The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-13
A FINE DISTINCTION.
Little Story Showing the Difference he.
tween "Cbcek" and "(;aI.',

Little Story Showing the Difference BE
tween "Cheek" and Call
snow and then I hear some one declare
that n man has monumental gall, but
the fellow using the term has no concep-
ton of its Significance. He simply means
it's a case Of extraordinary cheek
1t was Cincinnati man stopping for a
day or two in Detroit who spoke rs above,
and when asked what he knew about
monumental gall'' he replied:
81 was travelling in California during
the great boom and one day got around to
Los Angeles and met chap who used to
be in the furniture business in my town.
He had arrived only the day before and
was fiat broke. AS he had put up at the
best hotel, l thought that was a 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 l had any blank checks in east
ern banks. l 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 walk
around and got options on three different
lots, giving his check for about $15 900 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 10 days. He wrote out a
check for S25, 900 as cool as you please,
and within the next "a hours had options
on the best bargains in town.
81 gave him dozen checks in all, and
he filled 'em out for about $3.50, 900. II
any of the banks had been telegraphed to,
he would have been dished, but he had a
way with him which seemed to satisfy ev
prxyh hot ha 1al a
ing for ten strike. / saw him make out a
check for $50, 900 and shake it under the
nose of man who had been Offering q
nice bit of land for SAT 1000 He scared
the man half to death for minute, and
then he rushed out and put the price at
S55 ,000."
"But he couldn't really buy any landP"
she 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 if you doubt my word.
Before 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 So, 900 and his
worthless checks in my presence and felt
80 good over IL that he opened the cham"
payne and brought out some cigars worth
81 each"
land didn't You make anythingY"
mot blamed redl Say, that cuss even
depended on me for his 8 cent cigars for
four or five days, and | sat around like
bump on log and saw him rake in a fine
fortune! He got ont Of the thing slick and
clean, without II suspicion, while had to
telegraph home for u miserable little $500,
and the landlord had Il man watching me
for two or three days to See that | didn't
jump my bill I've got cheek enough to
earry me along pretty comfortable, but
when it comes to monumental gall I'm
way down the hall. / used TO mix the
terms, but don't any more, Amy fool can
have cheek, but the other stuff is only
to be found in a chain lightning sort Of
man, detroit Free Press,