The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-07-05

UOO u gnu-1 VIII PsUuc olSU III NC
days Of my life"
jim Keons's Wsshervoman.
From the sas Francisco Poet.
The fact T." said Jim Keene. the
great New York rival to Jay Gould,
- b relaxed his usual tacituruity
under the genial influence Of ooe Of
Sam Wards dinners the other dav !;
''the fact is, that no matter how
clever and thorough . manis system Of
stock operating may be. there . always
occurring some little unforeseen and
apparently iosigoi6cant circumstance
that Is forever knocking to bsst laid
plans into . cocked hst"
As howl"
"Well, for instance. about Q year
ago Vas doing . good deal in Lake
Shore, aud counted % making . big
cleanup discovered, however, that
there vas sumo hidden influence 10
the ma, ket that wac always against
me. 1t didn't exactly defeat my plans.
but it lesseue,l the pro6ta I soon aw
there was some operator Who Was kept
informed - to my movements in time
to make me pay for bis knowledge. "
Broker gave you away" said ser
ersl.
"Not At all. never gave an order
in advance. and. besides. l used o
now half . d.zen brokers, and ais,
gave Gross and dummy orders in
plenty. One day, while I vas stand.
ing 1t the window Of ny up town
place. eogitaiing over this state Of
Affairs. IN elegant private coupe drove
past. and stopped just around the
corner from my door. 1t contained .
richly dressed lady and . ragged
looking girl. The latter got out.
rang my basement bell. and was 3D.
mitted. I sent for my man-servant.
and inquired who the girl might be.
"'She comes for the wash, sir, be
said.
".DOes she generally come in q
coupe!' inquired.
"'Why, no, sir. said my man. very
much surprised; her mother, the
wa.herwoman. is very poor.'
"Just then my own carriage drove
around for me, and rs it passed the
other l could see the lady eagerly
sorting the s"i!ed clothes in the coupe
on her lap. This excited nv curioei.
ty, SO l had nv driver follow along
behind. Pretty SION the coupe stopped.
and the dirty little girl got out viii,
the bundle and vent into . brown.
slime front on Tweriy-ninth street.
The coupe then kept straight on down
to Wall street and stopped in front III
. brokers' Office. where the lady alight-
ed with my entire lot Of sOiled shirt
cuffs in her hand"
"Shirt cuffs :" cried the entire Cum.
pany.
"Exsctly: shirt cuffs. I saw
through it all in . moment. You zee
! sm-or rather vas-a great hand
while at dinner, or at the theatre in
the evening. to think over my plans
for the next day, and tn make memo
rands On my cuffs to consult before
starting down town in the morning.
Ny wa.herwoman had found this out,
and had been quietly 'coPperiug' my
game by means IF my cuffs for over .
YEAR"
well, by Jovs!" said Sam Ward,
paueing for > single instant in the
sacred mystery ef salad dressing.
Its the cold fact" continued
Keene. I'm less than eight months
she had cleaned up over $500. 900 and
Vas washing my clothes-at least The
cu8s-in an $50. 900 house. She had
diamonds and horses until You couldn't
rest"
"You didn't make any more cuff
mems. after that!" laughed several.
"Well. mot many-just . few" said
the great operator. holding his Bur-
gundy up to the light. Il believe !
kept il up about Q month longer, ai
the end Of which time ] had naked 10
the washerwomanis hank account, and
even had . mortgage on the brown
stone house. 1t vas . queer coinci-
dence. wasn't iti But perhaps the
information che found on the cuffs
after that wasn't rs exact rs it had
been, somehow. nor a. reliable"
And the liking Of the Street"
emp,ied his glass With IN inde<crib-
able wink that made Beach. who was