The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

duced his pal, and soon the three
were in an alcoye, touching the but
s7r. and engaged In much discourse.
'sThc man in the store clothes, %
seemed. was the proprietor of a gen.
eral store in some uncharfed Iowa
township and he was on for his first
visit 10 New York. lie warmed up
pretty well under the influence of
three or four drinks.
I'm paying for one of the rounds he
hauled out that roll again. and Bar
rett and his pal, experts as they we're
in assaying any mans wad by one
fash at it, saw that il was all right.
There were ffties and hundreds
enough. and nice new ones. at that. TO
cause any sure thing man to imagine
himself in the land Of dreams.
"'Having much fun?' inquired Bar
rett. around sixth drink time. Been
down Il see the horse-fiesh prance?'
mo, the general store proprietor
hadn't. He was willing TO. though.
Only aces he'd ever seen had been
trotting races out in Ioway. and he'd
had a lot of luck betting on them, too.
b'gosh.
swell. that opening made it easy
enough for a CRATER of Barrett's ca
pacity. He worked il up gradually,
and was at length rewarded by see
ing the general store keepers pale
gray eyes light up with avarice. Then
Barrett sprung the game in detail,
watching his man like a rat.
eff you don't get their coin. they'll
get yours. won't they?" said he, elo-
quently. They put up plants to trap
your dough. don't they? You don't get
. square run for il once in ten times. do
you? All rights a case OF dog
eat dog. is this pony game. It's do
them or they'll do you It's perfectly
on the level to go after their gilt any
old way and as a sensible man / think
you'll gibe with me on that
"Doggoned il he wouldn't. re-
marked the store clothes man. He'd
always thought those hoseracing fell
lcrs were thieves. But was Mr.. Bar
rett sure that there couldn't be no
slip in the scheme?
was MI. IdIItil- Ntll- III Wds
like collecting on a money order. that
was all.
"'The only reason / haven't put ii
over long ago. said Barrett. is be-
cause I've been without sufficient
funds. and there's no use piking at a
thing like that OF course. I've got
enough 10 haul down a few hundred,
but my instruments and plant have
cost me more than q thousand and it's
a case of the big dough or nothing
with me-
1.-The Iowa man reflected. II he
could only see beforehand how it
worked he might
That's Just exactly what ! want
you TO do said Barrett. convincingly.
Come right around now and Wen lie
able TO get action this very afternoon.
My friend and / will prove TO you how
il works.
"Well, of course. there's no use in
going over how Barrett and his pal
took the good thing around to the lit
tie back room in Sixth avenue,
showed him the t~elegraphing layout
and the wire leading out Of the win
dow. explained how they could get the
results Oft the wire and hold them un-
til one of them went to a n%eighbor-
ing poolroom and got the money
down. and all the rest. The thing
made n hit with the Iowa man all
right. and Barrett and his pal had
the satisfaction of seeing his pale
gray eyes glow some more with de-
sire.
-.Well. I'll go in pardners with you,'
said the Iowa man. and Lamplighfer
Barrett kicked Fellows under the
table in sheer lightness Of spirit-for
il had been some time since they'd
nailed n who looked so promising.
-'Now. about how much would you
care to invest?' inquired Barrett.
AS / told you. it's a case of putting
down the right kind of money. for
Of course there's a certain risk and
we want to soak 'em for a good roll
before we close up this plant and open
up somewhere else. Got . couple
thousand to put in. say?
we'll, Ant StOIc CiOihts man lloO
something like $500 with him. he re-
marked, pulling put the roll and riff
fling over the new fifties and hum
dreds, but he wouldn't like TO put in
30 much as s. 1000 without he had .
chance to see beyond a doubt how the
thing was going TO work.
"'Well.' said Barrett. there's Moth
ing mean about me. and I'll sure give
you a chance TO see what a cinch
we've got. Well each-you and /. for
my friend is not in funds just now
put in a hundred on the first race,
and II we don't get the money I'll just
hand you another hundred and send
you on your way. How's that?
THAT suited the store clothes man
all right. 1t suited him so well that
he pulled of a hundred from his roll
on the spot and handed it over to
Barrett. who added his hundred in nm
on-hand wayne always held out a
roll for working purposes.
"Then Barrett explained that the
first race at Sheepshead Bay was due
in about an hour. and that he would
attend to the tapping in the room,
while his friend and the Iowa man
waited down in front for the signal