The 48 Laws Of Power

chamberwherethe

judgekept

his

books.

heatlast

found

him

axlcep

overone

ofltis

hm)/<.\',
andstahbcdhim

10 death.Themurderer

then

went

out,

but

whenhecametothe

door

of

the

house,

he

format’

that

hehad

forgotten

his

hat,

and

hadthe

temerity

10

returnamf

fetch

it.and

thenwalkeddown

thestreet.”

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SI:F,Kl:llS01-t~:Luotmuo.

WALKIERCIIAPMAN.

1967

‘fill’.(.R()V€AND

TllliI~»Ill‘l|'iP

AtroublesomeCrow

seated

herself

onthe

back

of

a

Slzccp.

The

Sheep,
much
against
his

will.carriedherback—

wardand

forwardfor

(I

longtime,

andatlast

said.

“ifyou

had

trcatetla

dug

inthis

way.yrtu

wouldhave:

had

your

desert:

from

his

sharp

teeth,

"

Tothis

theCrow

rteplictl,

“I

dexpiye

the

weak,and

yield

to

the

strong.

I

knowwhomI

may

bully,

andwhomImust

firmer;

andthtmI

hope

to

prolongmylife

to

t1

AB, R

SIXTH(‘l:NTlIRYB1,‘.

140 LAW)9

round

Samarkand,

thentoseizeit.Muhammad

fled,

anda

year

later

died,

hisvast

empire

brokenand

destroyed.

Genghis

Khanwassolemasterof

Samarkand,

theSilk

Route,

andmostofnorthernAsia.

Interpretation

Neverassume

that

the

personyou

are

dealing

withisweakerorless

impor-

tantthan

you

are.Somemenareslowtotake

offense,

which

may

make

you

misjudge

thethicknessoftheir

skin,

andfailto

wony

about

insulting

them.Butshould

you

offendtheirhonorandtheir

pride,they

willover-

whelm

you

withaviolencethatseemssuddenandextreme

given

their

slownessto

anger.

If

you

wanttoturn

people

down,

itisbesttodoso

po~

litely

and

respectfully,

evenif

you

feeltheir

request

is

impudent

ortheir

offerridiculous.Never

reject

themwithaninsultuntil

you

knowthembet-

ter;

youmay

be

dealing

witha

Genghis

Khan.

Transgression

II

Inthelate1910ssomeofthebestswindlersinAmericaformedacon-artist

ring

basedin

Denver,

Colorado.Inthewintermonths

they

would

spread

acrossthesouthern

states,

plying

theirtrade.In 1920

JoeFurey,

aleaderof

the

ring,

was

working

his

waythrough

Texas,

making

hundredsofthou-

sandsofdollarswithclassiccon

games.

InFort

Worth,

hemetasucker

named

j.

Frank

Norileet,

acattlemanwhoowneda

large

ranch.Nortleet

fellforthecon.Convincedoftherichesto

come,

he

emptied

hisbankac»

countof

$45,000

andhanded

it

overto

Furey

andhisConfederates.Afew

days

later

theygave

himhis

“millions,”

which

turnedouttobe

a

few

good

dollars

wrapped

around

a

packet

of

newspaperclippings.

Furey

andhismenhadworkedsuchconsahundredtimes

before,

and

the suckerwas

usually

soembarrassed

by

his

gullibility

thathe

quietly

learnedhislessonand

accepted

theloss.ButNorfleetwasnotlikeother

suckers.Hewenttothe

police,

whotoldhimtherewaslittle

they

coulddo.

“ThenI’ll

go

afterthose

peoplemyselfl”

Norfleettoldthedetectives.“I’ll

get

them,too,

ifittakestherestof

my

life.”Hiswifetookovertheranchas

Norileetscouredthe

country,looking

for

otherswhohadbeenfleecedin

the

same

game.

One

suchsucker

came

forward,

and

thetwo

men

identified

oneoftheconartistsinSan

Francisco,

and

managed

to

get

himlocked

up,

Themancommittedsuicideratherthanface

a

long

termin

prison.

Norfleet

kept

going.

Hetrackeddownanotheroftheconartistsin

Montana,

roped

himlikea

calf,

and

dragged

him

through

the

muddy

streets

tothetown

jail.

He

traveled

not

only

acrossthe

country

butto

England,

Canada,

andMexicoinSearch

ofjoeFurey,

andalsoof

Furey’sright-hand

man,

WB.

Spencer.

Finding

Spencer

in

Montreal,

Norfleetchasedhim

through

thestreets.

Spencerescaped

buttherancher

stayed

onhistrailand

caughtup

withhiminSaltLake

City.

Preferring

the

mercy

ofthelawto

Nortleet’s

wrath,

Spencer

turned

himselfin.

=

Norfleetfound

Furey

in

Jacksonville,

Florida,

and

personally

hauled

himofftoface

justice

inTexas.Buthewouldn’t

stop

there:Hecontinued

onto

Denver,

determinedtobreak

up

theentire

ring.Spending

not

only