Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-09-12
A NEAT BUNKO GAME
HOW THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE
KNEW 1T ALL WAS FOOLED.
. Scheme That Worked the Way the
Mating Went and Gave No Oie"
ma 10 How the Tip Was f"sse" w
p.I mr. Not 10 Break the Jug.

"Its n good thing for us, suppose,
that whenever we get II All S''''e" """
arranged in our minds that were u"
,everlastingly bright and CRAFTY 'o uV
hdonc' by anybody We usually get '"',
that takes the pcrkineSs out OF u.s. saiu
. washington department store puycr
vvhc makes frequent trips to Ne" 10TH
..r,r =, n ccrtsin day last week. Tor eA-
annie | had a pretty thorough unoer-
standing with myself that there WIS no
"a Kind Of n New York bunko game
,thatT bite on. Id been going 10 We"
Work too often and for too long ulne
Cor ANYTHING like that. Well. listen
"A week ago Monday morning las,
was standing after breakfast on 'ne
Thirty sixth street side OF the N"'i-
horonph hotel in New York, taking
sun hath for myself and mapping out
my programme for the day. TWO OF
three other men were standing near NE
doing the same.
"Our attention was lazily enlisted as
We stood there by the spectacle OF
how wearing a chefs cap ana apron
racklessly swinging an empty crocKery
pitcher above his head. The BOY WAS
rugged I'D like hotel kitchen appren-
tiCe. ,.s
".What internal whelps most boys
sre anvhowr remarked q sporty look
ING man standing near me TO Il pam
looking individual who was stahuing
alongside of him. Now, just look a'
that cub fooling with that pitcher. It's
q cinch that he'll drop it and Smash II
10 smithereens before he gets 10 sew
enth avenue
".Oh. l dunno was the reply OF tne
plain looking man. i guess the klu
knows what he's about. He's got
nrettv GOOD clutch on the handle or the
nItcber, He'll hang on to IT all right
"'Bet you five he drops 1t before ne
reaches Seventh avenue was the quick
response of the man with the sporty
look.
"T guess I'll take that bet answered
the plain looking man, and he produced
his wad. The sporty looking CITIZEN
,peeled q V from his roll and both men
MT m their money with the uniformed
carriage opener stationed outside the
Marlborough. Then they took up the
log together toward Seventh avenue tC
keep an eye on the boy, who was sun
swinging the pitcher wildly. helo
nv ground and watched the proceed
ing. 1t looked like a pretty good Del
for the plain looking man until, whel
the boy was only about ten feet IRON
the corner of Seventh avenue, the
pitcher flew out of his hand as he was
irving some singularly difficult piece
of Juggling with 1t and was dasheC
into q hundred fragments on door
step. The sporty looking man and I'M
plain looking individual returned Il
where l was standing and the forme
took the two VS. from the stakeholde
with q grin, saying:
81 thought sure l was going 10 los
out on that when the kid got so nea
Seventh avenue without anything nap
pening to the pitcher.
1.-TWO days later I was STANDING
alongside hotel at the corner o
Eighth avenue and One Hundred an
Twenty-fifth street, in Harlem, walun
for q downtown electric car, when
saw that selfsame youngSter, with IN
identical kitchen apprentices logger!
going along Eighth avenue, again WIG
ly swinging a pitcher. Then l cas-
my eyes about me, and there oni
three feet to the left Of me and leanln
against an L stanchion, was the sport
docking man. He blinked lazily at 10
when he saw that 1 had observed I'd
boy with the pitcher
"'What Internal whelps most boy
are, anyway he said to me in precisel
the same words and the same tone I
had used in making the remark COZ
Die Of days before TO the plain lookin
man who had lost his V. Now, Ju'
look at that cub fOOling with thi
pitcher. It's a cinch that he'll drop
and smash it TO smithereens before
reaches the next corner.
"'What a foxy way this fellow hf
Of making a living l unused. But L
lust give him little run for his none
so l will
"'That's the betting end Of it, sal
aloud to the sporty looking man, thu
I'd be willing to take myself
"'Oh, WE'LL he replied laughingl
ANY old thing to pass the time ava
It's about an even thing one way or Il
other, suppose
"'Just about said l.
"'Well' he said good naturally, thu
I'll bet you a V that he doesn't sma'
1t before he reaches the next corner
you're on said 1, and we put
our five spots with the news dealer (
the corner.
This said l to myself as l fell In
step with the sporty looking man,
like wheedling gran'ma out of a nick
for cookies There's no way that Il
crafty con man can pass the tip to tn
kid not to drop that pitcher, accordil
to the usual frame up, without my g
ting next to the dodge and calling hi
down on it. l think l see a new fl
dollar hat for myself this afternoon
"My reflections along this pleasa
line, however were interrupted. I
boy was already crossing the sire
still swinging the pitcher wildly a
whistling merrily. He reached the o.
er side and went right along his W;
taking tremendous chances with
pitcher and whistling with all the I
vor of youth, and had lost.
"How had the sporty looking IN
passed the signal to the kid not to dr
the pitcher on that occasion? l give
up. didn't stop to inquire Of him.
felt too cheap to stop for any purp'
whatever, but swung on board
downtown surface car with VIII
lot Of the kinks of conceit combed I
of ."-Pittsburg Press.