St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-12

uia Won't you tryisp 'S~'
Nosaou-No other person 10 nov authorize A
ne = Correspond on the subject b M ~
1seoesved ~ shoddy limitations. en- TIE sole
Communications from oehers oaerins .ir,,ss.
sooos are absolutely unreliable and poeitivelv
'nles& Pay no attention 70 them. .Nufced |"
Xoars very sincerely. Won KSow"
zedekfah stood for . whole hour
nioe the letter and circular over.
nn ELBOWS were planted on his desk.
~ brow was puckered thoughtfully,
Ane letter was very startling. Who
Vas this Wilson who suddenly started
gold? ''e1
The deacon was afty years Of aee.
Inc world. the flesh and the devil had
long lost attractiveness and pow
er 70 tempt him. SO he firmly believed.
ont now al the unqualified ambitions
ana aspirations Of his life rose mn,
tnough some OF them had been dead for
thirty years. There's no reason whv
you should be slave and toll all your
ne Tor nothing" said Wilson. The
l deacon had never observed before that
ne was slave. but now that his atten-
ton was called to it it seemed true
enough
When night came and Zedekiah sent
up his pious petition Mr.. Wilson's pro-
| posal was remembered BY the inser-
ton OF these words:
And permit Thy servant 70 do bust.
| ness with this man. For Thou knowest
the unreRenerate Of misplace, that
they would not consult Thee. There
fore withhold not Thy servant, who
would make good use Of wealth"
Zedekiah tossed all night, uneasy in
conscience. At breakfast he rave yery
short answers to his wife and was
short with the children. After he n.
rived ut the store he wrote this letter:
"CLAAvnIk I. L. May 1891 - ~.
GAs'lks WJisos - Bear Sir: Your letter re.
ceived and contents noted. I don't know Who
recommended me to you. but he cannot have
mentioned the fact that I am deacon OF the
Ciamvtlle church. Az . business man thank
you Tor your generous ofYer. As . deacoo
have 70 b convinced that there Is nothing
| wrong IN THIS matter. I Am. sir, your very
humble servant ZEDEKIAH SALrxR.
p. S.-Ihope TO hear from you soon"
For two days after he had dispatched
the letter the deacon went about like Z
man distracted At the end Of the third
day there came . letter addressed to
him in the bold round hand Of the mys-
terious Wilson. It was opened in . sec
ond and the deacon was devouring il
behind pile Of boxes, regardless Of
the customers waiting for him.
1t he had expected Wilson to argue
with him the moral questions involved |
in their proposed scheme he was great
" mistaken. There were three in
Closures letter, . newspaper clip
ping and q two-doliar bill. Here d
what the letter said:
DEAR SIN: In sending you Q sample Of my /
goods am breaking one OF the stEictcst rules /
Of my business, but do it this time because /
think that you mean business ana because 1
am satisfied that you will Be true to me; now, |
II you are writing out Of curiosity this sample Il
viii not satisfy you. but II you mean business |
you can judge paper. printing. engraving. etc.
just - well from this Is from fve
hundred samples; all my stock Is exactly like /
sample. and when you come here. II you ind 1
any difference 1t Ill, then you need not buy
one dollars worth and will pay al your ex.
peusss and give you eI.0lo in gold for your
trouble. Make mp your mind to enter into this
and swear to yo0 that l will assist ron to
make safe fortune. Hoping you and 1 viii
soon meet, ! remain
fOufS IN commence.
Return sample
The deacon took . two-dollar bill Of
the same issue from his till and COM
pared it with the countcrfeiter's sam.
pie while the boy ran the store. After
. time he procured . microscope. There
was not the least difference observa.
BILE. After time he read the ncwspa-
per clipping and this explained all Il
related to the arrest Of IN alleged coun.
terfeiter named Wilson in New York
and his acquittal in the First district
court after the one hundred thousand
dollars he carried in his travelling bag
had been examined BY government ex-
perts, who had been summoned from
Washington for the purpose. The ex-
perts said:
80 We nnd that the United States !,
treasury notes, which We have examined were
printed from genuine plates used BY former
woskmen In the printing bureau II may also
not Be emtss to inform the court that the secret
service department has long been aware that
some persons had possession Of . set Of genu-
Inc plates supposed to have been furnished by
one OF the engravers in the engraving bureau'
Here the prisoners counsel asked the gov.
eminent experts II they would swear that the I
bills examined BY them were commercials TO ,
the establishment Of every member OF the
Er,nd jury they replied that they would not, =
IN fact could not, as they were positive the | !
bills were rs good IS amy issued BY the govern.
ment excepting the fact that there was not n Z
much silk 6ber interviewer In the paper OF the
bills found on the prisoner rs in the genuine be-
onging to the United States. The fault, con :
inued the expert, lays in the careless manner q
observed in the treasury department in allow {
ne the workmen to handle government plates, :
printing inks, Dies etc. Is they wished
The judge hadno other alternative than TO .
instruct the Jury to discharge the prisoner" !
The deacon sat ut his desk till dark {
less came down. his elbows were {
planted in front of him, his chin rested 6
a his hands; he was thinking very =
lard At last he got down and pre- 7
JARED to close up the store. "'Tain't &
70 counterfeit at all It's good money. s
Where's the harm If l can buy thirty q
dollars for one thousand dol il
ars so long n it is all good money!" .
After the deacon closed up the store .
le wrote this letter and got it in the e
ast mail: q
'CIANvILLk L. l., May 2. 1891.
Mr. CHARLES WILSON: IR
Seeing that the money Il good see no harm. II
vill call on you any place you name am =
IAN OF experience w00 Will STAND NO ttluanG
18th. but can be good friend to you II you are u
: you say. viii bring one thousand dollars. q
.ZEDRKIAH SALTER" G,
Promptly after two days Of waiting s.
anne IN answer from Wilson: b
LONG ISLAND CRY, May r. 1901. I,
'.ZEDEKIAa SALTER, ESQ: l.
'.DEAR SIR-You will never regret your visit |
you come on. Meet at ESQ o'clock on the Z
Forming Of May Is u - hotel Long Island
ity. There 10 clock In the house. AZ pre-
sely ESQ By this clock will be standing 1t
le barroom door holding my hat In one hand -
I'd wiping my forehead with my handkerchief.
when you start secd . telegram to Charles
Yilson, I0a Adams street, Long Island City. -;
our password and sign is Cuddy So 3.
0 not sign anything else.
sCaution-Be sure you hare the numbers 81
,lainly writtcnl on telegram after you sign | re
e word Cuddy.' otherwise your telegram will m
,satively receive no attention The figures =,
z very important"
Zedekiah drew Eve hundred dollars
ON the bank and mortgaged his store %
n Eve hundred dollars more. To raise =.