The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-10-05

way, for their shrewd work seems to
be carried on in perfect safety, and
there is not the slightest chance OF de-
tecting them or the people with whom
they do business. 1t seems to be q
positive fact that they are in posses.
sion of duplicate Treasury plates ex-
actly the same as those used by the
Government, and the paper is similar
to that upon which the genuine notes
are printed. 1t is profound mystery
how and from whence they obtain it.
The greenbacks which the New York
scoundrels are dealing in are so fine
and perfect that there is not one
chance in ten thousand of detecting
them, andall the detectives have failed
to unearth the slightest clue to makers
or users"
Lyman Tarsney had never been des-
perate or depraved. His sins had been
chiefly Of omission rather than of COM
mission. He had never stolen aught
except precious time, and the happi-
ness and comfort of his wife and chill
dren.
He had always been one of those
sanguine souls who are content to wait
| patiently for something to turn up,
instead of rolling high their sleeves
and turning up something for them
selves.
In the old home State he had done
fairly well, till finally he had conceived
the belief that in Missouri was located
3 the Ell Dorado where kindly nature re-
r turned maximum of reward for a
minimum of toll. Thlther he had
/ journeyed with his little flock, and
= purchased arun.down farm con time. "
2 The succeeding season was a roor one,
and Tarsney's minimum of labor
brought him SO little of reward that
he was unable to make the necessary
payments on the farm, and in due
= time lost it.
The family presently found shelter
in shabby rented house in the out
skirts of the village, and Lyman de-
4 generated by degrees into a good
r natured loafer, trader of horses and
= catcher of tish-a worthless cumberer
5 of the ground.
= The "green goods" circular came to
him like a revelation. 1t aroused his
r avarice and his long dormant ambi-
Z ton. He had never had his chance
t before, he told himself; but now his
: chance had come. The artful argu-
. ments seemed prepared especially to
9 fit his case. They stilled his sluggish
Y conscience and blinded his dull eyes.
1.-THE wealth and good things of this
| world are too unevenly distributed. II
l was never intended that one man
l should have millions and another
r nothing"
9 The words met with Tarsney's un,
3 qualified Endorsement. The appeal tc
e his desire for comfort in his old age
seemed like the pitying words of E
kind friend. True, it was counterfeit
: money. Ha! Was it?
s Did not the newspaper clipping
i state that the notes were printed from
e genuine plates made by the Govern
= mentP What mattered it to him il
n these plates had, been stolen? 1t was
}, no affair of his. Was not the money
S the same, whether printed with Uncle
Sam s sanction or without it?
It The Government had millions
s billions for aught he knew, locked W
e in the Treasury vaults, of no use t.
d anybody. Why should not he profit
: by Uncle Sans carelessness? Thu
a tempter won.
Il The coming of dusk admonishet
him of the fight of time. He place.
:. the precious documents carefully il
l. his pocket When he reached hone
It the scanty supper was waiting TO
t. him.
J. "Poppy's tum! poppy's tum 7
is whooped the little white head TIVE
d sizes larger than the baby that wor
rs it.
There was always a baby in tn
d Tarsney household. These children
n loved the shiftless, worthless father
lr who was always good-natured, whC
lie whitfield little toys for them, and wa
II ever ready with story.
IS, He had no relish for the simpl
J. supper that night. The food hal
choked him. He noticed, he kne1
TO not why, that his wife's cough seemed
Of worse than common, though in trutl
u it had been growing worse for week
IN unperceived by him. But the poo
Id woman looked more cheerful to-nigh
to than was her wont.
70 She was not patching or mendint
e. this evening, but was nursing tn
feeble baby in idleness. Her thi
lie cheeks were family flushed. TIL
ID little white heads were happy and ex
n cited over something unusual
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