Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-07-05
AS TO
SUCKERS

sYou look as IL yon were up against
it again. remarked the proprietor Of
the ail-night lunch room 70 the raw
eled young man who had ordered
stacs og browns,
You're i good gaesser, said the
ynung man. flooding bis cakes from
the sirnr pitcher for the second time.
About cnce Ia l.000 years YOU call
the s0In on me
What's the troahIes" asked the
luuch room proprietor. Amt the suck
ers h.tia nu more -
Their asu't 10 suckers no more
refItCl the raveied young man
The, sve got wise Tyke Furney rot
IN on ths string a week ago and roll.
Ia hlrl for his wad--had him doped
gooa aa lsroper. too. 1t took him All
the night. bat he done Il. an woscher
hlaA. He didn't get nothin' but .
duller watch an 10 cents worth o
chicken feed f.r All his work. Wotcher
th.us 4 that?''
"Tyke-s works gettin' coarse" said
,he luneh room proprietor. He didn't
ulster bag no packages q soap"
III 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 II he'd asked him
there he'd got il hid the guy would
| have told him. but Tyke didn't think
/ il was uess'ry. He got him in Dngan's
back room 10 dopy Dugan thought he'd
eYoaktd him an went through him
with fine tooth comb, They ripped
up the seam In his vest an the iinin'
| III his cap an they took the .insoles
out ~ his shoes, an then they didn't
git nothin' They fln'ly give II up an
threw him out In the alley and some
body come along an took him - the
station Then II came out where he'd
got hts wheat dividends. II was In
5000 bills pasted ON his vest back
with d pcrous plastad. That fat cop
Peterson told Tyke about II an give
him the laugh. Wotcher goin' to do
when they're gittin' ~ foxy as thatg
You'd have had to take the hide on
OF that guy 20 get at them bills.
Wouldn't that jar your"
skin game. commented the lunch
room proprietor.
Sure thing. No, there ain't no
/, suckers lett They've got so they
, know as much as you an me do"
~You can leave me out said the
lunch room proprietor. II don't make
| my customers show stifkits o god
character before they git their beans,
but amt couplln up with al Of EN-.
, either. | don't pretend 70 be as hossy
!, as You an Tyke,"
sure, agreed the raveled younR
!. man. You've got pin feathers through
your shoulder blades. ! run on 70
good thing with a red neck couple
d days ago, though Spotted him com
in out d the Rock Island an sold hin
= threequarter carat diamond ring II
r Just picked up In the street for SID
!. wasn't goin' TO tap him for more'n |
i dollar or two at FIRST but II come 81
5 | easy raised II. Course | might of ad
h yertised that ring an. got SIS fewars
!. for returnin' H. hut didn't have tn
. time to do IT,
: ~You oughtn't TO be broke, then.
4. said the lunch room proprietor
il 4 know II, agreed the customer :
m W0Hi0HI nave DNFni 0tAHFfs - As9A
), floated into Dutch Henry's last nigh
He's got great game rnnnin there
q but II he ain,t got 10 dealin' from
: phony box them cards eertsnly Ill
- come ont like he had. never did hav
II no luck IN that Joint. I've gone aEf
:. that box o. Henry.s 20 times. an
= Amt made a win yet.
n .Henry's dom well since he ias
= opened un, Amt he7"
" Hes eleanin' up plenty, but II don
~ do him no good.
!. What's the reason
: lie takes 1t all down TO that hucl
IL al shop over on the corner. He's
Re smooth guy. Henry Is, but he likes
look nj them chalk marks on the boar
TOO well. That ain't an easy game
heat an don't you never think Il
It's II you do. Henry can tell you DIFF
III rent
m. The proprietor Of the all.night lnne
nd room smiled. I thought you So
er there is no suckers no more he :
III marked. Il wonder what kind Of 60
~. bricks the guy that runs that buck
10 shop buys
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