The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-20
AS TO
SUCKERS


& again, remarked the proprietor Of
the all-night lunch room TO the raw
eled young man who had ordered a
stack OF browns
You're a good guesser," said the
Young man. flooding his cakes from
the strip pitcher for the second time.
About once in 1000 years you call
the turn on me"
What's the trouble?" asked the
Inch room proprietor Amt the suck
crs b.tiu' no more2"
There amt no suckers no more"
req Fed the rayeled young man.
They've got wise. Tyke Furney got a
:sy on the string week ago and roll
cd him for his wad-had him doped
good an proper. too. 1t took him all
the night, but he done it, an wotcher
hiak? He didn't get nothin' but
dollar wssch an 20 cents worth o.
chicken feed fr all his work. Wotcher
think o. that?"
"Tyke's works gettin coarse said
The lunch room proprietor. He didn't
lister bag no packages o. soap"
1T wasn't no soap package" said
the young man. The jay had the
dough right on him Tyke don't do no
coarse work. / bet If he'd asked him
there he'd got it hid the guy would
have told him. but Tyke didn't think
il was ness ~. He got him in Dugan's
back room so dopy Dugan thought he'd
erosked him an went through him
with fine tooth comb. They ripped
up the seam in his vest an the linin'
in his cap an they took the insoles
out Of his shoes. an then they didn't
git nothin' They fin'ly give it up an
threw him out in the alley and some
body come along an took him to the
station Then it came out where he'd
got his wheat dividends. 1t was in
5000 bills pasted on his vest back
with a porous plasted That fat cop
Peterson told Tyke about it an give
him the laugh. Wotcher goin' to do
when they're gittin' as foxy as that?
You'd have had to take the hide Off
of that guy to get at them bills.
Wouldn't that jar your"
Skin game" commented the lunch
room proprietor.
Sure thing. No, there amt no
suckers left. They've got so they
know as much as you an me do"
You can leave me out, said the
lunch room proprietor. L don't make
my customers show stifkits o. god
character before they git their beans,
but amt couplin' up with all Of 'em,
either. don't pretend to be as fiossy
as you an Tyke"
Sure agreed the rAveled young
man. You've got pin feathers through
your shoulder blades. / run on TO
good thing with red neck couple
o. days ago. though. Spotted him com
in out o. the Rock Island an sold him
a three-quarter carat diamond ring I'd
Just picked up in the street for SIS. 1
wasn't goin' to tap him for more'n a
dollar or two at first, but it come so
easy 1 raised it. Course l might of ad-
vertised that ring an got SIS reward
for returnin' it. but l didn't have the
time to do it"
You oughtn't to be broke, then"
said the lunch room proprietor.
Il know ii" agreed the customer. Il
wouldn't have been. either, if hadn't
fioated into Dutch Henry's last night
He's got a great game runnin' there.
but if he amt got to dealin' from a
phony box them cards cert'nly did
come out like he had. I never did have
no luck in that joint I've gone ag'in
that box o. Henry's 20 times. an
amt made win yet.
.Henry's doin well since he last
opened up, amt he?"
He's cleanin' up plenty, but it don't
do him no good
Whats the reason?"
He takes it all down to that buck
ct shop over on the corner. He's a
smooth guy, Henry is. but he likes TO
look at them chalk marks on the board
too well. That amt an easy game to
beat, an don't you never think it is
If you do, Henry can tell you dir
rent"
The proprietor of the all-night lunch
room smiled. I thought you said
there is no suckers no more" he re
marked. Il wonder what kind of gold
bricks the guy that runs that bucket
shop buys?"