Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-24
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"A Amusing Incident saia 90 Have Tran.
splFed In Lsncoan Park. Chicago


splFed In LKncoan RaFk. Chicago.
Its q curious feature In human ma
ture that while a man will peril has
life 70 assist a stranger who Is being
forcibly robbed, he will turn about
and delight in seeing that same man
taken in and done for by skin"
game or a bunco man. On the next
bench TO as in Lincoln park, Chicago,
one day, sat long, lean. lank stranger
who had haysced and onion tops scat
tered all over him To prove his hailing
place, and he gave himself away in
every move he made. Pretty soon
slick young man approached and ex-
tended his hand and exclaimed:
We'll, well, but how are you Stew
ensl"
How ar yer replied the man, as
he looked up in puzzled way.
WHAT Don't you know met"
why, your face looks kinder Ia
miliar, but can't place ye-"
Cant place mel am William
Scott, nephew of the judge OF probate
in Grassvillel saw you hundreds OF
times in the two years / lived with my
uncle"
"Oh, yes. thought had seen you
before And you knew me right otff"
THE minute | set eyes on you"
How 5 everybody down theref
sAll tolerable You live here"
"Yes. look after about fifty houses
and stores here for capitalist.
Gosh you must get big wages.
"0h, hundred week.
you dol By guml but YOU are
smarter than fox trapsi Mebbe you
| kin helm me to a lObfn
! Il think so Indeed, | was going to
make you all offer.
We were on to him from the start
as a bunco man, but had no thought
of interfering "Hayseed" should take
the papers aud keep posted.
How would you like to come here
z and assist me at salary of 5000 per
! month"; queried bunco after bit.
"Je whitakerl but you don't mean
! It'll"
+ II dol"
Give us yer hand on i'll Say, I'll
= work all day and sit up all night for
9 them wages. Say, will ye bind the
: bargain right nowr
!. Il will. That is r.
y mo fiunking out nowl I've got a
le hundred dollar bill here, and I'll give
y We fifty to bind the bargain. Yes. by
- goshl I'll give We sixty
y Il was going TO say that | ought to
70 see my employer first, but | know il
will be all right Twill take your $50,
!. but only for day or two, as happen
y to be a little short just now. You
- know where the Palmer. house is, oil
" coursei"
y That all fired big stone tavernF
~ Yes. Meet me there one hour from
~ now TO sign a contract and begin
a. =. work"
" "I'll be right thar. and I'll work lik'
- boss. Gin me $40 out of this bill.
ln,s He handed out bill, and the young
~ man scarcely glanced at II, SO grea
was his hurry 10 get away. think IN
= mistrlsted us, although we pretended
. not TO see or hear anything. When h
sr was out of sight "Hayseed" came owe
~ to us with grin on his face, an,
~ queried:
~ How did it act, boysi'
~ "Whatf'
a =, my young man from .the-turnip
ay fields"
- But you-you"-
!, I'm from Cincinnati. do it'll
nv business with the three cards and til
=, shells when home, Thought I'd SC
~ what they were made of III Chicago.
Ceu But you gave him hundred dolla
,pe bill"
III .Exactly-one of tho counterfeits {
OF 1874. | had fifteen of them once. II
~ just $40 ahead. I'm going now. II b
~ should return before you leave te
' sM him that Stevens has gone 10 me-
sns him at Mr.. palmer's big stone taverI
air, Two hundred month"; Wake snake
.les but haint jist struck a golconda vii
aFe big GI"-New York Sun.