The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29

| confrere. He Jaw II at once and immo-
diately appointed me his agent, WITH q
around for a couple OF days to see bow
the system worked. and aiter nat he
rented an office in the Chemical Bank buiid-
ing and leaned back and let me LABOR In
the vineyard for him. ~
1T was a triangular rafhe scheme. MY
principal was TO get his as the furnisher
Of the goods, / was TO get mine as the piacef
Of the goods, the gin-millist was 10 gett, ms n
az the provider Of the plant for the display
and the rafting of the goods. ana the takers
plete exposition Of this last little detail would
be both luxurious and monotonous ms
takers OF chances on the rings had the nun
and one of 'em got the ring.
The rings were worth about soo eacn-
nice little half-carat stones. and nix q pieee
| OF coal among them. There was a pront
in 'em At $50. u,
II planted 235 Of them around the CHI
cago booze emporiunls, South SIDE, mes'
Side and North Side, inside OF nine Jays:
My man didn't n EN- all on manu- Oh
course. but he got 'em from dealers on
memorandum II was like playing lacks.
and easier, for me to plant 'em Tor ranhne
purposes All had TO do was to soothsay
a few 10 the proprietors Of the rum iactoiy
in EXPLANATION Of the scheme, he,d
come in. Then he'd put the neat little
diamond ring on exhibition in a case
Chances, the accompanying .piacaru
would read, 50 cents per throw: NulhDe'
Of chances strictly limited to'1o, thus as
surfing an amount reaching TO 9nly 20 per ea
cent Of the actual market value OF the
diamond. No one man to be permit'eu
! to purchase more than five chances.
Now. I'd say TO the proprietor OF the
ball joint, after making the arrangement
for the placing Of one OF the rings. winInn
regard 10 the number OF chances "
! course, seventy-fve chances on the little
placard II all right. but-er-um-,,
#" 'That'll be about all they'd come
back at me every time. 'Raffiins a suckers
game that I've fallen TO meself. Let EN-
blow themselves 10 100000 chances.
I'll attend to all o. that. young Teller, seem :
me bits all the bigger the more chances
they bite on
Such moral turpitude was. OF course,
exceedingly difficult for me 10 bear up
rough. ~lincouth proprietors OF Chlcago,
saloons from their long-ingrained ways OF
conscienceless ~greediness? Had ! beggeo
them, with tears in my lamps 10 refrain
from permitting their patrons 10 take more
than, say, 500 chances on the rings AT %
cents per chance, they would only have
prodded me in the Stats with their pudgy
fingers and grieved me by ~inking slyly
and inadvertently nj me
Far be il from me 10 haste the tom-tom
in attempts to plug my own game. yet, IN
framing up this scheme, and IN Suggesting
that the pToprietors of the rum mills shouin
received n stated commission on eacn
chance taken On the rings they exniohted;
/ trust | may be absolved from the inward
accusation Of any man here that ! had an
Interior motive. and ex-Tauk No. II placed
his hand on the left bosom Of his shirt
front and gazed about him with an eN-
preston Of inquiring sadness
1T took me, as | say, nine days TO plant
the 235 rings, and after that an had 10 90
was 10 drive around In my principaIs rig
and look over the chance-lists and see how
the scheme was assayinG.
They're eatin' il up, was the report
that | got everywhere. The chance q
winnin' out a di'mond ring on a invest
| men; a. four bits is hringin' SO much trade
that | had Z buy another cash register,
is hat most Of the rumshop proprietors
told me in many cases three or four days
after they'd put the rings on exhibitor.
But, Ia LAY Ia ON, "a reprpat hnny
a. could. you're not eXCeoiing the re-
etrictod number Of IS chances, ara your
And then they'd hand me the coarse eve
and poke th-ir vulgar fingers INTO my
waistcoat ana enoeavor to make II appear
a. II | we're a party 20 such a thlng
The rings were all 10 b. rafied on stimuli
taneously on Dec. 20, and II grieved ne 70
! find TINT in every case the number on
! chances dished out on each ring far eX-
ceeiei the restricted number. even al
lowing, az was allowed. Tor the rake
| on that many Of the proprletors and bar
I keeps took on the side. There was one
llant over on the North q much FIRE
| dIputed by Young factory hands. where
no less than g2S chances werc 'S-nei on
one OF the ring. But the hsts, TO my
I acute mental pain, IN NJ Cos- ln1lcated
a greater number THAI rs chances.
Tho collecting had ell ls-'n don" daliy
M 80 the day 81 the uaflies and my prin-
| cipal and 7 had nothing 10 90 with ~"
! drawings There were tar m ms eyes
when he handed me s2.SSSjS my share 81
the rattle raS"-of. and took me down TO
1 tho station 90 -ae me on Tor New YORK on
the night - Dec 20 ,
My hoy, aid be grasPinR my hand
with hearty cordialuy. YOU com" back
! here about a month before next christmas
aud veil raHie som" NOR" You could
put no a CuIi dollar. or . cluth"spn Tor
I That nlutcr. ana ruTe II ~ Tor ~ per
/ chance. ! know you could, and ! want yu'l
20 rrlniNn mo that yorlN Do Ia 'h'ag"
/ hroke. abput December 'h" 1t oi next
yeai. won't you|
oh. No.. I didn't have an CHRISTMAS m
New Nors a. all IN nv" wear - nidni
. -Gata int tha 81 tow a. att hat iin" eNi
! ~Larf-paiut,.i -li' "a -a-. not old ! bay "in
4 an ont iva tHy- before turt-'Whs from
tourt~.n'h 20 Twenty -'hiri street, nor an
! corral rh' bunch -'WF 4 IhH.n 10"
/ hYuur,si wpuI-,- 30 h- club. and
LATTE 10" Amat'.r 'rn' ksmah, gi""l~i
. o., IMk =, r tls ugrlameutarau ana
hlrA.T. huaf-.ly ami ihr EaN"l o." IN'
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