The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14
THE MAN WHO WAS skuN.
Cleaned Out and Couldn't IIayo ANYBODY
Arrested.

Arrested.
"By gum"
/ was about ten feet behind him, on
Twcnty-third street, when he suddenly
stopped, showed his left hand into his
pocket and exclaimed as above.
Anything wrong?" 1 asked, us /
reached him.
Say? Two been buncocdl' he whis-
pcrcd i'll reply. YES, sir, bin buncocd
right out of Il calfskin wallet holdin'
lcvcn dollars and halfr'
you shouldn't have made up with n
stranger"
81 didn't. hain't spoken to single
soul this morning, except n Teller who
wanted to sell me some matches"
"Then you haven't been buncocd."
Haven't l? Then it is what they call
the confidence gamer
but you haven't talked with anyone
lent any money!"
NO"
Then it is not Il confidence game.
"Mebbe it was a skin game. Mcbbe
I've been slSun."
"Your wallet is gone, is it?"
Gone, and 'lcvcn and u half gone
with it! Say, I'm as chilly up and down
the backbone as if l had been washin'
sheep in the creck!'
Some one probably picked it out of
your pocket"
''Jcrusha! but think of the boldncss of
it, he gaspcd, as he leaned up against
showcase. "Why, any man who'd do
that would steal n hull flock of sheep!
DO you 'sposc they l1nowed who VASE"
1T isn't likely
Didn't know was supervisor for our
town and ex-justicc of the peace"
NO"
Hadn't no idea I'm one of the town
trustees and own the lot where the cir
Gus allus shows when it comes to
town?"
81 think not"
Great jinlSs; but my watch is gone.
too!' he exclaimed as he was feeling in
his various pockets.
mo"
'Surc's You live and breathe. the
consumed sassy thief wasn't satisfied
with 'levcn dollars and half, but
skun me out of a watch worth eight
more! Say! I'm a-shal1in' as if / had
the regular old-fashioned ager. Saw,
I've bin -robbed-scoopcdr'
My friend, I'm sorry for You, but
you must have been careless"
mo, l wasn't! was a-loolSin out all
the time, and 1 never saw one single
thief! Lands alivc-they've got that
watch / brung down for Jim Peters to
git drive-whccl put into it! Say.
Gosh-all- fish-hoolis but my ole tobacco
box and silk handkerchief are gone too!
I'm stripped slSun-swept ont doors
into the back yard!'
ITS too bad" was all I could saw.
while some of the rest of the crowd
grinncd and chucllcd.
"And say!" hoarsely whispered the
owner of the circus lot as he used his
coat sleeve to wipe his forehead ~
can't hcv nobody arrcstcd?"
NO. You don't even know the par
ties"
I've got to suffer and stand it the
best l llin?"
''It seems so"
'Then show me the car which runs
to the Central depot, and let me get up
thar. know man up thar who'll
lend me eighty cents to get home on.
was sent down here by the town to see
about buyin' fifty feet of hose fur our
fire inginc and to price triangle fur
the new tower. Hain't this n purity
piece of bizness! Hain't I got to pay
Jim Peters at least six dollars fur that
old turnip, and wasn't goin' to buy
mother an alpaca dress out O. them
leven dollars! Town trustee, county
supervisor. cx-iustice ot the peace,
president of the school board and treas.
urer of the missionary fund, and yit
I've been made as big fool of as if ]
was blind hog rootin' fur tatcrs on a
mill-pond in Jinuary!"-M. Quad, in N.
Y. World.