Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-16


| hotel brokers' Office keep at the tele-
| phone wire connected with the pool
ROOM Soon as my friend at the track
opens the regular telegraph wire and
retards the information so that he
can apprise us over the brokers' wire
of the winner the clerk in the office
will call me up at the poolroom and
I'll know how to place my bets. AND,
as l stated before, I'm bound to win.
You see how?"
NEXT day-a fatal $4,000 day for
~ Felix-he met Mr. Tompkins and
was escorted to the nearby pool
of the genuine betting rendezvous
Everything was going on just as it is
going on in poolrooms where there are
no 'wire-tapping" schemes afoot.
1t seemed that "Mr. Tompkins" had
| hardly time enough to walk from the
Felix before the telegraph operator
announced in loud voice, Rollins
by wins!" Instantly Tracy was sur
| rounded by group who congratulated
him. Fine tip, and Put us wise
next time" were the comments. Felix
saw Tracy later hand in his ticket
to the Cashier and receive verita-
BILE mountain of gold certificates in re-
| turn. AT least they looked like genu-
inc money. The fact is, few of the
outside bills were the regular notes is
sued by Uncle Sans bureau of en-
craving.
Felix felt an instant envy to think
| that another had got 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 it rested against his
beating heart in the inside pocket of
his waistcoat. Another race started.
A number of bets were made by men
standing around They seemed bets.
all right. The men went through the
regular betting motions and it all
looked proper to Felix. Some of the
men pulled away fair sized rolls
when the result was announced.
THE telephone bell jingled again.
j Mr.. Tompkins is wanted right
away" called the telephone attendant.
Tracy fairly leaped to the booth. Eel
tx followed him close, determined not
to miss anything this time. Out
popped Tracy, so quickly that Felix
well might have wondered how he had
time to get anything over the tele-
phone.
Whats the horse? What's the
horse?" he urged of Tracy as the
king went on a hop, skip and
jump toward the Cashier"
"Old Stone-be sure you get it right
old Stone snapped Tracy. Any
body in the room could have heard
what he said, although he went
through the pretense 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."
Tracy stopped at the window Sec
j ond, tugging at his pocket to unloos-
en- his wad. Felix couldn't wait for
him. although the tip came from him.
He planked his roll of gold certifi-
Gates down in front of the window
and then thrust them through into
the hand of the Cashier"
Fifty thousand dollars on Old
| Stone!"
He stood to win 100000 on the
wager!
Felix was afraid the size of the bet
| might cause the proprietors to refuse
| it. He need not have been nervous. A
ticket was thrownNto him. For the
first time he thought ct having beaten
"Mr. Tompkins" to the window.
Where was Mr.. Tompkins, anyway?
| Nowhere in sight.
Hurry call came for Mr.. Temp
kins-he had to CO. said the tele-
| phone attendant, and Felix noticed he
had his overcoat and hat on.
Funny he didn't stay to bet on
that last race" said Felix I'm a puzzled
way He had a pretty sure tip. |
| bet on 1t.
| "Oh, Mr. Tompkins is a true sport :"
| said the attendant "He figures what
he don't get today he'll get tomorrow.
| Good day. That's the last race. I'm
going home"
Felix waited until the telegraph OPP
orator" called out, Summertime
wins" You know how he felt and
| acted. Figure out how you would
| look in the movies" il it suddenly
dawned on you that you had lost $780,
| 600 in six seconds. But come to think
of it, no one can figure it out until he
actually loses it. Felix looked for the
Cashier" and he had gone. He turned
round to ask the operator" a ques-
ton and he was gone. BY the time he
wheeled about again the bettors were
gone.
TRACY had very good start. for the
instant Felix placed his $4,000 In
the window. he left the room by a
! back way, and opening door behind
the Cashier" that active receiver OF
bets handed him the full Felix roll.