Secrets of the prison-house, or, Gaol studies and sketches . ou can trust, will be in the mountain alreadyhunting deer; we join you while you are looking-for one that has been wounded. It is hot work, andyou propose we should all try some good old ryewhisky, which we all gladly accept. The stuff yougive them shall be drugged • I shall drink out ofa different flask, but appear to doze off with therest. When we awake we find that watch, money,valuables, and letter of credit are all gone. Youcan go to any bankers to cash the letters of is a very easy game, as every American inEurope c
Secrets of the prison-house, or, Gaol studies and sketches . ou can trust, will be in the mountain alreadyhunting deer; we join you while you are looking-for one that has been wounded. It is hot work, andyou propose we should all try some good old ryewhisky, which we all gladly accept. The stuff yougive them shall be drugged • I shall drink out ofa different flask, but appear to doze off with therest. When we awake we find that watch, money,valuables, and letter of credit are all gone. Youcan go to any bankers to cash the letters of is a very easy game, as every American inEurope carries a letter of credit for at least a NEFARIOUS SCHEMES FOR FRAUDS. 117 thousand dollars for a summers trip. They areeasily abstracted, especially from young fools freshfrom college with more money than brains. I canintroduce myself always, and be certain of beingwell received. My family are among the bestknown in America, for my grandfather was oneof the Great generals during the War of one was better known in history, or thoughtmore A Yankee Confidence Tkick Man. Or we can try this. Go to a tourist agencyoffice, say, at Nice or Marseilles; say to the headclerk or manager, I am running short of money ;could I receive a cable remittance through you frommy family in Washington? He will, of course,ao-ree. We have a friend posted in Washingtonwhom we warn to cable their tourist agents when 118 SECRETS OF THE PRISON-HOUSE. asked, using the bankers code, which we shall bothhave, and directing them to pay us £150. I shallhave said to the tourist agent at Nice or Marseilles,I have cabled my friends in Washington to sendyou the money; let me know when it arrives. Ishall be at the H6tel des Anglais or the HotelNoailles, as the case may be. In the meantime Iwill have made friends with the American consul—I know most of them abroad, for I have been onemyself here in England, and still have my passportand letter of appointment. I will ask him to identifyme at the
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