The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
THEY HAVE SOME FINE POINTS.
Art of "Touching'' as Practiced by an
Expert.
ChiCa go Tribune,

Expert.
Chicago Tribune.
yes" said Rodders, as he fingered
a moment by the side of the little
table in the smOking-rOOm Of the
club, I'm off tomorrow for New York
for good. But do you know, the re-
mittance the firm was to send me
for expenses and transportation has
not arrived"
Munley who was sitting on the
other side of the table, never stirred,
bur continued his impressive study Of
the CRATE fire.
4 said" continued ROdders, that
the remittance which was to pay my
TRANSFORMATION to New York had not
arrived. I'll just have to get forty
or fifty somewhere right away. |
must be in New York day after tOmOr-
row.
Nunley never moved.
If | weren't there" went on Rod
ders, 1t would mean the loss to me
Of a $4,000 position. COnfOund it,
The banks are closed and | don't know
where | am to make the raise at this
late hour"
MunIey looked up. Are you going
away for good ROdders?" he asked.
Yes" answered ROdders.
Well" went on Munley, eff you'll
be honest with me for the first time
in your life and tell me how you do
it. I'll send a last $50 to join all the
other dollars that | have loaned you,
and TO which | have said good-by for
ever
poddo,.o ororo orori1,- 81 have MOI
asked you for a loan" he said sharp
~. You have no right to wantonly
insult me-
Never Asked Outright.
That's true. you never did ask me
right out, in SO many words, for
loan. But you always got it. What
I want 10 know, Rodders. is how you
have made such a glttering success
as a CRATER. You have been pro
fessiOual borrower for years and
years and why you weren't driven out
of town a long time ago | can't
marine When | borrow money
have to pay it back. How did you
do it? | wish you would just sit down
here and tell me your experiences.
If You do | Will consider myself paid
in full all that you owe me, although
/ don't imagine that will be much Of
an inducement to YOU. But more than
that, will give you the $50 you want.
That is more to the point. But, of
course. this finishes your career here
whether you are really intending TO
20 or not, for if YOU don't go | will
make it so hot for you that you will
have to clear out.
ROdders sat for a while in silence.
We'll" he said at last, Il guess
might as we'll make a clean breast of
it then. | need the money. 1t will
take me to New York, and from
there | am going down to my brother
inlaws plantation in Honduras
where | expect to remain the rest Of
my life | am done with Chicago and
5he United States forever. and, as
must have that fifty. I'll just tell
you the story.
Secrets of the Art of Borrowing.
Yes, | have made success as a
borrower | suppose | have borrowed
more money than any other man in
Chicago. My success is partly due to
the fact that | have studied borrow
ing. and reduced it TO an exact
science In the first place, | have no
ticed that the majority of men judge
by external appearances. If a man
is slouchy in his step, shifting in his
manner, AMI restless and uneasy as
he talks, and makes a direct reQuest
for money. he is generally set down
as a CRATER and his request is alb
ruptly denied. | always dress we'll
and look we'll and instead of asking
people for money l merely draw at