Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1922-12-01 | Page 7 | One is Born Each Minute

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.