Milford chronicle., 1895-05-31
= NEW YORK eAmlN.
He Saved a Visitor Prom Cincinnati From
q Slick Confidence Man.

He Saved Visitor Prom Cincinnati From
q Slick Confidence Man.
Bob Grear was born on July 4, and when
It rolls around nc celebrates the birth Of
tho United States and the birth Of Robert
Grear. The greatest celebration he ever
had was in New York city, and he has Wv
id rccollections Of that one. He was alone
in the great metropolis, and on the morn
ing of the Fourth was sitting on chair on
the sidewalk having his shoes polished,
when it occurred to him that the boy who
was doing it would make an excellent per-
son to show him about tho city which he
had come to see.
How much do you make dayS' he
/ asked him.
About 81, " replied the boy.
I'm give you 81 a day to show me
| around the city, " was tho proposition that
/ Mr.. Grear made him, and the boy accepted
with eagerness. They started and wan
dered nc their own sweet will for a day,
Ind it proved that the boy was an excel
tont guide, for he knew every nook and
Granny Of tho city and could point out a
great many Of the celebrated men that Mr..
Grear had read about. Everything went
SO nicely the first day that the boy was en-
gagged when they parted that night to come
around the next day and be guide again.
Sitting around the corridor of the hotel
that night, Mr. Grear fell in with one Of
the most entertaining men in the world,
who exhibited the greatest interest in him,
and before long they had become warm
friends and made an engagement to go
sightseeing the next day, the pleasant
stranger offering TO be guide and to show
Mr.. Grear through the Bowery and the IA
nous Tenderloin district
When Mr.. Grear and tho pleasant stran-
ger started out of the hotel next morning,
the little fellow who had guided him the
day before was waiting for him and was
very much dOwncast when Mr.. Grear
handed him 81 and said that he would
not need his services that day. In COM
pany with the pleasant stranger he spent
the day seeing sights, and at supper time
they agreed to 90 over tho Bowery by gas
light Mr.. Grear decided to go to his hotel
and get his umbrella, and the pleasant
stranger said he would accompany him
there. just before they arrived at their
hotel the little fellow who had acted as
guide 10 Mr., Gresr on tho day before
rushed TO the clerk and said in a whisper,
barely audible, "Givo dis to Mr. Grear de
ninut he gifts here, - and the street arab
handed to the clerk dirty piece Of paper
With something scrawled on it and dashed
tut. The clerk handed the scrawl to Mr..
5rear, who came in with his new friend a
minute later, and when he succeeded in
leciphering it it said:
The feller with you is the best strong arm
nan in the Bory don't go with him tonight
ed kill me ii he knew teld PErE.
Mr.. Grear shook himself several times,
nd then he remembered several things
hat had happened during the day, which
e now saw were attempts to draw from
i'm how much money he had with him,
nd the scales fell from his eyes, and he re-
Lied what a narrow escape he had had.
He said to his friend that he would go to
Is room and get his overcoat and would
sturn in few minutes. His air must
ave told the con" man that the game
as up, for when Mr.. Grear returned he
as gone.
Pete came around the next morning
ld was handsomely rewarded, and Mr..
rear treasures the scrawl that he sent
IN as ono of the most interesting souve-
rs of his trip to New York.-Cincinnatf
ribune.