Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

on datr just as afigure of speech,
says it, not t'inkin' anyone would be
such a monkey as to bet it was good.
Why, when l turn it on de bar again,
honest, it rings like manhole cover.
"'Make it ten an I'll go youse,' said
de guy. It's a funny ting if L don't
know good money he says.
well, says to myself, things is COM
in easy for John Loughlin. John is
de favored child of fortune l says.
Money just comes in an asks me to
put it in me pocket. It's better dan
findin' it. An l says out loud to de
geezer:
III bet youse ten or a hundred l
says, ringin' it again. Why, it was a
shame.It was such bad one dat some
one had bent out in de middle like he
tried to shove his t'umb trough it. |
just held my breath. was a-scared da
man Will drag down his bluff. An he
almost does. But he rallies to de front
like a sprinter an he says: I'll go out
an rutle de hundred he says, AN I'll
put so forfeit wild de barkeep',' an out
him an his frien' goes. I'll be back
in ten minutes he says. An | says 10
me barkeep: Billy l says, we are in it,
we are distinctly in it. Did youse ever
hear of de man dat falls in de river AM
is hauled out dry with his pockets full
of fish, | says. Dat was me, Billy,
wen / was on cart de first time, | saysA
An den to get a gaspipe cinch on a
dead sure ting / walks acrOst to de
Il ctn /
to test de coin 1t turns as green as a
Patricks day parade. l goes back to de
place, an in comes de man wild his
fren'.
IN make good de rest Of dat bet,
he says An if it's de same 90 youse,
me fren' III hold de money
IAN who'll hold him?' / asks, more
as a joke dan meanin' nothin', for he
was a little guy an 1 wasn't afraid OF
his gettin' away wild de roll. | passes
over me dough, sayin' to meself: Well,
Ills is de first time in busy life ever
see huckleberries walk in an asst to be
picked. Den | says to de sucker:
We'll, | says. 1 suppose We'll go
over to de drug store an make de acid
try pickin up de dollar from de coun-
ter wire I'd laid it wild de green side
down.
No says de man, de subtreasury
in de postoifice buildin' amt none too
bad a place to settle question Of iden-
tity like dis
An l amt none too proud to walk
five blocks says, for hundred
so we takes our lives in our hands
an goes up to Wash Hesing's joint, an
rides up in dem elevators, web is slow
er dan Hawthorne track in a rain, an
we hunts up de money sharp.
Me fren' an meself has a argument
I says, about dis coin An | gives it
to him. is it right or is it cony?' l
says.
"He takes it back in his cage an
comes back smilin' an he says: It's as
good as de wheat, he says, an I'll give
youse a new one for it, trowin' out a
bright cart wheel just from de home Of
fee
well, sir, never was So stuck in me
life. sure couldn't say a word. l just
gasps to de guy wild me: De money s
yourn,' an dey sherries.
Ou SeS, says NC u CdouIJ guy
vile | was fannin meself to again,
some ones been monkeyin' wild dat
dollar, alderman. You bend de middle
of a coin an it don't ring; an you dip il
maybe into lead an IT turns green UNI
der acid, but de moneys all right
An so | come back shy a century
an wild a sore spot in me breast. I've
seen a good many brace games, an I've
ducked 'em. I've had me ups and me
downs, but I'm gettin' Old | guess; me
nut is a bit off, for dat game of all de
udders is de oldest an tiredest. an
let dem guys roll me. | amt good
enough for dis town, an t'ink Evans
ton or even Aurora would be a little
swift for a farmer like meself Times
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