The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-26
Hots, He Happened /;
10 Get Rich. |


when telling stories OF the early days
of the Golden State. In fact, bless
ings usually come IN disguise. Anoth-
err adage akin to II is, II is the unex-
pected that happens, and stlll another,
It's an III wind that blows nobody any
good This group OF sayings when
boiled down means you can't tell I'M
less YOU bet.'
when lost one OF my eyes In a
fight with an Indian / didn't know
that, though ] would suffcr from not
seeing murderous enemies on that side.
Inconvenience resulting IN judging OF
distances and little things like that,
the circumstance would lead TO fortune,
with its consequent comforts, indie
pendence and freedom from worry.
Frisco was looming up in those days,
and lots OF the attendants Of our SUI
perior civilization, such as logwood
wines, poisonous patent medicines
and such like, were being brought
around the Horn and dumped on the
settlers. Among other things, a Con-
necticut Yankee took out a lot OF ar
tihclal limbs, teeth and glass eyes.
'As soon as saw one Of those eyes
in shop window II struck me AS a
means OF restoring my departed good
looks, for, though / was red headed
and freckled. the girls all said that be-
fore my disagreement / could rake
'em every time with the feeling
would throw into my blue orbs. You
see, after the loss Of one Of 'em 1 had
TO concentrate all the expression into
The other, which only half did the bust
ness. ! went In, and the Teller spent
half an hour hunting for an eye, to
match the one IN my head, finally be
ing obliged 70 give me one OF few
shades lighter blue than the other--in
fact. II was rather a steel gray. When
got away from the shop and looked
at Il in a mirror 1t struck me that the
devil was looking through II. IL was
the coolest blooded thing you ever
saw. So long as / wore 1t ! never
ran the risk Of losing the other one.
for all had 10 do was to cover a man
with 1t to wilt him. kept It for my
enemies and my real eye for the girls,
.sThe accession Of the Chinese deyel-
oped the spirit Of gambling among us,
at the same time diminishing our
funds. There was a gradual passing
of our dust into the clothes Of these
yarmints. In fact, II got SO bad that
determined something had 70 be
done. l had a plan, but no money to
start a 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 all the winnings Il
succeeded, they to stand all loss up to
81 600. What they wanted was TO let
tho copper colored thieves know that |
they couldn't always win.
"a ChInaman named Ting Ling had |
won a lot OF money from our crowd,
and iavited him to have small |
game with me. Before we sat down | |
put patch over my glass eye.
wanted to seduce him with the heav-
enIy blue OF my natural one into real
noble games.I proposed to let him win
for awhile. but that wasn't necessary.
Ii was just as easy for him to hold
five aces as a pair OF threes. I just let
him 20 ON. betting light. till he had got
half my pile. Then got up between
deals to find a match for lighting o
cigar and before / returned TO the Ia
bic took, out nly devil spyglass. as
the boys called II, and laid it on Ia
bic on ring Ling's right, letting down
the patch over the empty socket In my |
head the same as before.
err was half hour before the rascal
turned and saw IL at flrst 1 was
afraid | had scared him on. called
his attention back to the cards by max
Ing bigger bet than usual, but not
for long, He kept looking sideways at
The eye, and as had placed it just far
enough behind him to look into his
hand. saw him holding his cards In
i position 70 escape its glance For
awhile he kept on with his rascality, Il
being very careful that the eye should
not ret d glimpse Of bis hands. but BIO
1t last got ratified and stopped cheat
ng entirely. Every time he looked to
his right there was that eye, with Its
ieyil's expression, staring at him and
doubtless noting his every movement
sThe oftener he looked at 1t the more
he got ratified. When | saw that the
proper time had come, | did a little
light of hand myself and held some
Inc combinations. Ting Ling was hard
o draw in. and I didn't win much
money, but somehow he took II into
IFS head that US Melicans had got on
o the Chinese delicate methods, and
lfter that game there was no more
reilow shaFping for a long while.
managed to rake 5000 ont OF him when
le got so ratified that he settled up as
he game stood and got away from the
re.
II was sailing out on to the street,
when who should come along but Jim
Rogers, who ] supposed was or pros
ecting Hello, Jimp says /. Hello,
'omr says be- Where you beenT I
sked. In Calaveras county all the
ghile,' says he. Any luckT says I.
Not bit, Got a few specimens. but
don't suppose any Of 'em Is worth
nything Let me see EN- says I.
lie pulled out lot Of rock clippings.
nd / looked 'em over. That one Is
we rock says /. Ne says he; is
n Yes says I. TN bet that win
ssay from $500 to 5000 to the tom
"Jim was fat broke, I financed en-
sring the claim with the money had
ron. and we established the ceIebrat-