Arizona republican., 1902-09-30

hippopotamus. Gates rushes and crashes through the crowds of sedsy men
 But when Mrs. Gates appears the burly man is transformed. He actually seems graceful. His greenish- -bluish- gray eyes ligtt up. He hastens to wait on ner with all the ardor of q young lover. He married her many years ago when he hadn't a dollar. and they two struggled along together with unbroken amiablity to success. The Gateses are early risers, but the big steel man never thinks of leaving his wife until II o'clock in the morning. They have breakfast together and have little stroll, or drive, or at least long chat.
 The office of Harris. Gates & Co.,. bankers and brokers, occupies q three story cottage at the southern end of the United States hotel. John w. Gates bulges in there at Il o'clock, takes a look at the market. answers letters and meets men with whom he must do business. If things are dull, as they sometimes are at this time of year, there is a poker game upstairs. Gates. his son. Charles. and his friend, John A. Drake sit in with a few others | of the Chicago crowd. There is no | limit. man may lose $10,000 or win $50. .000 It is no more than winning or losing $5 or $l0 would be to the ordi- nary citizen.
 Often luncheon is served at 1 o'clock ! in the big room above the office, and 1 Mrs. Gates and the wives of the other members of the party join the men at the meal To see John w. Gates wait on his wife is to learn lesson in gal | lant devotion. No one else may place chair for her. or hand her wine. or ! a glass of water. One waiter did try it-once. The admonition that was hurled at him crushed him. No one l else has ever repeated his mistake. | Gates admiration of his wife's wis dom is unlimited. Before he started ! for Denver the other day to fight for control of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company he had boil on his leg, which he thought was a cIrbuncle. It hurt him. and he occasionally roare1. Pop" said his sor at last. "I don't want to be officious. but don't you think you'd better see the doctor about that leg?"
 Doctor be hanged." said John w. | Gates. "Why. Charley. where's your sense? Don't you know that your mother is the only dootor I've ever had? She'll fix me up so that I can make that trip; and if she can't do it I'm d-d certain no doctor can" | And Mrs. Gates did start him for Denver in pretty good condition. The Gates-Drake crowd has brought money into contemit in Saratoga this year. $1OO bill is small change. Gates gave five s1OO bills to his waiter re- ! cyiIr half dollar When he read the denial of the $500 tip story in the newspapers | he laughed.
 Huh" he snor; d, that coon's gone back on me-or t-.e papers got hold of the wrong cOon.'
 The office of Harris, Gates 6 Co. is d magnet that draws money in rolls. iE
 bundles, in bulk ? ckages. One thou sand dollar bills are plentiful They are thrown into X pots as carelessly as white chips. All tle thinking in the office is done in te ms of thousands and millions.
 The bookmakel7 got the better of Gates the other ty, and next morning he sent his of e porter, Mike Dunn. | over to the bank to cash check for S65. .O0C-just a little moneS to take out | and bet on the races. Gates was play | ing poker with his friends when Dunn
 came back and began laying down the packages of new s1O0 bills.
 There it is, glory to Go4!" he ex-
 claimed as he put down the last bundle
 Dye know, MT. Gates, I'd a great
 mind when I was putting it in me pocket to lep on the train for the north and away with me to Canada. But
 No, I says t myself, mo; 'tis not
 worth a mans while to lose his char
 acter for the like of that counterfeit money l never saw amy like it be-
 fore. Sure it must be stage money "
 do be playin' with.'
 The crowd roared at the joke on Mike
 So did Gates.
 Here, Mike he said. and handed
 Dunn a S1OO bill, not for his honesty.
 but for his witty contempt of big
 money.
 When the market is dull and poker | grows tiresome, the Gates-Drake crowd go out on the hard-rolled brown clay
 alley, beneath rows of elm trees, in front of the office, and play croquet for s100 side on each game. The imple- ments of the game are very ordinary. l such as one finds knocking around on
 the lawn anywhere. The amount of
 skill shown in the game is small. But
 the men don't play it for the sake of
 the game. The betting is the thing. They are always ready to bet thou
 sands on any proposition.-Saratog dispatch to New York World.