Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-01-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
: 4 FRRAKY THING Is LUCK )
6 Ths Case OF Hennessy Whose
u Luck Was stolen.
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w murmureo INC iaro uea'ei
renectiveiy, a. thih pock-nhaINeu
man passed the corner oi DroAu"ay
and lhirty-eighth street
whats thst?" asked the race foi-
lower.
Seem you throw the irappea eoun-
tenance up against hehhessy' Day
wasn't you feedin him couple years
ago, when | seen you down new or-
leansY"
Sure" said the race man.
"And now you throw hfn downY'
"That's right"
Woman"
mot on your life"
"What then?"
~Say," said the race man, -d'y' ever
hear how me and Hennessy como to-
gether, an what happened 10 both OF
us7"
Nope"
swell, it's queer story, and IL gosa
10 show what freaky thing luck H..
We couldn't ever trot double. II Hem
messy is flying high, I'm cold broke,
an II I'm n winner, Hennessy's on the
pork. Besides, he could never stay
square with friend nohow."
"Well, how about it?" asked the
faro man.
"It was after the season closed at
Brighton Beach in '97. Hennessy had
been up against It for four long,
warm. weary months. He'd been
playin' everytbin' in tho business
from fayorites TO 100 10 1 shots, an
he couldn't win breakfast money.
I'd been folrin' the western circuit
Ill summer an had nurseh up quite
"an' an wheh coiho onck TO we"
.ors .he nrst man run against 10
hennessy' lie was comm OUT OF a
n'xth avenue oehhery' where they sen
eohee ior TWO cents cup an say II
ever any man 'ookeu nke a pau hickei
" "as iennefsy, ia seen MN "neh nc
was roilh mgh OUT IN oahforhih'
an hah rev uf'nks win MN theh'
an some guy hhn toid me thht men
messy was u man aI never stoou ny
ms rrienus but say ! was sorry 70
see man GOWN On ms iuck, an says
70 myself ~ heip MN 10 take
brace 90 nus MN out from ieet 70
nhisn' an then ! promises MN 70
dsy for TWO weeks 10 play the ponies
--me inyin on nwhils 10 rest.
ven, "iVer IL" u"ys hehhessy
pesins 10 10 business again' ana IN
sioe Vi nohth nau hurseu together
MUS "nu Oh aDou' three huhureo
ooi'ars'
now says 1, were on 70 New Or
leans
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. Meth.
cr OF MS could make II out. Hennessy
said he's gone into the theater with
his umbrella up, an | guess p'rhapa
that's what II was, but anyway he
was n dead one from that on, and In
TWO days he didn't have but $50 In the
world. Then | told him to stick TO
me ana follow my plays, and he did,
ana In two days had lost si,7oo and
all OF hennebsy's $50 was gone. 30 !
gave hennessy $40 TO start fresh on
ana told him to lay his own money
nm Keep away from me. So ho did
ana lost every nickel OF II before
h'gnt'
well 1t was up to mo to take care
OF him. No he goes OF and gets a
httie more somewhere, and oyery
mornin hes round to my room for
oIeaA'ast money ana I'm giVin' him
~ TO iced himself and play with.
mat kept up the whole winter
through, me givin' him Ss every day,
besides drinks an cigars, an laundry
oiils' ana every now and then a ten
her TO get his stun out that he'd
hocked' bnt ! guess u was luck 10
me- because l hved high every min
ute OF the time ana quit the game
ss'SOo better than when Hennessy and
me s'arted south
4 guess hennessy thought the
same thing, cause he comes round
one morning ana snys II III stake him
70 a n,'le ron heli quit mo ana Try
nlS iueH on 'ne western circuit 40 ]
saNe nun sooo anu ne started tor Ohi.
sasV. ~ WASH lohg peiore we heard
VI h's 'ueh' ana my h'e hundred DO
guns W como oack
ooodf why things Just swan HIS
way was glad OF H. although j
Wasn't doing 40 well myself. Az Hen