| Show ohan Chan ginga abc kaa w e Iollar dollar bill bin A 1 s othe A X bilac filac saw afie almost every etry ou one Ts aware of the r fallacy y of or always trus thus trustee at to outward appearances loor look i are deceitful d 6 fitful as all of us agbara dind rind 1 d sooner booner 0 nce e ai or larby bitter experience we lye recollect an incident which occurred a feie fer years since which illustrates the folly of listing hosting to appearances and which will be re by many who are well acquainted with one of the parties a wealthy cattle broker of Framing ham bam mass it chanced that lat the broker who is universally known by the cognomen of uncle vanus was sitting in the hotel office at framin framing ham with a friend pla pia playing ing a game of checkers chec when a fashionably fashio fashionably nally dressed young youn man stepped up to the bar called for a cigar and after haw han having ng 11 lighted 19 cited it said with an air of arrogance rop rol ance to the bar oar keeper you will have to trust me for this cigar as I 1 have no change unless he added somewhat wh a t bombastically some of you can change a five hundred dollar bill well said uncle vanus slowly looking up from his checker board perhaps I 1 can change a bill for the young man if lie he wants to pa pay y for his cigar youl you said the young man somewhat sneeringly as he glanced at the plainly dress old man and then with a wink to call attention to the capital joke he was about to perpetrate er pe he continued you change it well weil weil vell since you are kokind so kind perhaps you will change me a couple of them said he he slapping dov doi down two notes of five hundred each upon the table with considerable emphasis dont joggle the checkerboard checker board s said baia I 1 I 1 uncle acle alvanus vanus slowly as he replaced three or fou foun four pieces that had been jostled itom irom roni their squares by the young mans emphatic action then drawing a huge roll from tae lae pocket 0 of his well worn pantaloons he carefully counted out in notes of all sizes colors and tiong the required amount handed then thea over to the young youn baz ban man and pocketed the two clean boston bank notes of five hundred dollars each that lay before him saying It you would like two more of them changed the young man with an air of bravado thinking lie he had tad had stumbled on some drover who happened to have only one thousand dollars in bi his pocket crammed the tho th heap of bills the old gentleman had passed to him into one poc ket and drew forth two other five hundred dollar notes from another with a glance of ot I 1 triumph to bystanders who began to gather gasher around and banging them thom down upon the them table tible said pre Fre haps ido you change 0 them old buster bus terY dont joggle the checkers said the old man as the draughts danced again upon their square squares sand and plunging his hand into the other pantaloons pocket he fished up another apparently promiscuous heap of bank notes which be he smothered out and rapidly counted the required amount which about used up the supply and then pushed them over to the young man roan pocketing po in return the two large notes the tide was evidently against the young bragd bragg braggadocio adocia and he felt it in the half halt su suppressed ed laughter that was elicited from the ne lookers ers on A bold coup was necessary to toi regain the ground he be had lost and he at once r decided upon it perhaps my old cock you I 1 think all the mone money y ive got and perhaps 4 you y gli all may have the raga about you for these two beauties said be he ss as he flirted two one thousand dollar notes upon the table before I 1 the old man pretty well crowded my bantam said tie the tle latter as he keenly scrutinized the notes ef you keep on through life as you pear to have begun it perhaps you may have ra rags s about you that au you wont get get r nid rid id of so easily 11 then taen plunging his is hand into 0 a capacious pocket somewhere under his left arm he drew forth a hugh plethoric le calfskin wallet in which he TWo deposited sited two one thousand dollar notes and from which he handed the amount in others of smaller denominations saying baying aa as he lie did so ef you would like a few more oe those changed just hand haadem rein lein out for the game is waiting 1 the young gentleman evidently felt that the game was waiting walting and it began to be alpar ent to him who was the game so he has hastily gathered up the money mone and prepared to leave when he was stopped by uncle Vanus who said ef you have got small bills enough my friends perhaps you had better pay for that cig cigar ar any broker in boston will give you boston bills for the pile youve got in your pockets for a small commission and 2 he con linued with a gr grin 1 you had better step into the city and take up p tiu tou the note you were sent to I 1 pay ay instead of swapping your money round j nere acre ere among cattle Drovie Dr oviers is 11 the young man threw down a dollar on the counter and vanished amid a shout of laughter from those who had witnessed this scene while uncle vanus quietly settled himself in his hia seat and went on with the interrupted game of checkers gom commercial Pom mercial bulletin |
