Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-18
A JEALOUS OFFICER.
Why lie Envird n Detroit Man Who Wa
Helping an Acquaint ance to Draw I've
Thousand Dollars.

| Helping an Acquaint ance to Draw Two
| Thousand Dollars.
I was In Chicago, You know. and
was picking my teeth on the walk in
front OF the fremont House after a
good breakfast. when well-dressed.
good.looking man comes up to mo and
says:
"why. how do you do. Mr.. Pcpsin'
How are all the folks in Detroit3"
/ shook hands with him and assured
him that everybody was well and
hearty and gaining on 1t.
"No place like old Detroit" he
| says, hcaving sigh which bulged out
his vest like u balloon. 81 just wish l
was back there again"
"Thcn you used to live theref" l
asked.
"was born there, sir. Panic OF
1872 swept us overheard. We lost
eighty thousand dollars in six months.
How are Aldermen Gies, Westcott,
Jacob and the other boys getting on'"
| told him they Were just rolling In
fat and wealth, and he seemed much
gratifed at the information.
"Say" he suddenly put IN. "may
be YOU want to sec the climax TO q
very funny incident ] bought ticket
in lottery running here in Chicago,
and paid two dollars for 1t. l sold II to
my wife for a dollar. She sold II to =
friend for sevcnty-iive cents. The
friend turns around and sells II to me
for half dollar. Last night got no.
tice that the ticket had drawn two
thousand dollars"
Nor
"Surc as shooting! I'm Just on my
way TO the Office OH Clark street to get
the money. ( you haven't anything
pressing on hand walk over"
l went with him. II there Is any
thing on earth do despisc II is man
who can't stand by and encourage an
other man to draw two thousand dol
lars in lottery. The fortunate fellow
was very talkativc, and he grew conf
Dental enough TO ask me whether he
had better buy his wife a scal.skin
saclue or a pair Of diamond earrings.
| advocated the diamonds. Scal.ssin
wears out and grows shabby. but dia-
monds are always o. k. with q pawn
broker.
We finally reached the place. TWAS
up two or three flights Of stairs, with
two or three turns to the right anh left.
| The man in the Office looked shabby
and lonesome, but | didn't lay that up
against him. I'd have looked the same
way IL had lost two thousand in cash.
Nv friend introduced himself. exhibited
his ticket. and the lonesome man
fetched Il groan If despair and handed
him roll of money rs big rs my arm
Then my Detroit friend whispered to
me that the lottery man had game or
two there. They weren't wicked
games. but Just something to stimulate
the system and throw off the bile. He
wanted me to go In with him and help
clean the lonesome chap out OF cool
thousand.
I took to the proposition very kindly.
| I don't wish anybody any harm. but II
| can get ahead of n lottery man I'm
going to do it. We had to urge him lit.
tie before he would consent to open hi
games. Then he set out what he GALE
a "baby drawing" You bought YOU
ticket and there was no delay in asccr'
tanning whether you had drawn n prize
or not. My friend AMI went in TO
bust that bad man mp and wreck and
ruin him. We Clipped in twenty dol
lars apiece and the result was cash
prize OF twenty-five cents. Then we
put up forty dollars in partnership. aud
the tickets all drew blanks. BY this
time wo had both got mad and we
went down for fifty dollars apiece and
yelled for blood. Our cash return was
fifty cents. Then I began to reflect.
Was it right for us to hop on that poor
man that way and financially ruin him'
No! Tho man from Detroit who lost
eighty thousand dollars In the panic
was anxious for me to go another hun.
drcd. but / wouldn't. My natural SYM
pathies had been aroused, and ]
wouldn't conspirc to ruin no mans
prospects. Invent downstairs alone
leaving my friend up there to carry out
his liendish intentions. As i reached
the street a policeman came along and
qucried;
"Leave any money up hcre?"
"About ninety dollars" / answered
"want to make q complaint"
"For whatP"
against tho place. It's a bunko'
shop!"
"Whats q bunko.s shop"
He looked at me long time, as II
trying to remember something. Then
he suddenly remembered 1t and said;
"You are the biggest fool I've met
In forty years."
He was evidently jealous Of my sue
cess in busting tho bank.-Dehoit Fre'