Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
"oHEEK" AND "oALL."
The Words Have Different Meanings, a
This Little Story Shows.

The Words Have Different Meanings, as
This Little Story Shows.
"Now and then hear some one
declare that man has monumental
/ GALL but the fellow 2sing the term
has no conception of its significance.
He simply means it's a case Of extra
ordinary cheek"
1t was a Cincinnati man stopping
for day or two In Detroit who
spoke as above, and when asked what
he knew about monumental gall" he
replied;
al was travelling In California dur
ing the great boom, and one day got
around to Los Angeles and met a
chap who used to be in the furniture
business in my town. lie had ar
rived 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 yet. After
bit he came to me and wanted to
know II / had any blank checks on
Eastern banks. ! had checks on.
Cincinnati, Chicago, st, Louis and
Toledo, and gave him six or eight,
Everybody was wild over real estate,
and this chap took q walk around
and got options on three different
lots, giving big check for about Sl5,-
900 in each case. Some one went up.
to the hotel to ask about him, and he
turned around and took an option on,
the caravansary at $3.50, 900 for ten,
days. He wrote out a check for
$25, 900 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 filled 'em out for about
$4,000. If any Of the banks had
been telegraphed to he would have
been dished, but he had way with
him which seemed to satisfy everybody
that he was heeled and was work.
ing for a tenstrike. l saw him Oil
out a check for $50, 200 and shake 1t
under the nose Of q man who had
been Offering a nice bit Of land for
SAT, 900. He scared the man half to
death for a minute, and then he
rushed out and put the price at
$55, 000,"
"But he couldn't really buy any
landP"
ale didn't want to. He was CIV
ing that locality specimen OF
monumental 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 I'll give you the names Of parties
to write to If you doubt my word,
Before a single one Of his options ex-
pired he sold them out to new
crowd, and in eight days he had
cleared $35, 900 in as good gold as
California ever mined. The owner
of the hotel gave him S5, 900 and his
worthless checks in my presence, ano
felt so good over Ii that he opened
the champagne and brought out some
cigars worth dollar each"
"And didn't you make anything'"
"Not a blamed red! Say, thai
cuss even depended on me for his B.
cent cigars for four or five days, ant
sat around like a bump on a Ions
and saw him rake in a fine fortune
He got out Of the thing slick anC
clean, without a suspicion, while
had to telegraph home for a miser
able little $500, and the landlord haC
man watching me for two or three
days to see that l didn't Jump my
bill I've got cheek enough to carr!
me along pretty comfortably, bu
when it comes to monumental gall
I'm way down the hall. l used tt
mix the terms, but / don't any more
Any fool can have cheek, but tn
other stuff is only to be found in
chain-lightning sort Of man. Fire
Press.