The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-17
PLAYING THE BUNKO.
AN EXAMPLE SHOWING HOW EASILY
THE GAME CAN BE WORKED.

A
to MIR. Walker of Binghamville, and They
Have a Friendly Chat-Persons and Mat
ters OF Mutual Interest.
"It isn't a difficult thing to be bum
ko steerer," said the man in the hotel
lobby to q reporter. "Do you see that
clean looking old man v Q there ON the
settee? Well, that's MIR. Walker from
Binghamyille. I heard o man call him
by name and inquire about all the folks
down at Binghamyille. / don't know
whether Binghamville is in this state
or Kentucky or Texas. Don't believe !
ever heard Of it before. but l a go
over there and make him think l know
the town like a book. That doesn't
signify that he's green O that I'm par
ticularly clever, but it's q fact never
theless.
"What If he begins to ask you ques
tions?' -
"I'll get ont the best way I can-
Now, you go and sit in that chair just
beyond the big settee, and you can hear
the conversation"
=. -"AIl right. I'll do 1t, but you'll get
yourself into trouble"
"Do you think SO? I'll simply sit
down beside him, and we'llhave a nice
chat about old times"
81 beg your pardon, but isn't this
MIR. walker?"
THAT'S my name, but you've got the
best of me.
"I thought ] couldn't be mistaken.
My name is Sparks. ] live here in Chi
cago. It's been q good many years since
I was at Binghamville.
"I expect You would hardly know the
place. We've made q great many
changes in the last two years. We've
Just built q new schoolhouse."
"You neededone, sure enough. What
did they do with the old one?"
''Tore Id down. 1t wasn't any &C.
count. You recollect the hay barn that
stood O little ways east from the old
.schoolhouse? Well, that burned this
"You don't say sol Let's see. who
owned that?"
"Old man Martin. He baled a lot Of
hay in that place" a4 y
THAT'S 80. I remember now. The
last time I was in Bingharnyille ! stop
ped over a couple of days with the
Smiths"
Sylvester Smith, that owned the gen.
eral store?"
"Yes. He was a nice man"
"He's all right IL you know him.
vs-l - z-~o - AS~nn~ ~ 8%aSEAases r
81 noticed that. However, / always
got along we'll enough with him"
HE had a nice family
Indeed he had. What + the chill
dren doing?"
"You know the oldest girl was mar
ried?"
Eyes. I received an invitation to her
wedding. How about the otheEs?"
ST guess they're all at home but Jim.
He's away to school most Of the time. I"
by the way, I became acquainted
there with a mighty nice fellow. He
runs a drug store. I guess ycu know
who I mean"
Homer Temple?"
That's the man. He liked to hear q
good story as well as any nan / even
met"
eyes, Homer will have his fun. ]
s'pose you heard Of the scrape he got imp
81 heard something aboutit, but new
err got the particulars.
HE got chasing around after o widow
over In Brampton, and his wife left
him for awhile, but she's back now"
That's good. Are You going TO have
o pretty good fair down there this year,
t'The fairs over at Millicenkn
eyes, I know. I'll never forget the
time I drove over there with Charlie.
We started early
"You mean Charlie Henderson,"
Eyes"
"Oh, he was q great hand TO 60 &c
the fairs. He stays at home more since
he got married. You know he married
one OF the Jenkins girls.n
ST guess she's a pretty nice girl
''She lie that. You remember the old
mans place on the Brampton pike?o
Been past it many q time. He owns
considerable land ont there, doesn't her
About 800 acres. He traded sorne Oh
it for town property.
"Humphl He's foolish to do that.
From what I know Of that country I'd
keep all the good farm land ! could
get"
ssThat's where you're level headed,
too" said Mr.. Walker, placing hi
hand confdentially on the Others.
''That land all through there Ii bound
10 increase I'm value, and W. can got 4
crop there when they can't get 10 amy
where else u
ST told Sylvester Smith hesams
thing. A man that's got a good farm
down In that country Ii hxed."
You're right. You're right I wisl
you could get down i'm that country amt
see ID this year"
IT would like 20 drop down that way
but I'm kept pretty busy up here. How
ever, I want you TO give my regards q
ali my friends down there and tell then
I'm behaving myself"
That's saying o good deal for D mai
that lives i'm Chicago"
That's d fact. Well, ! will bid yo'
Al Z&REH - -~ NME AM