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Show there'vas no STRjna re ft . But He Had Abundant Reason Neverth less to Be Suspicions. . There was a bright new 60 cent piece, lying on the pavement on Jefferson av enue, near Griswold street, when bow backed man with a satchel cam along from the depot He Baw the coin while he was yet 20 feet away, and he made a sudden forward rush to get it The movement was almost instantly checked, however, and ho walked slowly slow-ly forward and backed to the curbstone and stood there and gazed at the coin ryith a foxy look on his countenanca In about a minute a pedestrian came up, saw the coin and reached for it and put It in his pocket Observing the attitude of the old man at the same time he turned and queried: "It didn't belong to you, did itf "Waal, I swan!" was the reply. "What's the matter?" "This is the queerest durned town 1 ever struck in all my life. I was coming up this street last year about this time when I saw a 50 cent piece lyin jest about here. I made a grab fur it, fell on my nose and rolled all over and final ly got up to find that a boy had a string od the money and had pulled it into that doorway. " "And so you were shy of this one?" "Yaas, I was shy. " "And are half a dollar behind th game?" "Yaas, I'm half a dollar out Say, are you in a hurry?" "Yes great hurry. " "Wall, I'll hev to find somebody els then. I want to find a feller who'll sol down with me fur about two hours and post me up. I'm comin into Detroit once a week now, and I want to find oul what's got strings to it and what's lyin around loose and kin be picked up. Detroit Free Press. |