The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-22

hundred thousand and one, two, three,
four-any bet. / was-five, six, seven,
eIght--entirelv too eager fhis-nine, ten,
eleven, twelve--time. and / was-tlir-
teen. fourteen, fifteen, sixteen-nipped.
But you bet-seventeen, eighteen, nine
teen, twenty will never make such
another fooi-twenty-one, twenty-five,
twenty three. twenty-fonr-wager as
long as l live. Now man car
twenty tive, six, seven, eight-te
sensible and make a--nine, thirty.
thirty one, two, three, four-cash
ret, bat where is the--fve. SIX
seven, eight-sense In acting the fool
and running your eyesight-nine-
forty, forty-one, forty-two-and sacri.
ficiug patience that you have been
nurturing for years.
The unlueky man went on in this dis
conn ected fashion, mixing the converse
ton and his enumeration of the wee lit
tie spheres that pitter-pattered one by
one into a tin cup. he had constructed
paper funnel through which only q
shot could escape at lime.
Call again tomorrow sixty-one,
sixty-two," he said, land see how / am
-three-four-five- ting along"
Then he mumbied away in a subdued
voice.
Hold upr' he said. jumping up and
spilling about 921 ,627 SHOT on the floor.
Are you a mathmetician?'
NO; whyy'
"Oh, nothing; just wanted to know
if Quadrillions or sextillion came after
triiiiions."
Then his form bent over his work
again, and the figures poured In per-
petuai avalanche from his lips.
The eccentric bets on the election are
not all paid by any means. There are
any amount of wheelbarrow rides vet to
be taken by Democrats. The wheelbar-
row plan of humiliation seems to be the
most popular. Yesterday morning three
one-wheeled vehicles were humping
along Adams street at one time and no
two OF them were ever block apart.
By somewhat strange manner of con-
struction the human soul. which is usual
ly SO fond of public notice does not relish
it when it is enforced. In the middle
ages it was great punishment to be
marched thu ough the streets behind q
cart. The march to the gailows was
always worse than the punishment itself.
Achilles tied Rector's body to his chariot
and raced about the bouleyards of Troy
with great delight. The exciting journey
of Lady Godiya was also the result of
wager.
Next Thursday, at 2 p. m. sharp,
Henry Wartz of the West Side, will
start from the corner Of Madison street
and Western avenue and walk backward
to State street. He must not look
around, FORGETTING s. every time he does.
The journey is to be accomplished inside
of uhree hours. 1t will readily be seen
from this arrangement that the man who
twirls the Madison street bridge around
has wonderful opportunity if he is Civ
en- to practical joking.
Next Sunday John J. Weber, who
manages the Marshall Field line Of
buses, will turn hand organ on Clark
street from No. 70 south to No. 267 all
day. He must have a tin cup and the
money he receives viii go to charity.
There are hundreds of other eccentric
wagers. They are all ridiculous.
There is one election bet that may
never be paid, owing to the bash
fuIness of the wilmer. Louis L.
Sharpe of McVicker's Theater was
sitting in the Office of the building Nov.
/. holding a reception to the tenants
Each tenant as he came in made his or
her regular monthly kick about the jani-
tor service, the elevator, and other
things, and then paid the rent. DIR.
Brinkerhoff was full of Republican en-
tiiusiasm at that date-nine days before |
the recent cold spell-and he tried to
bluff Mr.. Sharpe into some sort of
wager. Unfortunate for the doctor. Mr. !
Sharpe called his bluff, and the consid-
Grafton was to be daily ride in wheel |
barrow from State street to Dearborn
for FIVE days. The doctor is ready to
pay his let, but Mr. Shapes native !
modesty and fear that TO accept would |
lessen his dignity in the eyes OF some of
the matinee girls may result in the doc |
tor being able TO escape the payment of
the debt