN-f0r vii never regret your visit
you ccrne on Meet ~ 9-3j o'clock on the
morning os May Is ~ horrl Innx Island
CITY There : c.ock IN the house. Al pre-
clseiy s3J by this clock ] will b. stanilrg ~
tLe bzrroom door holding my hat IN one hand
and uiDing my forehead vita M Handkerchief.
When yol start <erd = telegram % CARES
Wilson. ~ Adams street Long i-i1ai City.
Your password and sign + 49, C1ddy 80.
Do MOI s.gE anything Else.
'Csution-Bc sure you haze the numbers
plainly written on telegram after you sign
The word cussdy. otherwise yoar telegram vii
positively receive no attenrion The rgures'
are yery important
Zedekiah drew five hundred dollars
from the hank and mortgagcd his store
for FIVE hundred dollars more. To raise
the one thousand dollars he had prom
ised Wilson taxed all his resources. but
he managed il On the afternoon Of
the 18th Of May he took the train for
Long Island City and telcgraphed VIII
\ son a. directed on the morning Of
the 18th at precisely $50 o'clock they
met Wilson was smiling and atrabls
and the deacon very serious
| After Offering Investments which
were refused. Wilson took his guest 4
his Office. reached bv devious lacking.
1 about many cross streets Opening I
black satchel he took ont package
after package Of new and bcaut. fu
I grrcnbacks.
/ Take bill. any one Won please
I from one Of these packages and w
\ will 60 out and break it. he said
\ The deacon selected five-doliar bill
from the middle or stack three inche
high They had not the least diflicult,
in passing the bill in . neightor.n;
store.
Now K. rs get 10 business" sale
Wilson. when they had returned 10 hi
Office. lie undsd the packages Of none,
/ and counted the bills. Then he passes
them on to the deacon, who COUNTIES
for himsclf
Thirty thousand?~ asked Wilson
That's what ! make IT," said tn
deacon. tax .ng ont a glass ard maxim;
final examination.
..Pu. them in the valise Yourself
they are yours" said Wilson. liftin.
the black bag 10 the table which stoa
AGAINST the wall The deacon put til
packages OF bills in the sag and locke'
it carefully. Then he put the Ley il
his pocket
Il suppose you have the money
said Wilson Zedckiah turned sha-
round and produced his big lcathe
pocketbook At the same time
panel Ia the wall behind the table sli
swiftly and noiseiess,y aside, han
reached in and seized the black bag.
disappeared through The panel and !
another moment its place WAS taken +
another black bag which WAS an exas
counterpart Then TIL panel closed
II was . o'clock at night and n
Granville express. which reaches Clan
Vile at 1861. was rafting along at III
rate Of seventeen miles an hour. On
seat in the middle os the ear was De:
con Salser. bolt upright holding hlac
bag on his knees His face was yer
solemn and he glanced furtively abou
At last. being convinced that no on
was watching him. he unlocked the ba
and pccpei in There lay the gree
package. all his own. now. The tenn
tat;on 10 take on. so'ne Of the none,
hold il up to the light and gaze on III
beautiful engraving WAS too strong I
be resisted lie opened the mouth {
the bag and took out
A terrific yell reused the brakcma
/ on the front platform and he ru>he
into the car All he found was blac
bag filled with queer packages OF gree
paper.
II Deacon Zedckiah Salter has not bee
seen since - BrooIslyn Eagle.