Show counterfeit MONEY ow chicago young alan pat it to ex L cellena ubo F 1 I reckon lovers will be lovers as lon aa the world goes round 1 said a friend to the chicago mails club man the other day and keep right on making fools of themselves in all sorts of places just as been doin g for ages but not many of them will ever dodge trouble as cleverly aa a young chap I 1 know who lives over on tho north side not very far from lincoln park this young fellow happened by some means to come into possession of a ac counterfeit bill he had this in his pocket and one day when he got his months wages he had some sort of a hunch to wrap it on the outside of the modest roll that came in his envelope that evening he went to see his girl it was summer and after sitting around awhile and telling each other how j much they loved one another they went out fur ice cream then they sauntered over into the park and after the manner of lovers forgot all about the lapse of time the result was that they were silting on one the rustic benches in a shady nook do by the lake building air castles about their future and planning all sorts of happiness he holding her hand and sitting pretty close when along came a policeman on bis rounds through the park it was after tho hours for people to be there but the lovers knois it in fact they thought i a blessed thing about it but the policeman saw the chance and made a great bluff disorderly conduct the young fellow protested indignantly and the girl cried with mortification but the policeman insisted upon arresting them the young fellow da dared his identity and offered all sorts of assurances that both himself and the young woman were eminently respectable ant the policeman was obdurate finally when they had got pretty well toward the dark street aide the youn g fellow saw the officers game and an idea occurred to him see here he said to the officer you can take us in if you want to but if you do be sorry for it on the other hand ill give you 5 to drop this right here you know we are all right and that this is only a bluff of yours well after some hesitation the officer agreed to take tho ta and the young fellow produced the counterfeit 10 saying that the officer would have to change it the policeman seeing the bill thought to gel the whole thing and immediately began tc make a play that way intimating that hed better take them in anyway the young fellow said right yov can do it it you want to it red hot foi you if you do ill not give you a cent more than ia and you can take that or not ansi as you like but if you lock us up cost you your star and you can bet on it when the policeman saw he get the whole bill he yielded gracefully rave the young man 5 of good money took the 10 counterfeit and sauntered daian his beat happy in the calloused conscious ness of having corralee corr aled an extra 5 the young man took his girl home and on her account let the rascally policeman go baye ported he had euc hered him out of fa anyway a perfectly legitimate use tor counterfeit money according to my thinking |