The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-30
THERE WAS MONEY IN THE AIR.
remarkable Result of Tornado IN the
South Dakota Country.

Il see that they've had another mud
shower somewhere ln Oklahoma, oDserV-
ed the man in the crash suit, as he iaid
down the paper.
"Huh.'' CALCULATED the man VINO mao
Just paid for the round, another one o..
those newspaper lies. Mud sho"eis Ict
snowstorms. alrships kissing bugs
they're an the same. nothing but fakes.
sir, Oversight Imagination OF some couh-
try correspondent produced by a 100
steady diet OF strong liquor n a hish
temperature. Mud shower Hun
"Wel." responded the man from Buna-
10. afably. there are a good many hes
told in the papers nowadays, Dut us
hard TO point EN- out with certainty
Now. | once witnessed a sight, gentlemen
that outdid anything ever described IN
the way of freak showers. IL was out III
Sitting PuT. Wvo. about twelve ears
ago. was running a drug store there
had a full assortment of horse liniments'
rheumatism remedies. and pug toDacce'
and was taking in from 81 cents 10 ~
cents a day. We'll. one afternoon was
standing in the doorway, Keeping d
lookout for a man who owed me lot q
tin OF axle greese. when all or a SUDDEN II
began to bloF. Wasn't anything alarm
ing. you understand, just n plain dow 10
need 10 get INTO he cellar.
Presently something futtered down on
10 the sidewalk right at my teet. 1t WIS
kind Of green. and awoke tender re1o,-
lections in my breas and. well. 1t TOOK
me one-thousandth part of a seconl 10
pick it uD. Gentlemen. II was d NICE
crisp so .ii.
The mar from Buffalo paused, crooked
his elbow elevated his chin. and wiped
his mustache dreamily on his sleeve.
Il look up and down the street ne
continued. There was no one In sight. /
out that bin in my pocket and looked
around for more. n ] got them. IN
side OF a half minute the air was fun
Of them. They flew in from the east Ike
a flock Of green sparrows. filled my
pockets until they wouldn't hold any more
and then / ran into the store ana got
three soap boxes and a keg. BY that
time the street for three or four blocks
was ankle deep i'm money, and every dod-
blasted man woman and child IN Sltuhg
Bull was out harvesting.
"NVeH gentlemen ] staked \ claim
with four bottles Of cod liver oil and
STAYED up until ? In the morning clearing
it up with a hay rake. And when / went
to sleep it was with the cheering know
ledge that / was one or the richest men In
the world. Every one Of those bills was a
brand-new. crisp so gold certificate,
signed. sealed. and delivered at the door,
gentlemen.
THE next day. when every one had
their none put away In trunks, boxes.
and gunnysacks, they began to wonder
what it meant. There were lots or
theories presented. as you may imagine.
but none Of them proved correct. But
there was the money, piled high on every
doorstep. one man went crazy because
he couldn't find out how much he was
worth; got a different total every count.
As for me l Just counted one soap boxful
and estimated the balance: 1 had about
81. 10000"
"And then-?"asked the man in the
crash suit. as he sighed and drained his
glass to the very last bit Of lemon
peel.
1T was all explained later. gentlemen.
There had been a cyclone over In South
Dakota, and n counterfeiter's house had
been leveled 10 the ground. He lost the
proceeds OF four years Of honest toll"
'Did-did-you-?"
Gentlemen, a secret service officer
with fourteen deputies rode into the
town one day and arrested every last
resident for passing counterft money.
Besides OF the unusal circumstances we
got off with a fine Of so each. Talk about
mud showers. genuemeni"-From the
Chicago Inter Ocean.