Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-12
TESTING A MAN OF oAa
The Cute Drummer Made Him Think Lin
coin served Three Terms.

coin served Three Terms.
Well down toward the front end of
the smoking car sat four or i've men,
and one Of them was q man of CAB
Not only that, but he was a positive
man, an aggressive man, a decided
man. lie was free with his opinions
and beliefs and one listening to him
got the idea that he was the sort of
man who believed he was dead
right and was willing to put up his
cash In defense o. his opinion. On.
posite me. says q writer in the Detroit
Free Press, sat drummer for Gin.
cinnati house, and as saw him look.
ing over the top Of his raper and
apparently trying to size the man I
observed:
Don't you like to meet with q
positive MANI"
"Positive-!" he blurted out. II
can make him take water In five
minutes!"
"Well, l don't know about that"
Then I'll show you. Lend me
your handkerchief, please. Now, II
you can trust me, let me take what
small bills you have"
lie took his hand kerchief and mine
and made a "wad." Around IL he
wrapped about $40 In enbacks,
making a roll of noodle which he
could hardly put into his pocket
Then he nodded to me and We went
forward, and aftei q minute he said
to the man Of CAB:
II have q little wager with my
friend here. How many times did
Abraham Lincoln serve rs Presi.
dcntyr
Two Of course" was the reply.
care you positivc?"
'Ccrtainly l am"
'Didn't he serve three?"
mo, sir. What's the matter with
your"
The matter is I 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
tefms?"
GLOW much9 Why, man, I'll bet
you hundred to one!"
put 'er up" said the drummer,
IA he pulled out his roll I don't
want no such odds as that, Just say
Two Or three to one"
IL don't want to rob you," replied
the man Of CAB, with his hand In his
20 .ket
''Put 'er up? Here's thousand
to two thousand that says you're dead
wrong!"
"1'll-l'll take you even for $780,"
'Put 'er up! Money talks" howled
the drummer. II say three terms
and here's the long greenm
why, man, We all know that"
I'VE don't. either! You say two
terms and say three. I offered you
even money, but I'll do better
Here's o thousand to I've hundred.
Select your own stakeholder"
1T doesn't seem as II I could DO
mistaken" unused the positive man.
''Put up I say!" shouted the
drummer, as he waveds This Doodle In
the air. III 20 you o thousand to
two ifty that he served three
terms!"
well. It may be possible, Of course,
but I'm 90 sure OF IL that"
'Then put up! Here's q thousand
to two hundred!"
u guess I won't bet. We are all
liable TO be mistaken, you know, and
perhaps II was three terma"
- The drummer and I walked back
and sat down and lighted fresh 'gars,
and as he returned me my property
he said:
"iou see, you don't want to sizc q
man up too quickly. There are posi-.
tive men and there are men OF Cab
There are aggressive men and there
are men Of brag When you can't
tell the difference try my way. When
YOU shake o big roll at man one or
two things will happen. II he's q
positive man down comes his cash.
II he's only wind mill on legs he'll
crawtlsh. ! could have blufYed that
chap over q stone wall with q ten.
lOllar bill"