The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-13

eral store in some uncharted Iowa
township and he was on for his first
visit to New York. He warmed up
pretty well under the influence of
three or four drinks.
IN paying for one of the rounds he
hauled out that roll again, and Bar
sett and his pal, experts as they were
n assaying any mans wad by one
fash at it, saw that it was all right.
There were fifties 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
sett, around sixth drink time. Been
down to see the horse-fesh prance"
mo, the general store proprietor
hadn't. He was willing to. though.
Only races he'd ever seen had been
trotting races out In Ioway, and he'd
had lot of luck betting on them, too,
b'gosh.
"Well, that opening made It easy
enough for a CRATER of Barrett's ca
pacity. He worked it 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 rat.
"Tf 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 it once in ten times, do
you? All right-it's 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 If he wouldn't, re-
marked the store clothes man. He'd
always thought those hoseracing fell
lers were thieves. But was Mr.. Bar
-ett sure that there couldn't be no
slip in the scheme?
WAS Mr.. Barrett? Well, it was
like collecting on money order, that
was all.
1.-THE only reason haven't put it
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 to haul down few hundred,
but my instruments and plant have
cost me more than thousand and it's
a case of the big dough or nothing
with me-
"The Iowa man reflected. II he
could only see beforehand how II
worked he might
"That's Just exactly what I want
you 70 do,' said Barrett, convincingly.
Come right around now and well be
able to get action this very afternoon.
My friend and I will prove to you how
IL worles.' s.4 ~ .A f
"Well, Of course. there's no use in
going o1er- how Barrett. and his pal
took The. rod thing srovnd TO the w
tie back .rSom In Sixth ayenue,
showed him The telesraphing layout
and the wire Isading out Of the win
dow. explained how they could get tie
results on the wire and hold them nm.
til one Of them went to . neighbor-
ing poolroom and got the money
down. and all the rest. The thing
made Q. hit with the Iowa man all
right. and Barrett and his pal had
tho satisfaction of seeing his pale
gray eyes glow some moro with de-
sire.
"'Well, I'll 60 in pardners with you.
said the Iowa man, and Lamplighter
Barrett kicked Fellows under the
table in sheer lightness Of spirit-for
1t had been some time since they'd
nailed one who looked SO promising.
"'Now, about how much would you
care to invest?' inquired Barrett.
AS I told you, it's q case Of putting
down the right kind of money. for
Of course there's a certain risk and
we want to soak 'em for q good roll
before We close up this plant and open
up somewhere else. Got o couple
thousand to put in, say?'
'"Well, the store clothes man had
something like $500 with him, he re-
marked, pulling out the roll and riff
fling over the new fifties and hun
dreds, but he wouldn't like to put in
so much as $4,000 without he had a
chance to see beyond 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 zee what . cinch
we've got. Wen each-you and I. for
my friend is not in funds just now
put in o hundred on the first race
and II we don't get the money III just
hand you another hundred and send
you on your way. How's that?'
"That suited the store clothes man
all right. It suited him SO we'll that
+. he pulled of hundred from his roll
on the spot and handed It over to
! Barrett, who added his hundred in m
off-hand way-he always held out g
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