Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-01-27

l buy ~.
Il will take it along with me-" said
he. as he laid down a twenty dollar
bill of the National Shoe & Leather
bank to pay for it,
The milliner picked up the note and
looking 1t over for a moment, her
face lit up with a smile of pleasant
sarcasm, as she said, Look here, old
fellow, this bill won't do"
The curious expression upon her
face was certainly amusing, and the
countryman thought he noticed a Turk
ing smile upon her countenance that
betokened sympathy and indicated
that she was posted on that kind of
money.
Look here, / know that stuff as
well as you do. so you just keep it and
give me something else"
They stood and looked each other
in the face. There was mutual
sympathy-two souls with but a single
thought
My name is David Kirkbride,"
naming a well-known counterfeiter
Good gracious" exclaimed the
woman" why didn't you say so?
have never met you before, but l have
often heard my friend Eva Cole talk
about you. What were you thinking
about when you came in here?"
"Oh, just about what | told you;
besides | thought it was good
chance to shove a twenty"
Why" said she, 81 buy these bon
nets at Johnson's and keep them for
a stall. If you really want this one.
you are welcome to it,
AS she became more confidential,
she said, putting on a peculiar smile,
Suppose had given you your change
in a bill like this one," as she pro-
duced a five dollar bill
well, WE'LL" said the old fellow,
1T would have been all right with me.
But | am keeping pretty shady at this
time; | carry my stuff concealed in
my tobacco pouch and only keep a
little on hand at time"
oh said she, you men think you
are smart at doing things, but you're
slow. | was arrested In Cincinnati
~ the city detective because | offered
4 counterfeit bill in payment for
air of gloves, but they searched me
t the police station and couldn't fine
my of the queer about me. I put up
: nice spiel and was very indignant,
md Jim Rufiin, the the chief of po-
ice, got scared and turned me loose"
What do you think! | had more
han a thousand dollars of those five
dollar bills with me at the time, but
hey couldn't begin to find them. Just
'ook here" she said; and reaching
her hand into an opening in her dress
she pulled string and drew her bus
tie to the front
This on being opened at the end
contained a pocket. The widow, by
pulling the string, could move the bus
tie around her waist at will
What is this continuance for?"
Kirkbride inquired.
You can put your hand into 1t and.
sec"
He pulled out a handful of clean
FIVE dollar counterfeit notes. AS he
did so he expressed great amazement
at the ingenuity of her plan.
81 have carried 'phoney' with me for
years. she said, but no one has ever
discovered or even suspected it,
At this moment the Jersey farmer
reached out and grabbed the widows
hustle. Unbuckling the belt that held
1t, he pulled it from her person. She
was greatly surprised when she real
lied that she was at last fairly caught
red-handed.
This charming little widow was now
escorted to my branch Office on
Blocker street. After a long and te.
dious questioning and convincing ar
gument on my part, she so far yielded
as to turn "squealer" and assist the
government.
This little woman with the spark.
ling brown eyes was fair sample Of
exquisite female shrewdness The liz
tie dodge she played upon the de
tective who in parlance was gun
ming" her in the car, was this. She
stepped into the retiring room, let
down her hair and braided 1t. Throw
ing her bonnet out of the window, she
put a small worsted cap on her head
Turning her dress THAT had been
specially made for the purpose and
arranged so as to make
it long or SHORTY inside out, she bore
the appearance Of a school girl. AS
Stunning a look of innocent childhood,
she could meet the gaze of the officer
and pass along without discovery.
She was now the entering wedge |
to the arrest of a number of persons
connected with the Miner gang OF
and the government |
was amply compensated for the
money expended In running her down
the information she gave.
Copyright, 1910. by w. G. Chapman)