New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-02-04

,r,. 70 sncnd that fer a quarter or they'll rest we!
Thutty forty fifty an half dollar IS SIX oi%-Iweiy'
thutty, forty, fifty ccns-tha ninety, ana Gn nm
they amt right bring EN- back That makes ei8hI
Eight-twcntv twcnty-thrcc, twcnty-sX, an TWO Two
cent bits is thutty. An hadollar IS e1ght-elghty
an anuthcr twcntys nine. An there fourteen Genus
in coppcrs maxim ninc-fourteen an II 1t am rght
I'm a pru. There YOU be. Kin you GIT 1t all IN them
pockets of vourn? My but air they any limit to what
a BOYS pants1l hold? Now run along to school, an
we're late don't tell the teacher you was hdlSiH
round One Arm Jake's!'
As review the circumstances from this distant day,
am thrilled with anger and shame, not at myself, DuI
at One Arm lake He should have known better. lie
must have known that boy Of nine could not have any
business with tcndolar gold piece; that is, legitimate
business He should have questioned me, and, hndng
that had not come by it in regular manner should
have called the transaction off then and there and re-
aurcd the return OF my purchases. can account COR
his failure to do 50 only in one way.
One Arm lake was a merchant OF vast experience.
Perhaps he knew that the moment his goods went over
the counter they ceased to remain IN condition that
would allow them TO be returned to advantage 1t was
certainly true with the cablc portion OF his sales
Tawbrcakcrs were mouthcd, cookies nbblcd, be-
fore their buyers pennies had more than lett their
hands | know that to have been the case with what
had bought My pockets filled with sticky things
that were gradually assuming the cOnglomcra.e tamil
iaritv OF muSh ntcrmngcd with slate pencils ana buck
shot The Juice Of the pickle lines was not assisting IN
preserving the integrity OF the various OBJECTS elner
however | insist that his conduct was reprehenSlbe
But let pass One Arm Jake rests with his other arm
now-and | am still here.
7 ENlANATED from the emporium OF One Arm Jake
in dazcd condition Of mind, but Soggy with my Ill
gotten possessions and round shoudcrcd under the
weight Of the ballast the change made. But was soon
reused from my dream and brought back to stern rea-
ties by the frantic ringing OF the Schoolbc My heart
sank
That is, it would have sunk; but It encountered an
obstacle in the form OF deep layer OF material objects,
such as caramcS, rubber bands and pill covered cook
les all held in place by the elastic waisband OF my
shirt took hold Of myself and csSaycd running; but
WAS lar too well oycrburicnci to make anything IN
the shape Of a record. The best could DO was to roll
along sogging, anging at every step the pickle lines
in nv trousers pockets cXudng their Juice, spreading
spots OF which already showed through my thin linen
garments and melting in with the coin OF the realm;
triumph OF the contcctioncrS art grinding themselves
into sticky pulp, with the newest designs OF the mint;
my progress being for al the world, | imagine. like
that of ship whose cargo being loose is smashed from
keel to hatchwav IN the trough OF a boiling sea.
| have often wondered how | covered the short dis
lance 20 school that day and passed the critical eye OF
Rel Headed Anderson. Red Headed Anderson was