Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-03-16

that distends tho eyes and lowers enc
jaw of the countryman rs ho witnesses
this unexpected performances of the
cubes. Il would be equally difficult to
imagine more intense Indignation than
that which seemingly overcomes the
steerer. . I,
"'L Look here, stranger, you hit my
arm Just MS l was counting those dice
for my friend, and didn't turn over the
last die. The bottom spots did not
come uppermost rs they should
"'I don'tknow anything about that
got the money, and I'm going to keep
"Tho steerer insists upon another
throw of the dice, and the countryman
waits in anxious suspense while the two
dispute. The steerer places the genu.
inc die in the box meantime, and dem.
onstrates to the victim that he could not
possibly have lost had the cubes been
turned over properly when the bottom
spots were counted. He completely
satisfies the countryman of this, aud
also explains that they can not properly
Clitliu DlOntN lOSJ DN tlt SuDIbbStu
accident That was one of the chances
in the game. 1t couldn't happen again
in thousand times Finally he in
ducss the countryman to go halves
with him in another bet, promising that
they will win enough not only TO cover
the twenty-five dollars, but to return
handsome sum for the venture. Then
he turns 10 the confederate and says:
"a. al. Il, 80 f.,.
twenty-five dollars
"'Oh, did, did r. returns the con-
federate. "Well, I'll bet one hundred
dollars that you can throw twenty-one
and ri stand away from you
The steerer closes with the offer at
once. He puts up fifty dollars as his
share, and the countryman goes down
again in his pocket and stakes the bal
ance. ltI .. ..
"The false die is again introduced,
and this time the three cubes count up
twenty.
"You'vc lost again and the money S
mine,' cries the confederate, grabbing
the pile of green acks. .lft
"A iirst-class scheme, you see, and
no mistake"
"Eut suppose the countryman sus-
poets something, and makes fussp'
inquired this reporter.
"Suspects something Sam; why of
course he suspects something now, if he
is not clean-gone idiot. But then the
boys are ready for that. The moment
he squeals and talks about being swim
died the sharpers make tremendous
noise, and the confederate refuses to
listen to any protests. When the up
roar is at its height the keeper of the
joint appears and plays the highly re-
spectacle dodge.
".Come, come, gentlemen he re.
monstrates, this will never do. lean t
have any trouble in my place You II
have to settle your difficulty som ewhere
else.'
1.-THE two sharpers then get into a
dispute with him. The uproar becomes
tremendous, and suddenly some one
cries:
q" Look out. here comes the police!'
'Then the sharpers separate. The
one with the money rusheS to the back
of the saloon and gains the street by a
secret exit The steerer rushes out OF
the front door, but lust as the tleeced
countryman from North Adams is about
to follow, third confederate dashes
into the saloon and runs against him,
nearly throwing him over in the col
lision. The new stranger seems terri
bly, incensed at this. and standing il
the doorway so that no one can get out
disputes with the countryman until the
escape of the boys is completely GOV
cred, and then pretends to understand
what has happened.
You've been shamefully swindled
sir. There are no police coming.
just saw the rascal who has you
money jump on that car momen
q ago.
d 'He points 10 street car goin9
down town, and the countryman dash
es after it pell-mell, only to find that h,
has gone of on a wild goose chase.
He's safely disposed of the momen
he starts for the car, you can bet. for il
would be like hunting for a needle in
haystack for him to try to find us afte
his back is once turned. The boy
simply wait q little while, and theI
meet for the grand divide of the Doodle
The hand shaker and the steerer come
in for twenty-five per cent. each of the
7 gains, and the joint-kee er, for the us,
OF his saloon and playing the highly.
respectable racket, gets ten per cent
The remaining forty per cent. goes into
the pocket of the capper, the one who
pretended that he got oil the car, yo,
remember, and he gives small share
of that to the man who blocked the
door when the countryman tried tt
catch the one he thought had hi
money
"Does the business pay well?' asked
the reporter. ;, q r
"Does it pay? ID oes it?' repeated
"Contidence Sam," with an emphasis
intended to Danish all doubts. "Wil
water run down hill9 Does fire burnt
My friend, if you think it doesn't just
get jolnt-keeper to show you the
record of his little ten per cent. diyies
and never ask that foolish question
again. Why, my blooming daisy, the
weather has assumed Rocky Mount
ain-in-mid-w winter temperature when we
don't divide five hundred dollars al
least between us for six days work
with evenings oil. We don't work
nights in our profession, you know.
The Monkey AMI the Sugar.
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