The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-10-15

Ben says Wallngford's SO smooth he
doesn't see how he keeps his clothes
from slipping off,
Blackie. with difficulty suppressed
he suspicion of a twinkle in his eye.
There you are!" he triumphantly ex-
claimed. Your brother Ben has him
right He's Il smooth citizen. He has
to have his shoes sandpapered. and yet
he cons the business men of the Com.
mercial club into investment with him
and he a perfect stranger! Your broth
err Ben is a smart man!'
Don't get me wrong" hastily inter.
posed links Woods. dispensing with
the top slice of bread on another chick
end sandwich and substituting slice
of Swiss cheese. ben admires smooth
ness. He's figuring up his bank &C.
count today to find how much money
he can spare. He wants to give it to
Wallingford." and he laughed so infec-
tiously that Blackie wanted to stop and
shake hands with him.
1.-THE point Of it is" persisted Blackie.
that he doesn't understand the amuse-
ment park business. Now. know more
about amusement parks than the man
who invented Coney Island. I've rid
den on more roller coasters and merry.
go-rounds than any living human
being not only want to promote this
amusement park for business but for
fun. want to make the first para
chute drop. You couldn't coax this
man Wallingford into balloon with a
six pound beefsteak. l don't believe
he's on the level about this park. any
how"
The peach faced youngster for the
Tribune speared another olive and
FASTENED to Wallingford's defense. HE
has $4,000 in the Broadway National"
he stated. with cold dislike for any
man who would question that final
argument. "Jinks Woods, there, asked
about it at the bank"
'Gentemen, draw Nigh" said Black
lie Daw. with sudden and entire
change of manner. "Observe that l
have no cuffs to deceive you." and he
pushed up his sleeves as far as they
would go. holding forth both long.
slender hands and turning them about
in the fashion of prestidigitator. He
picked up little black bag from the
floor and set it upon the corner Of the
table.
Now. watch me closely" balIyhooed
r,l-i tho+ 1o
not deceive you. for the hand is quick.
er than the eye" and suddenly he
whipped forth $1,000 bill, spread it
upon the table and held it down with
a lean toretinger, cooking his head.
thrusting forth his chest. bowling his
back and placing fist upon his hip.
will you hold tight to that and let
me feel the other end of it?' inquired
links Woods, Disgusting his real awe
with thin veil of mockery.
mot yet" acclaimed Blackie, wav.
ing him grandly away and suddenly
pausing for a heeting instant to grin
gleefully into the eyes OF each one Ut
them in turn. They caught that spirit
of eternal childhood and from that
moment they understood him and were
with him heart and soul. If he had
an Interior motive that they did not
understand they We're with that too
Now, count and with a motion as
regular as that of an earnest and
sturdy washerwoman he dived into the
bag with both hands. brought out an
other $1,000 bill by it's two ends and
laid it upon the first one ''TwO," he
counted aloud. and then repeating the
motion. three. four, FIVE, six. The
deeper We go, gentlemen, the more the
wonder grows. Seven eight, nine. ten,
each and every one an exact duplicate
of it's handsome little brother Eleven.
twelve. Watch my hands closely. gen
tlemen. to see that they do not deceive
your eyes. Thirteen. fourteen. If
teen
"We're astonished." admitted links
Woods. "How many are there?''
"Sixteen. seventeen" resumed Black
lie. with a friendly grin at links. and he
did not stop until he had counted each
of the hundred $1,000 bills in his pos
session. "How's that for legerdemain?"
he demanded.
Its the finest parlor trick l ever
saw" gulped links Woods. If you
don't clamp one Of those down and let
me feel it III never go away from here
happy"
"pll give you a piece of one as a
souvenir" offered Blackie promptly,
and be solemnly tore of as generous a
corner as banking caution would allow.
links accepted it gratefully and. with
his eyes cast up to the ceiling. slipped
1t through and through his fingers.
1T doesn't feel much more silky than
dollar BILL be stated. with gravely
assumed disappointment: then he open.
ed his watch charm, In which reposed
wisp of red hair. a wisp of black
hair, wisp of yellow hair. wisp of
brown hair and the silken end of his
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