Salt Lake Times | 1890-06-13 | Page 2 | Looking for his $ 10

Looking for Hi tUO. He was sittiuj; in Franklin square with soiled newspaper in bis hand and with look of profound thought shinhrg through the earthworks on his unwashed face. The policeman eyed him suspiciously suspi-ciously as he came by. "Good morning," he said. ' "Ugh!" grunted the policeman. "I was thinking," he continued, not observing the slight to his salutation, Ythat this is a good place for me." : "There might be worse," said the officer. of-ficer. "I have been reading iu this paper, which recently inclosed my breakfast, that there are seven hundred million of dollars in circulation in this country a little upwards of $10 per head, you will observe, for each man, woman and child ( of the population." "Well?" queried the policeman, as the ' reader appeared to sink into an abstracted abstract-ed condition. "Well," ho resumed, "I was wondering wonder-ing which of the persons I have seen walk by here this morning had my $10, and whether I had better attempt to secure se-cure it by diplomacy, or brave results I and go after it with a club. Possibly you could throw some light on the subject; or possibly, you are the one who has it, and would be willing to save trouble by advancing ten cents on it Say will you do that?" !6ut the policeman was not to be thus beguiled and arrested him as a vag. ' Washington Star.