The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-12-16
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twssa 'fhsst" SOD "uaii"
"Nou ani then heaf sotns one declare
hat man has nunumental snii hit
The fellow using The term has no chcep
ii1n ~ W. significance iie simply means
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n WAS n Cincinnati man stopping ~
dny ~ two IN Detroit Who siuhs Ne above,
and when asked what he knew about
monumental gall he replied
~ was travelling IN California during
the great hoom and one day rot around 70
ilns Angeles and met chap who used 10
i,e " the furniture husinesa IN my town
Ne had arrived only the day before and
was fat broke A. he had put mp At the
best hotel I thought that vas case 81
monumental gall, hut he hadn't begun
20 show his never yet.
AFTER hit he caine 10 me aud wanted
10 know " had any blank checks IN east
ern banks / had checks ON Cincinnati,
Chicago. 81. Louis and Toledo and gave
him six or eight Everybody was Wild
over real estate, and this chap took n walk
around and got options on three different
lots. giving his check for about 3d. 900 In
each case Some oncwont up 10 the hotel
10 ask about him, and he turned around
aud took an option ON the caravansary Mt
t25O, 900 for 10 days. lie wrute out n
check for t25, 900 as cool as you please,
and within the next "a hours had options
on the best bargains In town.
81 gave him n dozen checks In all, and
| he filled 'om out for about tihO,u0O. II
any Of the hanks had been telegraphed 90,
he would have been dished, but lac had
way with him which seemed TO satisfy ev-
erybody that he was heeled and was work
Ing for a ten strike. l saw him make out a
check for ESQ, 900 and shake Il under the
nose OF n man who had been Offering .
nice bit Of land for s47 900. He scared
the man half TO death for minute, and
then he rushed out and put the price at
t55, 000."
"But he couldn't really buy any landi"
"He didn't want to. He was giving
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 II you doubt my word.
Before a single one Of his options expired
he sold them out TO new crowd, and in
eight days he had cleared $25, 900 in as
good gold as California ever mined. The
owner of the hotel gave him Is, 900 and his
worthless checks in my presence and felt
30 good over II that he opened the cham
payne and brought out some cigars worth
81 each"
"And didn't you make anything"
"Not blamed red Say, that cuss even
depended on me for his 8 cent cigars for
four or five days, and l sat around like a
bump on log and saw him rake In n fine
fortunei lie got out Of the thing slick and
clean, without n suspicion while had tc
telegraph home for miserable little $500
and the landlord had a man watching me
for two or three days to see that didn't
jump my bill I've got cheek enough tc
earry me along pretty comfortable, but
when it comes to monumental gall Tn
way down tao hall. I used 10 Ink th,
terms, but don't any more. Amy fool car
have 'cheek, but the other stuff IL onl,
to be found in n chain lightning sort o
man. detroit Free Press.
: The shah of Persia carefully treasures m
heirloom In the shape Of a small cube OF
gold literally covered with oriental letters
and characters. 1t is said to have fallen
from heaven during MohammeSs time.