The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06

lions and Keep your eyes peeled for the crooks.
now. don't you3 But did it never occur to you
that the crooks are keeun' an even shnrper
eye on youf Let me tell YOU, they know far
more about the exemplary characters YOU EN-
clerk Las a dusty road OF 1t II he stravs from
the straight and narrer. There's the board
the other. and what, the one. don't ind out
the other viii. Say. kunnel II YOU ever do git
hardened and indicated and hnck in your old
posish. and all the other reasonable things
you're daily exrectln,, and will give me try.
IN have nuss-Gai bring me back and forth
for my own protection.
We'll. one day l came to old Bill Jenkins
and ! said to him, says i BIZ, there's bloke
zume-'there's boke named Briggs snys I,
that's payin the wheel to beat the band. and
T e. !. me- ask.d Blli; hs must 6ays s9Ss
"a light in u leadin' church uptown. and pnyin'
teller in the Qldtime Bank Are you sure
asked bi with queer light IL his little eye.
odd Glance to him to- sht. and pa, This in ia
Now. Kunnel. when Bill was rigRs1 out for
business s%gd di'Gouns his NOTE Tithopt
street man wasn't in il with him You o,nidd have
tVgo up, into the dry goods district to find
his equal. SC. that night. when Briggs and he
called them two type ical. heightened New
Workers.: Now it's easy enough to git ac-
especially II you are lucky and he follows your
lead: so presently ! wnEut SURPRISED to see
m and xbs,t s, m aHd 20 %b to cola ' bo
between them like two old chums. OF course,
l cant give you all the prelminaries, but
can give you the main p'ints as old Bill after
M, Th.re. nothin' IN thi. game. said .,t cid
ODDS are all against you when it's square.
which II never 10. and I'm surprised to ace u
Of your po,ish and havln
peated Briggs. ali alarmed Why. yes, said
ola B Goolly, family man nan hreshyt tai,
They know all about Won here. and. say when
they think you've boen pumped dry. It ten to
S6s ' to blow in tie S Sarn s"rpus S and
'"Well, Kunne!. your teller trenbled like a
harm lie said. and I:done no harm, except to
gain i %'" ESacti Hs' SAID Bill and SO do do l. but
you won't find that combination here. unless
yo9 sit around at the other side Of the table
q, :! may have. a change Of luck, though.
said Briggs. and that's what I'm trying for.
I've spent nearly every cent ever saved:
- You're poor plucked pigeon, said Bill.
with consid'rahl scorn and before you knoy
and then | see your finish behind the bars.
some sand. Look at me. live on ether leo.
ple. as n gentleman should. but don" take
oh, tell me how you do IT., said the teller,
pleadin' like a schoolboy for all the world.
Well. Kunnel. It hadn't taken old Bill long
to size up your teler's estimate character:
lie Jaw lhS he was mean and avarie9us and
from bold lobs like lootn' the hull concern.
| he'd go in for any snan that he thought was
goods how the men wh3 worked the same dld
no wrong but we're really public eeneIactors:
pnssin' counterfeit IL oney. He showed how
there was no danger. since before tho trick
was detected the con man was under cover,
and ninetv.n times out OF a hundred the
| sucker would rather stand the loss than pub,
fish his own shame. He eXrlainel to him Iu;t
satches. exactly alike. and in one was real
! money and in the other was dummy money.
/ How the real money was shown to the come
| pou1 hit. and how the bags were changed and
he went on hts homewWrd way Kr r.is"in Tth
i like it. he said. It's safe, and there's
to me? What service could h, to you? You
know how TO do IT, and l don't. You nave
YOU SI suggest ST my soin In with you?' You see
! he was Suspicious. for all his eagerness. Kun
THAT'S very simple. replied old Bill u like
you. It's. true, but Ike doesn't cut any ice II
our business. See here ioGs at fhes et e Wsst
He'll give s20,O00 in good money for $4,000
in counterfeits. He'll come on IN two DAYS II
telegraph him; and hes as good A. gold Say
| shall ] send him n meBsageI THINK OF 1t
there's $4,000 arisce.'
Put why should, you want ne at AL; wha
then old Bill explained in slicker language thar
] can use. Kunnel, that he had separated from
ness had been to provide the roll Of real none
which had to be shown spend as GO sac
h9Ee went Ste1 to n 10
knew this ranc Imam So well that he was sur
i would be useless to Try TO do nnythin Io wtl
| good morey and then he'd swallow hook. bob
sInker and all. You must supGly this m ,SI.H
no possiolc risk in it, You can d. IT, know
| there's nothin' to pre- vent you from taktn th
packages out Of your box When you eaYe In fn
mornIn'. You viii be with me ali the while
and need never take your ewes from IT, Ilid
| now will you ever git q better chance 10 max
SlO,0OO without the slightest risk? And whn
T. w want anti YOU because can do notnin with
out you. and you can do nothin without re
"otcopr'e. HupneIi there was lot more t,, tas
but II the :, END o4 b sharm nJ E That done
as your teler's own natur'. He craved money
as do drink. and he Gueered his cOnscienc
putin back the next mornin' was too niue
like me Transaction + cnms near oein s, sea
questions than his hull sur day scho" conl
answer, and finally ended by 'trikin' hands an
There isn't much more to tell. Kunnel. {
course. Old BIZ had no PARTICULAR ranchman
| his mind. He could have hunted up :,
hundred II necessary. but Briggs was al ~
sucker he was ookn' for lust Then; ~ aud h
played him to the queens taste. The tw
men met in that hotel by agreement Brigg
Keyed IN and hangln' onto his rreciou
satchsI for dear life. suspicious nsrvou:
stnrtin' AT every sound, md never tnkin, h
ewes OFT old bill Nut. lord he didn't have II
earthly show, Old Bill opened his sHtchel an
showed the dummy packages. Briggs otene
ais and showed the three Slv00n wads Lot
lut them in the closet, said Bill Tor lear som
one might come in. don't have to 60 &c
two hours vet. and in the closet they place
them side by side. Briggs fairly fee lin Of tn
walls to see that there were no trap doors The
drinks were in order. and II ono head got tuC
died, il wasn't old Bill Just about tho tim
Tie lluuor was workin' all right. there came
Hello cried old Bill. It's from our Wes
eru friend He took an earlier train, and "
lie ut the Grand Central IN n halt- hour. ~
got ust time to hurry and fetch MIN her
IN take my satchel. so that ha can see we u
stun with me. and YOU BTtgG'y. keep shat
, eve on your own and well lie back here in
inv So long, old fellow and on rushed l.. o.
, Bill with Briggss satchel. with It's thlrt'
thousand wad, and you can let no didn SIC
rushin' until he was "a thou and'mllcs AVA
ii'x GhicnGo. | mean, kunnel. where all u
good crooks 60. . ,u