The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-26
CLEANED UP $500 FROM 81
PooLRooM net or sEEDY NAN AND
THE MONEY! IT WROUGHT.
naughty Cash Tinker Circsmv~atea
by a Friendly Empiey~--Soeisl
Amenities Illustrated In naiis Of
Chsnee-A Momens Of liberalization.


a stout man with broken but highiy
polished shoes. frayed but spotless linen.
dented but carefully brushed derby hat
fringe at the bottoms % his trousers and
a -eif-contained manner. Gave the
naughty money taker behind the desk Of
a pooiroom several opportunities fer
thought on Wednesday afternoon a week
ago. The man got into the upstairs pool
room without the usual card Of insruduc-
ton. He walked through the saloon be-
hind man who he probably knew was
going upstairs 10 the poolroom The
iynx-cycd watchers at the top Of the
stairs were on their guard for the mo-
meni and the man with the hard-fgck
story In his rainent stuck right behind
the privileged man In the van and pass
ed IN without q question as 70 who stood
good for him.
The betting was sust I'm ON the arst
race at Morris park when ne arrived He
stood and looked al the card and the
blue penciied odds thereon for moment,
xrinned deprecfa,isFiy. walked over 10
the farthest c0rner u the room. sat
Down bs a Swiss-rurtafne8 window srd
stretched his arms There he sat for
three straight hours without ever gstfinx
UP either 70 look ~ the shifting odds ON
the races or 10 get near the youth who
was calling on the results a. the races
were run He spent most Of his time In
reading paper bound. dog-esred copy
Of ''Dombey and Son that he produced
from his inside coat poc6w. After cot
pie 81 hours, when he wearied Of Dom
hey he pulled a large bundle of dope"
from another coat pocket Some OF hts
charts took him back to raeee run away
last spring and most Of them were
charts OF races run on the Western
tracks. He spent an hour over the
dope" and then II was o'clock
.'Firr, line o. bettin on tn hst' race az
Lakeside" sung out the youth who calls
out the results. placing tho card Of tho
nth race al Lakeside In the rack.
The man whose apparel was eloquent
put away his dope" and walked over TO
exhibition.
Thirty 10 L. he muttered. a. II TO
himself land he'll limp In"
Then he siouched over 20 the ronfu
where the naughty money talked sat en-
thruned He pulled four quarters out ~
II right-hnnd vest pocket and put them
on the counter.
HsugAty Man Refuses net.
Dollar on Cwenshorn.'' he saia push
Ing the four quarters toward the naughty
man.
The naughty man looked up from the
tall stack ~ ffsies and hundreds that he
was engaged In counting. When his eve
seli upon the four quarters he locked
like chuck Corners In the act Of saying
"Ferrit w."
NO dollars" he said. rrufYry.
Hey" asked the man with the densed
het.
Don't take no dollars" saia the
naughty money taser, distinctly "Noshin'
iese'n two"
THAT sovs said the man with the hard
Amt your
eco anyway" said the man behind the
desk
The man with the broken shoe. picked
up hts four quarters and walked into the
front room again He act his eve on the
young man who attends 10 tho serving OF
drinks from tho dumb waiter. and APP
preached him from behind
''Hey. Reggie" he said 20 the dumb
walter attendant. get this ace down on
owensboro for me. viii yon7 TIM shy the
other one. and the white chips here cost
two. IL seems, I cues. they'd let YOU
take a flyer fer ons-spos. wouldn't
theyg~
The young fellow at tho dansh waiter
Ebfaf I'm tNrftift fNffk ft& koOf uf8HyfFfA4
s'ch. maybe they'd pail ~ the limit Tor
me " whsmpered ,itfie" he replied
"Owensbora. you want. chr That's NJ 20
I. asns ~ Say. You'd better 80 and get
xeur laundry out with the white chip.
ehum. 0wensboro'ii be ru,osheredr
You ret Il down for me. Louie and
IN hunch him haaae. Hen iimn'' said
thu observation-disclosures man, passing ever
the four quarters The youth IN charge
f.s..
% silver. stuck them into hts rasnge
paekes. pulled out dolisF bsii and weat
into the roam where tho naughty mousy
tRker sat euihrpned.
''tsuess IN PIKE thlA enc boss hs said
10 the man hehfnd THO oouatsr. passing
over the dollar. and the bet on Owens
born AZ % 70 ! was down.
You're up said Tho young feIlsw N
the man ~fth the fFtnxrd trousers. re-
saYagnw II the maia rcssn mn tt's els.
arctic money for TIE heus@. Owaashofo
uen'f gsi a ~histie
Then they we're an ~ r.akeslts ana
ow~nehnfu. LEADING Ter the entire mile
and 1sarsar. eea la q rornp ny fcuF
ienwshs the rnan shass Four quarters
we're tbus ifansfssme<4 sate fti took i,
cnaity enough
4 knees hesd Hmp IN. he eass to the
Ypanx f4llow sc ne dnnsk waiter ~
wSs real mint sNure a. fbg weights yeu'n
act yeas hls whsn yea cash that Mssr.
ire
When the r1re vas raunrmef fae veDnr
man et the t4fsb waiter vas the frst ia
tins. and - th0 aaNshts man ss~bisst the
assN eantna hlw the SIN nsem aaa tho
une no SOLD
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