Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-12
a TRIFLE MIXED.
a Traveller Tells Of Ills Financial Trans
action with n Stranger.

a Traveller Tells Of Ills Financial Trina
action with n Stranger.
There was n smooth chap on the L
train, said the man in the macintosh.
that tried to work n fiimfiam game ON
me while was on my way down town
this morning. he wanted TO know If
bad change fOr n $40 goldpiece-
That was n queer break for n conf
aenco man to make" interrupted the
man in the slouCh hat.
He didn't know yOu. /" said the man
with his feet un the table. Under the
circumstances the mistake was nat
aral"
Il told him had. - calmly resumed
the man in the macintosh. knocking
the ashes of the end of his cigar. He
handed me coin. and gave him $40
IN small bills Then looked ut the
goldpiece- Hold onr i said. You've
made mistake. This is 4 twenty I
didn't mean to give you that, he said.
i carry that for n pocket piece. An old
aunt gave IL to me when was a hoy,
before the war. and I've had it ever
since Let inc have it again, and III
give you n ten And handed il back
to him.
"You handed il back exclaimed the
man behind the green goggles family
IF that's true. I'm ready to die.''
Then he gave me another coin /
saw it was a five. and began to catch
ON. told him he could either give me
another flyer or half the amount had
given him in small bills. He felt in his
pockets and began fishing out coins. /
was watching him all the time. Well.
he said mt last, Il don't seem to have any
hard money Of the right denomination
I'll have tn take the coin back Hold
ON. though Ii you'd Just rs lief keep
that, I'll give Won the rest in bills
Two, four. six, eight. ten. That won't
do These are all twOs- Have you got
one:' / said had Well. let me have
IL in place Of one Of these twOs, he
said Thanks. Here You are-two.
four. FIVE Not quite, remarked.
'1t'll take a dollar more Well. said
he. give me the s. goldpiece, and I'll
give Won two twus- I'd like to keep the
one. 50 then r.
Hold un. ROW, broke in che man
with thu white spot in his mustache.
Let : get this straight. You had the
$50 GuldpicC'c all this time and
No. l hadn't. -
He lIad given that back and got his
bills again.. said the man with the
wart ga lis n,~.. That's rs straight
rs string Can't You understand it:
He was thea Just 81 ahead Go on
No, wasn't. YOu haven't cot it
quite
Yes, yOu were. You hadn't given
him hack the five. Won know. Anybody
cam
But can't You scvc''-
Its a. plain n the nose ON n man :
face, observed the man with the brin-
die whiskCrs. He had $l4 of yuur
money and was trying to get the other
S6''-
How do You know he had So more
Didn't he say he had change for
saO:''
Didn't he give the fellow $40 of it
and wasn't
NO He still had the 50 goldpiecc.
and the other fellow was giving him
back his bills He was $lI ahead and
was slowly but surely swiping all the
rest of it. It's perfectly plain Let him
go ahead with the story
''YOu have got me all mixed up. ="
said the man in the macintosh. perplcx-
ed I'll begin again He wanted to
know if l had change for n $40 gold
piece told him had He handed me
the coin. and / gave him $40 in small
| bills. Then l looked ut the gOldpicce
Hold un, said You've made 4 mis-
take. This Is n SEQ. i didn't mean to
give you that. he said Il carry that
for n pocket piece. An old aunt gave it
/ to mo when / WAS n hoy lsefor.a the war
and -
1len the assembly broke up in dis
may.-ChiCago Tribune