Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15

pinochle with needless commercial travel
ers. But this boy needed fifty to ride to
Chicago. 1t reminded me OF the story
about the TOUGHER who tried to mace an
acquaintance for five, saying that he
wanted to get shave.
Well" I said. after quite a little
period of reflection. fifty is quite a
little COB of change in these days of
quite little chunk of work to seize
out fifty. Sometimes I have to use
the pen or typewriter for almost four
or five minutes I'm order TO earn $50.
L do. really"
If 1 was playing for sympathy. he
didn't hand me any. He simply said
that he wanted to take that midnight
train for Chicago.
This would be the proper place for
some little asterisks denoting a certain
lapse of time. But / won't use the
asterisks. 1 eased him two bones. He
took them. Then / lost him. I don't
know whether he has yet made Chi
cago. But, tut tut! / haven't worried
at all about that part of it. really
not a bit.
Another of the men who brought
letters of Introduction to me was cha
grined-ye-ah; chagrined and perturb-
catapulted the touch at me. And SO
something happened
He brought to me-this. too. was in
New York-a letter of introduction
from a New Orleans man whom I've
known for many years. This old New
Orleans friend is a jester in a grisly
sort Of a way. / could see signs and
symbols of his Usefulness in the note
Introduction a
this man to hand to me- But the
bearer OF the note of Introduction was
far, far too obtuse to see any such
tokens of Usefulness; and he slipped
me the Introductory note with that
Ive-as- good as got the-co expression
on his countenance. 1 fed this one, too
fed him repletefully. though he was
not quite so husky a trencherman as
the one who desired the fifty The
touch popped in due course
He didn't name any specific amount
Just said he was a bit short lyou
know the formulaD and needed a lit
tie temporary money. 1 didn't quite
savvy temporary money" though
have a general idea that all money is
distinctly temporary; IL is with the
undersigned, at any rate.
So / produced the roll. II happened TO
be what is colloquially known as a shoe
makers bank roll: that is, II was compos-
ed mainly of one-spots. i peeled off three
of the aces. i extended them to him. He
took en- He looked at EN-. Then he
looked up at me: reproachfully. yknow,
reprovingly. I might almos. say
"Er-is this the best you can do old
man?' said he.
Yep. he said that. Was that the best
1 could do? And he ''old man'd" me
after that little acquaintanceship OF an
hour or So
& His way Of putting the question placed
a bit of a frog in my throat. or gorge.
or whatever 1t is. Often, 1 remembered.
L had seen the time when three of those
metallic men had looked as big an Mount
Shasta to me. Why not to him?
We'll, maybe l can 40 bit better than
that" l said to him. producing the roll
again. Just hand me back the three.
and Pn-
He handed me back the three. There
was an expectant. l might almost say
wolnsh. look in his eyes.
/ replaced the three carefully around
the wad, got up from the table. staked
him to one of those upstage bows. and
departed 1 disliked him. i couldn't
longer enjoy his society. And so 1 went
away from there. The oaf ran after me
exclaiming that he would take the three.
But 1 never turned around. II was HUI
initiating to have broken bread with such
a goat, 1 couldn't help but figure
But not any more.
As 1 say, the next one with one OF
those letters OF reprfsal VINO speeds. my
way is going to get touched first. i
don't like this sooner system very much:
nor yet do 1 perceive any particular rea-
son why / should stand for all the dents.
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN