Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-17
:. VINDICTIVE NAN


man . couple Of weeks ago." said the man
with a sample grip In each hand. ut was
out in Chicago. He's real estate specula-
tor and general rounder out there. was
introduced to him by a mutual friend at my
hotel and four or FIVE Of US started out to
take a little look at the town. The real
estate man was doing the spending-every-
body slses money was counterfeit with
him. for he had put some kind OF q big deal
through a day or SO before. and he DE-
manded that he be permitted to act as sole
disburser.
about o'clock In the morning the gang
Of US sailed into an all-nlght restaurant,
little place on South Clark street, for bite
to eat We got It. and started to leave the
restaurant at about quarter to 3. Inc
real estate man caught the cashier, new
man not known to him. trying to short
change him when he put down $50 Dill 10
settle the account and 1t made him sore.
"'What dye think am, plowboyT ne
demanded angrily Of the fim-hammlng
cashier.
CAV. g'wan m take rum replied the
cashier.
"'In tell you what I'll do with you,
Teenchy Tim,' said the real estate man man,
red hot by this time. I'll buy this place
out tomorrow and pull your job from unoer
YOU
Jaw, go chase yerself-youse couldn't
buy a postage stamp retorted the CASHIER
THAT settled it.
Come on, you people, the real estate
man said to US, and we walked 1e"
squares to livery stable.
1.-The real estate man drummed the livery
stable people up and demanded a Two
seated calash to be got ready at once. we
all got in, and the sore real estate man tolo
the driver to go to an address away over
on the North Side at top speed. 1t looked
pretty mysterious to US, ana we asAeo aiA"1
what it was all about
-. Nothing he replied, biting thrOu8h the
cigar he was smoking. except that won't
be able to get any sleep unit! that pug
ugly Of cashier is out OF WORK
Fit was about o'clock in the morning
when the hack pulled up in front OF the ad-
Dress and 1t was showing like the deuce at
that. The real estate man hoped up the
steps of the house and pulled and yankeo
the door bell for ten minutes before there
was any reply. Then there came q man
voice from a second-story window.
"'Oh, It's you, Is 1t, Ed?' said the voice
above and In a few minutes the owner OF
the house. thus hauled out OF bed at
O. clock on a winters morning, came down
In his bath robe and let the bunch OF US In
Joe began the real estate man right
away as soon as the householder had set
out the bottle, somebody was telling me not
long ago that you felt that your health
wasn't good enough to permit OF your run
ming that little place of yours over on South
Clark street any longer. That sor
"'Well ye-es,' said the man who had been
pulled out Of bed, bit hesitatingly, III
sell If I can get my figure
"'What dye want for the place.? In
quired the real estate man, in business
like tone.
".'Six thousand, half down, the rest easy.
said the ow ler Of the restaurant
III take it, said the real estate man. al
most before the other had finished speak
ing, and he pulled out his wallet Here's
the $1,000 down. and he counted out six
$500 bills from his huge stack. The rest at
$3.50 a month for a year. hey-how's that?'
-That'n be all right said the restaurant
owner. taking the $4,000
Well, get your clothes on, Joe,' said the
real estate man. I want to take immediate
possession. and I want you to come down
with me and notify the hands that I'm the
boss
"'Sure,' said the man we had pulled out
of his comfortable bunk. and inside Of TWEEN
ty minutes he was riding In the carriage
with us back to the restaurant We reach
ed the restaurant long before daylight. and
the place was still full Of customers. night
thing to stay their stOmachs.
There was q sheer on the face of the
tough cashier when we all walked in, and
he noticed the real estate man whom he had
tried to shOrt-change, but the sneer chang
ed to an expression of CONSERVATION when
the man whom he looked upon as his boss
walked around behind the desk, and, point
ing out the real estate man, said:
That gentleman Is the new proprietor
here
That's what am said the real estate
man. throwing off his overcoat and making
for the tough cashier. and now you want
to get out Of here, you bum, and quick!
HE grabbed the cashier in regular
bouncer style and ran him toward the door
The cashier showed fight. and a cop who
passed by the restaurant just then grabbed
him.
- That fellows trying to rough house my
place. said the real estate man and new
restaurateur to the cop. Take him along
and I'll appear against him In court this
morning.
The cop pinched the chastened cashier.
The restaurateur stayed up on purpose to
appear against the cashier in the police
court that morning. and the unfortunate
got thirty days in jail. 1t was about as
determined. sudden and vindictive a stunt
as ever l saw put through. The real estate
man sold the all-ndght restaurant to an
other restaurateur with a place on the same
block for $1,000 only two days after pur-
chasing 1t at o'clock in the morning"