New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
GrS AND THE POCKETBOOK GAME.
THE EXPERIENCE OF GERMAN WHO ricNTD
Up MONEY IN THE STREET.

Up MONEY IN THE STREET.
..,, T.. chic cus" asked a man of the proprie-
,or ~ a, untown German bcer-drnking resort ,hc
other evening II hear that YOU was arreS'c" '
. making TOO much money. or something vi "
sort - IT,, c,s
."Shu dot vas all some mistakes. reP"e" ",
''undt I vii told you aboudt dem. io" S'''
taking some walks for mine heaIh !'a
day oudt init der streets on. un"t vas WI"
ing aboudt dos svndlcs dot | all dcr 'i'''
reads aboudt In der ncwsbabers reads apo", ~
pocketbook game. undt says TO mheS'"' Wv
vas too much fly to be tooken in nit any c'i "o
vorm-eatcn tricks undt svindlcs. don't III JooS'
walk n couble OF blocks down der street uho' 'h'
do | sec In der front Of me. lying all by himsehs
on dot sidewalk budt pig. rat pocket-pooN'
thinks some more OF dot pocketbooK game, "n".
I vas going to leaf him lying we're he vas. nuu,
fought better joost see vat vas In MN hrst' 'o
I picks him up undt he stuffed full init green
packs Joost then peforc / mincscf see him.
young man taps mine shoulder undt says ""y'
old fcller I sees YOU dot pockcbook bick up. budt
II you gif me half vat In him don't say some
tings TO nobouy
DOT vas toost der way dot feller tax IN her
story OF dot pockcthook game vat read aboudt
In der nowsbabcr undt vnks der udder eye uhu'
I say to der young man. guess not vas no
greenhorrs aindt II? I'ndt he says so too Den
| speaks some 10 him. undt says: ot agree ~
gf you half dcrc Is In dot pockctbook undt We
opens him vii find some lcc;le dollar pis undt
one pig nfty-dolar or onc-hundre1-doar pill. Den
you vii say you haf change ahoudt you DOT
you leaf your moneys at home. budt II fif you
all der moneys haf aboudt me. even II 1t vas only
twcnty-trec or trty-sevcn tollars dot | can kept
dot pig pill undt all dos eclc pills In dot pocket
book Undt den ven get homo finds dot dot
pig pill vas "A counterfeit. II a goodt game.
don't IT? Iudt vas too much oldt shickcn 10
be bluckcd dot way. So den rif him der pocket
book und he of init him fast as n he vas
riding some bicycles ! smiles TO mincsclf. undt l
links dot he was afraid dot get him arrested
''Wc was that all the story eakcd the listener.
"Not much" replied Gus: dot only der com
mcnccmcnt. walk ioos' lcctlc farder. ven
4 pig policeman undt p"auiful young lady stop
me. Pchind dem dot Italian vot shines boots
ny der korner. lie a shccky son-of-a gun. undt
be says:
"Yah. dot him. lie der fcllcr dot finder
der pocketbook He picker him up der side
ralk. seen him from der / blacker der
shoe
Den der boccman say TO me; Conc. olI' man.
1Qost shell Oudt dot pockcthOOk undt pc quick
Il ,as afraidr undt says back: yah. nnd 4
r, mqnSys "ndt Fif i away. ',s too soon for dos
policeman he looks mndi. und der pcaHrful yoims irs
b"Gl,, Iadl sne pcfn 10 cry know +! va my rork.
IL va vas M faddor's money mdt vas going to der
Il pceira 20 feel brctiy had,. undi thinks dot
maype mnk"s some mistakes aboudt do, pocket
book I'cHL~" nOn'i look uIdt vat Kind %!
r'"cy@ der" vas In him pcforc gif him away,
Den dot big policeman he talk some more unur
Gen II" grab me undt TAX" 10 dot station -hoilS.
Yen vo ct t. dot station know der captain undt
tell HIM all about H. Dot captain laugh und'
az me To t"ll him all aboudt dot young man vat
gf der pock"ibook tell him. undi den TWO mon
'At vas sitting H. der station valh oud. laughing
mn n'fns"fs all oi'r DO. gone some
hre'iy long times undf der captain keeps me NIT
MN Mciy soon after Of dos mems comes
p"ok undt h" has dot young mar. vat rit dot
rockcthOok mii him
" Vas dot der Young man do, you ef do, pocket.
doom TO- says der captain 70 ne
l,s. dot vas der. poy.' | snys pack ben der
captain h" tax some NIT der Young man und, he
iahd, over p" of moneys fer "a api,lu ho
siiS Ger mOr"-s 10 der p'au'iful Young lndv undi
sh. counts II undt smiles syc"tly do, | feels
Pori'' in"H"f rsh' ayav. Den she say. 10 the
,hPt"ln; am mucA Obliged 20 tou urI, 10 dor
",',''dh, i,'r money va all here except q few
n,,nN, n d"n / s"ys det ! vas gndi. too rnincaof
nun, WASN'T 80 slad' v'a dcr captain said do,
you sppuIn hai 20 ef der y.un- lad, al dof none "a,
h sho i "lHi. e't pacs Vel ! XII lln 10 her und.
1nc smile 80 sweet, on dot vas clad, ar'Ir
n"h ~" ven ava After she vas gone der can
u%a,n ~ SAYS d9' J Va foolish. undt dot II | dldn..
XIX n'h rp una kseb min" eycs open he would Ten
,niie iIhn DOT sh" better send m, TO ploomiud,' d.
Zen go home. undt dot vas al derc v;,s 10 r.; -: