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Show A Bad Bargain. "Look at her," said Jahbs, nsjia Jumped fr. in his hlcyc u nt thu corner whuio half a diz-n ol Ids frleudi were wiiielilug ihu prot-easlon of wheelmen. 11 Tliero's n daNy for ymi. Ruiillir Hcauixl All ihe latest Improvements; tin chain mid sltung wlilinut lil'g heavy. Nobody has n better wheel unit "11 it Ills me Jon na though It wuu iipulo to !mm measuruuieutH." "Ittsiitluo nue," admitted ono of fM thu crowd. "Must have set you back "'H a good deal for It." "dl "That's where you're i ff, I nni too fly to pay S100 for a riding machine. Hain't she u dandy? And Just anm g our-nlyes ahu coal me exactly 911.00.' '''jmm 'I hut's right, ir there's a birguln lying 'n yiul loose-anywhere you cm but I'll And It. Nice looking young "mu fulluw was going through here on a 'Um tour. He went lamu lu ouu leg uud iflH stayed at the hotel, thinking that ho would come out. nil right iigaln. Ho didn't, became discouraged; ran short on cash, am! finally i.lTered me tho wheel If I'd buy him a ticket homo. Jove! hut she's a corker. You fellows but tier let me buy your wheel for yiu. jmm J tint at this point two detectives jjH came along. Ouu of them took a look at Jabbs' heel, went bv, mado a ha. id Jl wagon turn and returned, examined jH the wheel, com pi red the ntitiiber with one In his notebook, oilk-d tils com-paiiloti, com-paiiloti, and the two ted tho "Jas" off between Ihem lo Hie station-house. Jahla sworo cophnuly and male a Jl hold start to got out a writ of re- Jll pluvlii, but bu .thought bettor of it, Hil and I tiov hunting the fellow In made lil tho deal with, Detroit Free Press. |