The sun., 1908-01-26

lau9h0d. IAax0 I've cone al tho WMy
over hsrS 10 mako that twenty dollar gas
deposit and haven't got as much a. q
dollar with me-
Z" 4 remember now that gave my wife
what l had this morning to buy q hAb.
Blamed annoying. It's bad enough 70 be
lied up with the FickerbOcker Trust ths
way I am and bothsred to death most Of
tho time to rat hold Of few paltry dollars.
but the idsa Of q fellow finding himsek
shy miserable twenty dollaES to pay q
gAs dspositi -'."
'HA. hal D,uned II It lun't humoroun.
when you come 70 think oG itl Ha. hAl'
you wouIant expect mo 70 allow a man
Of my acquaintance to 60 90 the lnoon-
vsnisnce Of hustllng away downtown 10
obtain 20 triAiing q matter az 90 and then
coming away back 10 Harlem 20 mako his
ga deposit, would your So let him have
the money .
then he asked me to send phctosrupA
Of myself 20 his Oftlco for publication b
his Who's What book. He told mo than
folks that paid only 500 for Q wrttSup
In the book didn't usually have tholr pio-
buros pubEshed-Ie took $3.50. he said. %
have q portrait 60 with the wTiteup-bue
I'd been such q blamed decent. helpfm
fellow-and all that. Pleasant Of him b
put Il that way. wasn't ltP
Then q few days before thaS ] bad
another experience with an unfortunate
who told mo he was all tied up with tha
Flickerbooker Trust.
Il didn't know this man very well Hs
has an ONCE IN the same building with mo-
on the same floor. In fact--and we'd occa-
tionaIly nod when We met In the ball or b
the elevators.
His business is something that I don't
know much about. But I believe Il haa
something 10 do with the dissemination Of
secret information with respect TO the ocr-
ciition Of racehorses. OF course I am
entirely ignorant Of such matters. But this
man IL q big, bluff, hearty Individual. with
frank face that one really couldn't heip
liking.
well, he rushed into my onace on thia
day that ! speak OF and showed mo tele-
gram bearing New Orleans date Really.
Il was the most remarkable telegram I
ever saw. III go further than that and say
that Il was quite unintelligible 70 me.
1T was 20 striking In It's phraseology THAI
I made a mental note OF 1t. It read this
way: II you don't sock IN at least a century
on Ksator you belong to the nut colony
-Now, on the first reading I honestly
thought that that message was In soma
sort Of code. I Couldn't make head or
tail Of It. Most puzzling bit OF q yellow
document that ! ever saw In my life. So I
requested my acquaintance OF the halls
and the elevators TO translate Il Tor ma.
But his way Of translAting II Was really
almost as difficult as the message ltself.
s'Why,' he said-I repeat his words ~
= kaNN a-.hr
I remember them fairly we'll, for his phrases
wers 90 remarkably assembled. 90 to speak
why, this checker down In RAinville-
pear-the-G GulS-New Orleans, I mean-has
got the inside junk that Keator Ia the gum
drop. heard myself some time ago that
it was going to be the hottest frankfurter Of
tho meeting. And he says that Il I don't
smudre In az least O hundred men on the
pipesIy ought 70 be pointed to the BOBBY
hatch, understandr
We'll, OF oourso had 10 ten him that
didn't understand at all. Then he finally
made it clear to me that he was being ad-
vised In the telegram 10 bet at least 500
that Keator would win running race at
the New Orleans raoetrack and TINT hiA
adviser considered that II he did not wager
that sum IL would be an indication that hts
mind was more or lees affected.
Il could not follow that latter part Of IL
OF course, but at least the message was
finally made lntslligible Co me.
S'NOw that blamed telegram remarked
nv visitor--I think told you that he has
an exceedingly frank face-'puts me In all
kinds Of a pickle. Ordinarily q hundred
bone bet would be Just like playing craclEa-
loo for pennies for me. but since got all
tied I'D with the Fliokerbocker Trust. why.
I've had no more chance to soak the hand
boo<ies in my usual way than q snow
bird.
-'And here's a skinch that has got 20
break its neck and fall down nine times
to lose, and the pricell be at least 10 to 4,
and Just because the Fliokerbocker Trust
has got me. why, I'm forced TO cit down
and let the hottest thing Of the meeting
grease away from me. ..r~
-'If the message had come tomorrow.
when III have a couple Of thousand that q
fellow is coming from Chicago 10 pay me.
it would be different-Id shove In at least
a thousand on the pipe. But to-day.
why
-And then he strobe UP and down my
Office, biting his nails and looking terribly
distressed for 80 rugged seeming a man.
We'll. now, / trust you thoroughly under
stand before continue that decidedly do
not approve of gambling on horseraces-
It's a thing that never did in my lie, and I
trust that / never will do 1t. I think that
horserace betting is perverive OF ths
best
However. it doesn't matter what think.
I merely wish you to understand that I do
not counteDance that sort of thing. But
this rough and ready gentleman seemed
to be so profoundly moved over the cir
cumstancs that being tied 1p with ths
FIickerbocker Trust he was debaTred from
making a profitable wager-and It's none
Of my affair what other men do In the
gambling line. you know-that couldn't
feel other than sorry for him.
Il told him freely and frankly that horse
race gambling was a thing that was entirely
out a my line. but that | didn't pretend
To be a censor Of other mems morals. and
that II he felt like accepting the loan Of the
re. .Iuired hundred dollars from me until the
following day. when his money was 20
arrive from Chicago. why, would
You're an ace. that's what you are.
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