The record-union., 1898-01-06
DOoLEY ON CERTIFIED CHECKS
Important Differences Between a
National Bank and a Faro Bank.

fe see,' said Mr.. Dooley, continuing
the conversation, ''it was this way.
Mike gives tn certified check Ye know
certified check is as good as goold' .
Sure said Mr. Hennessy, who
didn't know. Sure thing!'
Well, it come around that they was
QUESTION between me friend Bob Wal
Ter that's tn Rale Thing FIR tn Whole
Thing an Mike; an Mikes no MIN
Der iv tn Ipworth League whin it comes
TO financial mathers. TIL money was
on tn jack an tn jack come split. My
money says tn Rale Thing. My mon
ey,' says Mike. Lave it to tn dealer
says the Rale Thing If coorse,' says
Mike. Now, if Mixed been behind tn
table they'd been no doubt about it.
Ayether tn bank d taken tn money
| or 1t q paid wan or tn other iv tn
la-ads. In his days tn wurrud was
checks FIR money an money FIR checks.
But here tn bank says: Mike, well not
/ hould fr ye because tn Rale Thing
kicks. an Robert, We'll not pay ye be-
cause Mike says ye don't win. Well
put it on tn high ca-ard and lave it to
go at that. TIL game goes on. Gintle-
min, make yer bets. TIL player wins;
tn house loses
We'll, l suppose so," said Mr.. Hen
messy. who had seen pool checks. Il
! suppose so. Ye're right in a way"
1T makes no diff renee" Mr. Dooley
continued. ''Th' mather shud stand
tn same way in faro bank or d ma
tional bank. Ye go into wan, an a
naygur behind tn dure peeps out at ye
an looks inter ye'er eye an sees wheth-
| er It's poliSman's star or tn moon ye
have behind yeer head, and ye go in,
an round goes tn ball on tn wheel, an
/ up leaps tn la-ad behint tn chuck-a-
| luck bargain counter, an aces is dealt
blind at all tn stud tables, an ye set
down at tn faro teller'S desk, an play
| in ye'er two-fortyfve. Ye go into tR
other game, an no one looks ye over.
! No one wondhers what yell stand fr.
I No wan hands ye a dhrink an a bite
4 to ate. An that's beaAse they have a
! cinch. TIL difference between a Ma
tional bank an a faro bank is that tn
faro bank pays its checks. If tn faro
dealers thumb slips an he doesn't take
tn right ca-ard firm tn bottom iv tn
box, an tn foolish child that's been
capped in has his money where it
| oughtn't to be, they's no argumint. TIL
boy in tn sthraw hat goes to tn check
rack an can'ly splits out tn cartified
checks that means money. They'se
other deals to follow, an they'se
sthrong- -ar-rm men at tn bottom iv tn
stairs to ray-jooce tn surplus.
Il was Cap'n iv me precinct years ago
whin Mike was ivrybody an r-run tn
| Whole Thing an tn Rale Thing an all.
| He had a faro bank on tn side-th' OF
store. Wan night, Willum j. O'Brien
| toP me, an he knew, fr he was settin'
near by with his money on tn queen,
where iv'ry r-right-minded man ought
to have it, whether he loses or not-an'
| he loses-Willum J. OBrien he seen
| fight come up between two min at tn
| faro bank-an' ye cud say that tn store
| in that day was almost naytional
faro bank. Wan la-ad was thin, mar
row, fghtin' man that didn't know no
better, an tn other was a man that'd
seen some trough wurruk done be-
low in tn good days. That's my bet,
says tn new man. i guess not says
tn other lad. L put that money there
a minyt ago. TIL dealer didn't know
| an tn man up above in tn chair was
| thinkin iv furnishin' a flat-an' he
| didn't furnish 1t, because he lost his
job. II was up to Mike. He came back
firm where he was havin' his little OF
bottle iv wine with his good frind Dan
O'Hara, an he sized up tn crowd an
tn checks. Says he: 'Th' money goes
to tn thin boy Now look here, Mike,
says tn other, I'm not to be bullied. I
know some things about ye.' Tell thin
! then says Mike. Go out on tn road
an tell thim,' he says. "Th' more ye
! talk about a naytional bank tn more
ye hur-rt it. he says. "rh' more we talk
about faro bank tn more ye help It,
In this house. he says, 'tis probabili-
/ ties an honest intintions that counts.
Cash In yer checks, thin man. Money
! f'r checks an checks f'r money. Thin
/ boys in tn monymint in front Of ye is
as good as goold'
| THAT was Mike in tn old days. A
check was what it was. 1t wint where
/ ii lay. Everybody knew where it lay
an ii was good fer what Ii looked to be.
| It might be lost between two sthrong
men on tn stairs or tn cabman might
slip Il out. But checks was money an
money was checks In Mike McDonald's
bank"
"Ye bet 1t was, too" said Mr.. Hennes-
sy, who had never seen a faro bank.
Well" said Mr.. Dooley, "some banks
ean do some things an some banks can
do other things. ia rather have
stack iv checks that Mike didn't cartify
| thin wan check he did."-Chicago Post.
Not the Way to Cork.
Charles Karpy DINING n,na -. 49,.