The record-union., 1892-07-13
HIGHLY AMUSING
it Is Not Safe To Play Practical Jokes
OF "A NgD,,,nr,

II i NOT safe 10 Play Practical Jokes
on a Woman.
PRACTICAL jokes are never quite so thor
ohghiy satisfactory as when they react on
IHe ptfDetr&tor. 4 gentleman Who Is
Iloted lof ms Iondness tor Dieasantry at
tempted the Other Gay tu nave a little
dliiuaGilGhI At lie e-G ppuSU Df his wife
ii Wita pass nss along The street, when a
10Y IH = WIAIow attracted his attention.
lie more lie examined il, the more 81,
became convinced that il Possessed great
pUSSlDiiluGS III the way uI iaVstiiyinE his
lI-enas aad linus entertaining himself
Ile purchased one and started .or home
III grc&t Gigu.
Inc toy was a itt,le contriyaace with
two rollers ana It crank, Ike Il clothes
WrlHIet. II WAS very appropriately
called maggie m0nty-makrT, I0r II a
o1ec2 OF paper we're put actW cen The rol-
iers ana Iho crrni> turned. there W0:lt
co'Ae out on the Otller SIDE a new cr,sD
Ul-i-oue Collar, live uu.iars, ten dollars;
IN short, b-i Of any denonliua.i,n
"-5'lh lac limit ot tie OPERATORS liMdlt-
ci"i condition.
!io secret vas simple enough. Both
rollers were haho~, ana INTO one several
Oliis were carefully roGled The tIrn;Il p
II tnC crank rolled Lhe.piece or :JaUer mo
one cyilnGer, and aJ i1le same time one OF
the inClOsod OAlS was rolled out of the
SltDtV)SN9i
known only to the operator
IOinSert plain piece Of White or brown
paper between the rollers and taio out o.
the other side 4 tcn-dOllar bill was of
course mysterious and Interesting per
tormance, and tho gentleman promised
himself considerable amusement
lie secured several new ten-doflar bills
ana AFTER pracIlcing the trick once or
twice Went home.
What have you got there? ?" asked his
wife
''-h-" he exclaimed. raising his hands
waTningly. Don't say n word: I'll tell
you all about ii after 4 while It's a new
invention yo got hold of, and our for
tune is made.
lie put the little machine carefully on
the table and asked her to cut him :, piece
OF paper Of the size Of a dollar-biIl. which
she did.
Now" he said, Il suppose you would
Ike a nice crisp ten dollar bill, wouldn't
your"
Why" she replied, touched by such
spontaneous and unusual generosity, Il
dafe say could find plenty of uses for
new ten-dollar bill, or even an old one.v
Very well, my dear, you Shall have
one. And starting between the rollers
the piece of paper she had cut him he
turned the crank, and out from the other
side rolled beautifully crisp greenback.
which ne passed TO her, saying. ~ think
you will concede, my dear, that it is the
quickest way of making money you ever
saw"
She stood for a moment speechless with
astonishment. Then she exclaimed: ::
why, what in the world are you doing?
Don't you know you'll be arrested for
cOunterfeiting? Stop it, and throw that
thing right awayr'
Il dare say" continued her husband.
outwardly calm, but inwardly shaken
with laughter, you could use another
ten You can have it just as well as not.
1t only takes minute" And cutting
another piece from the newspaper he
rolled it p,and rolled out second bill.
II tell you, George" exclaimed the
now thoroughly excited woman. you
shall not do this. Somebody'll certainly
find it out, and you'll be arrested. rll de-
stroy these counterfeits just as fast as you
make them ~ And before her humorous
husband knew what she was doing. she
caught up the two bills and tore thelnIinto
twenty pieces.
The unfortunate joker spent his leisure
time for the next week in pasting the
fragments ogether.-Youth's Compan-
ion.