The Madison journal., 1913-06-07

a real estate dlOnS bahO
Shore drive, when all at
discovered that we were talk
= e, ,Dout poetry in the most ,s' earnest
= s,rsr' / looked at Miss Clement;
:. looted at me. Both OF US smiled
iucHshg. -, oror switched rs
rsal estate to poetry?" | asked
~ ~ she laughed. We were strolllng
- through the damp OF a summer
- Our jaunting clothes on, happy
{ ,hs freshness Of the atmosphere
"A the coolness of the breeze as II
,.,,,.d in from the lake; not caring
AMER we became wet or not-just
s.,oua IN the knowledge that life was
"a and that we were part OF II.
/. ~. Clement and take many a stroll
A. way Sometimes do the talking;
- Of the time, however, l draw her
a 10 make the conversation, for she
: the interesting one. And as
hoked into that face of rosy cheeks,
An red lips and swapping eyes, l won
l.rsd what today would bring, what
aperience of the past. She was still
..deayoring to trace back our conver-
et,ou to the point where real estate
- become meter and rhyme-but
~ had failed.
n can't trace the poetry" she said
Nh little shake of her head, but /
IN remember the time when poetry
need a green goods man and traced
Nm into the penitentiary at that. 1t
n not so very long ago either"
There was a time, when remini-
esnce crowded upon her, that Miss
Cement would ask me if | cared to
~ the story. That time is past
pv, for she knows better. And so
ahs began the recital as We strolled
dong the dripping drive, where the
tees hung low and where the birds,
inprso d by the dampness, cheeped
Ggustedly at the weather.
FOR a couple of weeks she began
y We strolled along, men of every
bpe Asd been walking into detective
kGadqumters with looks of disgust on
0eir faces and long stories on their
tmsues. II was the old green goods
1lry-or rather a story that was lit
b better, for this was the case of a
nnney machine"
"A money machine?" | asked.
sExactly; put in dime and draw
ot Q dollar. Or better still, draw out
oensands. There were cattlemen,
1&e we're farmers, there were
even business men. 1t seemed that
t1ey would meet their money ma,
ehlne friend at night. around the
dy somewhere, become interested
\ the fresh, clean bills he had, and
1nAlly become excited enough to be,
ANe his story. And the story was
- bad" Miss Clement added with a
1ftle smile. "He had formerly worked
~ the Bureau of Printing and Engrav
r. Finally he got the secret of how
y make the impressions of money and
Ia print more just like it. 1t was q
nint you see. But the difficulty was
WeFy green goods man has little
Gmeulty, you know which keeps hin
mm turning out all the money in the
vorld. and keeping 1t for himselt-that
" this money he made was brand
Nv, and If he kept spending new
noney all the time he would be
0ught And therefore. he was now il
us philanthropic business of exchang
ms new money for old, at reduced
Hices. So, If you had $1,000 on which
I you wanted to make quick invest
lent, he would be very glad to put i
mto the machine and turn you ou
10000 In clean new bills for it, simpl.
get the old money. Nice littl
cneme, don't you Think"
But" l interrupted.
How did he fool his victims? Yer
esly There would be two package
q supposed money. One really cor
u'ned bills. The other contained moth
ms but tissue paper. He would TAX
~ victim to some out of the wa
pnce, pretend to give him the pacl
sse OF money and hand him the paci
Oh tissue paper instead, with in
suucuons that It was dangerous {
pen the same before he got home
And then-well, when he got home
would hurry for the police static
nm MS tissue paper In his hand.
ana 30 this thing had gone alon
TWO weeks. 1t seemed that tn
ker OF money was everywhere, an
was no way to stop him. A gel
Aarm was sent out among the d,
~euves and | was one of those VIII
esed 1t. Description? Oddl
ousn, there was none. It SCENE
- Green goods man was a man wh
'aio disguise himself naturally. On
80 would describe him with
s'eo mouth. Another time he woul
ave q Jewish appearance. On othe
asions he would seem somewhs
Vhepuc and his face would have
0n'ortionistic appearance. All We hs
y 80 on were his height, weight On
e color OF his eyes and hair. AM
al I've seen mighty fe~ person
~ so could describe the same ma
'Ae even in these details.
But We started to work. and OF
orning there walked another victi
detective headquarters with h
'ue bundle of tissue paper. We heal
y story, and as the man talked | b
~ ~ 70 nnger the bogus bundle. AS
20, there began to come a few
aauons into my mind. The tissl
yer was short and square and fol
IL struck me all of a sudden tn
was Of the type used for shavir
sspef In barber shops. Suddenly as
.ed to crumple the paper in n
stopped and looked at 1t. Son
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