The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-01-29

: HosO He Happened
3 TO Get Rich.

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ilS ah III VIM lhaI ploWs noDouy any
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p'lieu uo"H 'he""S you cant leli uh'
TESS you Del
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hshl Win an ihalan diuht KIN"
'hat, tnoueh ! "oula huheF from hoI
seelhs "lniaef"uS eiol''es oh mat sue,
ihcohFeilehceS resulting III VI
Instances ana lttie thl'sa IKE lIa''
inc circumstance "ouia ieau 10 fortune
WIN HS e"hSe4u'n' eoiu'oii'' mug
pehaehce ana eeooh IRON worry
frisco was looming up III lhoSe o"SS'
ana iots OF the attendants OF our gu
perlor "clVhlzalloh' Sueh az W
wines, poisonous patent ihedlcloes
Il such hKe' were Doing drought
around the iiorh ana uulipeu Oh 'he
necticut Yankee TOOK out a iot OF ar"
tihcial llinbs' teeth ana grass eyes
AS soon as ga" one Oh those eyes
In q shop II II struck me as u
means OF restoring my departed goon
looks, Tor, though l was red headed
and freckled, the girls all SAID nat De-
o r my Disagreement could rake
'em every time with the FEELING /
would throw Into my blue orbs. you
see, after the loss OF one OF EN- mao
to concentrate all the expression lhto
the other, which only half did the Dusl'
ness. ! went In, and the Teller spent
half an hour hunting Tor an eye TO
match the n In my head, hnally De-
Ing obliged to give me one OF a rev
shades lighter blue than the other--in
fact, 1t was rather q steel gray. when
! got away from the shop and looked
at It In a mirror 1t struck me that the
devil was looking through 1t. 1t was
the coolest FLOODED thing you ever
saw. 80 long as ! wore 1t never
ran the risk Of losing the other one,
for oil | had to do was to cover a mar
with 1t to wilt him. ! kept 1t Tor my
enemies and my real eye for the girls.
"The accession Of the Chinese devel-
oped the spirit Of gambling among us.
at the same time diminishing u
funds. There was a gradual passing
Of our dust into the clothes Of these
yarmlnts. In fact. 1t got so bad that
| determined something had to be
done. had a plan, but no money to
start n game with. But when ] stated
the case to two or three more prosper
Gus friends they agreed to put up for
me and give me oil the winnings II ]
succeeded, they to stand all loss up to
$1,000. What they wanted was to let
the copper colored thieves know that
they couldn't always win.
"a Cbinaman named Ting Ling had
won a lot Of money from our crowd,
and I invited him to have q small
game with me. Before we sat down
Tut a patch over my glass eye. |
Wnnlpu 10 EtuuCt MN WIN tDt uth -
emily blue OF my natural one into n real
noble game. | proposed to let him win
for awhile, but that wasn't necessary.
1t was Just as easy for him to hold
him 20 on, betting light. till he had got
half my pile. Then | got up between
deals to find a match for lighting a
cigar and before | returned to the ia
the boys called It, and laid It on n ia
BILE on Ting L!ng's right. letting down
the patch over the empty socket In my
head the same as before.
ut was n half hour before the rascal
turned and saw It. At first | was
Afraid | had scared him OFF. | called
his attention back to the cards by max
Ing a bigger bet than usual. but not
for long. He kept looking sideways at
the eye. and. as | had placed 1t Just far
enough behind him to look into his
hand. | saw him holding his cards In
n position to escape It's glance. For
awhile he kept on with his rascality.
being very careful that the eye should
not get n glimpse of his hands. but he
ut last got ratified and stopped cheat.
Ing entirely. Every time he looked to
his right there was that cye. with its
devils expression, staring at him and
doubtless noting his every movement.
"The oftencr he looked at 1t the more
he got ratified. When saw that the
proper time had come, ! did n little
slight Of hand myself and held some
fine combinations. Ting Ling was hard
to draw in, and | didn't win much
money, but somehow he took It into
his head that us Melicans had got on
to the Chinese delicate methods, and
after that game there was no more