The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-28

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lamp fit to knock an eye out of the
prince of Wales. and, say, when 1 saw
Hennessy hat way I thought it was
like findin' a mine. There was ready
none all over him"
SAN, of eourse, he staked you good
and plenty?" said the faro man.
ibid I say that Hennessy had q
pint?" unused the race follower. "Well,
maybe it was two of them and maybe
1t was three. Anyway, Hennessy had
q little skate on. 1t wasn't enough TO
excuse him and 1t was just enough
to make a mean man nasty.
Hello, Hennessy,' says I.
"'Hello,' says Hennessy.
"And I saw then and there that my
gold mine was a frost. Hennessy was
givin' me the go-by. But 1 was too
hard up to be naughty, SO I stops him
"'Ssy, Hennessy,' says I. are you
goin' to walk past q man like thata
Don't you know mef
"sYes,' says Hennessy, with g kind
of an ugly grin, 4 know you well
enough
I've been in hard luck since I saw
you, Hennessy,' says I. I'm on the
hog for fair-stone broke. old mani
THAT don't surprise me- says Hen
messy, not a little Bit
att donti' says 1, and you can bet
] was surprised, If he wasn't.
"Not a particle says Hennessy,
you went broke when I quit you. be-
cause / was your mascot. You stole
my luck, and I figure hat you owe
me about $1,000. The minute 1 left
you things came my way
"Well, / tried to laugh. Why, Hen
messy, old man. says l. you're string
In me. Dye take me for a hoodoo?'
""That's what I do he says. the
worst hoodoo this side of the Rocky
mountains
well, say, Hennessy,' says I.
stake me for q hundred and let 1t
go at that?'
"rNot a nickel says Hennessy.
You got my luck once, but you don't
get it again. seei'
"Then he turned back into the cafe,
and l could see him through the win
dow ordering a new quart"
Wouldn't that bump you'll" said the
faro man.
Say, isn't luck about the queerest
thing on earth?" continued the race
man philosophically. Here was Hen
messy a tramp only ayear before, when
1 was & high rider. Now, I'm on my
uppers, and Hennessy's on the wave.
and yet at hat very minute my luck
80 - A. 4z .--TT-1I ----.-I -
corner where / could curse Hennessy
on the quiet and there in a little heap
of wet dirt by the curbstone 1 saw
something shining. i picked it up. 1t
was a ~fve-dollar gold piece, and there
was q hole in it. Say. do you remember
! me coming into your bank with it?".
Sure" said the faro man.
Say, it needed q lot of nerve to lay
: the whole five on one card, and me
/ hungry, too, but I was afraid if I'd
3 break the five I'd break my luck, see?''
The faro man saw.
$50 l laid it in one bet, and won ten
times running. Then l called the
turn, and finally quit $4,000 winner.
: Say, that was about the dizziest game
! / ever played, and when l cashed in
went and eat the best dinner that the
Tenderloin afforded.
swell, l didn't see anything more of
Hennessy until January, when l went
to New Orleans again with a small in
terest in a string of good ones
and another interest in a COM
\ bination book hat a guy named
Shorty Allen was running. I was
riding high again, and Hennessy
wasn't. 1t did seem queer, butt looked
like we both couldn't do business at
the same time. iran against him sew
eral times and made as if I'd forgotten
the throw down he gave me in front OF
: Martins, and at last one day he came
j sweatin' around to my rooms, lookin'
0 for a tip. One of our horses was en-
: tered for seven furlongs on the next
day, with about one chance in a million
! Of winning, but Hennessy had an idea
in his hat that the race was to be fixed.
e He didn't know / was interested in the
1 nag, but he did know that l had an in
n side track with the stable and came to
' find out which way the cat was goin' to
/ jump.
: "'Say, old PAL he said. I've only got
L $1,000 left and l want to make a big
: play tomorrow SOS to get even again
and l can't take any chances. Can't
q you put me wiser"
I Say" said the faro man, "wouldn'
that bump your"
$50 l told him to see me an hour be
n fore the race" the race follower wen
e on, land he went away. Say. dye think
;. twas up to me to give him any straighr
d tip?'
r after the way he turned you down
d Nitl" returned the faro man.
9 "Well. next day the mare was a five
q fo-one shot. and about an hour before
I the race Hennessy came sneaking up.
4 "sDo l play her?' he says.
: "'For all you're WORTH says L.
= "'Sure?' he says.
"'Sure.' says L
SWELL. the book I was interested Il
was offering a shade better than til
; others, aud liennessy went against i
l. to the limit. In 20 minutes every nicke