The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01

'A 6S&~O<hA
no~ - dun ought tub BE- made up tnsrh
snap To- " tub wash ouah faces an nsns
Thts n wheah All meks 'cm all wsih de
HE joy OF anticipation was 20 great
throughout all Of the light bettine on .ne
four races bSfore the jumping con,ee' vh..
even the Tremendous rainstorm counon /,
dampen Il. When from his my.,crtons
source he had got hold OF the tetuhk on
the jumping contest and found that 1rilli1n
Wa the outsider at 20 20 I he was obvious,y
just AZ happy rs he had been before. ne
shaded the Trillion figure down To is 70 !
n then turned to his assistant.
Nov. said I've, tell 'cm tuh come =, me
All wants EN- tub hang me up. WI lnnNoh.
All de IS tub I dey can eat, an Ahn nev"h
stop. All shush does need de money.
But the assistant didn't need 10 STAR on
his errand.. They came along. snsly ano
In twos and threes. 80 ~ mt TO attract at
tention. And they were all Tnliion from
quarters up To hve-dollar notes, they wers
nothing but Trillion. The colored hana-
book man never batted an eye. Rainier he
continued 10 grin most unctuously
-Ah wants mo uh dat. he kept saying
Gimme uh million on Tnllion. An can
handle uh trillion on Triliion. a.
Mr.. Livingstone was among Inc mrs.
to heave into view when the woru was
out, that the betting on The jump,ns race
~ ups Nf lNN'NbN'1 ~
bre,te's two hves aud handed them over
with an air.
Five s,rake. Ave tnh butt In 10 uh
lady he added grsndiloquently, and me
tockmaker chalked down go IN % ann
SIS TO IS with a very nirthfnl countenan1e
All shuah am surprised nj 20 all,
he said to the huck-sad-~tng dAncer as
he scribbl@d down the fgure-. 4 shuah
am. whiffin' In uh lady's. good dough
dst,uh-way. Amt 70, all .hamea' m. &.
said Mr. Livingstone. s,emly. handing In a
pair Of soiled dollar hills.
BY the time the horses we're due To GO
10 the pos, the gleeful handbook maj stood
IN ray out som"thing like $50 " Irlnon
won. He hadn't taken In a dollar on any
other horse bu. Trlion. Moreover' he
expressed himself a. glad he hadn't. ~
that. II looked like a pretty fair hook with
nothing but rank outsider money on the
sheet.
The TnIlion crowd were lined along the
block waiting for news when post time
came around They we're keeping their
eye- slant wise In the direction OF the hand
hook man when they saw his ASSISTANT
nsh by with great excitement on his
features. Most 81 them fell into the wake
Of the handbook man's assistant
The assistant hoped into the doorway
IN which the handbook man was staining
-Yo' lo-e' he gasp"d' 'T7il'on ne
dun walk in
The handbook mans face quickly became
Of the color Of stove lid strewn with ashe-
lie leaned gains, tho door lamb and painted
Black faces legan 60 appear N The door,
way. The handbook mar looked AROUND
h~lple~Slv Tho-" In the doorway ~w
that something was wrong
~Trillion gits he coin. : they said 10 him
All knows y. weakly replied the hand
book man. 'Bu.--
Al the shut- the hlocker OF the door
49, = - A., -, him
sDey amt no hut, several OF them
mu,tered menscingiy. 'Tnllion he win
Wheah De money a.,
The handbook mar squeezed himself
tn tho door with an effort
-Iemme GIT wheah All hin mex 70 uh
LITTLE ~'rplanashun.- he said ,
We don't want no 'splanashuns, 20
can't nav no bond wiz '-planashuns. they
mu,terod 'wheah's dts heah Trillton
cu-h. yo' mani ,
man. a. be go, one foot out OF the door
An confess Ah'm ovuhwhelmed. ovuh-
whelrn.d Yo grmmen il all uh-goin tuh
gii yo' money, hut de 'xtreme -lddenne~S
o dis heah will comply mo tuh hor an i'm
mediate ~intuhview VII nah hacsun an
However. he didn't state just when he'd
he hack, for at hat instant q h-t sho' out
Of the bunch. u-,-
No eNFlU = ut~EVlu Nhh - '"
yelled the owner OF the het.
The handbook man saw the blow coming
Pretty handy himself al that game, and
perceiving that no stood a good ham ="
h. torn apart " he wernt on hi- way, u"
sho, Oh, ms arm and dropped the hfty-
cent bettor and winner oi $50 or Irilli"n
who had attempted to punch him Then
he took down Twenty-ninth street towsrd
Eighth avenue with the speed ~ a man
who could make his way IN M" -prin's
II. -. ,AsE altar him Narn soon
di.tanc.-i. all except Mr. Livingstone, buck
and vim dancer. Buck and wing dancing
had made MIR. Livingstone pretty nimh'"
aud he had tho looping stride of an Indlai,
runner When the handbook man tnrn'u
alosit M Eighth avenue 10 -@ " n" was
pursued Mr.. Living~tones canva- shoes
made little or no NOISE II Wa Ia sec q big
muscular black hand reached out for hi
collar. And the hand got the collar ne
other hand, a. the handbook man quickly
saw held A keen-looking razor blade neatly
lot into a hit ~ Vanished bit OF broom
handle.
-Vh hunnered an ten for de lady. an
thuttv-t~o 20 me uh hunnered an foty--
two. an oome quick. BLACK man %" an
cut yo' mp like a hawg'' hoarsely muttered
MIR. Livingstone In the handbook man :
ear
The handbook man. looking up Twenty
ninth street, saw other pur~il"rr t-.nfins
down upon him. Then no glanced at MI.
Livingstone effective looking blade. IN
The grooves 81 the handl. ~ which the
buck and wing dancers slnewy fingers
were clu,ched for action. He aug "u' his
oil, famed over the bundl. n~erNously
and counted ont the sit2 Mr.. Living
stone let 20 his collar. gave him a hang IN
the face and the handbook man continued
his fight down toward Ninth avenue He
still had enough fectne-s of foot again 10
distance hi. rapidly approaching purSuer-
Mr. Livingstone restored his implement OF
warfarr to hi- packet, grinned broadly
and counted the money
lie snowin' hahd down Noteel Wen
dis coon gifts de raj-a-mah-taJ, he muir
mun,d. and he went toward I~hirty-frrt
street humming All wonduh Fl She'll
Love Me Now
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