The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18

ST have noticsd," said q smo oth-shaven
man in tho Auditorium Cafe the other
night, ..,ha. the contractors who dc ousi-
ness with tho city arc not greatly afflicted
by rotation in Office. One reason OF II. I
suppose. is that they are business rnsn.
and have no real use for politics. except
iag as they can make an asset OK sheti
garty Affiliations.
.I:ha ,aoucn. a new man Is elected or
appointed to office. the contractors oesia
TO study him as bus;asss propoB.t,o:..
ana II there II way OF LANDING fiif:1 si,es
are pretty surs TO and ST our. remember
case some Few years ago whoo 80 s. eo = -
tracts were moro "A vogue than sncy A'e
now IN which landed a sHny sum
In commissions. esd one rsfoEn Roasieaal n
found out .hai 1<7Asdpfes and pTac.ice as
not aiways easy 70 keep toSe.hot;
the s.uooth-shaven man chuck1eo.
There was o new MAJ In Il co1tain "
Zoe Who Yves PIT there by REFORM
Navor FOR IN, eroress purpose Of cutting
6own expenses, and naturally sne uil.l
ths1 had been supplying his oepas.in
y.s a rood deal worried. Tbs now tnah
IN eel, hi.r Jones, because that WASH
his nsIue-had sent for the asth atiu 80
confidential man had had nea I1..o,iiee. -
talk with him ane hao .ouiu ou n..S,,ss
wos going 10 be doubtful ABOUT Eetaiis
fbe seae contracts in the future with
The same delightful regularity enas hap
eh,eined for some years previously.
..I- I'M nnened that this confidential man
vas = nal of mine, and we used TO con-
sult a good deal in difficult cases. we
were valuable to each otner because We
moved in different circles.
"ge told me about his trouble that
e,,,,e night and asked me II knew
Jones. / did knew him very we'll
IT used to play poker with him ire
ouently at a certain very private cluo.
And / knew him for a careful, straight
forward player, who was never known 10 70
nl,nce. but who was a pretty steady
ioser not to any great amount, but just
enough to use up most Of his surplus IN
His check was perfectly good If he
would give 1t, but we Knew that ne
hadn't any great balance on hand. 40"
did we know it? Well. man who has
much to DO with private puseI s, h1e
is pretty likely to know consloeraoi ,e
about the other members OF 1t, II ne s
wise. And being wise. he doesn't tell
how he learns it
So when nv friend told me about
Jones. / did some quick thinking. linen
! said: +h,. h,,e;-
".1cw much do you WANT .hi1s
rssso' and he said:
). we want it $4,000 worth
DO Won want it bad enough 10 put
nm half the money blind. and the other
half when you get it2 +,,.+
Yes he said, I reckon we q uu nc +.,a
Il we knew who was going 10 nan islr=ss sAiio
$50 $50 told him that If he was in earn a.
est I'd tackle the job myself. ouI !, f.
didn't land Jones. ne wouldnt geI n.s
5000 back, and he said ne was saus-
There happened to be man in town Owl,
lust then whom I had known very WEI:
out west some years ago. He s travei zee
the Mississippi River for d ris'h ns anu
played cards good oeat "ntie az 10"
~ W wasn't doing much Of it at the time me
myself. but was onto most OF the l.lch Ms
Of the table, and saw him play two % OK
three times before l made ms acaual l
ance. He called himseli hSoe 'iieA
After / had watched his play Tor an an
hour or two made up my 1naao ehdt Ae