Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-04
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Bows, June 3.--Just how thew man
aged to induce the farmer to take his
check book along is not known, but he
did And what other argument had
weight in pursuading him to draw ST.
500 from the bank is also an unsolved
problem. but he did take this amount of
money with him. got into the buggy,
and rode away with his self-introduced
new friend, cashier of the Bank of
Nextown." Evidently the farmsr and
the cashier" We're going to buy some
thing They did; i. e., the farmer
bought big chunk of experience. Rid
ing along they came to man lying IN
the shade beside the road. 1t turned
out to be an old soldier who had Just
drawn $1,000 back pension pay Said
old soldier evidently had been drinking
and wasn't very bright anyway. for he
showed these strangers his big roll OF
money and said he Was on the Wy TO
Nextown to put it II the bark. Wei.
said the cashier" Someone VIII rob
you sure. I'm the cashier of the NeA-
town State Bank. Give me the money
and I will take it in AMI deposit it for
you But the OLD soldier was susri-
cious and said he would &c m town to-
morrow himself Then the cashier
turned to the farmer and remarked,
"its a shame FOR US To leave that old
fellow and his money here. some one
will clean him out sure. Tell you whst
YOU do. You say to him that you Knt W
me, and to get his conf ienct' you hand
me your 81 800 to deposit. Then III put
it in this hand grip. and then when the
old fellow gives me his money, you
keep the grip TIL we &c. to town ANA
somehow this burst Of c3nfhdenca N
spired a like confidence in the Ola SCI
dier's hos om. lie banded his S1.5a6 TO
the cashier, III: cashier 'hen hahdea
the grip cont, ming the oil soisoer''
$1,000. AMI the farmers $. Soo, 70 me
farmer. and they started LOT town. 4 iia
noralizing as thcv went aiong. inc
cashier remarked, What fools feie
are in this world. Nov that Gu SOL
der will go to sleep asa'n ana Waen l't
,volses IN tonor. * morning s'i''''. tpe
chances are he | forget ms Mh'ie
h,,siness. and not .esaa refncnpef ,ie
nan he gave his money to. Luck lor
Mn, we're honest men, Now there hals
nened to be a railroad depot M. =.
- olono The road and the cashicr Weh'
~ -. ~ he had a telegram there.
:" - ona and 10 and behold It was
in his hands WOW would
tho farmer object to driving aio',e
Naxtown and meet him IN ehe o
aar,v the next morning ana 'coiip,1.s
tho tradee Take the team 10 sii'i.ii
,i,,ary harm. and then, with h'lo" iiis
.,,,,;Ia he said: Good bye; don't forge.
aanos;t the old soldiers money.
Snon after an accommooa'loi
oa,,a along and the cashier took H.
Going in the opposite dlreclioh iio''
S-.xtown. And at the next, slalfoh
where the train stopped an oid soioie.
e,ot IN the train. but cashiers ana oia
soldiers don't associate mucn. lhese
two didn't even know one announcer. bu'
ut the next station two men 90. Oh
hurried to a livery barn. drove aeiose
the country to another railroad ana
caught the night limited for Chlcago.
Ahout 7 o'clock the same evening
farmer drove UP to Smiths livery, leit
+ha taam. said the other man would pay
in the morning. walked down TO the
hotel, carrying a grip. Registering, saiu
guessed he'd go up to his room ana
wash before supper. Then the aoot
was locked and the grip opened TO see
how that old soldiers money looked by
electric light. Is there any use OF writ
ing another word? OF course the ola
soldiers money wasn't there. Neither
was the farmers $500. Same grip!
1t certainly looked the same TIL II was
onened. How was the trick done?
That's what the farmer would like to
know.
The boys were having social game,
Decent ante, 25-cent limit, just for fun,
in a private room in the big hotel at
Nextown. Some one knocked. Money
up was covered with newspaper and
at the open door stood a we'll dressed
drunken man. "Schuse me- said the
stranger. and stood there like fool,
"well what is it?" asked Jones. "Schuse
me-" again said the visitor. Go to New
Haven said Jones, this is private
ROOM" and shut the door in his face,
on went the game Ten minutes after
ward another knock. Another covering
of the stakes another opening of the
door. and "scf1use me" had called again,
What do you want now" asked Smith.
Was lonesome: would they "schuse"
him and let him take a hand? 1t looked
like a snap. Come in Ii you want to"
said Brown. Were having little So
cial game dollar ante. limit off" 1t
was like getting money from home
"Schuse me" dropped $40 in antes and
five bets In as many minutes. And then
the chump pulled out bottle, insisted
on everybody taking q drink, and lost
more money But the next morning
the stranger had departed. He left 6
o'clock call and took the $50 train. He
also took aobut $500 of the boys money
with him. Took most of 1t on one hand
1t was hand he dealt. And he was 50
full he could hardly deal. But the next
night, $50 miles from there, "schnse
me- got full again, got into another so
cial game, got out OH an early train
clearing his sheaves with him" These
two stories, with slight embellishments
happen to be true.
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