The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-11
A TRlELE MIXED.
A Traveller Tells OF His Financial Trans
action with n Stranger.

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action with a Stranger.
"There was q smooth chap ON the u
train, " said the man in the macintosh,
that tried to work fiimflam game on
me while was ON my way down town
this morning. He wanted to know IL l
had change for a $40 goldpiece. -"
That was queer break for a conf
denco man to make, interrupted the
man in the SLOUGH hat.
He didn't know you," said the man
with his feet ON the table. under the
circumstances the mistake was nat
ural. "
II told him had" calmly resumed
the man in the macintosh knocking
tho nshes off the end of his cigar. "He
handed me coin, and gave him $40
in small bills. Then looked at the
goldpiece. Hold ont / said You've
made mistake This is twenty L
| didn't mean to give you that he said.
L carry that for "A pocket piece. An old
aunt gave 1t to me when was boy,
before the war, and I've had it ever
since Let me have it again, and I'll
give you ten. And handed it back
to him.
You handed it back" exclaimed the
man behind the green goggles family.
IF that's true, I'm ready to diev"
Then he gave me another coin. |
saw it was 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. l
was watching him all the time. Well,
he said at last, Il don't seem to have any
hard money of the right denomination.
I'll have to take the coin back. Hold
on. though. If you'd just as lief keep
that, I'll give you the rest in bills.
Two, four, six, eight, ten. That won't
do. These are all twos. Have you got
oneF l said had. Well, let me have
it in place Of one of these twos, he
said. Thanks. Here you are-two,
four, five. Not quite, l remarked.
It'll take dollar more Well, said
he, give me the 80 goldpiece, and I'll
give you two twos I'd like to keep the
one So then p
Hold on, now" broke in the man
with the white spot in his mustache.
Lets get this straight You had the
$40 goldpiece all this time and
"No, | hadn't. r.
He had given that back and got his
bills again, said the man with the
wart on his nose. That's as straight
as u string. Can't you understand it,
He was then just 81 ahead Go on.
mo, l wasn't You haven't got it
quite"
Yes, you were. You hadn't given
him back the five, you know. Anybody
CAM
But can't You see''--
ITS as plain as the nose OH mans
face" observed the man with the brin-
die whiskers. "He had Sl4 Of your
money and was trying to get the other
$6"-
How do you know he had SO more?"
Didn't he say he had change for
S2O?'
Didn't he give the fellow $40 of it
and WASN'T
mo He still had tho So goldpiece
and the other fellow was giving him
back his bills. He was $ll 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 manin the macintosh, perplex-
! ed. "Tll begin again. He wanted to
know if had change for $40 gold.
piece. l told him had. He handed me
the coin, and gave him $40 in small
bills. Then / looked at the goldpiece.
Hold on, said. You've made mis-
take. This is "a $50. 4 didn't mean to
give you that. he said. I carry that
for pocket piece. An old aunt gave 1t
to me when was a boy before the war,
and -
Then the assembly broke up in dis
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