Judge Davies and the Sharper
my The well-known "drop game," recently tried with success on a Brookly bank depositor, developed an anecdote that is told of Judge David Davis. The judge was making a deposit at the Washington Bank, and stood counting a large pile of money at a desk. A well-dressed young man stepped up, and, with a bow and a smile, said •* "Judge, you have dropped a bill." Sure enough, there lay a clean, crisp genuine 2dol bill at the depositor's feet. "Thank you," blandly answered the Judge, and placing his ponderous right foot over the bill on the floor, lie calmly resumed his counting. The sharper, taken aback hy the cooluess of the proceeding, disappeared, and the Judge was 2dols. ahead by the transaction. — New York Star.
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 4, 10 January 1884, Page 3
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130Judge Davies and the Sharper Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 4, 10 January 1884, Page 3
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