The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-05

to the man behind the counter, passing
over the dollar. and the bet on Greensboro
al 30 10 was down.
You're on said the young fellow to
the man with the fringed trousers. return
ing TO the main room But its cigarette
money tor the house. Greensboro won't
get a whistle
Then they were of at Lakeside, and
OwensborO. leading for the entire mile
and a quarter, won in a rOmp by four
lengths. The man whose four quarters
were thus transformed into 81 took 1t
coolly enough.
Il knew he'd limp in" he said to the
young fellow at the dumbwaiter 1T WIS
real mint sauce at the weights. You'll
get your bit when you cash that Maur-
ice"
When the race was confirmed the young
man at the dumbwaiter was the first in
line, and as the naughty man behind the
desk handed him the six fives and the
one he said:
You'll be too hefty for light work if
you keep on pikin' that way. wont your
The young man handed the $31 to the
seedy looking man, and the latter stripped
off one of the fiveS and the dollar bill and
passed them over to the dumwaiter at
tendant
That's your bit for getting it down for
me-" he said. If you want to chase IL
along with mine, you'll go home weighted
tonight
Then the seedy looking man went back
to his corner chair and sat there until the
betting came in on the sixth Lakeside
race When the first line OF betting was
put up on the card he looked it over for a
moment, and then walked into the
naughty mans throne room
Give us about twenty on La Prin-
cessa, ne said.
What. cents?'' said the naughty man.
remembering the seedy mans four quar-
tiers.
Say, you've got your Sandow vest on
all right, today, haven't your? said the
man with the dented hat to the money
/ taker- These" and he pushed his five
five-dollar bills across the counter. He
got Sl25 against the AL on La Princessa,
gave his initials 10 the sheet writer, and
walked into the front room to wait.
La Princessa tiptOed her field from the
start and won. pulled to walk
Die get any o that?" the seedy man
asked the young fellow at the dumb
waiter.
Nav. didn't think she had a show to
| fall down." was the reply. Did your
81 win a hundred and a quarter on it"
said the man with the broken shoes.
The young man in charge of the dumb
waiter pulled out the four quarters that
he had got from the seedy man, spat on
them. and returned them to his pocket
I'll hang on TO those said he. They re
the Big Four for me from now on.
When the La Princessa race was con-
/ firmed all of the men in the pOOlroOm who
had won on the event fell into line to
.
makeup didn't appear to be in any hurry
] for his money. He waited for the betting
to come in on the last race at Lakeside,
and after glancing at the odds, threaded
his way slowly to the back room.
| The naughty man received him this time
with quite some consideration
Say. they're f1ittin right for you, amt
'0h, they'll do" said the seedy man.
! Must ache you a heap to dig me over
/ $50, all built up from those four two--bit
pieces that you tried to make me feel
/ small about, chr
How'd you get 'em down. inquired
! the naughty man behind the counter,
| looking a bit surprised.
oh, put EN- with another ducks dol
! lar" said the seedy man. You don t
/ have to chuck a cat into a we'll 10 drown
| it, you know, pal
''Oh. well, it's rule O. the house not to
! hind the counter, in a tone that was really
/ quite Apologize. Cant blame me for
! followin' tn rule, can your?
| Il haven't got blame a-comin'," replied
/ the seedy man. I'm all to the good. You
! can just keep that $50 and put it on Blue
J Lick for me-that is, if your game here
/ isn't too much on the pillin' order to do
/ that"
! The naughty man was only too glad to
I get another chance to keep that roll Of
! $3.50 in his drawer, and, as the betting
! against Blue Lick was to against, he
/ wrote $3.50 against the seedy mans Sl5O
with plenty of willingness.
Ten minutes later they We're of at Lake
/ side, and, according TO the way the race
/ was called, an animal named PreStar, the
rank outsider in the betting, Won all the
| way. The seedy man was standing by the
/ naughty money takeE's desk, when the
youth who calls out the results sang out
/ 'PreStar WinSI'
/ The naughty man behind the desk got
up from his chair and leaned over the
counter to the seedy man.
! Now, you piker," said he, in a gloatlng
0 L,-11- Oh
! you amt so giddy as you was, are you?
/ Say, I don't know how you butted in here,
/ but we don't want no more piker's play
around here. See? Now, go AWAY"
That's all right MOntmOrency,' said
| the seedy man, not looking down in the
mouth at all. II gave you a run for those
/ eight bits I had when l came in. didn't +?
Brought the goosefesh out some, hey?
/ Showed you UP for a pretty bum loser at
! that, didn't I?'
/ Just then the key started to click again.
and the operator bent his ear to j. re
port. Then the telegrapher looked I'd
/ announced:
Mistake in colors at Lakesid lie
Lick was in front all the way, anC Is
/ easy by a length and a half, Pre-. ter c.
/ ond."
The naughty money takers fs ops
fell dismally The seedy man g ned,
( pulled out a torn, but clean, handkerchief,
mopped his forehead, and leaned over to
Say, my Marcus Superbus friend" ne
said, not in any particular tone of elaton,
with a certain CLEAN of triumph in his
/ shrewd, gray eyes, seeing that you're I'M
der the gun, let me hand you one that you
need. You never want to step out of a
| hack until you've stepped into it. See?
! Cot that down? Understand"
! The naughty man, plainly beat out, af-
fected to take it all good naturally when
/ he paid over the 5000 to the seedy man
| when the race was confirmed
Come again." he said, with an elephan-
tine attempt at heartiness. You'll get
| treated right"
| "Oh, I'll be around when I get down TO
| an ace again. said the seedy man, stuff
/ ing the notes into his pocket. Not be-
fore, though. You're pretty good things
here, amt your