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Show t wwymwo mww. mp.m,i.iwimff FELLOW HE WAS LOOKING TDK Reuben Willing to Be Uunkosd, Out Wanted Run fcr Hit Money. Ileuben had Just landed In town with n wad of eccmly proportions and was looking about curiously at tbo throng In tho rnllroad tstatlon waiting wait-ing room, says tho Chicago News. "Looking for somo one?" 'asked u ticM dreSBcd tnnd smiling man, with cannlderablo gllbness. "Yes,1' said Reuben, after a pause, during which lie lad Inspected tlio stranger from feet to hoad and back again. "Yes, I am looking for somo feller, an' I bet a hoss you're him. I wanted t' And a Bllclc feller that wanted t' tako m' roll. Hyer It Is. I come t own t' spend It In havln' a good tlmo, but was tolo that somo eharper'd find somo way o' glttln' It nway from me. In spite o' faith. I b'llped what they tole me, fer III MedderB an' Jake Luscomb both owns up t' beln' a heap brighter 'n me, an' both o' them got skun right hyor In Shycawgo. So I Bays to 'em: 'Well,' I cays, 'If It's a caso of git skun, th' sooner th' bettor, an' I'm goln' t' seo how he skins mc an' git all I kin fer m' money.' Now, all I aat cf you, mister, In exchange for this hyer roll Is t' gimme th' biggest tlmo jo kin t make a fair profit on yer time an' labor. Sail In with this roll o' mine, mister. I'll keep in xlght o' ye till she's gone." But the confidence man bad fallen In a dead faint. Reuben remarked: "Well, I'll be clanged!" as he carefully care-fully pocketed his hard earned roll and started to hunt a more competent swindler. |