Western Kansas world., 1909-04-24

.Si2n143D OF juvenile roles IN the
lire drama enacted by the members
of the club.
But, old man, I've Just to sell the
professor a package, and there's moth
ing that would be so easy He's bugs
on the races. I've met him and got his
confidence, and he doesn't know that
I've got it in for him SO hard that I'm
going to make him take the high
jump"
But why have you got to resort to
the old wire game to land him?" ques-
toned Floyd And you haven't told
me what gave you your crouch against
him. Tell me about it"
We'll. if you only knew him, you
wouldn't need to ask why anyone
wouldn't want to hand him package"
replied Danny.
Could Herr Oberman, teacher of
vocal music, by any occult power have
overheard and comprehended the con-
versation that was going on between
Danny Roberts and Doc Floyd he would
have locked his questionably acquired
fortune in the strong box of some safe
deposit company and thrown the key
away. Herr Oberman, graduate from
the ranks of rathskeller musicians, had
opened what he was pleased to term a
conservatory of music in Michigan
avenue building habited by others of
his kind. There, in a period of a few
short years, he had waxed fat in purse
and person, Turing into his net, by at
tractive advertisements, young women
with ambitions to outshine the Melbas
and Mary Gardens of grand opera To
all of these he promised great things,
but no prima donna ever had gradu-
ated from the school of Oberman He
was only one of many who preyed on
the vanity of women who believed
themselves possessed of divine voices.
1t was a smiling, cheerful Danny
Roberts that greeted the professor in
the dingy pool room the day after his
conversation with Doc Floyd
so another good dip, we have" was
the gleeful remark of Herr Professor
when he had read the message which
advised a good bet on Cheese Cake.
'Ve'l make dose bedroom feliers sick.
eh?"
That's it" replied Danny. 1--WE al
ready got my bet down You'd better
hurry up before they cut the price.
Ill see you later. I've got to get down
the street to meet party"
Danny did not wait to see the frantic
look and hear the swear words in Ger
man which were emitted by the pro-
lessor when Cheese Cake failed to be
heard from in the race. He hadn't lost
cent of his own money, but had faxed
a telegram for the express purpose of
having Oberman lose
The next day Oberman was waiting
anx1ously in the pool room when Dan
ny appeared. Before the excited Ger
man could start to tell of his hard luck
and how he had lost a whole hundred
dollars, Danny produced another tele-
gram explaining that Cheese Cake had
been kicked and crippled at the post.
which accounted for his poor race The
second message also advised that
Danny get down good on Rarebit. This
time Danny waited with Oberman to
hear the running of the race called off
as its description was ticked out over
the telegraph instrument
They're off, Rarebit in the lead
Handy Bill second; the others
punched" and Danny shivered at the
announcer's words, for he had not ex-
pected Rarebit to he heard from any
more than Cheese Cake had on the pre-.
vfous day.
sCashbox wins." and Danny gave a
sigh of relief which Oberman took tn
be one of pain accompanying his own
moan of anguish. Dandy Boy sec
ond," continued the announcer. Mar
cissus is third
Now what do you think of that for
hard luck2" was the mock moan of
Danny to the professor. There we
were leading all the way and then our
horse drops out of sight I'm going to
quit this game. It's impossible to beat
even with what is supposed to be the
very best of Information"
Professor was too grieved to listen
to Danny. He had troubles of his own
1t was a cheaper drink than wine the
two took when they adjourned to the
bar room under the pool room AS they
took their drink Danny once more said
that he was going to quit trying to beat
the pool room until he found surer
way of beating it. He limited mysteri-
0usly that he had some such way in
mind and told Herr Oberman mas
much as he had caused him to lose by
allowing him to bet on his tips he
might be able to let him in on a good
thing where they could do better than
get even in a day or two As he said
good-by Danny told the professor not
to do any more betting until he had
heard from him. which might be on
the morrow
Herr Oberman was just bowing his
last pupil of the day out of the Ober-
man school of vocal culture 1t was