The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18

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 Worked for Mir Cary in Frankfort, dlo you? Then you savvy a gentleman saii- bling house, and what you'll nave 'o oo here Did he have buffetF
 White. of Black & Whites Thirty-sixtn street establishment, at which our pest people take a whirl with chance tieeo sultry nights, observed his new man cui, ously. Uncle George was dlgnlneo, CT derly negro and he returned Wmte iooh calmly.
 "Yassah." said he, "Ah reckons An un- derstan' nah duties. Mist Cay he run a bah'r downstairs, but he didn't sefNe no free lickah like they do heah Trade ain that, soht, sah. They des arlhh whisky, an it's all on ohdah. :,
 Well, I aint servin the grape to aii corners as I did once," remarked White; ..had to cut down a lot You'll like It here. Uncle George, I guess. Plenty ol tips and you'll pick up my ways quick How old are you?"
 "I,emme see. sah," Uncle George be- came reflective. Well, Mist White, And oughter to bote de age of Genal freo Grant An fit foh de Moth when ne De, gin his fightin, when his pappy bossed de wah. An ain what An call youi5 ho mo -
 But pretty spry yet, eh?' "Ah kin step bote right lively sald Uncle George complacently, ''yessah
 Uncle George began his work as door keeper that evening" In the intervals pc tween rings he brought drinks to the poker players in the back room, and when they desired nothing he occupied an arm chair within call of all parts of the house. Customers arriving from the soutn | and southwest dropped in to play bank at Black & Whites, and, recognizlns Uncle George, saluted him joyously. "He brings business" said White. laughingly. Knows every gambler that ever lit on Kentucky soil, it seems | A fellow from Nashville dropped in last week and told me that George has got | plenty of money cached somewhere. Black, being interested, asked Uncle 1 George about his private fortune.
 "oh. An ain't got muffin much, sah, | said he "Des bote 'nough to bury or
 Inc Gawge an give his grandchildren
 some schooin'. Taint what yo' alfd
 call no money"
 Well don't start p1ayin' 1t in, ad- vised White 'I notice you're hansih
 around the wheel whenever you get D
 chance You'll be bettin' your salary
 next, like the rest :,
 "Ah got ovah gamblin', Mist White,
 smiled Uncle George. "Gittin' too oP 1 foh such foolishness. An take snooze
 when it's dull roun' yere.' "Snooze? That's all he does,' com l nlained the fat faro dealer from Spo- | kane. "Why, I've hollered my lungs
 almost out dozen times tryin to teh
 him to get me pint of water, and
 never a move out of Uncle. Sleeps like | the dead"
 White thought that Uncle George
 was "stalling." Black joked their ageo 1 servitor about his fondness for sleep. J,.axx ci Q a
 again, he chided. "I'll have to charge
 YOU room rent next, sure, if you don't
 stay awake, old sport"
 ..we,ll be raided some fine night, and | they'll get George" chuckled the Spo- Lana dealer. Honest, if you don't keep awake I'll throw rock down on you one
 of these nights
 | "Mist, lawn" said the rebuked George, "Ah des sarta trapped off foh mebbe minute. No mo. Ahm on nah job,
 ge'mun Bell don nevah ring but what yo' all yeah Unc Gawdge a'dunnip' wi all his might"
 ..I think you're a fourhusher,'' said
 Black. You hear 'em but you're rich
 and lazy and won't hustle any more. Wealth has affected you" "No. no-no taint," protested George.
 "Ah'm on nah job. Des yo watch me-
 It was July, hot damp, and enervatng.
 Patrons were away, and those who re- mained in town felt too sticky and un- nleasant for bout with luck. Black had gone to Saratoga to open their "club' there White stayed to manage the New
 York house.
 Uncle George ceased to pretend that he had urgent reason to retire into the shad- ows at the rear of the hall, and instead slept openly in a chair beside the hat rack To rouse him one must poke at him with determined hand. Then Uncle George arose, gaped wearily, and piod- ded off to execute his errands.
 The fat dealer had little to do lie
 spent most of his shift in dealing for
 his sportive confreres, who finding no pleasure in gossiping in the empty poker room adventured upstairs and played faro or roulette.
 Black went forth upon Broadway to the restaurants and hotels, and by Judicious purchasing of food and wine for specula- lively inclined souls. succeeded Tn bring ing some business to the house. At midnight of a Friday, only three or four habitues were present. The Tat deal CT was thirsty, so he leaned over the star rail and shouted loudly:
 George! O-oh, George, bring me quart of mineral and long glass; Uncle George did not respond 70 the