The book A Modern Quixote Or My Wifes Fool of a Husband was written by author August Berkeley Here you can read free online of A Modern Quixote Or My Wifes Fool of a Husband book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Modern Quixote Or My Wifes Fool of a Husband a good or bad book?
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" Have you heard of the latest trick which the confidence men are playing ? " " No, " I replied, " but I have not lived in large cities all my life not to know a confidence man when I see him, no matter what his trick is. " " Oh, of course it catches nobody but greenhorns from 9 136 MY WIFE'S POOL OF A HUSBAND. the country, but you would be surprised to know how many victims there are. They come in here every day with just this kind of jewelry and ask me to examine it. Sometimes they go away sw...earing mad when I tell them it is bogus and not worth taking home. " " How is the trick managed ? " I inquired, trying to con ceal my emotions. " Very cleverly, " answered the clerk. " The shop-keeper has a confederate, who comes in at the opportune moment and pretends to hold the shop-keeper in supreme contempt. In a disinterested sort of way he urges you not to trade in that store. He secures your confidence. I mean the confidence of the verdant countryman whom he intends to victimize, and then " " Give me those ear-rings !
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