New Harmony Register in New Harmony, Indiana

The Clean Million Plan That Fizzled At The Street Sale

In a brisk Register vignette a quick laughing buyer and a persistent swindler chase a get-rich-quick scheme offering a guaranteed million in ninety days for a fee. The street bazaar ends with a guard lifting the schemer from the scene as other pitchmen circle. The tale closes recalling the Duke de Biron’s defiant last meals before the guillotine.