Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-06

. IT, 6OI SNRAOe
~ to awaken in a sort of
way and ask yourself
how on earth you ever
happened to get started
!; !: ! !: 3: !: : !: :; !: !:
NJ on that subject. AS /
W. remember it, Miss Gle
ETkM ment and / had been dis
Na cussing the high price of
real estate along Lake
Shore drive, when all at
,.o We discovered that we were talk
W. about poetry in the most earnest
-sDuer | looked at Miss Clement;
!. lacked at me. Both Of us smiled
hOlshly.
what on earth ever switched us
.,m real estate to poetry" 1 asked.
nd she laughed. We were strolling
,ong through the damp of q summer
mist Our jaunting clothes on. happy
!, tho freshness Of the atmosphere
s,d the GOODNESS of the breeze as it
I1tted in from the lake; not caring
vbetber we became wet or not-just
lovOus in the knowledge that life was
soOd and that we were part Of it.
Miss Clement and take many a stroll
that way. Sometimes do the talking;
most of the time, however, draw her
mt to make the conversation, for she
i the interesting one. And as !
looked into that face of rosy cheeks,
full red lips and swapping eyes, / won
isred what today would bring, what
syperience of the past. She was still
endeaVoring to trace back our CONVEX
Stion to the point where real estate
bad become meter and rhyme-but
she had failed.
n can't trace the poetry" she said
With a little shake of her head, ''but /
can remember the time when poetry
traced green goods man and traced
him into the penitentiary at that. It
vas not so very long ago either"
There was a time, when remini-
scence crowded upon her, that Miss
Clement would ask me if l cared to
hear the story. That time is past
now, for she knows better. And so
she began the recital as we strolled
along the dripping drive, where the
trees hung low and where the birds,
nprisO ed by the dampness, cheeped
liSgustedly at the. weather.
For couple of weeks" she began
Is We strolled along, men of every
ype had been walking into detective
leadQuarters with looks of disgust on
heir faces and long stories on their
Ongues. It was the old green goods
tOry-Or rather a story that was a lit
lie better, for this was the case OF a
money machine"
"A money machine?" l asked.
Exactly; put in dime and draw
ut dollar. Or better still, draw out
thousands. There were cattlemen,
here were farmers, there were
ven business men. 1t seemed that
ney would meet their money ma
nine friend at night, around the
ly somewhere, become interested
the fresh, clean bills he had, and
lally become excited enough to be-
eve his story. And the story was
OF bad" Miss Clement added with a
Tile smile. HE had formerly worked
Ine Bureau of Printing and Engrav-
L. Finally he got the secret of how
make the impressions of money and
len print more just like it. 1t was a
lnt' you see. But the difficulty was
'ery green goods man has a little
mculty, you know, which keeps him
OH turning out all the money in the
OFl0' and keeping it for himself-that
thls money he made was brand
W. and if he kept spending new
Oney all the time he would be
ught And therefore, he was now in
{ phllanthropic business of exchang-
: new money for old, at reduced
ices. So, if you had $1,000 on which
VI wanted to make a quick invest
snV' ne would be very glad to put it
10 the machine and turn you out
V'OOO IN clean new bills for it, simply
get the old money. Nice little
Aeme, don't you think?"
But I interrupted.
How did he fool his victims? Very
Sly There would be two packages
supposed money. One really con-
Neu bills. The other contained moth
out tissue paper. He would take
victim to some out of the way
ace pretend to give him the pack
t oI money and hand him the pack
: VI issue paper instead, with In
ucaons that it was dangerous to
Vi me same before he got home.
~ then-well, when he got home,
would hurry for the police station
u MS tissue paper in his hand.
ana SO this thing had gone along
TWO weeks. 1t seemed that the
'NeF OF money was everywhere, and
y s,e was no way to stop him. A gen.
A alarm was sent out among the de-
'uVes and l was one of those who
-elFed It Description? Oddly
Oush' there was none. It seemed
green goods man was q man who
lio disguise himself naturally. One
u would describe him with e
's'eo mouth. Another time he would
We a Jewish appearance. On other
raSions he would seem somewhat
Iepue and his face would have q
llortlOnistic annearance. All we had