The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
A FREAEY THING Is LUCK.
THE CASE OF HENNEssY, WB0SE
IUCk WAS STOLEN.


Wouldn't that bump you'll" murmured the
faro dealer refiectively. as a thin p~ock-marked
pan passed the corner OF Broadway and
| Thirty-eighth street,
What's that" asked the race follower.
Seem you throw the trapped countenance
M against Hennessy. Say. wasn't you feedin'
him.couple years ago. when | seen you down
L New Orleans?"
Sure" said the race man.
"And now you throw him down.
That's right
Woman
Not On your life"
What. then?'
Say" said the race man, "d'y' ever hear how
me and Hennessy come together. an what
happened to both OF usy"
Nope"
well, it's a queer story, and II goes to show
what a frcaky thingIluck is. We couldn't ever
trot double. II Hennessy Is flying high, I'm
| cold broke. an II I'm a winner. Hcnnessy's on
the pork. Besides. he could never stay square
with n friend no how"
Well, how about L. asked the faro man.
1T was after the season closed az Brighton
| Beach in ~. Hennessy had been up against 1t
for four long. warm. weary months. He'd
| been playln' everything in tho business from
| f~avorltes TO 100 to l shots, an he couldn't win
breakfast money. I'd been follin' the Western
circuit all summer an had nursed up quite "a
wad. an when ! come back to New York the
first man ] run against Is Hennessy. He was
| comm out Of n Sixth avenue beanery. where
| they sell coffee for two cents acup. an say. II
| ever any man looked like a bad nickel. it was
| HenncSsy. I'd seen him when he was rollin'
high out in California. an | had a few drinks
| with him then, an some guy had told me that
| Hennessy was a man az never stood by his
| friends. But say. | was sorry to see a man
down on his luck. an says 10 myself. I'll help
him to take a brace. SO | fts him out from
feet to finish. an then ! promises him 50 u
day for two weeks to play the ponies-me layln'
off a while TO rest.
well, after a few days Hennessy begins to
do business again. and inside OF a month had
| nursed together a little wad OF about three
hundred dollars.
Now says /. were of to New Orleans
An We went an started into the game the
next day. But hennessy's luck had changed
again. and there wasn't anything he could win.
Neither Of Us could maze it out. HenneNsy
| said he's gone into the theatre with his um-
brella up. an guess praps that's what il was.
but. any way. he was a dead Que from that on,
and in two days he didn't have but $50 In the
world. Then | told him to stick 10 me and fol-
low my plays. and he did. and in two days | had
| lost q. 700 aud al! Of Henncssy's $50 was gone.
| So gave Hennessy $40 To start fresh on and told
him to lay his own money an keep away from
me. So he did and lost every nickel OF II before
night.
well, it was up to me TO take care OF him.
SO he goes on and gets a little more some
whore. anu every mornin' he's. round to my
room tor breakfast money an! | m gym MN
81 to feed himself and play with. That kept
up the whole winter through, tle givin him 81
every day. besides drinks an cigars, an laundry
bills, aud every now and then "A ,tenner 10 get
his stun out that he'd hooked. But | guess II
was luck 10 mo. because lived high every
minute ~ thetime and quit the game $500
better than when llcnnessy aud me started
South,
Il guess Hcnnessy thought the anne thing,
cause he "omrs round ono ,morninG. and
says f. ~ ,I%sE hninm, tho to a w Ii,l,e roll n hSI5 guy n me
gave him $500. and he started for Chicago. II
nv five hundred begins 10 come back. .
"tinod, Why things lust swan dis way. |
was glad OF i. although ! wasn't doing 60 well
myself. ~ Henncssys stock went M. mlne
hole up to nv necS, When the meeting closed
it left me stone broke. with only On" sur Oh
clothes lctt and livin' IN "A hal, room near the
corner Of Ninth avenue and Ihirty-secpnd
street. Then | began riayin' the roo,r"om1
with what money | could borrow here and
there. but couldn't get Gn,Iu :hhhead TO max.
any Kind o. a play. and | logan to think II
thlng- tiln't come my way Id have to quit the
game and go to work.
SAY. wouldn't that bump YOU said the
VEL. about this time one day. resume /
the race, follower, Il wa- coming down Broad.
rassy. I'd hal nothing Tor break last
but butter cakes anI coffee, and I
dIin't lust know who was going to stake me
for dinner. let alon" a dollar Ur so lust TO Try
IN my luck had hpE0n 10 change, Wei, Whll'
was feelin' this way. not exactly sure II |
wouldnt chuck the whole business and chas"
| a Job, who do run against but HenrpsSv He
was rust coming ont Of Martin with a tooth
pick sticking out Of his Jaw. and a looh, on his
face like he was full IN to the chin with green
turtI" soup aud hal ed trout AMI roasted
: canvasback and nesserol". pudding. with
a pint of ehamraGne, and , rousse cai,
Rbt tnS ,5 "nd 10 G I6ol All y, S mu ~ and Mai he w gns
rrarln' a hot silkcr an a long coat ana = dla-
mond lamp III to knock an eve out OF the Prince
W %a W9' ,hon aah; i "a wn %nG iRa nn nan He mise- Th h"n.
An, OF course, h. s'akei you good and
'"Did |, say that H"nnc.sy had a pint"
unused the race follower. Well, mayb, IL
wa, two IT them and mayhe it was thr,ne. Any
! way. Henne-sy had a it'll" skate on. II wasn't
enough to excuse him and 1t was Just enough
to make a mean man nasty.
Hello. llenLes-v.' says /.
Hello says Ilennessy..
And / saw then. and there that my gold
mine was frost, HenQessy was givin' me the
go.by. But was too hard IN 10 be naughty.
! SO | stops him.
Say, Hennessy.' say I. are you goin' to
walk past n man lik" that? Don't YOU know
me-
Yes. saws Hennc,sy. with a Kind Of an ugly
grin. ! know You well enough
I've been in hard lHCk since | saw you.
Hsnnes-y.' savs I'm on the hog for fair
stone broke. old man!
That don't surprise me-. says Hcnnessy,
! not a little bit
IT don't saws /. and you can bet | was
surprised II lie wasn't.
Not a particle seys Honnessy, you went
mascot. Nou stole my luck. damn you. and |
figure that You owe ma about 5000. The
minute left you things cane my way
w ell | tried to laugh. Why. Hennessy. old
man. says |. you're stlingin' me. Dye take
me for a hoodoO|
That's what I do he saws. the worst
blauk-blauked hoodoo this SIDE OF the Rocky
Mountains
"'Wa!l. say. Hennessy. says /. stake me for
a hundred and le' II 20 at THAR
Not a banked nickel says Hennessy. You
got my luck once. but you don't get il again,
seen
Then he turned back into the cafe. and I
could see him through the window ORDER
ing a now quart
Wouldn't that bump you" said the faro
man.
earth9' continued ~" rnce man. Thilo-
sophically. Here was Hcnnessy, a tramponl
a year before, when | was 2 nigh rider, Now.
Tn on my uppers. and Hennessy's on tho
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