Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
IA GOLD BRICK TRICK.
tN THE ASSAY OFFICE THE PEOPLE
 HAD LOADS OF FUN.

hawIscr With a Lot of Exceedingly smart
 Bank Clerks Who Knew Ii All.
 What a jay he looked! The hayseed was dropping out of his pockets. and his hnkempt whiskers were sporting with the wind as he marched into the United States assay office in Wall street and dc. posted upon a desk big carpet Jag, which he set down with a resolmding bang. All the clerks stood around and grinned. It was the old story.
 MT. Assay Man." he said. "I have here q gold brick tha. I'---
 But he was interrupted Nti roar Of laughter. A young man ia corner nearly rolled on the floor with merri- ment, A bankers clerk who had come in to inquire about gold shipment gig gied till he was crimson.
 Sucker born every lninute,r hs said. Same old yarn. You iayhwkers wouldn't get taken in so often if yon read the papers. Oh, Lord, what fool you must be~
 The old man looked puzzled. If you will kindly talk English" he remarked. ''you and l will be able to understand each other better What do you mean by calling me fool|
 Precisely what say" spoke up the bankers clerk. You've been taken in by the gold brick swindle."
 ''Swindle. eh?''
 "Yes, swindle You met man from California, didn't you, who had gold brick tied up in a red handkerchief and an Indian with hin2 Man said the brick was worth S9,000, and he'd sell it for 5000, dldn't hep
 'He did
 "Oh, what larkr laughed the bank. ers clerk, and every one in the office was on a broad grin at the mystifcation of the jayhawker The Californian said tho Iudiap knew where thore were a lot moro gold bricks and they've gone to get them And then they sold you a lump of lead covered with gold paint that is worth about :i @, and you we come down here to the United States assay office to have the lead analysed and get told what a monkey you we made of yourself" And every one howled with mirth.
 Not so fast. young man, objected the iayhawker. "Tou wero right about the Californian and the redsIsn selling me the gold brick, but there your infor- nation coased, Tain't no bit of lead they worked off onme Ihada chipof itaua- lyzed. No, sir want born yesterday, if am from the country
 "You had it assaycdr burst ont tllc bankers clerk, ahnos. exploding with tho intensity of his grin. You knocked a corner of the brick, and then they changed t on you, substituting piece of real gold cut fom $5 gola.iece. That Of course was foun1 to be all r:eht, and they landed you like an oll guy, high and dry" ILaughterl
 "No they didn't protested tho jay. hawker i've got the genuine thing I'll bet you $500 it's a real gold brick e And be pulled out the sum of money named and threw t on the table. There were cries of Don't take the poor old chump money. He's been done once, and, " Tain't fair tn bet on q sure thing The j5yhawkor however, pro tested
 ''Tm rieh. ho faid. I've got lot more money I'm going to spend oa gold bricks and if any one can foollae Iwant to know it. I'd lil,o to ta'1e 8 Her oE it anyway
 The bankers clerk hardly liked to cheat tue iayhawker, but all therest said that the lesson would be worth S5j0 t> the old fellow.
 "I'I make the bet without looking at the brick, said tho bapkers clerk 'The terms of it are that you've been fooled and that you've bought a lump of laal or something Money ta!l,s Heres mine, and he threw $590 on the table There were some moral scruples iu tho minds of the crowd about "aoipg" tie old man up in that way but the major ity view was. that he deserved 1t for be- ing so fresh
 The money being deposited. tho jsy- hawker slowly unpacked his carpet bag in the presence of a broad grin There were derisiye cheers as he took the gold brick from the many coverings be had wound around it and handed it to the as- saver.
 That official accepted it, and look Of amazelnent came over his face.
 "Gentlemen. he said, this brick win not need any assaying. It was made in this building, and il has the government stamp upon it. It is worth $10, 0,000."
 Tho jayhawker reached for the stake money and transferred it to his pocket, Tho grin on the face of the know it all clerk changed to an expression of pain as he turned to the man nearest to him and politely requested that he kick him to the foot of Wall street and off into the East river.
 The only person in the crown who was smiling now was tho jayhawker. Turn ing to the assayer, who had taken no part in the proceedings, he said:
 f'I had business here, but have trans, acted it. My business is exclusively with smart young aleoks who know it all and want to enhghten the old suck CTS. Good day, gentlemen" He beamed upon them for moment and was gone.
 Outside the assay office he was joined by young man who likely enough "capped" his game when occasion re- quired.
 "Did it work, uncles' inquired the lat ter anxiously.
 Work Did it ever fail? Let's go up to one of the Broadway banks, and you can start Q crowd guessing and betting as to whether it's real gold. Workr'
 They sauntered west. The old man looked so guileless and innocent that every second citizen they met had a mind to sell him green goods or pick his l nnclat. New York Herald