Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-20
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ROMANCE OF A
COUNTERFEIT BILL. f:
. > . eea eeoeeeo TWENTY-FIVE

Wv f'hN' HdN NlHNlN 'onc'dlcu
from us the Importance Of triGing
cvcu;s that are destined to influence
our future. IL this were not So per.
haps at times we Nigh, defeat fate.
!or instance. suppose IN walking out |
hesitate which of two streets TO take.
If take the left hand enc II ,iocsn',
matter, if take the other Will meet
n person WHO will influence my life
for evil. Knowing this. | take The
left hand street ana defeat fate. Queer,
Isn't II?
married the woman destined to DC
my WIFE am the father Of my chill.
hrcn ana pass through daily scenes all
prcdcsiincd by n hunt FOR the original
shower of a counterfeit bill no find
this shower was Obliged TO trace the
bill from one person TO another till |
got back To my starting point. never
could understand why fate could moi
have been satisfied with connecting
the life live today with tie bill with.
out bringing in n circumstance re
markablc in itself
When was a very young man i
went into the government secret scrv.
ice. One dry bank teller in Pitts.
burg detected counterfeit ten dollar
bill In the deposit of n retail merchant
who was considered above suspicion
| was sent there to learn from whom
1t had cmnnnicd. The merchant told
me that he remembered the bill very
well. for lie had needed change and
Ind nothing In his pocket but tho bill.
lie had such bud lucl, with IL in this
respect that he had put ii in his de.
post with checks In order TO get rid
OF H. 1t had been paid him MS re
turncil borrowed money. The borrow.
cr had received II from grccngrocer,
WHO got 1t from n papcrhnngcr, to
whom II WINS paid hy wholesale pa.
per house.
Al the paper house the Hill was idcn.
Tilted by the cashier. who had suspect
ed il Of being spurious 1t had been
rnid 10y man from Chicago for paper
sent TO him there. went To Chicago
and found my man. lie was n bad
one and had hough, The paper to put
on the wallis OF dive. was sure he
was the original shower. but lie proved
To me That he was making lots OF mon.
cy IN his dive and had no knowledl:c
Of coun'nrfeiting Besides. lie turned
mc over To leather man. who exam
incd the hill and admitted he Ind pass
ch 1t 10 the rian 7 suspected The
leather man sent mo 10 Detroit Oh n
Will goose chase after shocmalicr.
who IN turn sent me hnck to Pilisburg.
Getting back to Pittshurg looked nv
IL was close on the trail. because
PittSlurg was the place where the hill
was first discovered The Pitisbur2
supposed countcrfcitcr was dentist
was young then ana prIicd myself
on going to work on case the rgh,
way, So instead OF asking the dcniis,
where he got The bill. ! vent into his
office professionally He fond sew
crnl cavities IN my teeth "a bc plugged.
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"' ~ ""c''eNc' Nv 'ooN MS ruppcr
u"'' OUT {" my MOUTH ihouSht Inc
TWO words OF the name should he
transroscd- as n man who pumps
usually intcrprcts the information he
gets to suit himself was sure the
dentist WAS The cu,prlt
Whom Inc nnjshcd ,hc ,oh ,nd won,
o,, vo,na,.1, a,,ar,, ,,,a
room shc s,mi,ed y, ,ho ,o ~ro,", .,.s
,,o,.,n., sm -. ~" "'.se ",'
that wondarna ,.h", nso no ,,,.t ' ~"
IN hc.