Evening star., 1907-11-16

'helr possession OF metains even more
NaiuahlS or women than beauty
III you have a gold brick or a line OF
green goods or something o that sort that
you desire 10 DISPOSE of at profit fetch
the same over here to the great Knowing
town. It's easy.
One afternoon last week two engaging
youths who needed the money-aua who
doesn't need 1t. in Moo Yawk-strolled into
the barroom of a Broadway hotel and
fell into pleasant conversation with the
barkeep. one of the most seasoned and
experienced mixers along the gay white
way They purchased a couple of times
and then they began to talk with each
other with reference t. the tricks which
the human ina agination plays.
Huh. look a-here. said one OF tho
engaging youths to the other. essayiug To
prove a contention. we only know what
were drinking because We II poured
out and know in advance what It is. We
imagine the rest. We imagine that were
critics of good wine or good liquor. I'll
bet you anything you like that II | blind
fold you you can't tell the difference by
last alone. between beer. gin. whisky.
brandy. or rum, no matter how often
you taste EN-. It's the same thing ex-
actly as a man not being able to enjoy
smoke In a dark room-same thing pre-
Ciseiy
Well, the other engaging youth couldn't
go quite so far as TO agree t. all that
I'd so tightly that he couldn't detect any
liquor wine or maltous stuff manu-
actured or distilled by Its taste alone.
And so ii arranged. A handker-
cisief was tightly bound around the Soc
ond disputant's eyes. and five glasses
containing, respectively, water, beer,
whisky. rum and gin, were placed on the
bar. The blindfolded youth stretched
forth his hand. got hold of the gin glass
slipped il, and said
Hun, that's rum, of course
OF course it isn't. and you lose" said
the other. merrily taking the bandags
from the others eyes
Well, that stuff makes me ache put
in the KIN Jwins barkeep then. I'm het
you fellers as far you want to go
that l can get hep to the name Of any
kind of booze that ever was made by the
tas.e OF 1t with ME head In a gunnysack'
You're on" said the youth VINO was
holding for tn decep;iveness Of the
human taste. So the wager was made,
and the barkeep-who happened to be
alone on watch, for II was not yet the
busy hour-was biindfolded.
Well take a choice said the two
youths together to this barkeep.
The barkeep stretched :orth his hand.
after the glasses had been juggled around.
and picked out the glass of whisky He
slipped 1t and smacked his lips.
Purity soft f'r me- he said. That's
whisky
However. there was<no reply from the
! pan Ol engaging young men.
5 pose I'm bad on that gag, chr said
the barkeep. Its whisky all right
amt it?'
Again no reply.
i guess you think you've got me foo
zled. but you haven't" went on the blind
folded baEkeep. Il guess l know old
redeye when [ get 1t in me face. We
| handled too much Of that wet junk not
to know it,
Some more silence
of
baby carriage for me to win piff1ing bet
like that" said the barkeep, removing
the handkerchief from his eyes and star
ing puzzledly about him.
There wasn't anybody in that hotel bar,
however. Moreover, "A little matter Of
$3.50 in bills securely wrapped around
with rubber bands, that had reposed a
Shelf back of the bar. was absent with
out leave. The baikeep, his apron nap
ping. raced into the garish light of Gay
and gaZed strainedly up and down Broad
way, but he saw only the usual knot Of
actors out of work. engaged in telling
each how great they were, and the GUS
tomary perpatetic rlstirg cho1us
women with the very high heels.
We'll, wot dye t'ink of me?' grcaned
that barkeep, slouching dismaily back to
bar. Me a-woikins along Main
street in this town since Levi =. Morton
weanling-wot dye t'ink o me-
Wherefore, in view OF all of which. IL
you possess gold brick or a line o. green
go DDS, etc, etc, this is the town for you.
IT. so easy that it's childish over here.
Two headquarters detectives of this
town are now source of mirth to their
little Mulberry street paymates Here
is why:
A little while back the pair of detec-
tives were sent out to gather into the fold
o. the pinched cheerful young man. a
follower OF the ponies, vino had hypothe-
- II ,f a l.
verwar5 and converted the usufruct unto
his own purposes. The youth had been
left in charge of his friends apartment
during the latter's absence from the city.
AS he required some ready money quite
badly what more natural than that he
should temporarily avail himself OF the
three value of the siiverware at
tached to the apartment of which he hap
pened to be in charge? The friend, upon
his return, however, was SO deficient in
imagination as to decline to see the mat
ter from this point o. view, and he
complained to headquarters.
AS they anticipated, the two head
quarters detectives found their imagina-
tive young man at the race track.
1T is v-ry annoying" said the young
man. Very I've got the softest kind
of a pipesky good thing for the fourth
race. and 1 intended to bet five hundred
bucks on it.
(which the same sure is one sad, sad
story.' said the pair of detectives. hu-
morously but firmly. Come on
Now. look a-hare. felleEs. said the
pinched young man, contid entially, cant
you two-say. you look like the right
kind to me-can't you two delay the sarv-
ing of this warrant until | take Il waIlup
at this pipesky in tie fourth race? It's
a moral It's that plug P0guessing, and
it, going to street in-Just street Ill. I've
got hyc hundred bones TO send along on
it, and it's both Of ylu TO be in Oh the
cut if you give me- tim. to play IL. See?
Straight out-and-out cut, with both or
you in. How about
This wouldn't have been any difficult
thing fer the headquarters m5n to 90, at
that. It's the sort Of thing that Is done
over here right along. But the dttec-
tives were a bit out OF sorts over some
thing or other. So, d spite the earnest
pleadings of their prisoner. they wouldn't
see it. They brought lin to town from
the track and lie - X d up.
And Progressing, tna good thing, won
a-streeiing." with $50 10 ! against his
little old pluggish cEAnc'. and =, % got on
at 100 TO well well, there ar pads and
pencils in Washington.
That's why these two headquarters de-
tectives walking around tpwn with
that wistful. dazed expression which
evokes great and protracted outbursts OF
joy from their fellow nls.4uelstS at
headquarters who arr in on The story.
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.