The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-17
TESTING A MAN OF GAE.
The Cute Drummer Made Him Think LIN.
coin Served Three Terms.

The Cute Drummer Made Him Think LIN
coin Served Three Terms.
We'll down toward the front end of
the smoking car sat four or i've men,
and n Of them was a man of CAB.
Not only that, but he vas a positive
man, an aggressive man. a decided
ia He was free with his opinions
and beliefs and n listening to him
got the idea that he was the sort of
a man who believed he was dead
right and was willing to put up his
cash in defense o. his opinion. Op-
pOsite me. says a writer in the Detroit
Free Press, sat a drummer for Gin
cinnati house, and as l saw him look
ing over the top of his PAPER and
apparently trying to size the man [
observed:
Don't you like to meet with a
positive man."
"POsitive-" he blurted out. 81
can make him take water in five
minutes"
"Well, ] don't know about that"
Then I'll show you. Lend me
your handkerchief, please. Now. if
YOU can trust me, let me take what
small bills you have"
He took his handkerchief and mine
and made a .'wad." Around it he
wrapped about $40 in greenbacks,
making a roll of doodle which he
could hardly put into his POCKET.
Then he nodded to me and we went
forward, and after IA minute he said
to the man Of CAB:
Il have a little wager with my
friend here. How many times did
Abraham Lincoln serve as Presi-
dent?"
Two, of course was the reply.
Are you positive?"
certainly l am"
"Didn't he serve three?:"
mo, sir. What's the matter with
your"
The matter is, l think he served
there terms, and am willing to bet on
it. Come, now. how much have you
got that says he only served two
teTms?"
How much? Why, man, III bet
you a hundred to one"
PUT 'er up" said the drummer,
as he pulled out his roll. l don't
want no such odds as that, just say
two or three to one"
81 don't want TO rob YOU" replied
the man of CAB, with his hand in his
pc 'ket.
PUT 'er up? Here's a thousand
to two thousand that says you're dead
wrong.'
"Tll-l'll take you even for $500"
put Ter up. Money talks howled
the drummer. II say three terms,
and here's the long green"
"Why, man, we all know that-'
1--WE don't. either. You say two
terms and | say three. / offered you
even money, but FL do better.
Here's a thousand to five hundred.
Select your W stakeholder"
1T doesn't seem as if l could be
mistaken" unused the positive mai.
"Put up l say" shouted the
drummer, as he wavedahis Doodle in
the air. '1ll go you a thousand to
two fifty that he served three
terms"
''Well, it may be possible. of course,
but Pm so sure Of it chat-'
''Then put up. Here's a thousand
to two hundred"
II guess l won't bet. We are all
liable to be mistaken, you know, and
perhaps it was three terms"
- The drummer and | walked back
and sat down and lighted fresh c'gars.
and As he returned me my property
he said:
"1Ou see. you don't want to size a
man up too quickly. There are posi-
tive men and there are men of CAB.
There are aggressive men and there
are men Of hrag. When you can't
tell The difference try my way. When
YOU shake Il big roll at Il man one or
two things Will happen. If he's a
positive man down comes his cash.
II he's only Il wind mill on legs he'll
crawtish. could have bluffed that
chap over a stone wall with a ten
dollar bill"
Simple Arithmetic.
A potato Dagger went in a Pitts
hurp comm SSiOn hoESe the other dov