Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-03-25
A QUsER LITTLE JAY
Who :sstounded the Passengers in Street
Gar by His Dispisy CT Money.

Who Astounded 4 the Passengers in 8 Street
Gar by His Display CT Money.
4 small nia,i, undoubtedly from
the country, with short red whisl>-
ers, amused carload Of passengers
on a Third avenue L train the other
afternoon. He got aboard ct Thirty
fourth street and sat down in the
only empty seat, He glanced UP aDd
down the c;,r Is Il he was loolzil5
for some one, and, after, having sat
isfied himself that he was not no.
ticed, put his hand into his Inside
o,ercoat pocket and pulled out q
newspaper, It was folded togetilc4'
fully ten times, and after some diff
Guilty he opened the package and the
passengers were astonished to see q
bundle Ct bills. The man united the
string ard began counting rs mon
ey. There We're several S,lU0 notes,
ard the others were SO aud IS bills,
After counting the pile he gave a
g3u1itt, as il satisfied that lie had not
lost a1y, ard returned the package
l<' t1iS Es-Al-e I'C'<f-St tic,'s1'l.
The man was poorly dressed, Lad
On a very dirty flannel shirt and his
hat was nlcIded at tic crown. Al
though surprised the passengers soon
sei;Jlsd hack il their seats. When
10, tie l.!sttle man had taken out a
long piece, OF cloth from another
pocket, ;1ri. again did he display a
pile OF greenDaelzs Of twenty and ten
dollar denominations Another grunt
followed. ard again was tho package
put back to its place. BY this time
the passengers began to get tiiGety-
A policeman seated near the little
man was Watching the proceeding,
and several expected that the small
passenger would lie scooped in By the
officer The little man again brought
out the same two packages al!I
counted over his bills, and in a3Gi-
tic11 brought forth well worn
pockethcol- from his vest pocket,
which was also filled with one and
two dollar }ills. He placed the three
bundles i'll lis top coat pocket before
counting them again.
The little man stood UP as if to
leave the car, but changed his mind
aud eazed out Of the window, ell
though still standing. He tl1en be-
gan shaking his coat to make sure
that he would not drop any of his
precious bundles, but was soon on
h,s knees looking under the seat for
fear that he had been careless and
dropped some Of his money The
queer passenger sat down, but Oh
the very edge of the scat, and kept
eyeing the men seated next to him
On each side. Again were the pas
sengels surprised to see the little
man bring forth a huge wad of bills
tied up in brown paper. It was then
that the seedy CrGesus got in his best
work. He paced up and down the
car several times, butsonly to return
to his seat and take several hand
fuls of greenbacks from his hat.
They were stucl, TO tho inside of the
brin2 and were filthy locking.
lie counted his packages time ana
again, and when the train reached
city hall the little man waited until
the ether passengers had left the car
before be followed in their wake,
bet after reaching tho platform he
once more entered the car an1
scare he'd under the seat. After reach
ing sidewalk he ran as If for dear
lie past The Sun Office, and contin-
ued so down Nassau stroet.-Eew
York Sun.