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Show A WELL-MANACED SWlNDlE. i Yctleruay a man cl-id iu the garb ' and having th general style ot the j frontiersman, called at Mr. Fppstein's pawnbroker's uilict, on the Curner of Woodward and JtflVraon avenues, and ta;d h'.- would like to make a dicker. "Well, nir, what can I do for you?" inquin.d the urbane attendant. "I've gut some gold here," said tlm stranger. "I'm bard up, and. want to raiso some iu'.nty l,-u th'n 'ere piie." He took from a:i imier bre.ist pockrt :i rt.'iiall pasteboard Ux, care-!uh care-!uh liliod the cover oil, nud d.siilosod to ttie paubrokcr a handlul uf goid nuggets. "Where did you gut that?" iu-nmrml iu-nmrml thn iiiiwnlirnkhr. "Dug o'r myself," w- the reply. "How much do you want for it?" "Ub," returm-d tho miner, "I don't want, lo sell it; only want to make a temporary raise. I guess 150 will sen me through fur a few days, and when I gut home I'll send for it." Tue pawnbroker tested one of the nuggeu, found it twenty one carat gold, and after weighing it aud fiud-ir fiud-ir g the pile worth $174, he otlerod to advancft $100 on it. - "T won't do, minister," Baid the visitor; "1 mutt havti $150 or nothing." noth-ing." "One hundred dollars is all T can lend you on it," replied the pawnbroker, pawn-broker, handing back the box aud Us precious coutenis. The owner replaced tho cover and li'is treasure back into his pocket and started toward the door. At the threshold he halted, appeared to be debating with hnns'.'H tor a moment, g and ot length turned again to the pawnbroker. 1 "Well,' said he, with a carfiless air, "take it and jive me the $100. J I'll make that do." With that he handud out th box onae more, received re-ceived a ticket and $100 in cash, and j disappeared. An hour later Mr. Eppstein thought he would have a look at the gold, and took it out of the I safe. To make assurance doubly sure, he again tested it. The first nugget B proved to be silver, very neatly glided. Another and another were examined in like manner until the ; whole had hem gone through, and overy nuggst was found to be of the Bums character, the whole being ) worth a fraction over four dollars. Tho trick waa now transparent. The pretended miner waa in reality a very clever swindler, who had two boxes, one containing the pure gold and the other the glided silver, which he exchanged, at the time he pre, tended to decline tho offer of $100. He made his escape, and Mr. Eppstein Epp-stein philosophically pocketed his loss of $96. Detroit Free Press. |