The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-22

the ace, and there you get left again.
Now let me show you" And in few
moments it was so well explained that
the reporter had no trouble in picking
up the proper card. Then the opera
tor smutted the corner of card little
and gave an illustration of that pro-
ceeding.
"Where is the best place to work ?"
asked the reporter.
"To tell the truth, from st. Louis to
the Fast is about as good as any. The
people of Indiana and Illinois are about
as green as you will find them any.
where; but the Vandalia company is
so strict that you can't get half a show
on that road, and it amt worked by
the profession now, at all. West of
st. Louis, though, the roads are easily
worked. Pan out we'll, too, you bet
your bottom dollar. But, speaking of
Indiana, the best road in the state is
the Louisville and New Albany and
Chicago. You recollect how Burke
Dryer scared a whole train load, got
scuds of money out of one or two pas
sengers, took up his cards and bounced
Ofbetween Greencastle and Cloverdale.
1t was on the same road that a rich
passenger, betting with him, gave him
a deed for a saw mill and two acres of
ground, when his money ran out. But
Burke was afraid to take possession,
and so it has been in the hands of the
loser since, as before. But Burkie's
game fellow, and stands by his boys.
They work a train and jump, and when
one of them gets stuck the others hang
to him till they get him of, even if it
costs FIVE thousand dollars. But Bur-
kie is too well known on Indiana rail-
roads now. He confines himself to
Illinois principally, where the harvest
is great, and the reapers but few"
81 suppose you have had adventures
in your time;" suggested the reporter.
81 just have. About as lively a
time as | can recollect was on the Chat
tanOOga and Nashville railroad. Two
or three or US weIc tUSetIer, anu we're
working train out to little place
from Chattanooga. We struck greeny,
and soon feeced him out of a thousand
dollars. When the train came to the
first station after this We jumped of,
and thought we'd run back to Nash>
vile on the next train, but unfOrtun.
ately for us, the man We had skinned
lived there, and he made such fuss
that the citizens got after us and ran
US into the mountains. We staid up
there waiting the next train, and at
last We got so cold and hungry that we
ventured to log cabin in the hills.
When We got TO the door, we saw a
light and heard voices. Finally. We
knocked and went in. BY Jerusalem
There sat the fellow we had confidence
ed in the morning, his gun across his
knee. He had been out hunting for
us; and was determined to find us il
possible. He leveled his gun and
threatend to shoot if we moved and we
didn't move, but stood there while he
made us fork over every cent we had
got in the morning. Then he kicked
us out in the open air"
PLEASANT" remarked the reporter.
"Yes, pleasant if one looks at it in
that light, but that wasn't what made
me quit the business. There's toe
much ola fellow's getting beaten at his
own game. There are men so old al
the business you'll think you've got q
guy, but when it comes to guess at the
card he picks it up every time. He
can run ON in this way and burst the
bank. know a fellow who is now q
merchant in Middlebury, who had his
bank broken in this way. and went in
to a more certain business.
"Where did you make your last ad.
venture, Ned?" asked the reporter.
at was on the Ohio and Mississippi
road, near Olny. fused to work that
road back and forth pretty thoroughly.
One day got a fellows watch and
chain, and all his money, and even his
plug hat. and he squealed. The pas
sengers went crazy. They locked the
doors, jerked down section of the bel
rope. and were going to hang me wheth
er or no. They had the cord around
my neck, but / begged so that they
changed their minds, and, stopping the
train, took me out, tied me to a sapline
and let me remain there. Fit hadn'
been for some hunters passing that way
l don't know how 1 ever would have
got out. Since that time, I've beer
out Of the business, and mean to sta,
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