The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-27
HIS DOUBLE WAS VERY GAY,
AND CAUSED LOTS OF TROUBLE

J before that I didn't remember where I'd
| been.
say said I. the dutys been lower
! ed on the first class brands of dope Why
smoke seconds?'
.'.Thatn be about all for the present
said the man Produce the $3.50 and do it
quicker'n a moving picture, or can see
YOU hunting around for a raw steak for
two bum lamps and bondsman into the
bargain.
IL dug up the ss6 right there and then
and handed II to the man. IL wasn't
coming 10 him. but neither was a rough
house coming TO me. | produced without
any further protest and walked out, leav-
ing my drink on the bar standing.
CABMAN WAS SARCASTIC.
About week later ! was walking up
Sixth avenue when a red-faced hanson
driver with long car-tickling whip In
his hand swoopeu upon me. ! pulled up,
ana he talked at ma real hard.
Say" said he with his chin stuck
within about two inches OF my face. 'wot
kin of a vanisnin lady stunt was dat
youse walked OF on me las nght7
GO anyway, oh ch9rioteer. said i, a
heap mystihed nevertheless Depart in
peace Sleep IL off on the top OF your
wagon.
Sleep IL off. hey?' he yelled. III
dat chart o. youse's. dats wot III do wiz
youse, an give youse "A free roll L de
green-lamp house besides. II youse thinks
fr' a minnit dat youse is goin' Z git Lwsy.
wit "A phony like dat wit me youss IL
got hay in y'r hemp, dats wot, Me a
drivin youse all over town from 9 o'clock
at night until tree o'clock .iis mornir'
and den youse doin' de snel< out Of the
side door on me II don't go tsee, an
tie eight bones yousell cough on de spot,
or l kin see youse maxim spiel { de
desk sergeant right now
II had TO take clutch on my head
with both hands and try 10 figure out
whether or not l was really on the
smooth paved high road. | had spent
the whole previous night. from S o'clock
! until about in the morning, playing 10
! cent limit poker at the room OF a pal OF
mine on Twenty-Fourth street.
Look here. my friend said ! to the
! csbman. you've got me twisted with
some one else l never rode i'm your CAL
ash In my life, and l never saw you be-
! fcre.
"'Don't youse try none n dat fiim-fia
| woik wit me- said the jehu. beginning
7 10 rock his whip-hand menacingly. 'Sa %
! tr'nble and dir quick Then I dug"
! tEefu ostanin 'C-'rs etaoin the ;hstn
About three weeks passed before | ran
/ again into the wake Of that doppelganCer
! OF mine Then J went up TO u poolroom
| one afternoon TO invest hard-scraped
| fifty on a thing friend OF mine I'm CHI
cago had wired me was ripe. IL was a
| room I'm which I had never previously
| dmc any business.
! The betting was already up for the
| race that ! was on t.and 10 play and the
! ripe thing that I had been wired about
/ was az 20 T. I trpped up TO the box
! aud handed in my tifty naming the horse
| I wanted. The moneytaksr gave me a
4 swift gaze and said:
I" .Fiftv on that one. hey? Well you'll
/ need another rf'y ~ YOU want TO plaV IL.
/ son Th's ffty goes into the drawer.
/ That markers heen standing against you
\ FOR moro than ? month now. and rs YOU
I haven't had tho deceuCv 20 como around
I and make good tho atty YOU PLAYED with
! out tho ready monc' the last time you
! were in here I'll f1st repleNin this ntue
| note What's more 7 ~yolld rather not
have your play in tho future. You won't
| do
| coNFIsCATED HIS LITTLE WAGER
| Enough 90 jolt man of an oil train
| Wasn't n? ! iust stOd there stnpened
| But when I GOT my voice back I let hiu
| have A. 1 told him that had ncyr been
4 in his place in my lfe before. and, When
1 10 -.gc me the Ncot i iutiM.tnl that ! q