The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
CHANGE FOE 4 THOUSAND.
Delinquent DebtSr the Victim of Too Much
s.- PrOSpertty.


Delinqueht DEBTOR the Victim of Too Much
s,. Prosperity.
There il q story current In those circles
wherein betting on horse races is spoken
OF freely and admitted without . blush.
that concerns an old sport. a young sport
and q Thousand dollar bill.
IL eeetns that some months ago the horses
were not running we'll. or it took an axe to
get into o poolroom. or something Of that
kind, and Young Sport vas hard up. There
was among hts scq~uSintanoes a little old
man, commonly called Pop. who was always
shabby and insignificant In appearance.
but who, somehow. usually had the faculty
Of having a twenty In bis pocket.
He had one on the day when Young Sport
touched him With his hard buck story. and
the twenty changed hands. On several
occasions thereafter Pop got unobtrusively
In the way Of Young Sport. but there was
nothing doing.
Pop never asked questions. simple old
soul; he just waited. Bennings opened'up.
and Pimlico, and Aqueduct, but Young
Sport persistently guessed wrong, and
Pop. II all is to be believed. despaired Of
ever seeing his twenty again.
Thus ends the prologue. and the first act
opens Of q recent evening in q d~ispensary
OF liquid re~cuperators on the Great White
Way. Enter Young Sport who approaches
the chief dispenser, an acquaintance, with q
sheepish and yet highly ~contented smile.
Say, 10 my face good for a ball? You
Gee, it's this way" he hastens to add before
the chief dispenser can commit the break
Of turning him down, Il hit the races lucky
to-day-s simply couldn't lose, and when /
cashed In | took the bulk Of my winnings
in this form. seer" and he displays q
thousand dollar, bin.
THE rest OF 1t was enough, l thought,
10 carry me over till Tomorrow, but I'll
be hanged II I haven't run dry. Here I
am with 81 600 and can't buy a drink,
because it's too late to'get this thing changed
and it's not to be expected that there'd be
all this money in any till on the Way"
The dispenser Is 80 impressed that he
forgets the oil night bank where change
might be had, asks the victim OF too much
prosperity TO indicate his prescription and
sets forth the phials accordingly. Young
sport helps himself with many a grateful
compliment to the dispensers discrimina-
ting judgment, promises to pay tomorrow
and departs to be discovered shortly after
ward the central fgure in q group OF horse
lovers az the Hoffman House.
T'hither hurries shabby Pop after hap
peninK to oyerhear the aforementioned
chief dispenser telling Of the man and
naming him, who flashed thousand dollar
hill before his dazzled eyes. Pop insinu-
ates himself into the group Of horse lovers
and looks hopefully up at the central
6UIre. ne doesn't cay a word, Pop doesn't,
but lust looks, appealing like.
1T couSsa right down to this" Young
sport 10 saying oraculary If YOU want 70
round fnowledee OF horss6esh.'
List then ne patohet sight Of shabby old
Poprand remembers that there IN q man he
wants 20 zee furthsr uptown. h horse
lovers have lots of question: to ask. but
none 90 much to the point a. that OF shabby
Pop, who throws reserve TO the winds and
Say. how about that twenty lent you
last November?s .-
That's ali right replies Young Sport.
trying 70 mask his smbarrassgent under a
giise Of easy confidence Pay you to-
.BHt to-morrov msy not come says
Pom, II don't know; something might
happen. I'd rather have that twenty now.
/ hear YOU hit it lucky to-day
$50 1 did, but I've nothing with me but a
thousand dollar BILL Young Sport an
swers, and 70 felisvet the old mans anxiety
he displaya the bill. .
Then, 4 can change Il" pipes up Pop, and
he produces a huge wad OF hfties, twenties,
tens and iyeS from his trousers pocket and
proceeds TO count out $3.50,
They say that Young Sport had the grace
70 invite Pop to the bar as he. ruefully ad-
mltted that $3.50 in small bills was as good
a. blown ip. :. ss