The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19

and carefully as before, and this time when the crack came pipe went down, shipped on the stem half inch from the bowl.
 Say, feller could split a hair with that thing Jack said gleefully and ad- miringly surveyed the rife before pumping another cartridge into place. All this time the gallery man was be- coming more and more anxious and yet his money seemed in no wise in danger, all considered. He spoke soothing, en- couraging words. to his patron and meanwhile had loaded second rifle which he held ready to substitute for the one in use as soon as it was empty.
 Meanwhile the sailor was firing away, taking less and less time to aim accord ing as he became used to the weapon and disdaining the larger mark of the bowl of the pipes, seemed to take de- light in shipping their stems off at about equal length. When he had emp tied the rifle the proprietor wanted to hand him the. second one, but there is where the trouble began. Without the ASNseS ASSAAot4OAt stliS AiAehl HASAAAONAA AAeeN reached forth and helped himself to three cartridges lying loose among a half hundred ready for use.
 ''Ye can take this gun, it's all loaded, :" said the proprietor. F..
 T think like the one got" said the sailor, as he quickly glanced at each cartridge before showing it home. You see, it's this way, matey, a man gets used to one gun an when he picks up another he's got to get used to that one all over again an he's likely to miss. You know that, don't you?" The gallery man saw that his man knew a thing or two, and nothing but bluff remained. "Who's running this place, me or you?' he cried, advancing closer to the sailor. q say you shoots with this here gun or with none at all, seer" s 4%qa ,,+~ss a.
 But the sailor. did not see! He saw just the opposite way. Either he had "been there'' before himself or he had heard all about it down in the navy yard; at any rate he was not slow il, calling a halt. 5., ..s..s., -... i | Now, look a-hear. captain" he said, Between me an you. you know wedd ] | couldn't hit the end of the range three I times with the things you got in there, | An if you don't know it, think SO
 anyway, an that makes it all the same l So jus stand aside an give me show for I'm going to shoot with any gun | like, an if you don't look out. I'll call 3 l copper an have you pulled for runnin I a skin game.
 ' The proprietor was not to be bluffed
 however. He turned to one of his as- I sistants and said: l You run. and get a policeman, an ! I'll see whose hllnnin' this place an if a man can come in here an create dis I turbance." i The assistant never sbudged, knowing | what was expected. But one of the spectators, fearing trouble, found a DO, lsliceman not far off and brought hin
 around on a run.
 T As the officer entered, the sailor gave three quick shots from his rifle, ane . with each report a pipe went, making \ the required ten straight The gal I Iery man then told his story to the DO N liceman, and so did the sailor and sonle I of the spectators. a
 q guess you'll have to give that mar
 his prize or I'll tell the captain" wal the policeman's s verdict, and reluctantl1 I the fakir came out with pair of soilet
 two dollar bills and a one dollar il
 change, which was transferred to th' l pocket of the man in blue. And as Il,
 walked away the sailor said: Say, i
 ain't for nothin' I've won the prize fo .j four years hand runnin' aboard the In
 diana. If 1t weren't I've just enlisted
 again, I wouidff't be So rusty, and + a-showed you sllootin' that was shoot I in, see ?"-New York Times.