The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-26

D
lishment discovered, when he handed the
ring over to one Of his workmen, that he
had given away $3.50 worth Of goods for a
! brass and glass replica of the real thing
that was not worth two bits.
Washington merchants are pretty liberal
with the genuine racing people who come
here to the meetings. for the genuine iac-
ing people leave a lot of money behind
them A handsome woman, who is said
TO have got a pair of $500 earrings for
nothing from a Washington gem dealer
who sells nothing but diamonds, probaly
knew this liberal spirit animating Wash
ington merchants with reference to the
racing people. She employed an old meth
cd, but il succeeded. She selected the ear
rings with very great care, after spend
! ing a couple of hours in the diamond deal
J ers establishment.
Jack promised them to me if his 3-year-
old would win" she said, mentioning the
name of a well-known horse owner whose
entries had been doing a lot of winning
! at Benuing, land L might as web get them
here as in New York, don't you Think
OF course the diamond dealer 'thodgnt,
and the handsome woman finally chose
a 5000 pair.
.Of course, haven't that much money
with me-" said the woman, but this
evening, when Jack gets back from the
track, you may send them TO the -- no
! tel -"
on j tlHQk IndI Will We an Atso III, aAAetA
| anne" said the diamond dealer Il nave
/ known your husband for some years and
| often did business with him in New York
| Take the stones along and I'll run up TO
| the hotel and see him tonight. want
| to see him, anyhow, for he might nave
| something good up ms sleeve thaO ne
| would put me on TO.
| sHow very kind - said the woman. But,
really, l don't like to do that, you know.
! Yet" and she put her finger TO her up
/ and unused for moment. Il would IKE TO
| wear them at the matinee this afternoon,
| after all, and as long as you know Jack'
maybe it would be all right DO you
| Think"
"Why. certainly" said the gem dealer,
ssPrav don't speak of it, and with pro-
! fuse expressions of gratitude mingled with
/ a bit Of hesitancy she left the shop with
4 the diamonds
When the diamond dealer dropped in at
! the hotel mentioned by the woman TO see
/ Jack" that same evening he learned that
! the horse owners wife had died in Cali
fornia two years ago, and that he had
! been very neatly done.
very fashionable and very insinuatins
young woman is said 10 have wormed
/ pile of money out of the pockets OF num-
! erous Washington merchants ABOUT
week before the Benning races began.
| Her method was novel and clever. She
went to the proprietors of some of the
! large stores and exhibited to them num-
| Der of programmes of the Morris park
I Sheepshead. Brighton and other race meet
I ings, all of the programmes Wen nIled
with attractive and Well-got-up adVef-
/ tisements.
MY husband makes a business of get
| ting uD these race programmes, she SAID,
! land it was his purpose TO get OUT an
4 especially handsome one for the Behnlns
meetings. But he was stricken win what
/ 1 fear is appendicitis few Gays ago. ana
is now being treated in New York SAM
4 tarium. SO l have taken up Tne WORK
! OF course. you will want page display
| ad, will you note" and then she proaHced
a dummy of the race programme she al
| legged she was making up for the Ben
ming meeting, with numerous pages mark
i cd off in pencil to indicate advertisements
which she said had been already placed
] by other merchants.
The woman was pretty, bright, fascinat-
ing, an accomplished talker, and she diff
| fused the fragrance of violets. She MADE
| hardly failure, and her terms were inVa-
! riably in advance. Her TERMS We're very
| high, too 1t is said that the bitten mer-
! chants who went out to the track on the
first day of the race meeting, expecting
to find programmes containing their we'll
paid-for advertisements, came back to the
city pretty mad.
When the eminent Chuck Connors OF
der Powery' was here with his show
few weeks ago he was the means of nail
ing a pair of ''grafters," man and
| woman, and of probably saving a dealer
in fur here quite bit of money Chuck
was in the furrier's shop giving directions
for the trimming of his winter overcoat
with sealskin. The man and woman, both
| fashi0nably dressed, walked into the shop
and began pricing sealskins "Chuck" got
his eye on them Instantly, and he quietly
| fafT rod To In Of he ct Nba
furrier was behind his desk. Chuck
walked up to the desk and gave a little
cheeping whistle. The proprietor look
ed up.
'Well?" said he.
Corners jerked his right thumb over his
shoulder in the direction of the two Gus
toners at the front of the store.
i Dye see de stiff an de Mag wit him?"
said he
THE lady and gentleman near the door,
you mean?' said the proprietor.
Nav, / don't mean nottin' o. de kind"
said CHUCK" with a look of disgust. 81
mean de skate wit de cabbage in his coat,
an de Liz mex t him wot he brought in
here.
BY this time the proprietor had recognize
ed Corners checked suit from athe four
sheet posters he had seen of him on the
dead walls.
"wen, what about them?y he inquired
with smile
We'll" said CHUCK" deere cons. dats
all, an We want t. spike up dat safe and
put weights on it if We tink yed like t.
/ have any o de green left in 1t wit dem peo-
pie aroun'. Bot dere mugs is in Byrnes'
graft book" (the New York rogues' gall
4 lery(, an dey bot been pinched onct
week in de big town for hunnered years
or so. I'm goin t hol' on t. me ticker an
me wad till I git out O. dis"
I Both the man and woman pointed out bv
Corners in the furriers shop were identi-
fed couple Of days later by Washington
detectives as well-known New York crooks
whose pictures are in fact in the New
York salon of rogues, and they We're warn
ed out of town, and went
A very black young colored gentleman.
who had the general ornate make-up of a
hot number, pulled off good thing on
some mythical chicken fights he claimed
to have arranged. He circulated among
the dead games" out at the track ana
! among The resorts in the city where the
FOUNDERS make their headquarters. and
passed the quiet tip that he was going TO
exhibit in a cockpit out al Bladensburg tbe
finest aggregation of feathered .scrapne
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