Show COiNCiSITKD lIRA ELltRS Men Who Thought Their Kolelibor Had Been Swindled but He Wasnt We had been talking in a general way in the smoking car when an oldish man with a very Innocent expression of countenance suddenly turned and said Gentlemen Ive bin sort o looking around Chicago for three or four days nnd I kinder imagine I cot swindled in buyin a watch Here it is and I wish youd look at it and give me your opinions I haint tra veiled around much and I dont know many of the tricks of a big bad city but I halo to think I dont know nuff not to bite at a swindle Jest look it over and tell uia what think you I I i It seemed to be a gold watch and the works seemed to be all right but tho first mun who took it in hand investigated it for a moment or two and said Well old man If you paid more than 25 for that thing youve been bitten I hev ey 1 Thats about what I bad concluded I should sayU observed ho 1 second man after a thorough investigation that ifIi Ii had my choice between a 20 bill and this l watch Id take the bill Ive seen better ones at 18 Whats your opinion asked tho old man as he handed it to a third Humph I You wont get mad Oh no If you have been swindled you want to know itl I do Well sir I used to be an agent for a factory in Connecticut which turned out better looking watches than this at 5S apiece a-piece to the trade For tho land sakes 1 gasped the old L I man and ho settled back in his seat and 1 looked l so heartbroken that no one fult like > saying more to him An hour later when I found him alone and apparently in better spirits I sat down I beside him and asked How much did you really pay for that watch anyhow Ho pulled out his wallet hunted out the bill which was from the best jewelry house in Chicago and showed me the figures fig-ures The price of the watcn was 5275 I with a guarantee on the bill for five years And Ive been In the watch trade myself my-self for thirtytwo years I he chuckled as I returned the paper But what was your object I asked Just to provo to myself over alain that j everybody likes to believe that everybody else has been taken In and done for and that not one man in twenty knows half what he thinks no knows especially about a watob Detroit Free Press |