The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-07-26
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aiu't safe. Put 1t In sbe bank aud
send me "a check
"Not on your life" replied Hoaley
with laugh "Thr suckers we
trimmed gave checks. and turned
'em into cash as soon us the banks
opened. wasn't an, too spr,. either
Two of the damned snoaks consulted
lawyers as soon as they suboroi on
and tried tp stop payment ON their
checks They're threatening proceed
ings You must take the dough away
with you. and don't want receipt
Trimming suckers. oh7" said {. mot
able To decide what to do.
Their fathers stole 10 from the pub.
lie" he explained "Thoy rD drunken
little suobs. not nt To have money
I'm doing q public service by relieving
them Of It, n I'd got more. I'D feel
that much morc'-hc vented his light
cool sarcastic laugh more pltu.
ouc."
% cant take &c." said I feeling that.
in my present condition. to take d
would be- very near TO botrayiug the
confidence " my old friend
They lost Il In a straight game.
he fastened 10 assure me. u haven't
had brace box or crooked wheel Tor
four years This with a sober face
aud twinkle In his eye. "liut even
~ / had helped chance 10 do the good
work Of teaching them 20 take care
OF their money, you'd not refuse me
Up town and down town. and ull over
the place. what's business. when YOU
come 10 look at II scnsibly. but trad.
Ing stolen goods? DO YOU know man
who could honestly earn more than
ten or twenty thousand a year good
clean money by good clean work.
oh. for that matter your moneys
as clean as anybodys." said I. "But
you know I'm a Spectator. Joe. I
have my downs-and this happens TO
be- a stormy time FOR me lf take
your money. ! maynt bo able TO aC.
count for II or oven TO pas dividends
ON Il for-maybe year or so"
TITS all right. old man. IN never
give Il a thought tlll you romind me
Of H. Use 81 as you'd use your own.
I've got to put Il behind somebody's
luck-why not yours?"
lie finished doing up the package.
then he seated himself and We both
looked at Il through the smoke Qt our
cigars
ITS Just as easy to deal In big sums
as In little, In large matters a. In
small. isn't II. Joe" said I. once one
gets In the way Of ~"
DO YOU romomber-awny back
therc-the morning. he asked mus
ingly the last morning-you aud /
got up from the straw Ia the stables
over at Jerome Park-thc stables
they let us sleep in?"
And went out In the dawn 10 roust
on the rails and spy on the speed
trials Of old Royoll's horsesY
Exactly" said Joe. and We looked
az each other aud laughed we Ia
rags gosh, how chilly d was that
morning! DO you remember what We
talked about?"
NO said I, though I did
81 was proposing to turn a crook ed
trlck-and you wouldn't have o. You
persuaded me 10 keep straight. Matt
I've never forgotten a. You kept me
straight-showcd me what fool q
man was TO load himself down with q
petty larceny record You made d
man OF me, Matt And then those good
looks Of yours caught the eye OF that
bookmaker's girl and ne gave you d
Job az writing sheet and you worked
me In with YOU"
So long ago II seemed. yet near and
real, too, AS ! sat there conscious ol
every soundsand motion. even OF the
fantastic shapes taken by our up
curling smoke How far | was from
the rail bird Of those happy.go
lucky years. when meal meant quit,
as much to me as does a million nov
how far from AN that. yet how near
too, For was ! not sim facing ~,
with the same careless courage. for
getting each yesterday IN the GEgel
excitement OF each new day wits IA
new deal? We went ON In our rrnin
iscences for a WHILE then, az Joa hat
a little work 10 do ! drifted out into
the house, took bite OF supper viii
young Melville had little go az N,
tiger, and toward five In the cleal
June morning emerged into the broa,
day OF the streets, with the precloul
bundle under my arms and a 1--WE hun
dred dollar bin In my wAistcoa
pocket,
Give my win 10 me In a singl,
DILL" | said 10 the banker and blow
yourself on with the change
Joe walked down the street viii
me-for companionship and littl,
air before turning In, he said, but
imagine a desire 10 keep his eye OF
his treasure while longer had some
thing TO do with his taking that early
morning stroll We passed several %
those forlorn figures that hurrl
through the slowly-awakoniug streets
TO bed or TO work Finally, Their
came by an old. old woman-a scrub
woman, guess. on her way HON,
from cleaning some office building
Beside her was a thin little boy hop
ping along on a crutch ! stoppet
them.