The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
"CHEEK" AND "CALC."
The Words Have Different Meanings, Z
This Little Story Shows.

The Words Have Different Meanings, ~
This Little Story Shows.
NOW and then | hear some one de-
clare that man has monumental gall
but the fellow using the term has no
conception of it's significance. He
simply means it's case of extraordi-
nary cheek"
1t was Cincinnati man stopping for
day or two in Detroit who spoke az
above, and when asked what he knew
about monumental gall'' he replied:
Il was travelling in California during
the great boom, and one day got around
to Los Angeles and met chap who
used to be in the furniture business in
my town. lie had arrived only the day
before and was fiat broke AS he had
put up at the best hotel thought that
was case of monumental gall, but he
hadn't begun to show his nerve vet.
After bit he came to me and wanted
to know if l had any blank checks
on eastern banks. 1 had checks
on Cincinnati, Chicago. st. Louis
and Toledo and gave him six or eight.
Every body was wild over real estate,
and this chap took walk around and
got options on three different lots, Civ
ing his check for about fifteen thou
sand dollars in each case. Some one
went up to the hotel to ask about him,
and he turned around and took an op-
ton on the caravansery at two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars for ten days.
He wrote out a check for twenty-five
thousand dollars as cool as you please,
and within the next twenty-four hours
had options on the best bargains in
town. / gave him a dozen checks in
all, and he filed 'em out for about one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. If
any of the banks had been telegraphed
to he would have been dished, but he
had way with him which seemed to
satisfy every body that he was heeled
and was working for tenstrike.
saw him fill out a check for fifty thou
sand dollars and shake it under the
nose of q man who had been Offering q
nice bit of land for forty-seven thou
sand dollars He scared the man half
to death for minute, and then be
rushed out and put the price at fifty
five thousand dollars"
But he couldn't really buy any
land?"
He didn't want TO. He was giving
that locality specimen of 'monunen-
tai gall The people were up on
cheek. but had never seen face of
hammered brass. What dye think he
did? I'll tell you straight, and III give
you the names of parties to write to If
you doubt my word Before single
one of his options expired he sold them
out to a new crowd, and in eight days
he had cleared thirty-five thousand
dollars in as good gold as California
ever mined. The owner of the hotel
gave him FIVE thousand dollars and his
worthless checks in my presence, and
felt so good over il that he opened the
champagne and brought out some ci-
gars worth dollar each. -
And didn't you make anything?"
Not blamed red. say, that cuss
even depended on me for his five-cent
cigars for four or FIVE DAYS and | sat
around like bump on log and saw
him rake in fine fortune, He got out
of the thing slick and clean, without
suspicion, while I had z, telegraph
home for nisera bic little three hun
dred dollars, and the landlord had
man watching me for two or three
days 70 see that didn's jump my bill.
I've got cheek enough 10 carry me
along pretty comfortably. but when Z.
comes TO monumental gall I'm war
down the hall | used 20 mix the
terms but ] don't any more ANY fooi
can hare cheek, bat the other ssnF Ia
only 20 ne found in a ehain-l;ghtEiny
sort OF man. .,--Tlet roi. Free Press