The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26
TWENTY BLUE
Queer Ron OF III Lock Of . Gam
bling House Out In
Spokane.

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swhsn I started for the Northwest in
1901 TO cell typewriters,' said New fora
travelling man. y went Is far AZ Chicago
With q diamond drummer for q Mai den
lane house, Q man with whnp, ! was well
acquainted.
by the way, do you expect to make
Spokaner he asked me short time before
the train reached Chicago
Il told him that Spokane was on my hist
for drop-off.
Ever play faro bank In Gaetz 4 Baer's
plant in spoksne' he asked me. and then
mentioned to him that had never before
been In Spokane.
He opened his Gladstone bag. CROPPED
down In corner Of II and produced round
wooden shaving-brush box. Out OF this
he dumped into his hand q stack OF blue
faro chips. Tho chips had Q hve-pointsd
star on one side and q. 4 B. on the other.
You might a. well take these ohips
along and get action on them the diamond
man said, passing the shaving-brush box.
In which he replaced the chips, over to mo.
They're good for Is apiece at Gaets q
Baer's bank In Spokane, and there 10 an
even twenty of them--enough to put you
In right II your rabbits foot gets busy.
I've been packing the chips around for
two years now. since my Arm cut the North
west out Of my route, and 90 I'm glad 10
hand them over TO fellow that's going to
hit Spokane
'Of course ! asked him Why he hadn't
cashed the chips in.
Couldn't he replied. The night l
accumulated that little heap OF blues
started in with Eve Of them. I was about
S7oo to the right after a couple Of hours
play. end then they began to slip out wrong
for me.
They had just hated down to the
even 500 represented by those chips you We
got when the chief Of police walked into the
plant and declared the game closed. 1t
seems that Gaetz d Baer had been fighting
the town over big lift that had been made
in the price Of the outfits license. and the
thing came to head with the closing down
Of the bank by the top cop Of Spokane
while ! was sitting in front Of the layout
with those twenty chips In front Of me.
''Cash EN- In in the morning. ombreys,''
the dealer said to the three Of US who were
fighting the game at the table. and so I
:, 49, "y 49, ~ -'u eu
'ih n.' my P"cAe'' 'otSeuoi' VI 'he ea-
cioe"en.' mat ! was Va 'sSe al ou.-'ra'n
AZ CLOCK In the morning
i made the train and took the chips
along with me. heard a few DAYS later
thai Gaetz = Raer had arrived a, a COW.
80 ~ s'"-
position WIN 'he Town authornes ana had
only been shut down for couple OF days.
Tive often thought Of shipping them ON
70 Caetz A Baer and asking EN- 10 redaer,
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IN, W "'"'s nn on'.a io' nuhor'o'
put nave peen deferred from dong that
by the fear that they might think ] had
framed up a stack of phop les on lbsn
A. .on,s,hjro III. ,,., q. 80, 80
"o u.s. you ~ ~nodu
ana elougn tue sack IN when you reach
Spokane, But u the cards slide out your
way and you make a cash in Of ii, vhy.
Won can stake me To A new bat the ney,
H.. $50. ''e 'oA'
Iune "0 mee. up'
I'm AFRAID That l was moro interested
IN that gift stack OF faro chips than was
In the selling of tvpevritins rnacbines whom
= ,sphvred int snoL.n. .hor, ..,s
So 'n'"
iaAer' t"en.y s'acA OF oiues that you
don't have to dig Tor h nice thing to feel
Of.
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