Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -ou are stopped b_\a .seedy man, who has pawned, a diamondring, a watch, or some article of shows you the ticket. It is within a fewda)-s of running out. He cannot find theinterest. You shall have the ticket for tenshillings. If you buy it, you generally find. THE BROKKN JUG nODGE. that the dates have been artfuU)- pledge has long since run out. All youhave for your ten shillings is a bit of card-board. These lapsed tickets are bought fora copper or two the dozen for the p
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -ou are stopped b_\a .seedy man, who has pawned, a diamondring, a watch, or some article of shows you the ticket. It is within a fewda)-s of running out. He cannot find theinterest. You shall have the ticket for tenshillings. If you buy it, you generally find. THE BROKKN JUG nODGE. that the dates have been artfuU)- pledge has long since run out. All youhave for your ten shillings is a bit of card-board. These lapsed tickets are bought fora copper or two the dozen for the purposesof fraud. The (jther dodge is to enclose a littlebundle of pawntickets in a pitiful letterThe pawntickets are of recent date. Theyrepresent the clothing of the poor person whois writing to you ; sometimes his sheets andblankets are also included. Very few peoplecare to retain these pawntickets anil to makenc) repl}. As a rule they send them backwith a shilling or half-a-crown. The pawn-tickets are fakes —that is to saw speciallyprinted—and represent nothing but the in-genuity of the rogue who them. There are scores of dodges of a distinctlycriminal character practised daily to thedetriment of tradespeople. There is a trickcalled ringing the changes, the victim ofwhich is generally a publican. There is theBank of Elegance note, tlexterousl)-
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