A Texan Tries It On A Confidence Man

Beware of the Texan. He carries a gun in his pocket, and, nlthongh Chicago is a eivilized community. the Texan will use his gun with the same recklessuess herc that he does on the banks of the lied river. He is not to be played on as a sucker. The hero of this story carne to j Chicago f rom Dallas. Heroamedabout town as long as he wauted to and took a inorning train for his Southern home. Soon afte;e, another man, calliDg himself Jaekson, entered and said he was a Dallas Texan himself. The two commeneed to talk. Very soon after a third carne in. H went for Jaekson and told him if he didn't pay for tliose goods that he wouldn't sbip. Jaekson said he mus have the goods, and if the merohan would stay on the train until it arrivet' at a certain statiou, he, Jaekson, woulc give him the amount, $150. This didn' suit ; the merchant was imperativo Jaekson then turned .to the genuin j Texan and asked him if he wouldn't loan I him the money until the train got to th next statiou. The Texan said "yes, but told Jaekson that he couldn't ïeav that train without him. The loan wa ! made, and when the train reached Six j teenthstreetJaoksonaroKetogoout. Tb ! Texaaalsoarose,butthe "mercliant" hele the door against the genuine Lone-Sta man. The L. S. M. then drew his nav just as deliberately as he would a tootl piek, and shoved it under the nose o i the "mrchant," who dropped his gri and fled. The Jaekson youth had, b this time, got col siderable start aheat bul the " sure enough" Texan followec like an Indian and eorraled Jackson,wh disgorged under the mild eix-shoote persuader. The Texan then reboaorded the train I and remarked to the conductor that th j confidence game. had played out in Texa ! soon afterthe ,'iir. "Ihelped to pla it out myself," he said very coolly, "anc when a Chicago sharper tries to play i on me, he'll get beautif ully left, I "ca teil you. And I ain't a bad man to foo around either." - Chicago Times.