The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19
copyright, 1903, by T. G. Mcclure.e

Copyright 1903 by T. e. n1cclure.9
,, - HE town of Lorraine was a big
- III y cessfu important On the it
fss4 was not indicated by a dot or by a clrce-not
IS by a long shot. indicated by what
peared small piece Of rregularly shaped
mosquito netting, from which there radiated at
railway lines This fixed its status from
the start
"a. thing the matter with the town It
easythat all. It's business men, as business
conservative They would not buy
lots them without making the most e
hausve examination Of the title to the land And yet
they good sized wads of bills
in the hands of smooth tongued stranger who to
oil well, gold brick In other words
stamping ground of swndlers Singuarly
enough of these swindleIs were ever caught
Now there were in this of Lorraine a few hard
headed old fellows who had been swindled or twice
too often started in to watch And they dis
covered that the police department not only wned at the
games swindlers but further
police department itself hand glove with
them The local put at work the much
delight, bright morning when the chief Of
police from his couch he read with much In
the Lorraine Liberty Bell this ominous headline:
"sHARPE SHARES WITH sWiNDLERs"
AS the name of chief of police happened to be
Sharpe considered the suggestion to be somewhat
personal took the read column after
Hang those fellows he muttered himself,
o they say But the devil Of
it he finally concluded that they can prove the whole
business
One hour later he handed in resignation, his
back and left town by crcuitous This relieved
the hard headed old fellows who had begun the
while robbed the papers of the delights of
ton, still 1T was the easiest out of it.
Now in the town of Lorraine there was a man whose
F.. Clancy. lie honest
man. he was also student OF human nature ana none OF
the swinders who had had been able to
him. fellows made it
plain the the
vacated place chief of police The whose skirts
perhaps not altogether unsuled by Sharpe affair."
hastily acquesced
He started in in the convention way, by talking
publication Both the Liberty Bell the Morning Glory
had the of printing long interview In this inter
the chief stated that the town
sWndng and that proposed to stop it, and stop quick
space of months. No swindlers
dared to show his face in the town Lorraine.
It the 25th of May that stylishly and we'll
stepped private office
drews Mr. Andrews young who had just come
fortune letter ntroduc
ton from prominent New York with whom young An
had slight acquaintance He explained that he
stopping at the Belmont Lorraines SWEETEST
ping place Mr. Andrews became his guest at the hotel and
played several friendly of which
the stranger slightly out of pocket Andrews about
messenger special delivery
letter addressed to the
SELF opened the letter. and from it there futtered hand
profusely certified
first banks of New York, to the order and
to the amount of several thousand dollars.
sWel, by George!' exclaimed genial man, we've
got to have another bottle this thing Over this bottle
Mr.. Andrews host explained him all about the
represented his profits on lucky deal in sugar He had
placed few hundreds with Robersof Roberts
& Coof Wall street Roberts had inside Information,
information making
rapid little fortunes the Quiet
day Mr. Andrews as "a sort of fier put UP a
hundredby wire OF courseWith Roberts, McCoutts & Co.
The day after he received $3.50.
good thng-too good keep the permission of
his found friend he told
Andrews and the boys thousand
happened at this that
concluded in Lorraine. way
metropolis and matter Of accommodation agreed
81 deliver the Roberts, Co. He
his receipt for it, and emerging light blue
smoke of 20cent cigars left the
In few days Mr. Andrews, who had received no word
from Roberts McCoutts & Co., them letter.
letter back He had deposited
his check Of $3.50 in his check came
back It was forgery Mr.. Andrews his
been donedone brown. They newspapers
took 1t The chief of police
he when it discovered that the swell
stranger had not only done Andrews and his
two three other entertained
layishly at the the day and
night
That's devlish strange" muttered the new chief Of
police. .ow the devil could that fellow any
way?'
It devilsh strangest part of it was
that the night when stranger in
the obscure Of town
conversed in whispers One of these the
chief of pocehe other the slick stranger concl
sion Of the conversation the bills
to the chief and the chief buttoned pocket
then each went WAYS rejoicing