Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-05
Misplacing Your FayOrs,
oivina a Letter Of introduction
Often Means Charging
UP a Loss,

Y , EsTERDAY your old college
v friend Clarence blew in from
Monte carlo, whore he had been
In the interests Of science and
presented your letter OF introduce
lion. Said he Hlll couldn't
understand just how # happened be-
cause he had figured % out by logo-
nthms and trlgouomotry and direren-
ual calculus ana lot on other high
priced studies that he'd taken away
from Harvard and that it was cInch
ON paper Was 80 sure that he could
have proved his theory right n he'd
only had q little more money that it
hardly seemed worth while TO tell him
that the only thing he could really
prove with bis system was old Pros
fossor DarAms theory that men aui
monkeys began le in the sumo cage.
It never struck me before but l'll bet
the professor gOt That idea while he
was talking with some of HE students.
Personally ! don't know great deal
about gambling, because ai ever
spent for Information ou the subject
was S2.15-my fool horse broke in the
stretch--and that was forty years ago.
But FIRST ana last I've heard q lot of
men explain how 10 happened that they
hadn't made a hog killing OF course
there must be winning end 10 gam
bling, but an that these men have been
able to tell about rs the losing end
And I gather from their experiences
that when fellow does little gam
bling on the side rs usually ON The
wrong side.
The fact OF the matter Is that the
race horse. the faro tiger and the poker
kitty have bigger appeules than any
healthy critter has q right 20 have and
after you've fed tapowOrm there's
mighty little left for you Following
the horses may be pleasant exercise
ut the start but they're apt to lead
YOU 10 the door Of the po0rhOusc or
the Jail az the finish.
To get back to Clarence, he took
about an hour TO dock his cargo OF
hard luck and another 10 tell me how
strange Il was that there was mo- craft
from his London bankers waiting 20
welcome him Naturally haven't
lived for sixty years among % lot Of
fellows whove been trying to drive a
cold chlscl between me and my bank
account without being able TO smell q
touch coming long time before IL
overtakes me- and Cl0rcnces iuten-
lions permeated his CHEEKY converse
lion about as thoroughly as q fertilizer
factory does warm summer night
~ course he gave me every 0pp0uu-
nifty 10 prove that I was @ gentleman
and TO suggest dclicately that should
hc glad N hc would let me act as his
banker in this sudden emergency hut
as / didn't show any signs of being "a
gentleman and banker he was finally
forced to comc out and ask me IN
coarse commercial words to lend him %
hundred Said II hurt him Go have 10
DO II on such short acquaintance, but
couldn't sec that ne Yas suffering any
real pain.
Frankly, ! shouldn't have lent Clar-
cnce dollar ON his looks or his story.
for they both struck me aa doubtful
collateral. but go long as he had
letter from you asking me To- do any
thing I'm my power TO obllgc him or TO
make his stay in Carlsbad pleasant /
let him have The money ON your ace
count, to which have written the
cashier 10 charge &c. or course ] hope
Clarence win pay you back but think
you viii save bookkeeping hy charging
70 of TO experience I've usually found