Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-29
AS TO
SUCKERS

lou look as III you were up against
it again." remarked the proprietor of
the alI-night lunch room to the raw
eled young man who had ordered a
stack of browns.
You're a good guesser," said the
young man, flooding his cakes from
the strip pitcher for the second time.
About once in 1000 years you call
the turn on me-"
Whats the trouble?" asked the
lunch room proprietor. Amt the suck
ers bitin' no mOre?'
There amt no suckers no more"
replied the raveled young man.
They've got wise. Tyke Furney got a
Jay on the string a week ago and roll
ed him for his wad-had him doped
good an proper, too. It took him all
the night, but he done it, an wotcher
think? He didn't get nothin but a
dollar watch an 20 cents worth o.
chicken feed FIR all his work. Voucher
think o. that?"
"Tyke's works gettin' coarse" said
the lunch room proprietor. He didn't
ulster bag no packages o SOAP"
''It wasn't no soap package said
the young man. 'The jay had the
dough right on him. Tyke don't do no
coarse work. bet if he'd asked him
where he'd got it hid the guy would
have told him, but TEke didn't think
it was ness'ry. He got him in Dugan's
back room so dopy Dugan thought he'd
croaked him an went through him
with a fine tooth comb They ripped
up the seam in his vest an the linin'
in his cap an they took the insoles
out of his shoes, an then they didn't
git nothin They f1n'ly give it up an
threw him out in the alley and some
body come along an took him to the
station. Then it came out where he'd
got his wheat dividends, 1t was in
5000 bills pasted on his vest back
with a porous plasted. That fat cop
Peterson told Tyke about it an give
him the laugh. Voucher goin' to do
when they're gittiR as foxy as that?
You'd have had to take the hide off
of that guy to get at them bills.
Wouldn't that jar you?"
Skin game" commented the lunch
room proprietor.
"Sure thing. No, there amt no
suckers left They've got so they
know as much as you an me do"
"You can leave me out said the
lunch room proprietor. 81 don't make
my customers show stifkitS o. good
character before they git their beans,
but | amt couplin up with all of EN-,
either. l don't pretend to be as fossy
as you an Tyke."
Sure" agreed the raveled young
man. you've got pin feathers through
your shoulder blades. l run on to a
good thing with a red neck couple
o. days ago, though. Spotted him CON-
in out o. the Rock Island an sold him
a three-quarter carat diamond ring I'd
just picked up in the street for SIS. |
wasn't goin' to tap him for more'n a
dollar or two at first, but it come so
easy raised it. Course | might of ad-
vertised that ring an got $25 reward
for returnin' it, but l didn't have the
time to do it,"
you Oughtn't to be broke, then"
Sdlu IuG IuIlCI IOOlu ptOplAOCOI.
Il know it, agreed the customer. Il
wouldn't have been, either, if | hadn't
floated into Dutch Henry's last night.
He's got a great game runnin' there,
but if he amt got to dealin' from a
phonS box them cards cert'nly did
come out like he had. / never did have
no luck in that joint. I've gone ag'in
that box o Henry's 20 times, an
amt made a win yet"
"Henry's doin' we'll since he last
opened up, amt he?"
He's cleanin' up plenty, but it don't
do him no good"
Whats the reason?"
''He takes it all down to that buck
ct shop over on the corner. He's a
smooth guy, Henry is, but he likes to
look at them chalk marks on the board
too we'll That amt an easy game to
beat, an don't yc1 never think it is.
If you do, Henry car tell you diff
rent"
The proprietor of the all-nig>S lunch
room smiled. L thought you sid
there is no suckers no more" he re-
marked. Il wonder what kind Of gold
bricks the guy that runs that bucket
chOYN bI1vc 2"