The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23

twelve of them." to divide the profits I didn't know anybody, but after awhile I decided that the best chance was to get some advice from an honest and dtsinterest- ed man So asked the first man met whd ran the biggest gambling place in town He told me Jim Recket-"
 s.Jim RecketF' I echoedas He's the man I was to leave change for my gold slug with"
 Rocket keeps the El Dorado, next door in the tent He impressed me as a very quiet, direct square sort of fellow. The best type of professional gambler in matters of this sort gen erally is.
 "I am looking for a man. said I, swho has little idle money, some time, no gold mining fever, plenty of nerve and broad mind. Can you tell me who he is?
 He thought minute and then an swered direct, as knew he would.
 Sam Brannan,' he said.
 |" Tell me about him.
 sstTo take up your points, said Beck ct, checking off his fingers, he came out with shipload of Mormons as their head, and he collected tithes from them for over a year.. That's your idle money. He has all the time the Lord stuck into one day at clip. That's your some time" He has been here fh the city since AS, which would seem to show he doesn't care much for min ing. He collected the tithes from those Mormons and sent word to Brigham Young that if he wanted the money to come and get it. That's for your nerve As for being broad minded well, when q delegation of the Nor mons, all ready for a scrap, came to him solemnly to say that they were going to refuse to pay him the tithes any more, even if he was the Ca1ifor- mia head of the church, hes laughed them off the place for having been so green as to pay them as long as they had
 q found Sam Brannan finally at the bar in Dennison's Exchange"
 ssWhat was he lfke?" asked Johnny eagerly. ssTll bet I heard his name fifty times today
 ttHe is a thickset, jolly looking, curly headed fellow, with thick neck, bulldog jaw and a big voice." replied Talbot "Of course he tried to bully me, but when that didn't work he came down to business. We entered into an agreement
 Grammar was to furnish the money and take half-the profits, provided he liked the idea. When we had settled 1t all I told him my scheme He thought 1t over awhile and came in. Then we rowed off and paid the cap tains of the ships. It was necessary now to get them warped in at high tide, of course, but Sam Grammar said he'd see to that He has some sort of a pull with the natives, enough to get a days labor, anyway
 trWarp them in? ?' I echoed.
 Certainly. You couldn't expect the merchants to lighter their stuff off in boats always. We'll beach these ships at high tide and then run some sort of light causeway out to them. There's no surf, and the bottom is soft. It'll cost us something. of course, but Sam and I figure we ought to divide three 1 thousand clear.'
 l 'sId like to ask question or so,' l said L ssWhat's to prevent the mer- l chants doing his same hiring of ships 1 for themselves ?'
 ssNothing,' said Talbot, "after the 1 first month";
 ''And what prevented Brannan, after he had heard your scheme, from going out on his own hook and pocketing all the proceeds P
 .sYou don't understand, Frank said Talbot impatiently- 'Men of our stamp don't do those things
 "Ohr' said I.
 i eaThis,'' said Johnny, made it about 2 o'clock, as I figure your story. Did you then take a needed restT
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