The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-09
AS TO
SUCKERS

| 'You look as II you we're up against
| II again." remarked the proprietor OF
the all-night lunch room 10 the raw
eled young man who had ordered .
stack Of browns.
You're 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
lunch room proprietor. Amt the suck
ers bitin' no more?"
There amt no suckers no more =
replied the raveled young man.
They've got wise. Tyke Furney got a
jay on the string q week ago and roll
ed him for his wad-had him doped
good an proper, too. 1t took him all
the night, but he done 1t, an wotcher
think? He didn't get nothln but a
dollar watch an 10 cents worth o.
chicken feed fr all his work. Wotcher
think o that9"
"Tyke's works gettin coarse said
the lunch room proprietor. He didn't
ulster bag no packages o soap.
III 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 II he'd asked him
where he'd got it hid the guy would
have told him, but Tyke didn't think
II was ness'ry He got him In Dugans
back room 50 dopy Dugan thought he d
croaked 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 finly give il up an
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 ii 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"
ASkin game" commented the lunch
room proprietor
Sure thing. No. there Amt no
suckers LETT. They've got so they
know as much as you an me do"
You can leave me out. said the
lunch room proprietor Il don't make
my customers show stifkits o. COED
character before they git their beans,
but l amt couplin up with all OF EN-,
either. | don't pretend to be as flossy
as you an Tyke"
Sure" agreed the raveled young
man. You've got pin feathers through
yaur shoulder blades. | run on to a
good thing with red neck couple
o. days ago. though. Spotted him com
in ont o. the Rock Island an sold him
three-quarter carat diamond ring I'd
just picked up in the street for SIS. |
wasn't goin' to tap him for moren a
dollar or two at first, but it come so
easy | raised 1t. Course | might of ad-
vertised that ring an got $25 reward
y,
time to do IT,"
you oughtn't to be broke, then"
said the lunch room proprietor.
Il know It," agreed the customer. Il
wouldn't have been, either. II hadn't
foated into Dutch Henry's last night.
He's got great game runnin' there.
but IL he amt got to deahn' from
phony box them cards cert'niy did
come out like he had. 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"
"Henrys dom well since he last |
opened up, Amt he?"
He's cleanin' up plenty. but It don't
do him no good"
What's the reason?"
"He takes Il all down to that buck |
Il shop over on the corner. Hes a
smooth guy, Henry is, but he likes to
ook at them chalk marks on the board
90 we'll. That amt an easy game to
beat, an don't you never think II Is.
Il you do, Henry can tell you diff
emit"
The proprietor of the all-night lunch
Dom smiled. II thought you said
here is no suckers no more" he re-
marked. II wonder what kind OF gold
bricks the guy that runs that bucket
hop buys?"
Mefhod In His Eriendship.