The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24

WARBLER with case Of Charlie horse, and
the artilerymen from Alcatraz Island pro-
| ceeded to swat the cover of the ball,
| -They rolled up nine runs in the seventh.
! thirteen in the eighth, and six IN the ninth
The cayalrvmen only succeeded in fatten-
ing their tally list by two or three runs LOT
| the remaining innings, so that Il was Just
walk for The soldiers from the Rock
| and for jim .
| of Lucky Badwin's hotel with a bunch
when beetle-hrowed duck. VINO lookeo
a nice looking article that looked like
pear-shaped pearl. offered to sell IT for q
ten-dollar note All of the bunch laughed
except Short End jim.
they said after taking peek at the thing
that looked like Pearr-shaped Pearl-ail
except jim. Pearson dug a ten-spot out
of his kimono and handed 1t to the fellow,
and took the gaud' ,
They all called him shining llght ana
kidded Jim.
awe got couple Of hundred that says
this thing is sure-enough pearl. was the
way he got back at them, and one OF them
snapped it UP like log cabin dog grabbing
, soup-bone.
block. The ieweller, who was known to
the thing that jim had bought for $40.
az guess that's not choice piece OF
goods he said. Perfect pear-shaped,
and about as velvety skin as ever l saw
worth anything Pearson asked the
Iweil, I'll give YOU 81 500 for it. JIM if
you're selling replied the jeweller'
Pearson wasn't selling; though. re, LEI
ing certain that the pearl had been stolen'
he advertised it in all the Coast papers,
without springng the owner. of the gem,
and then he gave it to his wife.
pearson and some of bis gang were
taking lunch in the Poodle Dog one after
noon when the water main in front OF the
restaurant busted, and the water. gushed
through the pavement in high fountain
at the rate of about thousand gallons a
minute. flooding the street, Pearson and
his companions sat at their table ana
watched the fountain for four or nVe
minutes Then Jim pulled out his watch.
"Let's get little action on this he,
suggested. III bet the waterll be turned
off inside of ten seconds-bet hundred on
-They all spoke at once. but Jim accepted
tho money Of the man sitting next to him:
"'Nown said the man with whom jim
made the bet his eye on the second hand
of his watch. Observation-Disclosures
six
at the table, and, sure enough, the foun-
tain h I'd suddenly disappeared at the sixth
second
@The Native Sons of the Go'den West
were having their annual parade one day,
and the whole town was out to see It, -FOUR
of the prominent members Of the outfit
sat in a carriage drawn by four milk white
horses.
Must be four red-headed girls some
where in the neighborhood to match those
fiery untamed white steeds, said one OF
Pearson's friends to Jim as they watched
the parade.
I'm give you a hundred for every
red headed woman you find in walk of
six blocks straight up Market street. pro-
vided you give me a hundred II YOU don't
spring any was Jim's instant come back.
THE other man was believer in the
white horse-and-r red haired-girl supersti-
ton, but, even if he hadn't been, that bet
looked like something real tasty to him-six
blocks, all crowded with women, in which
s 9 dig R s lost au and Jim he
through the crowd for six blocks, jim s
friend rubbering for all he was worth
but nary red haired girl did they come
across in all the huge parade watching
crowd.
short End Jim and some of his mates
were due to go down to the pier one after
noon to receive friend who was expected
from Honolulu on the steamer Australia.
The Australia was due at o'clock in the
afternoon.
the pier till about o'clock this EVENING"
inquired Pearson when the other fellows
called for him at his Office. The Australia
will be about six hours late this trip
"They ridculed Jim over that. The
promptness of the Austrelia in making her
runs from Hawaii to San Francisco, in any
sort Of weather, was something that ship
, ping men out there used to comment upon
and brag about--tbe Australia was always
as much on the dot as an express train,
and had never been known to be more than
an hour late at the very outside, and gener-
ally beat her schedule.
aJirn's friend chewed up Jim's bet-made
on pure, whimsical hunch-that the
Australia would be at least six hours late
on this occasion. They went down to the
| pier and found few bored-looking people
Waiting there. 1t was then a quarter to 2
fifteen minutes before the Australia was
due.
. She hasn't even been sighted of the
Faralones yet said man on the dock.
The Farallones are thirty miles outside the
Golden Gate.
-The Australia was reported of the
Farallones at o'clock that evening. and
she wasn't berthed until after II O'clock.
Some of her machinery had broken down
| on the trip