Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24


money.
I s'pose if l was wise I'd scratched Snick off my
list long ago; but KNOWN him is one OF the lux
uries I've kept up. You know how it is with them
old time friends you've kind of outgrown but hate
to chuck in the discards when they work their
touch regular as rent bills
But Snick and me played on the same block when =
we was kids, and there time when l looked
for Snick to be boostn me- stead OF me boostln
him He's of the near-srnarts that you re
always expectin' to make record, but that never
does Bright lookin boy neat dresser, and all
that, but stickin to one thing long enough to
make good. You've seen EN-.
Hello, SnickT says /, as he levels the single
barrel on me- Il see you We pulled down the shade
again What's happened to that memorial window
of yours this timer"
Same old thing" says he. Its in at Simpsons
for five and bookie's got the five.
And now you want to negotiate second mort
gage eh?" says l.
That was the case He tells his newest job
IS handln the Josh horn the front end of one OF
these Rube wagons and just because the folks from
Keokuk and Painted Post said that lookn at the
patch took their minds off seem the skyscrapers
the boss told him he have to chuck It or get the run
either" says Snick "Hows that tor the granite
heart?" ,
saws l. and generally they could be traced to your
backin three ngs, or gettin an inside tip on some
beanery skate.
That's right" says he, but never again. I've
quit the sportin life for good Just the same, If
don't show up on the wagon for the leven O'Clock
trip I'll be turned loose. If you don't believe it
Shorty, I'll"
All, don't go calm any notary publics," says
Here's the V to take up that ticket. But say
Snick; how many times do l have to buy out thai
eye before get equity in it
It's yours now; honest. it is, says he.
you say So I'll write out bill of sale"
No" says l, your word goes. Do you
pass it?"
He said he did.
Thanks" says I. Il always have thought
that was fine eye, and I'm proud to own it.
So long Snlck.
There's one good thing about Snick Buffers:
after he's made his touch he knows enough to
fade; don't hang round and rub it in give you
chance to wish you hadn't been so easy. It's
touch and 60 with him, and before Id got out
the last of my remarks he on his way.
1t want more'n half josh, though, that was
givin' him about that phony pane of his. 1t was
work of art, one of the bright blue kind. AS "a
as far as you see it, they're so set and starry.
But Snick got his when he was young and, ben
a cute kid, he had learned how to use it so well
that most folks never knew the difference. He
could do about everything but with it.
First off he'd trained it to keep pace with the
other, movin 'em together like they nat
ural; but whenever he wanted to he could make
the glass one stand still and let the other
around He always did that Friday after
grammar school. And it was no trick at all for
him to look wall eyed one minute, cross eyed the
next, and then straighten EN- out with jerk of
his head. Maybe if it hadn't been for that eye of
Snicks I'd have got further the eighth grade.
His star performance though, was when he did
a ugglin act, keepn three potatoes in the air.
He'd follow the murphies with his good eye and