The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-12-04
ONE I0RlY-Two

three months.
Have you been playing the esvvs
One Fory-two, OF is this the result Of
your summer savngs?"
"Trse months ago" he went on, 81
fought | had it all framed up fer bic
KILN had all de kids at Sixtcel offs
on de string an ] was good fer all deg
pulled off Il was like dis
Me and Tree Twenty-ssven goes
against de night school game an gifts
wise dat what We needs better ventila
ton. Dat bad air stops up De pores an
puts a Kid on the bum We makes a
spiel to de Main Cheese dat we got tc
have a electric fan to keep de gray mat
ter cool out in de waitin room H.
takes it up wild the Board Of Directors
AMI dey pass a appropriation of two
siyty-t'ree to make de great reform. Sc
We gifts a fan wild four paddles what you
turn on like an incandescent. an whel
de kid goes to sleep we turns it on his
face. an he wakes up dreamln' dat he's
de driver on a ice wagon.
zone day when ONES down to de
..-i Tree Twenty-seven has 1t all set
fer de KILN, He has de fggers, one
two, tree, four, pasted on de paddles of
de fan, an down below be has de layout
wild de same numbers pasted on a card.
It's a regular roulette wheel Down at
de bottom of de fan Tree Twenty-seven
has a needle fixed an when oe kids has
coin dey pick out de number what dey
bets will stop nearest to de needle an
puts dere dough on de layout Me an
Tree Twenty-seven is de house. an We
has tree chances out Of four to win.
1--WE has a bankroll wild six eighteen
in is when one day de Main Cheese
OATS de manager-goes against de
wheel an drops two twenty-six. Dat
makes him sore, an so he makes a
order dat gamblin' is de curse of de
nation, an we got to pay back all de
dough dat we won. All de kids makes
claim dat dey lost a bundle, an We
pays out nine forty-seyen an licks fom
kids to put ourselves square wild de
front offs.
DE only other good ting | had dis
summer was de Doc De Doc Ions a
dope parlor down on Dearborn. When a
guy gifts just about ready to cash in he
goes against Docs game on marker,
an when he gifts all mt an in trainin
again he welchcs an forgits all about
de marker.
One Forty-two, de Doc says to me
when a guy gifts up against de real ting
an fggers out dat de only ting between
him an a hole in de ground is a drug
store, he's dead willin'to sign notes fer
any amount. After he gifts wen he
thinks de Doc oug TO be we'll sat /
II he's paid fer de prescriptions an not
charged EN- up to him
Oats de way got on to de fact dat
dere's more in de doc business dan cut.
TIM off a guys what OWN him. De
worst OF d. bunch is a ols daisy what de
Doc says suffers from too much nerves
De Doc sends her a bill by mail til
hostage stamps amounts to half as much
as de marker Den he hands j. over to
collectin' agency, bat dey can't never
find de ole daisy at home. De Doc can't
prove dat she ever got his bill, q
sends me up TO make connections. he
hands me de bill in one Of his envelope,
wild his name printed on dc corner, an
says dat III know her by de butter color
front she puts up. Den says, Doc
gimme plain envelope widout no name
on an squirt a little siinkalorum water
on so ifl smell nice. Den I'm git next
to her.
Il goes up an de ole daisy sends out
her stool pigeon an wants to know what
got fer Miss Jones. an dat she amt to
home anyway. But | gives her de " G.
wink, an says got private an COM
denshul note fer her, wild instructions
dat nobody else kin git dere lamps on
H.
% come on, show tito me- she
says, an gives her peek az it. It's
In pink envelope, aud IFS an smelled
up wild newsmoved hay, so de stooi
screws in de nat an puts de ole dame
wise dat dere's a mash noe waitin' fel
aer.
Pretty soon she lets me in herself an
axes de note an tears open de envelore.
Eut first l gifts her TO sign de book
ii, so l has her to de good. Wnen she
sees de Doc wants her to pay de marker
She turns on de hot air and gives me ,
merry chase But ] got her sig TO sho
de doc an he says dats De nearest he
ever got to collsctln' de biz yet.
Il did lot Of turns fer De Doe, an
him an me gifts to be parlners. Dat
was de way ] gifts de check fer ift.'
"But this check is signed by M.