The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-13

ndu sou, lot position on Dig
daily None YVES TO be- had. At the
ynd OF four months he found himself
TN the plight IN which be- appear.
30 tno beginning OF the chapter con
udiue % ucVtouud phil scphy to
policeman on lower sixth Avenue.
lie coud have returned at any time
To- Chicago, and found warm vel.
come and eager hospitality but the
longer he stayed away the more dis
tasteful this idea boclm, The plan
had reduced itself 90 lack Of rail
way fare. and the prospect " tramp.
ing all the way. cor even the more
rcpugnant eXpediout e borrowing
money from his fathers friends. be-
fore Chester had finished considering
il Then he abandoned it altog thcr.
II" was very young, and perhap-
e. was best. People ar, not mb.r.
entity cold or f5rgot'uI hu' It is
only In acute eases tntt absence
makes the heart grow fuudrr ca,
Of sight out of mind is p.uiudc
far m.re app icth.. 10 mankind iu
general This spclke Wei after an
for The personal aura.tyeucs, of
the race.
Che,t,rs remarkable e'atiou and
hghmcss ot spirits that day were
due entirely to strange quirk n
his brain The night before. I'm 'cs.
peration he had entered biroom
poker game with the last forty cents
he had in the world After he had
lost the money. one ot hi. OPP uents.
who WAS sitting at that moment with
thror KINGS under his left leg. had
rendered him this parting bit OF ad.
vice.
It's al. matter of nerve. my
ad II YOU put a grave enough face
on it, and keep fcyliu' cheerful inside
all the time. YOU can't lose. Every.
body will lay down before you. and
ncb,dy cant refuse YOU nothin'."
Thanks said Chester the ad.
vice Is worth forty cents for the
double negatives alone. I'm extreme.
ly indebted to you.'
Not at all Not at all. replied tine
stranger aftably, adroit'y filling his
hand with the three kings as the
others all gazed at Chester. That's
a straight tip I'm giyin We
Chester walked the streets that
night and philosophical.
Now" he reflected, III were a
whole load of hay, you couldn't find
a straw OF money in me. I'm down
at rock bottom, and I'm going TO
begin all over again. Also, shall
take the advice of that gambler,
who seems to be fairly successful
man IN his own line OF business. The
way e. succeed is to initiate those
who are succeeding, and to learn
from them. ! remember particu
larly successful fellow in college
who used to sit up in the window Of
his room In the dormitory at night,
and pray vocifcrously for someone
to ne and feed him unit. one of
us shouted up: "Oh. Perry Lansham,
come down and eat | disapprove
Of the iuactivouess of his campaign,
hut ike his blind unreasoniug
faith. Tomorrow shall get some
clothes"
It w2s in pursuance of this com.
mondab,c plan that Chcster's steps
carried him to Broadway after his
interview with the policeman, and up
Tat crowded th-roughfarc to where
the line of fashionable tailor shops
begins. He selected one because the
sign. Cutting u Cutting" attracted
him.
It's rather a monotonous title,
he muttescd, but so appropriate"
lie entered and inquired for Mr..
Cutting.
I'm Mr.. Cutting" replied the man
whose suave manners concealed n
natural acerbity OF tember. What dc
YOU want? A job"
NO" said Chester, yawning slight
~. Il want some clothes"
You look it," retorted MIR. Cut
ting
You may make me" continued
Chester impcrturbably disregardin.
the interruption -four suits"
yes, may" sneered the tailor
accentuating the last word.
And again YOU may not, yol
mean,' observed Chester urbaue'y
Il see. 1t is on much the same prin
cipe that Hotspur said TO Glen
dover, when the latter claimed tn