The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-28
HOW he SAVED
POLICY GAME.
Galveston Lawyer Had Faith In
Norihsrn Strangers.
GAVE THEM MONEY FREELY.
And Hs Thus Avsrtsl 4 Crisis Ia Z SpeeuIa-
tive Enterprise That Nssdst Capital
Very Badly.

zone of the most remarkable instances
OF gambling nerve that 1 ever heard of
was exhibited by a Southern lawyer" said
a wealthy policy manager the other day.
The incident hat brought IL uot happen
ed In Galveston, Tex, which. as few OF YOU
ignorant people may know, is the town In
which there was a fiod last century"
I've heard all the food stories want
to hear" said one of the group TO whom
he was talking. "You'll have 10 send
your heroism tales along 10 somebody
else.
That remark htungly exernplides the
depth of your intellect" said the other,
You jump at conclusions. The small tale
that am about to tell you, IL youll keep
quiet, contains as much real nerve as any
hero ever exhibited in the face OF calarn-
ity.'
And you were the herog"
And ] was not the hero l was only a
silent partner. You never heard of "A silent
partner being hero. did you? No: the
man who was the hero Is at this moment
I'm San Francisco trying to make money
al both the Oakland and the Tanfaran
tracks. His passion for money sot him
into this scrape in Galveston. AZ closely
as ] can remember. the facts were about
like this
III wasn't NO long ago. and none OF the
polcy DOCKS wac making much nonev In
the North. In the Souun the nld Hooked
Dettsr. Down there we heard that all a
man needed was brains. and II he had
them money just Hew to his fingers.
Neither Emerson (which was mt his
nafnsD nor was very long on money but
each Of us was distinctly long on brains.
80 We framed a scheme.
We would go TO Texas, open a policy
book, and come back north In six months
or SO With more money than We could
spend III We hired a man and a boy to
help P,os; US; 70 ,roa, - .ou,n ,.... 40. -.
hnox rsS thing @ that nn puzzled led us We did not
although we could get the agency for the
book all right We had TO have more than
that before we could begin to realize on
our investment OF brains.
WROTE LETTER TO POLICE CHIEF.
II went around to see a railroad man
southern terminus Of his line. Help us?
lie WAS dying for a chance. He couldn't
get away to 20 down with us TO see that
We got started right, so he wrote "A letter.
What might have happened to him on
account of that letter should be lesson
10 all boys who, DO not follow Senator
Platts advice and walk "A thousands miles
rather than write ten lines. He gave us
a letter 10 one of hi. friends In New
ORLEANS: and d. VIZ went s.s down there o..
town was too good To leave for several
days. Ali the time We carried our letter
ar9qa WbS WIN m. s' Finally rss Ss sbs1 II
police OF New Orleans. That>wss enough
TO jar W. little, but our nerve was good
that chief wanted to make. The town
was having wave OF reform. and IL look
ed for IA few minutes as II We would be
caught under the wheel and ground into
The chief wasn't the kind, however.
He wrote ny another letter. oh, We are
getting into a regular endless chain of
letters, and this one was all right II told
the most prominent lawyer I'm Galveston
that the man with me and ] were every
thing except owners OF the 1llineis Central
railroad.
1T bore hard on our intelligence and
harder s;ill on our integrity, although it
describing our lifelong friendship with the
chief OF police, whom We had the honor of
i.nvWIss Tor about eight minutes.
nttie money e we had left left and "S went " to
Galveston. The prominent lawyer met us.
took ~ to his house for dinner and in
troduced us at the Galveston Club as
Northern capitalists looking for an in
vestment.
Although he didn't know 1T just then
money. When we broached the subject Of
policy, We were chilled by everybody
except the lawyer. Nobody would believe
all the hits they thought would be made
the first day we were in business. and IL
looked as II we were out everything ex-
cept a letter Then the prominent lawyer
jumped into the breach.
LAWYER BACKED THE GAME.
HE said that as far ss he could SEQ
there was nothing I'm the game Of policy
that was contrary 10 navigation laws,
and finally he said he would let us ure
his name AZ hacker OF the concern. Then
we both knew that our fortunes were
made
with the lawyer at the head OF the
shop We could get the tVst people in town
TO try 20 beat our game. and the truth
is that we did get several OF them.
Play opened ug big, The lawyer saw
Sr US ,ns nSn, Sa Sn an sTid .pcos. M se wond oh
game We said no. because we were
name and having had that we had no de-
size 10 impose upon him for money
The next day was one OF calamity. A
big cOlored man came and asked whether
he had seen In New Orleans. We said We
were, and he dug down and came w. with
the org dead rSi row %a'n He M Won won and % we we're re
faced the queer proposition.
Either we had TO pay him 1900. which
We did not have. or cut town. making
ourselves weichers. killing all chance ~
more play there. and making an enemy OF
the lawyer. The lawyer had beer on IN.
square with us. and We went up and
talked II over with him.
I" BOYS ne said. with the incest voice
! ever heard n man use. I'm With you
to my last cent
ole was az good "a his word He hand
ed - the thousand, we paid the hif. and
the Advertisement We got from N made
us $iOp0 before the month was out.
'Thc lawyer was satisfied. and tsday
that hook IL down there doing good hnri-
ness And 7 want ~ ssv right rers that
anv letter ~ introduction that thai law
ver writes 20 me &. honored
what 90 you think OF his nerve n
nlsvinE against the whole population
Ard vhnt do YOU THINK of the nerve of 'he
man 7 Was with in getting him 20 hack
fhe "a mo ana then eoiug 70 him for mon
~ when W promised ~e wouldn't
'sWhaf / think said the man " no never
zannhles will never he made a matter
of uuhiic record I'm not prominent
lawyer.
What Shall We Ravs Tor Dessert ?