She could not believe that Ann would have the hardihood to play off the same trick again so soon; and she was very much surprised and very indignant when she saw her begin to cry with all her might, just as she had done before.

While the deceitful girl's eyes were covered with her apron, in the extremity of her grief, Katy contrived to get on the hotel steps behind her, so that she could see and hear all that passed.
"What is the matter with that girl ?" asked a gentleman, who presently appeared at the door, addressing another who was just behind him.
"It is the broken candy dodge," replied the second gentleman.

"That trick has been played off a dozen times within a week." "What does it mean ?" asked the first.

"I don't understand it." The second explained the trick, precisely as Katy had just witnessed it in Court Street.
"Now, don't say a word," he continued.

"I have a counterfeit half dollar in my pocket, and you shall see how it is done." With this announcement of his purpose, he accosted Ann, who told him about the same story she had told the lady, and he finally gave her the counterfeit half dollar, which Ann did not suspect was a bad one.
"How abominably wicked she is," exclaimed Katy, as she followed her up the street.