The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11

TO be In the city,
Il told him about q week longer. He
says thatll suit him fine. His cousin L.
coming over from Brooklyn that evening
and they are going TO see the sights Of New
York. His cousin, no says. is IN tho arti-
fetal limb and lead basket business. and
hasn't crossed, the bridge In eight years.
They expect to have the time Of their lives.
and he winds up by asking me TO keep his
roll OF money for him till next day. I tried
20 make him take 1t, but n only insulted him
to mentor q. -
I'm use what I've got IN loose change.
says he. You keep the rest for me. I'll
drop in on you and MIR. Tucker tomorrow
afternoon about o or T. says he. and we'll
have dinner together. Be good
After wbiskers had gone Andy looked
at me curious and doubtful.
" Well. Jef. says he. 10 looks like the
ravens are trying to feed IN two Eliishs
so hard that il. we turned EN- down again
we ought TO have the Audubon Society
after US. II wont do to put the crown
tpside too often. Il know this is something
like paternalism. but don't you think Oppor-
runity has skinned its knuckies about
.fonough knocking at our door,
1 Il put my feet on the table and MY hands.
in my pockets, which is an attitude un-
Favorable to frivolous thoughts. .
Andy. saysI. this man with the hirsute
whisk ers has got US in a predicament. We
tcan-t move hand or foot with his money.
You and me have got a gentleman's agree
ment with Fortune that we can't break
] We've lone business In the West where
it's more e6 a fair game Out there the
| people wa skin are trying TO skin us. even
the farmers and the remittance men that
the magazines send out to write up gold
field. But there's little sport in New
York-eity for rod, reel or gun. They hunt
thers with either one Of two things = a slung-
shot or q letter Of introduction. The own
has been stocked 80 full OF carp that the
game Sch are all gone. IL you spread a
net here. do you catch legitimate suck ers
In n. such IA the Lord intended TO be
caught fresh guys who kno IL all, sports
With Il little coin and the nerve 10 play
another mans game, street crowds out
for the fun Of dropping a dollar or "
Il village smarties who know just where
the little pea is? No. SIR says I. 'What
the g~rafters live on here 10 widows and
orphans, and foreigners who save up a
bag OF money and hand IL out over the first
counter they see with al iron railing 10
IL, and factory girls and little shopk eepers
that never leave the block they do busin ess
on. That's what they call suckers here.
They're nothing but canned sardinee, and
all the bait you need to catch 'em is a
pooketknife and a soda crack or.
wow. this cigar man, I went on, is on
OF che types. He's lived twenty years on
one street without learning as much as you
! would in getting a once over shave from a
lockjawed barber in a Kansas crossroads
| town. But he's n New Yorker. and he'll
brag about that all the time when he ISM
picking up live wires or getting in front Of
street cars or paying out money 10 WIRE
tappers or standing under a safe that's
being hoisted into a skyscraper. When
"a New Yorker does loosen up says /, it's
like the spring decomposition of the ice jam
in the Allegheny River. He'll swamp you
with cracked ice and back water il you don't
| get out Of the way.
Its mighty unlucky for us, Andy
says l.. that this cigar exponoSt with the
parsley dressing saw fit to bedec us with
his childlike trust and altruism. For
says !. this money OF his il an eyesore to
my sense of rectitude and ethics. We
cant take il, Andy; you know we can't
says l, for we haven't a shadow of a title
to it-not a shadow. II there was the least
bit OF a way we could put in a claim 10 il
I'd be willing to see him start in for another
twenty years and make another 5000 for
himself, but we haven't sold him anything,
we haven't been imbroiled in a trade or
anything commercial. He approached us
friendly, says I. and with blind and beauti-
full idiocy laid the stuff in our hands. Well
have to give il back TO him when he wants il.
Your arguments says Andy. are past
criticism or comprehension. No, we can't
walk on with the money-as things now
stand. l admire your conscious way of
doing business. Jen,' says Andy. and I
wouldn't propose anything that wasn't
square in line with your theories Of morality
| and initiative.
But I'll be away tonight and most Of
tomorrow. Jen.' says Andy. I've got
some business affairs that I want to at
tend to. When this free greenbacks party
comes in tomorrow afternoon hold him
here till l arrive. We've all got an en-
gagement for dinner. you know
"Wen. sir, about s the next afternoon in
trips the cigar man. with his eyes half
open.
Been having glorious time, Mr.. Peters,
says he. Took in all the sights. I tell
you New York is the onhest only. Now il
| you don't mind says he, I'm Ne down
on that couch n dose of for about nine
minutes before Mr.. Tucker comes. I'm
| not used to being up all night. And to-
morrow IL you don't mind. Mr.. Peters,
I'll take that five thousand. l met a man
last night that's got q sure winner at the
racetrack tomorrow. Excuse me for being
50 impolite as to 60 to sleep, Mr.. Peters
-'And 30 this inhsbitant Of tho second
city in the world reposes himself and be-
gins to snore. while I sit there musing over
+ things and wishing I was back in the West,
where you could always depend on a
customer fighting to keep his money hard
/ enough TO let your conscience take it from
| him, N''
AT half past s Andy comes in n sees
| the sleeping form. " rs
i've been over 70 Trenton. says Andy,
| pulling a document out OF his pocket.
Z think I've got this matter fixed up all
right, JEW: Look at that
: Il open the paper and see that It is a cor