Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-14
Old Pugsley's Trick.

Old Pugsley's Trick.
''There's old Pugsley."
"Where?" .
"Where! Can't you think of anything
you haven't your eyes on. Where is he
usually at this time OF night, Joe Boards
ley" :"
"Drunk at the Occidental, with dirty
pack of cards turning him up another
drink, never saw such luck"
"He does play well, that's fact -
"Play we'll? Playing cards is easy
when you get 'em? Did you ever see me
make a missplay? or Ned, over there?
tell you it's luck?"
cts something," said Ned Holder,
doubtfully.
"And something that always .wins,"
went IN Beardsley. ''Hell sit there with
his dilap1dated old stovepipe. mashed
over those black eyes, and wink any card
| in the pack into his hand. I believe he
shakes hands with the jacks and kings.'
81 think you've had enough punch to-
night, Joe," said Holder, lighting cigar,
"You think Pm drunk! Did you ever
play with him. I have; and I say, if he
had a thousand or so to begin with, he'd
buy out all the boys in month provided
he'd keep sober. 1 tell your
Holder filed his glass meditatively, and
stopped with it half way to his lips to
say, GIVE got an idea, boys"
His two companions started in mock
unbelief, muttering something about too
much beer, and shook their heads.
We all want money for the races, and
your old gents don't come down hand
some any more than mine.'
you couldn't copyright that, old boy"
laughed Beardsley.
ut is the way to get the stamps ex-
claimed the matter-of-tact Holder.
"Youll listen, suppose?''
eyes! yes!" said both in breath.
elbow much money could we raise?'
asked Holder.
His companions ratified the keys in
their pockets and pondered.
II might produce fifty by letting my
board rum" ventures one.
''That's the length Of my rope" said
the other.
''There's our Watches" suggested Hol-
der. I'VE might spare them for a few
days."
ssIs it safes"
II think So"
''Then there's fifty more apiece" said
Beardsley. "Would that do?- three hun
dred, you know"
''The more the safer," said the plotter.
ave might draw for an extra fifty, and
say It's for books for advance studies"
said Beardsley, at which they all laughed.
They were VIGOROUSLY the 'dullest 'sophs''
in the University.
"That won't do with my ancestor"
said Morgan. "He's been through the
mill himself" 5
"Then we might borrow and bring it
up to five hundred" put in Beardsley.
Holder thought that would be about
right. 'Then it's done," shouted Nor
gan. CHOW show up. How much will
we make?"
Double. Listen.' And the worthy
sophomores put their muddled heads to.
gether over the soppy restaurant table and
held grave and low-voiced counsel.
In an hour the party broke up. The
result Of the consultation was that by
noon of the next day they had each con-
tr1buted one third of joint fund Of $500,
and carried pawn tickets in their left
hand waisC coat pockets where their gold
repeaters should have been. Holder took
the money and management into his own
hands, and went after dinner for pri-
vate interview with Mr.. Pugsley in a
back room of the ''Occident,' leaving his
chums in state of suspense on the out
side. When he reappeared there was a
complacent smile on his countenance that
told of success.
"You see," he said, "there's to be a
champion billiard match here on Friday,
and all the sports Will be up. Then's
our time. Would you. believe I had a
regular battle with the sly old coon be.
tore brought him round? Said we put
too high value on his poor abilities, and
all that! He'll bring us out all right!"
And the young gentlemen went off to
ponder about anything but their lessons.
They could not help worrying little
and being nervous. They had gone into
speculation, and the mad houses would
die out of neglect if speculation should
cease. Friday morning came at last, and
of course it could not always be that par
ticular Friday, not even to spite them,
nor to please Others whose honeymoon
perhaps it was; nor still others whose
life would go out with its light; SO the
sun went down to give birth, IN proper
time, to other morning, and in going
down, laid heavy, rainy night over the
crowded streets of the university town.
There was great excitement in the hotels
and bar rooms over the chances of the
day, and into the heat Of it the young
gentlemen plunged. At 9 o'clock they
were knocking at q green door in an up
per story and were admitted into gilt
tering gambling room.
Pugsley was there but twas Pugsley