The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-02-05
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A tit,ic STORY showing the piro~cncc ne-
tvruu iprt' nud "suu."
"Nuw aud then hear some one declare
that mau has monumental gall but
th. fellow using the term has no couccp-
ton OF iJ- Significance. ilu simply means
It's cp-o az extraordinary check 90
10 was % Cincinnati man stopping for
day or two i'm Detroit who spoke as above
aud when asked what he knew about
"monumental ral' he replied;
81 was travelling IN California during
the great boom aud one day got around to
Los Angeles and met n chap who used to
he in the furniture business in my town.
He had arrived only the day before and
was fiat broke A. he had put up at the
best hotel thought that was case of
monumental gall, but he hadn't begun
to show his never yet.
"After bit he came to me and wanted
to know If / had any blank checks in east
eru banks / had checks on Cincinnati.
Chicago, St Lous and Toledo and gave
him six or eight Everybody was wild
over real estate. and this chap took walk
around and got options ON three different
lots. giving his check for about SO 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 OO0 fOr, 10 days. He wrote out
check for sos, 900 as cool as you please,
and within the next - hours had options
ON the best bargains in town.
81 gave him dozen checks in all. and
he filled 'em out for about 100000. If
any of the banks had been telegraphcd TO.
he would have been dished, but he had n
way with him which seemed to satisfy ev-
erybody that he was heeled and was work
/ ing for IA ten strike. | saw him make out n
check for S5u, 900 and shake it under the
nose of man who had been offering II
nice bit of land for S41 900. He scared
the man half to death for minute, ind
then he rushed out and put the price at
500, 900. -
"But he couldn't really buy any land2'
+ "Hc didn't want to. He was giving
that locality a specimen OF monumental
gall The people were up ON cheek, but
had never seen a 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 In if you doubt my word.
/ Before a single one of his options expired
he sold them out to a new crowd. and in
eight days he had cleared S25, 900 in rs
/ good gold ms California ever mined. The
owner of the hotel gave him 50, 600 and his
worthless checks IN my presence and felt
so good over it that he opened the cham
payne and brought out some cigars worth
81 each
"And didn't you make anything"
"Not n blamed red Say, that cuss even
depended ON me for his 3 cent cigars for
four or five days, and | sat around like n
bump on IA log and saw him rake in II fine
fortune! He got ont of the thing slick and
clean, without II suspicion, while | had to
telegraph home for miserable little 5000,
and the landlord had man watching me
for two or three days to see that l didn't
jump my bill! I've got cheek enough To
carry me along pretty comfortable, but
when it comes TO monumental GALL I'm
way down the hall. | used to mix the
terms, but don any more. Any fool can
have cheek, but the other stuff is only
to be found in q chain lightning sort of
man. detroit Free Press.