The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-09-11

@Irs q good thing Tor o.. ] suppose.
that whenever we get Il al settled and
arranged 10 our minds that we're too
sverlsstngiy bright and crafty 70 be
done by anybody We usually get fall
that takes The perkiness out of us." said
q Washington department store buyer
who makes frequent trips 10 New York.
Up 70 a certain day last week. for ex-
ample. I had a pretty thorough under
standing with myself thst there wss no
old Kind Of q New York bunkO game
that ia bite on. I'd been going 10 New
YORK too often and Tor too long a time
for anything Ike hat Wen. listen.
"A week ego Monday morning last I
was standing after breakfast on the
Thirty sixth street side Of the Mari
borough hotes. IN New York. taking a
sun bath for myself aud mapping out
my programme for the day Two or
three other men were standing near me
doing the same.
"Our attention was laziiy enlisted as
we stood there By the spectacle Of a
boy wearing q chefs cap and apron
reckisssiy swinging an empty crOckery
pitcher above his bead. The boy Was
rgged up ike q hotel kitchen sppren.
tice.
What Internal whelps most boys
are, anybowT remarked a sporty look.
ing man standing near me 20 q plain
looking individual who was standing
slongsids Of him. Row. just look at
that cub fOoling with that pitcher. It's
a cin.h that he'll drop Il and smash II
10 smithereens before be gets to Sew
enth avenue
"'Oh. dunno was the reply Of the
plain looking man. I guess the kid
knows what he's about He's got
pretty good clutch on the handle OF the
pitcher He'll hang on 10 II all right
"'Bet you Ave be drops II before be
reaches Seventh avenue was the quick
response Of the man with the sporty
look.
~ guess I'll take that bet answered
the plain looking man. and be produced
bis wad. The sporty looking citizen
peeled v from his roll and both men
put up their money with the uniformed
carriage opener stationed outside the
Marlborough. Then they took up the
jog together toward Seventh avenue to
keep an eye on the boy, who was still
swinging the pitcher wildly. I held
my ground and watched the proceed.
ing. II looked like a pretty good bet
for the plain looking man until, when
the boy was only about ten feet from
the corner OF Seventh avenue, the
pitcher few out Of his hand as he was
trying some singularly difficult piece
OF juggling with II and was dashed
into a hundred fragments on n door.
step. The sporty looking man and the
plain looking individual returned 10
where was standing and the former
took the two VS. from the stakeholder
with grin, saying;
II thought sure | was going 10 lose
out on that when the kid got so near
Seventh avenue without anything hap.
pening TO the pitcher
Two days later / was standing
alongside a hotel at the corner OF
Eighth avenue and One Hundred and
Tweniy-fifth street, In Harlem, waiting
for downtown electric car. when
saw that selfsame youngster, with the
Identical kitchen apprentices toggery.
going along Eighth avenue. again Wild
ly swinging a pitcher. Then I east
my eyes about me, and there. only
three feet 10 the left OF me and leaning
against an T. stanchIon, was the sporty
looking man. He blinked lazily az me
when he saw that I had observed the
boy with the pitcher.
What Internal whelps most boys
are, anyway" he said TO me In precisely
the same words and the same tone he
had used In making the remark cou'
pie OF days before to the plain looking
man who had lost his V. Now, Just
look at that cub foollng with that
pitcher It's a cinch that he'll drop II
and smash II to smithereens before he
reaches the next corner
"'What a foxy way this fellow has
OF making a liyingv | mused But I'll
just give him a little run for his money,
10 | wlll.'
That's the betting end OF IT,. ! said
aloud 10 the sporty looking man. that
ia be willing 10 take myself
"'oh. WELL he replied laughlngly
any old thing 10 pass the time away
It's about an even thing one way or the
other, | suppose
"Just about said l.
"'Well' he said good naturedly. then
Ill bet you V that he doesn't mash
IL before be reaches the next corner
"'You're on said |, and we put up
our Ave spots with the news dealer ou
the corner
This said l 10 myself as fell into
step with the sporty looking man. Is
like whecdling gran'ma out Of a nickel
for cookies. There's no way that this
crafty con man can pass the tip to that
KID not TO drop that pitcher. according
10 the usual frame up. without my get
ting next TO the dodge and calling him
down on It. ! think | see n new five
dollar hat for myself this afternoon
MY reflections along this PLEASANT
line. however, were Interrupted The