CARL DUNER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2403, 3 December 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

CARL DUNER.

“What ! yon here !" exclaim'd S--rgt. Bciulal the other day, as 1m .'.Miked up and found Carl D.unb r standing LA tin desk. \ hell, I pelit-f it. vha- my duly- in come down nnd report on some ci-n. Maypc I vhas swindled again.” “ I presume so. Most anybody can swindle yon. It's a wonder yon hive a shilling left.” “ I vhas awful green, eh ?’’ “ Vcs, you are.” “ Und I vhas innocent, like a sbild r” “ About as innocent as a boy three years old. What’s the matter now : " “ Sergeant, maype yon haf seen a feller take three cards und throw ’em all around on a table like lightning ?” “ I have.” “ Und lie likes yon to bet dot you can pick oudt dot ace of hearts ■" “ Yes. That's called three-card monte. How much did they get out uf you r” “ A man comes in my place yesterday nnd says vhas I Carl Dander. 1 vhas. All right, Mr Dundcr, but I like to show you a trick to play- on d«r pays. It vhas called parlor magic, und caferypody vba.s wildt oafer her.” “ I see ! And he got £lO out of yon, 1 presume ?” “ Vhcll, bo tako a seat at. der table und pulls oudt three cards nnd docs so —und so—und so, und ho laughed nil der times und says it vhas a good shake on d-r poys. Py and py he like me to pick out dot ace of hearts.” “ And you bet you could ?” “Of course.” “Mr Dander, you are a bigger fool than I thought for !” “Sergeant, excuse mo. If I vhas a fool I can’t help him. I bet dot man £5 I pick oudt dot card.” “ And it wasn’t the ace, of course “ Oh, but he vhas 1 I pink her right oudt as slick as grease, nnd I put dot money in my west pocket. Der feller shuinps up and says dare vhas a pig mistake, and ho vants inn to try oafer again, but I vhas not on some try.” “You don’t say f” “ Und he gets inadt und says he put some heads on me if I duan’t gif onp dot £5. Vheil I vhas a greenhorn und a fool, yon know ?” “ And you gave it up ?” “ Ob, no ! I take dot feller by der neck und make bis heels preak two tables und fife peer glasses, und his coat und west vhas all in stimuli pieces, nnd he erics omit dot he gifs me £5 more if I let oop on him. Dot vhas wery reasonable, nnd I let him go.” “ And yon made £10?” “ Yon see for yourself, und in die package vhas bis boot heels nnd west buckle und coat buttons. I like yon to put on a ticket of “ Lost Property- ” ami take sliarge of ’em. Sergeant, good day.” “ But, say, I want to talk with yon some ” “ Sergeant, I vhas a greenhorn und a fool, und I can't shtop any longer?” “ But, here !” “ Dot vhas all right. Mobbc I vhas some ouldt Dutchman from a pack country, und caferypody can shwindle me, nnd maypc I vhas oop to some shmiff'. Good-pye, Sergeant. It vlns going to he a hot day, und Shake vhas all alone in der saloon !”