A Sharper Out-sharped

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 9, 11 January 1936, Page 5

A Sharper Out-sharped

The old trick of “ringing the change" was tried on an Invercargill confectioner the other day. But it did not work out quite as the would-be trickster had hoped. A- smartlydressed man bought 6d. worth of sweets and tendered a 10s note. The shopkeeper put the note in the till and handed over the 9s 6d change. Then the customer remarked: “I have some more silver here. Give me back the note and I will give you the silver." Having no reason to be suspicious, the shopkeeper produced the note again, but then the slick one blundered, for he reached over and took the note in far too eager a fashion. Placing the note on the counter, he counted the silver back on top of it, and then asked, “Can you give re a pound note for the change?" Tho shopkeeper, thinking that the man might produce more silver, was about to get th ■ pound note, but he bad the other’s eagerness to get the 10s note in mind, and when the note , and pile of silver wero held out to him, he kept the pound and seized the silver. “That is my money," he said firmly, and his customer did not wait to argue, but left in a hurry. Next time he wishes to replenish his resources he will probably be careful not to choose a Scotsman as his prospective victim. -