Evening star., 1897-01-30

der the First National Bank. The first
thing / did when the game broke up was
to put on a clean shirt and lock the 800
garment carefully away In the vault. 1t
was a week before all the debts were can
celed. Every time one of my debtors came
to the office to settle l would take him
over to the safety deposit vault. unlock the
box, and erase the amount OF his payment
from the shirt. By the time the payments
were all made the shirt was in pretty bad
condition, but 1 kept it at home as SOU
venir until house-cleaning time last spring,
when q fresh domestic. ignorant OF Its In
teresting history, used 1t to scrub windows,
and one of the most valuable shirts ever
worn by mortal man thus came to an tg-
noble end
That's a regular kokoloona." grunted
the doubter of the party, but then one
does experience strange things at the
card table occasionally. / remember one
all over the country. was playing faro
bank and had blown in his last cent. Jack
had a valuable dog that he called Nero.
of which he thought as much as he would
went, and 1t was with him on the night in
question. When his last check was taken
in by the dealer Jack turned around and
patted the dog. saying: NO supper tonight,
old fellow Suddenly bright idea struck
him, and he said to the dealer:
lis Nero good for $JOr'
Sure thing answered the dealer, well
knowing the dog was cheap at that money,
him. 'Pass him over.
"The dog was led to the rear of the table
and tied to the leg Of the dealers chair,
| and Jack was given $50 worth Of checks:
was soon broke again. Jack put in pretty
tough night, reviling himself for letting the
| dog pass into the care of strangers, and
! was unhappy until he fortunately met
| man the next day who staked him for an
| other tussle with the tiger. This time he
| played in better form and went along care
1 fully accumulating a pile of checks until
his share of the winnings amounted to
| $50 The dog, which was still tied to the
| dealers chair, seemed to know the moment
| for his being taken out of pawn had ar
rived, for just as Jack finished counting the
! last Of the checks which made up the $50
| Nero set up a series Of joyful barks, AMI
| as the debt was paid the dog broke the
| string with which it was fastened and went
| bounding to the side Of its master. 1t was
| natural for the animal to want to get back
puzzles me is how that dog knew Jack mad
| won enough to take him out of pawn with
| and why he lay quiet until the last check
necessary to make up the $50 had been
| won."
| Every faro dealer of note In the country
| has at some time had Little Dick" In hook
/ for 500 or more In the days when con-
| fdence men were making big money work
ing the railway trains Canada Bill had as a
| side psrtner dapper little fellow named
| Dick Cody. 1t was the fashion those times
| 1Or the QudeS TO carry small canes with
| richly mounted and decorated heads. These
| were too small for use as walking stick!
and were intended for show solely. Dicl
Cody was a dude of dudes-would chang,
his clothes two and three times a day, ant
always looked as II he had just steppet
out of a bandbox. After getting his shar,
Of a trick" as the robbery of the limo
cents was termed, Cody would strike fO
the nearest large city to have a good time
and this to his mind meant rich meals,
few bottles of wine and a bout at faro, HI
was a careful, methodical little fellow. ant
on reaching town would plant most OF hi
money in safe place, retaining only $50
or 500 for his spree.
| After his meal and wine he would marc]
to some favorite faro bank and tackle tn
| tiger. II he won he would keep on playfn,
until the game closed or the dealer turne
up the box. II he lost. as he generally did
Dick would begin to look closely at tn
gold-mounted stick he always carried an
the dealer knew wnat was coming Hand
Ing over the cane Cody would say in a cool
natural manner the same as II he va
cashfng certified check:
Put Little Dick In for 500 please"
And no dealer who was on to his 10
ever refused him. Win or lose, Cody wa
always around promptly to take his can
/ out OF pawn. The stick itself was nc
worth at the outside more than $40. bu
, Cody could go into any faro bank Of NOT
In the country and got loan of $COO q
any reasonable sum on 1t. 1t was his wa
> OF giving promissory note for the credi
I | and he never repu1iuted the obligation.