The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-03
ONE EoRTYTWo.


Forty-two. or is this the result Of your
summer SAVINGS"
Tree months ago. he went on. 4
| fought I had it all framed up fer big
| KILN. ] had all de kids at Sixteen offs
| on de string an 1 was good fer all dey
| pulled of II was like dis:
Me an Tree Twenty-seven goes
! against de night school game an gifts
| wise dat what we needs better ventila-
ton. Dat bad air stops up de pores on
| puts a kid on de bum. We makes = spiel
| 70 de Main Cheese dat We got TO have
q electric fan TO keep de gray matter cool
| out In de waitin room. He takes IL up
wild de Board Of Directors and dey pass
| a appropriation of two siXty-t rec 70
| make de great reform. So we gifts fan
| wild four paddles what YOU turn on Ike
| an incaudescent, an when a kid goes to
| sleep We turns it on his face, an he
| wakes up dreamin' dat he's de driver on
/ a ice wagon.
''One day when I comes down TO the
! offs Tree Twenty-seven has it all set fer
! de KILN. He has de figgers, one, two,
| tree, four pasted on de paddles OF de
! fan, an down below he has de layout wild
/ de same numbers pasted on card. Il $
/ a regaler roulette wheel. Down al &c
/ bottom Of de fan Tree Twenty has
| a needle fixed, an when de 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 is de house. an We has
| tree chances out of four TO win.
we has a bankron wild six eighteen in
/ it, when one day de Main Cheese-dat' :
] de manager-goes against de wheel an
4 drops two twenty-siX. Dat makes him
| sore, an so he makes order dat gamblin
| is de curse Of de nation, an We got 10
! pay back all de dough dat we won. Al
| de kids makes a claim dat dey lost a
| bundle. an we PAYS out nine forty-seven
/ an ticks four kids TO put ourselves square
wild de front offs.
De only odder good ting I had dis
| summer was de Doc. De Doc runs
a dope parlor down on Dearborn. When
a guy gifts just about ready 10 cash in he
! goes against Docs game on marker, an
/ when he gifts all fit an in trainin' again
! he welches an forgits all about de
| marker.
One Fortey -two,' de Doc says to me.
when guy gifts up against de real ting
| an figgers out date 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 well he thinks
| de Doc ought to be well satisfied if he's
paid fer de prescriptions an not charged
EN- up to him.
OATS de way I got on to de fact dat
| deres more in de doc business dan cut
| tin off a guys what awin him. De worst
| of de bunch is a ole daisy what de Doc
says suffers from too much nerves De
Doc sends her bill by mail till !Sstage
stamps amounts TO half as much as de
marker. Den he hands it over to a col
| lectin' agency, but dey can't never find
! de ole daisy at home. De Doc can't
prove dat she ever got his bill. an he
sends me I'D to make connections. He
| hands me de bill in one Of his envelopes,
[ wild his name printed on de corner. an
4 IL
| front she puts up. Den L says, DOC,
gimme a plain envelup widout no name
on an squirt a little stinkalorum water on
50 it'll smell nice. Den III get next to
her
Il goes up an de ole daisy sends out
her stool pigeon an wants to know what
I got fer Miss Jones, an dat she amt to
home anyway. But 1 gives her de wise
wink, an says I got private an conf
denshul note fer her, wild instructions dat
nobody else kin git dere lamps on it.
o, come on, show it to me-. she says,
an l gives her a peek at it. It's in q
/ pink envelope, an it's all smelled UP wild
newsmOwed hay, so de stool screws in de
fat an puts de ole dame wise dat dere' s
mash note waitin' fer her.
Pretty soon she lets me in herself an
takes de note an tears open de envelope.
But first l gifts her to sign de book fer it,
so I has her to de good When she sees
de Doc wants her TO pay de marker she
1 turns on de hot air an gives me de merry
chase. But got her sig to show de Doc
an he says OATS de nearest he ever got
TO collectin' de bill yet.
Il did a lot of turns fer de Doc, an
him an me gifts to be PARTNERS Dat was
de way 1 gets de check Tor fift.'
But this check is signed by N. J.
| Rafferty,
well. amt YOU wise to Rafferty,. de
TIafc 10 hat
off me an de rest Of de kids at Sixteen
offs to de game Of golluf. He runs de
joint down on Sout' Clark. Two months
ago Rafferty, telephoned over. TO me at
Sixteen offs an says fer me to come
right over.
Rafferty, says 10 me dat he's got n
new barkeep what's a-knockin. down on
him an dat he can't set next 10 his graft
He's tried all de regaler schemes an he's
I fell down. His brudder-in-law. what de
/ bartend's never seen has went in an
bought 81 cents worth an its been
rung up on de register an o. X. He's
/ had de eve what never sleeps peeled for
him for a mont. an dey can't git wise
SO he send fer me. He says fer me to
go up on de floor above an bore p hole
trough De plaster an keep my lamps lit
fer de CRATER trough de hole, an / tries
dat game. but it won't do. De work is
too coarse. De bartend never bats
eve an pays " nat are YOU gong 10 90
about it on de machine all day long, an
/ can't git wise dat he makes a miscue.
Finally I goes to see de Doc. / tells
de Doc dat I knows dat bartend IS hold
in out on Rafferty,. but / can't git next
70 him. an de Doc says dat m morally
sure but cant prove il, an ] says dat s
right. Den de Doc says dat de only way
TO make dat kind Of a guy cough up is to
wait till he's ready to croak an den put
dc wise on him An I asks dc Doc II he
amt got some kind Of dope whatll make
cuss t'ink dat he's all 81. an de Doc
laughs an says he shouldn't wonder il
he had.
II gifts a bottle Of dope from De Doc
an puts IL up Wild Rafferty's hrjdder-in-
law dat he'll pour de dope in de barten-
der's beer. while me an Rafferty, waits
upstairs till we sees what happens.
DE brudder-in-law comes IN wid
gang what he's put wise about 30 % clock.
an asks de bartend 20 have a drink vid
dem. an while de bartend's got has back
turned he pours in dc dope. in about
five minutes de- bsrtend saws dat hes
feelin' terrible bad. an De gauE tells him
TO brace I'D an not be a gussy. Den De
hartena gifts worse an tips over. an
hoIlers Ter a doctor. an one ~ de- gang
runs back an asks de- hartend 70 look
az his tongue an feels his pulse
~ Too bad says De guy. You got 4
stroke Of paralysis. It's ali or uia Won
ne saws. You amt got 10 show Sc
says you're got about afteeu minutes -
now. You got about fifteen minutes 70
make we're viii. he says shah I send
fer &C priest, he says
send fer &C boss first SAYS &C. bsr-
tend. croauin- terrible. want 70 see
him FIRST
rafferty, an me hssiies down from up
stairs whue De hartenG Ercans DAT hes
euine fast. an fer rs % HURRY up quick
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