The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-05-17
Morning-The Cid Gentleman WI CO
Fishing Next Week and Tell
Us the Result Of HIS
Trip.

leave our friends. Colonel. YOU are
looking well this morning, am Judg
ing by your appear lnce YOU must be
feeling fine"
Il am feeling fine. don't believe
that | ever felt better in my life. lhiS
weather is enough to make an old
man feel young again. But YOU are
not an old man. judging from looks.
and it is said that a man is generally
as old as he looks
The above conversation took place
in the front Office of the COl'uvl yes
terday morning. The old man was
sitting at his desk with an American
beauty rosebudin the lapel of hls
coat. aud instead OF wearing his
usual black tie wore a dark green one,
which made the diamond pin show
w. to better advantage than the black
tie did.
The colonel, in talking sa.I' Il
see that YOU note the change OF my
tie Well my wife thouolt that Il
would be good idea to anange the
color Tor a few days, and to please
her did. DO you know tina: am
opposed to betting any mu:a, ana
especially TO betting on the results o.
primary elections or on any lilg
else"
why, what is wrong about bet
ting?'
1t is wrong to bet, and am no. a
man that usually bets eXceD, ia iun "
why, have you been betti1s and
lost wager"
Young man, you have hit lie mari
the first time. Yes, | plead guilty 10
the offense. Three weeks ago a pri.
mary election was held in Texas "
ele { delegates TO the national demo.
cratic convention, and to test senator
bailey's strength. lived in Texas "a
number OF years, and am a great ad.
mirer OF Senator Bailey. Dur1s Ine
campaign that was closed but snort
time ago, | visited Texas, and tn gh,
that Bailey would win by a heavy
/ majority and bet on it and lost. My
/ losing on the election reminds me OF
| what my father used to tell my young
er brother during the latter part OF
his life. Father used to say, Son,
among the three most uncertain
/ things that | know in this world are
the result of u primary election,
whom woman is going TO mary. and
/ the verdict OF a petit jury That
truth was impressed upon my mind
this month"
Colonel, how much did you lose?"
MY boy, | lost two hats and a dol,
ar. The hats were Stetson hats and
good ones. Everybody was talking
about how big majority Bailey
would roll up, and the most of his
supporters thought that the majority
would run as high as 100000. | was
certain Bailey would win by about al
least $4,000 aud bet that he would
and a. a result lost my bet The ma
iority at first looked big, but later OF
when al of the returns came in i
was lesseued considerably to abou
1000 | think it is wrong 10 do an!
kind of betting because all an,t.ng Il
gambling
Colonel, if you had won, would yol
be holding the same opinion that yol
hold at present?"
Il think your question is littl
hard to put to me. don't know as
would"
Colonel you remember wha
Shakespeare said:
mo thief e'er felt the haltec drn,
With good opinion Of the law
Does not that fit your case u a cel
tain eXtent?'
Il believe il does. | have learne
a lesson even in my middle age tina
| will not forget, and will l2t LCttir
on elections alone hereatt'r on
thing that the people should guar
against during the coming preside.
tial election, and that Is freak oc,
These freak bets are ludicrous an
create fun, but the wrong has bee
done just the same. rememb'
once, when two men wagered a b,
that II a certain men was elected Il
one would shave half OF his head
hair OFF, and the other one was
4 roll peanut on every street in Il
town. The peanut man had to fulf