The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03


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The N seere !. 81 ~ u.s he~t9aGtftlls
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y -, w''s.s g., ,,,.
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s,,aA ~, NV -ss ,ha,,y h,, ~ elsy
&c., :" - 80 ~, $50 :,
thsn,1 haynn9 ~ ,rars 10, ec, ION ~
1.e,n' oesolu tme iae'e us' eGsiSm ~.
btn, ~, b.o ,ar,, I@qit a : Any . spooIhs
asSunu u iut.'.ite UNI y d No."
nf 'o,,nts sstat,s' H AZ s,,as," rssa, hb bis
whols.sanlaa I,isb,na, ,up vi, ana
as hrays &C = lio, "a va aiv,o o.
naor. go oa,t ~ n.,aIxa, wanJ
through his fingers like water. but. as
no said the cheney Win a SLIGHT irish
broeI,e. aPhnt the aiyil GOOD Is money
savs 10 have nm wisp ye So Inck i
hsva,,t ,ny 80 aanans,,t =, ,sa ar1
when + sat toa old 70 w,orl I'm hiss ma
world soodhy" Cronin could have
been a Rich nan had Va any desire to
he a ~ after 4 rreaf ,1eal OF money
had been olrsrsd him uea a, dif f,Uls
times b,,r eacb tj,,. rsfuse5 10 ,vrs
as honest as n sturdy oaE and Cheney
oountes rronin as ono or his s,annbest
and hest frisnss Tho heas Of = h
treasury denartment sec,nt sa,,,ico ON
more man IAN C one occasion had been m
c%eptionaliy good work that had becn
done by Cronin. Modastv was ono ~
this Irish,nan,s nredo,ninating virfnas.
he merely repaired accomnIished arts
never ri,,i,r 49, nf ,ba - 49, tie
used in their aecomplishment. -
croni, can,e in Gnana,Ss o.nao ,a
a-y. and after his salutation of "Ton
r. tbe ,oo,ain' ~ nis a 49, : = W ~
bright silver dollars on the desk it.a and
said: N"'
What do VOL, think Of ,b.+ hu,on Of
silvero"
CHENEY ,,,av r,sio.a,. .ha
,.ouaers ,,a,a,, - ~
and cro,in IA sisa ~ pia;
uanted I,i lau o,sepNeiea ~, ana
HE c,se 10 nio,,ad - ~ - ~ ~
Lars one Nv, up ne aoi-
rnllv ,eo,. 1rtg lslseleu .'eIl ar
eSaminaS M, Il ',niTseope anu ti.lutsts
Than he ns ,me 'n INN anu slai.p'is.
nIa.' Nv ioieilisei u ms lishl hala.
sca1as tllaa d PAN OF leaehef"eish
go $3.50 eaine ihto pay. ana the COINS
49, ealelullS Welshea- Cheney
s eieA so INs ~ one p!le ana the sixth
ON ne tossed over TO Cronin,
That coin is all right. Jimmie. but
these five are queer"
Fight ye are, Cheney, but that's the
aueefest queer I've ever laid my eyes
9i.
y es, L notice t.. Tho silver in these
i've queer coins is of a higher alloy
than the American DIN. Intrinsically
me spurious coins are OF more value
nan the real coin. hat a paradox,
but it's a true one"
Well, whatever paradox is. ii
sounds all right to mo
"Where did you pick up these coins
Immieo"
over in the First National tnree
weeks ago. Letter | found them i.
several other banks, and reports iron
the west Indicate that part of .he com
Try is flooded with them"
ANY suspicious.
Mary a one, Cheney. They com.
from everywhere. country hank ii.
stores, railroads. coal co,naapias on,
what not. Why, nang ii. any man
would ake one of those coins am
never notice it. An expert would N,
fooled. You would have nixon T' = nm, "
Der of them withou, a mui.,}r,r 8,
would l. Amt It sou -
Sure thing" murmured cbenay
AT the same time he was studying III,
coins with the microscope. "C,ronin
ae continued. these coins all haar ~,
mill mark of the san Francisco mimi
Made any INVESTIGATIONS alone IN
'ine?" ~
mo. not vet. I've lust been fao,in,
around. reported it to- the chief nv.
he directed me to run it down. Plnme,
easy ltlIlS lOf Jle cllCI 10 sit in Wash
ington and say run 'ern down b,t if,
GOT so easy to do it,"
Cheney was busy. but heard ever
word Cronin had spoken. He had
dual intellect. He could hear and un
ierstand inteIligently what 9 narso-
was talking about and at the sa,,,
time his mind could be WORKING on
some sort of a problem.
"Excuse me u minute. Cronin" h
said, and was gone.
Cronin smoked in silence wbile h
slowly iinslcd the coins. His ,ninl
700. vas active. he knew Cheney v.n,I
DC with him in the case: and if
could be solved. surely they could do i
Tho colonel came back in about hf
teen minutes and laid down ono of n
coins with a section cut out.
II thought so. Jimmie" he re
marked.
"Thouoht what" croni,
"T5ese coins are Mexican noso
Their value in United states money
g71a cents. The man. or game ca
huv ali those Meyicans they want re-
,ast them into orr dollars. ana M
;21S cents profit. Queer. too, isn't i
-ronin. the counterfeits are better si
yer than the good dollars"
..yYell. all that's news. Cheney. an
interesting. but what we want is
80, a. sc, tb,+,s ,,oripu +bis ~,