The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

|ly anchored in the city SO the curb
stone man did not accompany him.
jest Few Words
While walking up the street the man
of millions was spoken 10 by an old
railroad conductor from the west. The
millionaire al first did not appear to
recognize the conductor, but the con-
ductor was sure of his ni2a and re-
minded him of his venture in the
west. The moneyed man seemed
much surprised at seeing the conduct
or He told the conductor that he
was well fixed and would be in the
city for sometime. and had about de-
cided to make it his home.
The millionaire had played a strong
hand that day. He had practically
closed the big deal with tn , Big Bank
He mad consummated a = number of
deals on the side. What he did on
the side will never be known only to
the millionaire and the dealers. 1t
is a great thing in life to know when
TO stop. and this millionaire knew a
thing or two. He was fortunate in
having transacted all his business be-
fore meeting the old conductor After
leaving the conductor this man OF
millions continued to walk up the
street until the city limits were reach
!
track and commenced to count the
ties northward.
He Was Missed.
The curb stone man missed the mil
lionaira about dark and went TO the
boarding house 10 accompany him to
the club. The lady at the boarding
house said that he had gone out and
would be back in few hours.
Next morning the curb stone man
called at the boarding house, and the
lady informed him that much TO her
SUNRISE the millionaire had not re-
turned during the night.
Then the Curb Stone Man started
for tae~saDd mans office with a sus-
picicn lurking in his mind. On arriy-
al there he was informed that the mil
Iionaire was seen the evening before
at dark some miles from town walk
ing northward. Then the curb stone
man said:
Then the sand man sail with a
smile, Yes. | believe we are suckers"
The curb man said in reply: It's
not the time for mirth and laughter
on the cold gray dawn of the morn
ing after
Yesterday / felt immense, today
feel like thirty cents"
Then they went out to see the gov
eminent man and told him, of the sud
den disappearance of the money man
and what they had heard. He said:
Il have been infoFmei that he was
an imposter. / have never before come
in contact with such a. bold fraud.
Such men should be put under the
JAIL
People had been doing considerable
4 oil soIl
when they have subjects to talk on
An old wag was giving his opinion
on the appearance and disappearance
of the millionaire and was heard to
say:
Had that fellow come here and
fell into the company of common
people he would have been asked
pointed questions which would have
resulted in his being Exposed imme
diatelv. and If he had continued to
talk about his wealth, he would have
been branded as hot air proposition
bpt he was a man WAC knew his bust
ness and knew the 1}eooie with whom
he wanted to do business. So he
marched right into the camp of the
artist ocracy. where they refrain from
asking pointed questions.
Had Investigation.
The talk of the town had become
so strong That the city marshal de-
cided that he would have the conduct
of the reputed millionaire investigat-
ed. so he wrote on a paper in his Of
fee:
Order No. IL: The detective force
of this city is ordered to investigate
the doings of a reputed millionaire,
tgiving his name and address, and re-
port to me immediately"
Several hours afterwards, the de-
tectiye force filed with their CHEF a
report which was about as follows:
In compliance with order No. II.
we have investigated the conduct of
the alleged millionaire while in our
city and find as follows:
The people with whom he was
seen did not seem inclined to give
us any Information, except 20 say that
he would return in few days. None
of them would admit of having been
defrauded of any money. 1t is a fact
that when he arrived in the city he
had only fifty cents. but when he left
he carried a bunch of money. This
have investigated.
During his ten days stay he was
royalty entertained. In fact he was
the idol of the aristocrats. We are
told that he had all the Characters
ties of western millionaire, except
the coin.
Truth is stranger than fiction. We
remain, awaiting orders, Detective
Force"