PEASANT'S CREDULITY

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 138, 7 December 1929, Page 20

PEASANT'S CREDULITY

"SALE"'OR LAND ON MOON

A strange case, of rural iimoecuceTs reported in.the Warsaw-Press., A well-to-do peasant came to AVarsaw from his native village to do some shopping. At the.market he ; heard two nien discussing the bad times. One man said-ha -had decided . to. emigrate to the United States. .The"..other man "^as; hot."im-' pressed, and. assured; himthUt America.: vyas no use. .now .for" those seeking ■'f'q'r.tu.nes,- and:.that'.the ; :mo"o,n:"\yna_ to be the next great paradise for ambitious emigrants. : ..;.-; •■:■■.;:;•..■.•..- ---■ The peasant, .says .tiie:.Warsaw.special correspondent of the: London "Observer,-" opened-his big ears wider, and heard what wonderful things had been written in the newspapers about air-: ships and projectiles going to the moon.' Apparently. that poetic ;planet had al-; ready been reached, and revealed land rich with gold and silver. Insinuating himself into this highly-interesting discussion, lie soon discovered that the man of knowledge was a mining engineer, who had actually had' the good fortune to acquire, some of the valuable land on the moon. Soon the peasant was offering the engineer a large sum of money for just a small portion of the land which was to jnake him a millionaire; .Finally the engineer agreed to this. .' ■.:.;-. .: A- lawyer was found. A contract was drawn up. Money changed hands. But the ;drink which accompanied all this legal business sent the peasant to sleep in the inn where "the transactions took place. When he awoke the strangers, and lawyer had disappeared with his money, ...and; when: he - informed the police, who at first.tp.o'k-him for a lunatic, he discovered sadly, that his innocence . and cupidity had cost him a large sum of hard-earned money. . -