El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-03

me up at the poolroom ard III know no"
to place ny bets And, as 1 stated BEFORE
I'm bound to win. You see how.
Next day, a fatal $4,000 day fOl Felix
he met Mr.. Tompkins" and was es-
corted to the nearby pOolroom- IL
certainly had all the marks Of the genuine
betting rendezvous Everything was go
ing on Just like in pooirooms Where
there is no overlapping scheme aroot-
the hustle, the hustle, the betting the
discussion of horse form. the flashing OF
bills of large denomination and the buzz
that usually follows the announcement OF
results when men "go broke" or add to
their bank rolls.
The telephone bell rang. Tracy winked
at Felix and soon his name was called by
a seemingly bona fide telephone desk at
tendant. He hurried to the phone booth,
He was there but an instant He rushed
out, pulled a great wad of bills from his
pocket and said in a loud voice at the
Cashiers window. $4,000 on Rollins
by" Felix had noted on the betting odds
blackboard that 10 to was the price on
Rollinsby.
It seemed that 'AIr. Tompkins" had
hardly time enough to walk from the
cashiers" window to the side of Felix
before the telegraph operator" an
nounced in & loud voice. "ROllinsby
winsw Instantly Tracy was surrounded
by a group who congratulated him. Fine
tip and put US wise next tine" were
the comments. Felix saw Tracy later
hand in his ticket to the cashier and
receive a veritable mountain Of gold eertif-
icates in return. At least the looked
like genuine money. The fact is, a few Of
the outside bills were the regular notes
issued by Uncle Sans Bureau-Of Engrav-
ing.
Felix felt an instant envy to think that
another had gotten such a great haul OF
money that should have been his-at least!
he should have won as much. He had
cleaned his office safe of its $4,000 and
1T rested against his beating heart in the
inside pocket Of his waistcOat Another
race started. A number Of bets we're
made by men standing around. They
seemed bets, all right The men went
through regular betting motions and it
all looked proper to Felix. Some Of the
men pulled away fair sized rolls" when
the result was announced
You're hitting Us hard to-day" re-
marked the cashier" sarcastieally through
his window, "but Wen get it back You
know you can't stop gambling. We got
"a million and a half behind Us to feed to
you fellows until we begin to get you in
the come back"
Were satisfied to take ours from you.
now and let you take the chances of the
come back. grinned one Of the winners"
and then there was a regular stage guf-
faw, just as though the fake bettors had
heard an unplanned poke.
The telephone bell jingled again.
"Mr- Tompkins wanted right away -
called the telephone attendant Tracy
fairly leaped to the booth Felix followed
him close, determined not to miss any
thing this time. Out popped Tracy 50.
quickly that Felix well might have Won
dered how ne had had time to get any
thing over the phone.
What's the horse? What's the horseT'
he urged Of Tracy as the King went
on hop, skip and jump toward the cash
Ter"
"Old Stone-be sure to get it right-OldI
Stone snapped Tracy. Anybody in the
room could have heard what be said. al.
though he went through the pretence OF.
putting his lips close to the ear Of Felix.
The fact is. they all did hear it. They
knew Tracy was going to say it. Most
of them already had their overcoats on
and were edging toward the door Of the
"pOolroom."