The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-07-18
XVIII.
A WiNDFALL FROM ~GENTLE'
MAN" JOE.

A WlNDFALL FROM ~oENTlE.
MAN" JOE.
went to my rooms, purposing to
go straight to bed, and get good
sleep. did make a start toward un.
dressing; then realized that | should
only lie awake with my brain wearing
me out. spinning crazy thoughts and
schemes hour after hour--for my inn
agination rarely let's 1t do any effect
i've thinking after the lights are out
and the limitations of material things
are wiped away by the darkness.
dressed myself again and went
out-went up to Joe Healey's gam
bling place in Forty-fourth street.
Most of the well-known gamblers up
town. as we'll as their respectable"
down town fellow members of the ira
ternity. were old acquaintance OF
mine: Joe EIealey was as close
friend as | had He had great fame
for squareness--and in sense, de-
served it. With his fellow gamblers
he was as straight as string at all
times-to be otherwise would nave
meant that when he went broke ne
would stay broke. because none oil the
fraternity would stake" him. But
with his patrons-being regarded by
them as pariah. he acted toward
them like a pariah-a prudent parlah'
He fooled them with frank snow Oh
gentlemanliness, of honesty to his
own hurt: under that cover he fleeced
them well, but always judiciously.
That night, recall Joe's guests
we're several young fellows OF tine
fashionable set, rich mems sons ant
their parasites, a few of the big dowI
town operators who hadn't yet go
hipped on "respectability-th play
ing poker in private room-and
couple of flush-faced, fush.purse'
chaps from out of town, for whom on
of Joe's men was dealing faro iron
what looked to my experienced an
accurate eye like brace" box.
Joe. very elegant, too elegant i
fact, in evening dress, was showing
new piece of statuary to the oldes
son of Melville, of the National II
dustrial bank. Joe knew little SOM
thing about art-he was much llkc III
\ art dealers who, as matter Oh BUS
N ness. learn the difference betwce
Il good things and bad, but in the
\ hearts wonder and laugh at Peep
H willing to part with large sums
NJ money for little paint or marble
the like.
| AS soon as Joe thought he had sui
| ciently impressed young Melville
drifted him to n roulette table, lie
4 him there and Joined me.
Il Come to my Office" said he
4 want to see you"
4 He led the way down the richl
\ carpeted marble stairway as far as u
J landing at the turn. There, on a SO
of mczzanine, he had a gorgeous ilt'
suit. The principal object in the s
ting-rcom or Office was huge sa
g He closed and locked the outside do
behind us.
"Take seat" said he. You'll il
An the cigars in the second box on
-, desk-the long one" And he beg
m. turning the combination lock.
a haven't dropped in on us for the p;
ao three or four months" he went on.
we mo" said |, getting . great deal
ION pleasure out OF seeing again, and II
I'm intimately, his round. rudy race
,ar. like a yachtman's, not like dHnke
and his shlfty, laughing brown ey
,ro The game down town Inns gwen
49,, enough excitement. | haven't had
TO-. continue It up town to keep my hS
for in"
"I've noticed that you are gett
,os TOO swell to patronIZc us felioN
'.,,, said he. his shrewd smile sho"
that my polite excuse had not foe
him well, Matt, you're right
,Jo always did have good sound sense
steady eye for the main chuncc
80, rsed to think the wcmen'd ruin
p" they were so crazy about that NJ
.r,, some mug and figure OF yours.
when saw yoG ensw exactly "
nc to let 60, knew nothing could
YOU"
..v BY this time he had the safe o.
ans disclosing several compartments
a small. inside safe. He worked a
q, the second combination lock.
-n,s presently exposed the Interior oil
little safe. II was Alicd with g
on " roll of bills. He pr!ed this
- brought II over to the desk and of
as wrapping It up. 81 want you 10
this with you when you co. said
with oIve made several big h!iings Ia
nm. and I'm going to get ycr to inSsss
ITO be Conunusd.l