The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-10-30
PLAYING THE BUNKO.
AN EXAMPLE SHOWING HOW EASILY
THE GAME CAN BE WORKED.

AN EXAMPLE SHOWING HOW EASILY
THE GAME CAN BE WORKED.
Mr.. Sparks of Chicago Introduces Himself
to MIR. Walker of BinghamvilIe, and They
Have Friendly Chat-Persons and Mat
tiers of Mutual Interest
1t isn't a difficult thing to be a bun
iko steerer, said the man in the hotel
lobby to reporter do you see that
clean looking old man over there on the
ietteef Well, that's Mr. Walker from
3inghamville heard a man call him
" name and inquire about all the folks
own at Binghamville / don't know
whether Binghamville is i'll this state
hr Kentucky or Texas Don't believe l
lever heard Of it before, but / can go
che town like book. That doesn' t
Signify that he's green or that I'm par
Iticularly clever, but it's fact never
Itheless -
What if he begins to ask you ques
Itions?"
"I'll get out the best way can
Now, you go and sit in that chair just
beyond the big settee, and you can hear
the conversation,
"All right. I'll do it, but you Il get
yourself into trouble, :"
''Do you think SO? I'll simply sit
down beside him, and vel have a nice
chat about old times. 5"
] II beg your pardon, but isn't this
Mr. Walker?''
That's my name, but you've got the
best of me- "
II thought couldn't be mistaken.
My name is Sparks. live here in Chi
cago. It's been a good many years since
j was at Binghamyille.
Il expect you would hardly know the
place We've made a great many
changes in the last two years We've
Just built new schoolhouse. F"
you needed one, sure enough. What
did they do with the old one?"
Tore it down 1t wasn't any ao-
count, You recolleot the hay barn that
stood a little ways east from the old
schoolhouse? Well, that burned this
summer.
"You don't say sol Let's see, who
owned that?''
T "Old man Martin. He baled lot of
hay in that place. -
THAT'S so. / remember now. The
last time / was in Binghamville l stop
ped over a couple of days with the
Smiths. "
Sylvester Smith, that owned the gen
|eral store?"
Eyes. He was nice man
Hes all right if you know him.
Kind O. queer at times. "
II noticed that However, always
got along we'll enough with him.
He had nice family
Indeed he had. What are the chill
dren doing?"
You know the Oldest girl was mar
ried?"
Eyes. / received an invitation to her
wedding. How about the others?'
Il guess they IRE all at home but Jim.
He's away to school most Of the time.
by the way, | became acquainted
there with a mighty nice fellow. He
runs drug store guess you know
who l mean. "
Homer Temple9"
That's the man. He liked to hear a
good story as we'll as any man ever
met. .
Eyes, Homer will have his fun. 1
s'pose you heard of the scrape he got imp
II heard something about it, but new
er got the particulars .
"He got chasing around after widow
over in Brampton, and his wife left
him for awhile, but she's back now "
That's good. Are you going to have
a pretty good fair down there this year,"
1.-THE fairs over at Millicent :"
Eyes, l know. I'll never forget the
time l drove over there with Charlie.
We started early"-
"You mean Charlie Henderson,"
Eyes.
"Oh, he was a great hand to go to
the fairs. He stays at home more since
he got married You know he married
one of the Jenkins girls
Il guess she's pretty nice girl. .
"She is that. You remember the old
mans place on the Brampton pike9"
been past it many time. He owns
considerable land out there, doesn't he?'
about 800 acres. He traded some of
1t for town property.
'Humphl Hes foolish to do that.
From what know of that country I'd
keep all the good farm land | could
get.
That's where you're level headed,
too. said Mr.. Walker, placing his
hand conhdentially ON the others,
THAT land all through there is bound
to increase in value, and we can get a
crop there when they can't get 1t any
where else.
II told Sylvester Smith the same
thing. A man that's got good farm
down in that country is fixed. F"
you re right You're right wish
You could get down in that country and
see it this year. !"
II would like TO drop down that way,
but I'm kept pretty busy up here How
ever, want you to give my regards to
all my friends down there and tell them
Pm behaving myself. "
THAT'S saying good deal for a man
that lives in Chicago.
That's fact. Well, Twill bid you
goodby, Mr.. Walker. Glad to have seen
You again.
THANK you. Same TO you. Drop IN
and see me whenever you get to Bing-
hamville.
"Same old placer
"Same old place. +"
Good day. "
Good day. "
Mr.. Sparks rejoined his friend at the
Cigar counter. Don't you see?" said
he. II didn't take any risks. and yet
he d make an affidavit that knew all
about the town. think could go over
and borrow money of him. Chicago
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