The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-30
ROMANCE OF A
COUNTERFEIT BILL.
J NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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Providence has wisely concealed
from us the importance OF trihlns
events that are destined TO influence
our future. II this were not 50, per,
haps at times we might defeat fate.
For instance. suppose in walking out
hesitate which of two streets to take.
II | take the left hand one It doesn't
matter; II take the other ! VIII meet
person who viii influence my life
for evil. Knowing this, take the
left hand street and defeat fate. Queer.
Isn't IT.
/ married the woman destined TO be
my wife. am the father OF my chill
dren and pass through daily scenes all
predestined by hunt for the original
shower OF counterfeit bill. TO find
this shower was obliged to trace the
bin from one person to another till I
got back to my starting point. ! never
could understand why fate could not
have been satisfied with connecting
the life live today with the bin with
out bringing in circumstance re-
markable In Itself.
When was very young man
went into the government secret serv-
fee. One day a bank teller in Pitts
burg detected a counterfeit ten dollar
bill In the deposit OF retail merchant
who was considered above suspicion.
was sent there to learn from whom
1t had emanated. The merchant told
me that he remembered the bill very
WELL for he had needed change and
had nothing 10 his pocket but the bill.
He had such bud luck with 1t in this
respect that he had put It in his de-
poslt with checks in order to get rid
of it. II had been paid him as re-
turned borrowed money. The borrow
or Ind received 1t from greengrocer,
who got 1t from a paperhanger, to
whom ii was paid by wholesale pa.
per house.
At the paper house the bill was iden-
tilted by the cashier, who had suspect
ed 1t OF being spurious. 1t had been
paid BY man from Chicago for paper
sent to him there. went to Chicago
and found my man. He was a bad
one and had bought the paper to put
on the walls Of a dive. was sure he
was the original shower, but he proved
to me that be was making lots Of mon
ey Id bis dive and had no knowledge
OF counterfeiting. Besides, he turned
me over to leather man, who exam
inei the bin and admitted he had pass
Cd it to the man | suspected. Ehe
leather man sent me to Detroit on
Wild goose chase after d shoemaker,
who III turn sent me hack to Pittsburg.
Getting back to Pittsburg looked as
If was close on the trail, because
pIttsburg was the place where the bill
vas nrst discovered The Pittsburg
supposed counterfeiter was dentist.
/ wns young then and prided myself
on going to work on a case the right
way. SO instead Of asking the dentist
where he got the bill went into his
office professionally. He found sew
eral cavities in my teeth 20 be plugged,
and was enabled to pass two hours
ID bis dental chair. or course | talked |
that is. whenever he took his rubber
lam out Of my mouth; ] thought the
two words OF the name should be
land as a man who pumps |
usually interprets the information he
zets to suit himself | was sure the
ientist was the culprit.
When he finished the job and went
,ut young lady entered the operating
,oon. She smiled at the doctor. dis
Waving such a beautiful set Of teeth
nat wondered what use be could be
% her
/ spent a good deal Of time working
IN q case on the dentist. but Couldn't
: certain and finally decided to fright