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Show ONE IS BORN EACH MINUTE Here Is Gold Assayer Who Bought "Gold Brick" Believing It to Be the Real Thing. The fact that Rold Is so scarce nowadays now-adays is responsible for un expensive mistake which a St. Louis assnyer, made recently. When he was offered B0 pounds for $7,000 he Jumped at th "bargain," thinking lie had mado a rnre good buy. ' He cautiously assayed the offering. It assayed like gold, so he bought It. Lnter It struck him na being strange that the gold was In the form of a brick, and he decided to melt it. Alas, for the burgalnl The nice shiny gold plating run off, leaving leav-ing brass beneuth. The next time that assayer Is offered of-fered a gold brick for sale, he will not decide thut no swindler would be foolish enough to sell near-gold to an expert nssayer, nor will be purchase before he bus miide sure that he assayed as-sayed deep enough. Detective ftorj Mugazine. |