The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-03-24
THE CAPTAINS
"REMINISCENCES
BY George AIDE

" A TN ! lie good Oiu ca ~ nave soit'
y .sd the former captain OF the
crew. NO matter how far ont
,-,e Nh country you get everybody
, III about the gold brick and The
-.4- goods. and as for three-carc
.r.. ng The little ball. why the farm
VA. ,l oui III the barn and practice
*, usks. So what chance have we
rle only thing that We can do
,o sfay In town and speculate in
-fM ways maintain that the gold
anle was the best one ever in-
.i can't explain why. but The
used 20 get men with the brick
,ou couldn't have touched win
Nta NJ gambling proposition.
\ af fhrk pawnbroAer " ould be
AVN hard 20 fool. wouldn't you
l. M trst gold brick ever handled
l. Chicago WIS sold 10 a paw ubrcher
oaUi OK uisest guys that ever got to-
-eamc into Chicago with the brick
a. scheme They'd 70; il out west
where The first thing They did
to1pta Cf cago man into the game.
fa.r picked out a good one. too.
Ncla hm Johnny. but that wasn't
rane lle had a saloon and plenty
n.tY arl pun and after they Il
ueti around with him a week or two
ia. great standing. Then
lrrr Introduced them TO the pavi
ker arl they sprung the gold brick
h.m We knew they had just come
fAe west and figured that they had
81 by this gold crooked and couldn't
'fsf fit themselves. but for pawn
7r who meiis up old jewelry and
g it was cinch TO get rid Of any
1ri " the lump that way lie eN-
a ihe brick and figured on the
-ht ana finally. think he offered
$500 fE il. or course they
..d him phoney brick. lie must
been suspicious and nervous. for
wise before they had time 10
two of them and johnny were in
ch room there al Jrhnnv's saloon
pp the coin. and just as they
ost 20 20 up 10 the bar and take
thio celebrate the good haul in the
DOOR comes the pawnbroller. Ills
oif and he was the craziest man
Hr -aw IN your life. He came
aong the bar like an express
ali before he could grab either
fellows johnny caught him
o-t- VA waist and held him fast and
glh z Yell: Whats The matter?
matter" Well. this fellow
~ % answer. but he was SO mad all
VIZ was splutt,r ind choke and
break away The two smooth
tten their business. They were
a' nlck door and up an alley like
nra
-'Te was the pawnbrokt- .rying TO
'ae back door and follow them
Johnny hanging on 10 him and
NE im like rat and hollerin':
iae matter? What's the mat
lAtn when the paw nbrolS or tried
lm he would Slam him around
AiH 20 keep quiet and III what
Ne matter. At last the pawn
f managed 10 say that these fell
haa robbed him Then johnny
o. and surprised Why didn't
me shatbefore?' he says Come
| W.T.. see where they've gone to-
A@ time these fellows were two
away. OF course Johnny was
hf hrpi sayin': Why didn't you
f what was the matter when YOU
'-ne ing Then all the pawn
''aN'a 10 was weep. And thsfun
lf'of u was that he never got on
laarny
Nr rN-captain told Of the palmy
!" erer gambling aud taking" at
lNn fairs.
NN or three years ! handled n
VN"d Of workers" he said. IL
fNA certain lump sum for the
privileges at fair. and then
ZIP my men TO work all kinds |
Nfs Neused TO run awhccl and |
' shells and sell jewelry and |
n Niile boxes, and buy back gold |
and buggy whips for twice
SOLD them for, and so on. oh.
"NN that was ever invented 10
sucker from his money.
funniest experience I ever had
Na' ~ that line was out in Iowa.
Y Jump all the way from Penn
W make this fair in low n. and |
\" paying big salaries 10 a crew
,."Nl had paid the fair aSsocia-
wv the privilege. was little
Htt out there on time and 20
ron understand. Of course.
M ismanagcd on strict bust
N'iplcs. Every man that was
re'eised fixed salary. and
pfRd upon him to turn over TO
' hc got from the suckers.
W, \ was long jump frcni Penn
4, Iowa. and we didn't reach
~ Until the second day OF the
s0' bite OF breakfast an hur-