Year: 1874

attention from the bystanders. Then YOU


go OF In an ordinary way. IF the sucker


has gone up street, you go down half a


block or so, and then cross over. You'v


taken particular notice of his features and


dress, so that you can't mistake your man


As you go down, you look at list OF


national banks you always carry in your


pocket, and get the name of the President


or Cashier of bank in the suckers town.


When you get on the other side of the


street you walk up briskly, keeping your


eyes on the sucker all the time. You pass


hlm, and when you get about half block


above him you cross over and walk down


street and meet him. When you come UP


to him you stop all of sudden then you


seize him by the hand, which you shake


like an old fried, and say: why my dear


Brown I'm delighted to see you How


are all the folks in Brownsville p You


must be particular about the last, for it IS


that which always gets the sucker. But


you mustn't give him chance to speak yet,


for you see he don't know you-how could


he, when he never set eyes on you before
and you say: Now that's too bad


see you don't know me. Why, l am Jones,


nephew of Ephraim Jones, Cashier of the


national bank in your town Don't you


remember when [ was at your place l


was youngster then, but remember YOU


perfectly All this goes to make you solid


with the sucker if you are the nephew of
bank Cashier you must be somebody, and
if you have carried him in your mind so
long you must be a devilish clever fellew.


But he is forced to say that he don't re-
member you, and you think it s too bad that
he should have forgotten you SO entirely.


But you are determined he shant do it
again, for now you've met him once more
you'll give him cause to remember you,
which you are pretty sure to do, but not
in the way he thinks. You ask him to
take drink and ten to one he does it, for
these suckers are nearly always ready to
drink at somebody else's expense. IF he
goes into a bar-room with you your graft
is easy after that if he don't you propose
cigar, and if he don't smoke you insist
it's your lunch-time, you drag him off with
you. Wherever you take him you open
on him at once. You do all the talking,
for it won't do to give him chance, ex-
cept to answer questions, so that you may
have the office as to his business, family,
friends, and all that, so that in little time
you know almost as much about him and
the place where he lives as he does himself
Then you get to talking about yourself,
and you always make it appear that you've
been wonderful lucky fellow. You have
always made money at everything you put
your hand to. You can't even buy lot
terry ticket without drawing prize. Then
a sudden thought strikes you. You say
BY the by, I've got a ticket now that's
drawn prize of some sort must 90 down
to the office and see what it is and get the
money. Then you draw out your pocket
book, which shows up well, and you draw
out the ticket and show it to the sucker
His curiosity is excited, for he never saw
anything of the kind before. Your ticket
is one in past drawing in the Havana
Lottery, and not worth cent, but the
sucker don't see the date and don't tumble
to it. | never knew case where one did
Then you may say you must 60 to the Office
and you ask him to go along with you, for
after you get your money you want to go
up town with him and show him the sights.
The sucker always goes. Sometimes he
makes one excuse after another, but you
insist and he always goes.


"Well, you get him to our Office, which
is fixed up like all the lottery places in
town which have Exchange on the show
windows You lay your ticket down and
ask the man behind the-counter, who is the
third pal, I'll call him the dealer-if that
has drawn prize The dealer says he'll
see, and he looks over a list of prizes pas
ted on the wall at the back of the room,
and of course behind the counter He's
very careful about it, but at last he says
9 Yes, sir, you have drawn prize of 1921.
IF you want the money I'll give it to you,
although, as a rule, all prizes are cashed at
our main office in Wall street You say
that of course you will take the money,
and, opening drawer, he takes out a big
bunch of soft and hands you over the
amount Then he says, that as you are in
luck, you had better take another ticket for
the odd dollar, and determine it by the
dice. You agree to it, and of course you
win BY this time the sucker is generally
ready to bite, but if he don't you go through
the thing and win again. BY that time he
is always sure to bite. But by this time
the game requires large sum of money!.
and he puts it up. The dealer fixes the
amount by what he thinks the sucker has.
The first throw, no matter what it is, the
sucker wins. Sometimes, if we think he
has big pile, we let him win second
time, but its not often Always the second
or third time we play him double or quits,
and ring the dice on him : that is, we ex-
change the true dice which he has been
playing with for false ones, and, of course,
without his knowing it. Then we say to
him that he has an excellent chance to win,
for he can close on no number but 28, and
it's almost impossible he can throw it, His
money is on the counter, and so is yours.
He throws, and he throwns %, for
the false dice won't count anything
aISa No yaatfer how thew fall Then the