The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-12
BETTER LUCKY THAN RrUH.
A Prank OF the winds That Seems - BEAR out
This Venerable Saying.

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This Venerable Saying.
Two patriotic Americans Of German birth
Jointly conduct = restaurant on the top Of .
lofty downtown ONCE building. Both arc sedate
and law-sbidine citizens. but withal OF O slightly
sportive turn of mind. and either stands ready
at all times to take a hand at pinochle. euchre,
poker-in fact, at almost any game of chance.
But the results Of their efforts In this sphere Of
activity are widely different. One Of the part
ners is SO uniformly successful at everything
into which the element Of chance enters that
his good luck has become q byword. The other
is as consistently unfortunate. Both, however,
accept the DEGREES Of their respective fates like
true Teuton philosophers. The unlucky partner
especially takes his medicine like . man. Day
in and day out ill-luck pursues him; he pockets
his losses and says nothing. Although he stead
lastly maintains this p~raiseworthy attitude
with regard to his own reverses, there have at
times been indications that he does not regard
the phenomenal good luck OF his partner with
equal Comp.dcency.
or late there have been = good many protracted
sessions in the neighborhood OF the restaurant
and always with the old result-Alec a smiling
winner. Joe q taciturn loser. But Joe is game.
His, patience Is Job-like. and he bore his losses
without protest until an incident occurred that
drove him at last to express his feeling In speech.
One breezy day last week Alec, at his desk by
an open window. was counting over the con-
his hand, when a gust OF wind blew it from his
grasp. Out OF the window sailed the festive
hye;;spos, and for a moment it lowered in space.
up WS'i it's mind iuf 2 cast i itsaii at at The 'h seet q % so%s
street Of far the oei s . the S Sf parsed dsFsei on out t's Si
sight This spurred Alec to, action, He
The fve-spot was gone, vanished as II it had
never been, and Alec was about TO draw In his
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seconds Later he threw III. the window sash.
This time it was whirled. about hither and
among the lofty housetopss. At times il motion
was so rapid that his eyes could scarcely keep
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certain 10 alisht in tine crowded street another
gust caught IT and waited It gently TO tho
block away. There it rested.
Alec was down in the street as fast as tho
elevator would take him, crossed over, climbed
two flights OF stairs. and was poking his head
up through the scuttle OF the tin. rooted build
e chsr !n 4a isSry iaGE had sdG not deserted iesss d Hmm i1me There's ere.
on the roof, still lay the hve-siot waiting for his
eager grasp. and a few minutes later II was
safely back among its fellows in the cash drawer
OF the r. staursnt-
Unlucky Joe was not about when all this hap
penei. When he arrived the incident wss
promptly related TO him. He listened attentively
as Alec detailed the successive stages OF the &C.
currence, his placid Teuton countenance betray-
ing no emotion.
clusion; dead sure the wind had blown the
bill miles away while / hadn't a chance TO see.
But no There the darn thing lay. Just AS II it
was waiting for me"
Joe's eyes buized in wonder. Was there ever
such luck He thought of his own. and. for q
moment he was silent The next Instant his
pencup feelings burst forth In sreech-briet
but significant.
Ind ven you ,pigd id up, Alec" he asked
slowly, vat vas id tyt ssod Or a tenn