Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-12

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AS soon az he was alone Jimmy open
Il the note and read: sam arrested 70
shell game. We aivvy and scatter n
ser race"
Jimmy considered the matter serious
II and then decided on his course Evi-
dcntiy til. dwarf. ben WildcrS. and a,
unknown named Sam were partner.
tn Il ncfarious dcal-so that we div> b
md scatter after race" bore Clca
message 10 all OF Them. The thing I"
do was 10 put himself on Il par witt
ono .: the men.
50 he came over 10 me and laugh
ingly announced: I'm going To Jail
] laughed heartily after | had &c :
covered from my anIazemcnt. wa
even more amused w.hn Jimmy told
;Ic tn. why's and whcrcfores Of hi
determination. The situation was verl
entertaining 80 far--but presently
mink Il quite so funny.
Jimmy slipped out OF the tent and
hurried over 20 IN. sid, OF man whc
stood near the entrance Him Ii. ask
a ia casual tone: What time :
TIC frce-frr -1il?" The mans reply tolc
Jimmy that h. hal time to carry out
his plans AMI lie hurried out.
Presently a; the gate OF tho faii
grounds Their. stood "A man wearing th'
increased trousers. tn. hagg% coat AND
siapeiess hat oi III. rural haySeed'
oven IL the WHISPERS and the lare.
umbrella. The latest entrant OF thu
lair grounds looked Il "rube.'
Presently Nh ltaySccd reached into
his umbrella and took out a small foid
la., table which he set up with .
triumphant air of having outwittea til.
law. Then lie took three shells and .
/ pea from his pocket and began I,
! f.f
/ fsrs one of the universally popul;i
| chances Of getting something for moth
| ing.
y crowd gathered and began gam
bling OH It's ability To guess under
which shell the tiny green Elobulc wa
lurking Presently ono country-mar
loot three times in succession. An"
then his moral rec;itude made hin
feel tli:I, this was 4 gambling game
and couldn't he countenauced. He hur-
| ried over 10 a constable and PRESENT.;
| the proprietor OF the shell game was
led off protesting against arrest.
To the interior o. the village JAIL
the constable LODI The she'll game man
The jail was q ,iny structure possess
INK four cells. OF which one was oc-
cupied The constable brought In til.
struggling "haysecd" and thrust him
into the cell next door TO the occupied
one. i'll which sat sam"
And presently the paddock snapped
and the proprietor Of the shell gam.
found hinaclf locked into AN iron
barred cell. whcreat Jimmy Barton
smiled in triumph.
While Jimmy was getting himscli
arrested and slowed away behind Iron
bars. vas de"otins myself TO thu
| cause OF the lovclorn dainsei whos.
! letter had brought me to Dryden.
Fat md pathos go i'll together. Whei
cutie looked unhappy her full-mooF
| face crinkled into mass OF ludicrou:
creases. II looked a little bit like :
mold of Eelatine which has not bcei
. ;umblcs out In Il shapeless and quiv
cring mass Poor Cutie. | wanted Il
( laugh ut hcr--but where lives tn
woman who darcs tell another no"
/ utterly absurd she II when the alb
surdity seems tragic to the sufferer"
/ did suggest 10 Miss Brown that
! thought she was wasting her affections
I and that the dwarf wasn't 4 very suit
/ able match. But the poor creature
only mumbled half-w!ttediy that il
was going to turn against her, too. sh'
would kill herself. and decided tina
| would have To humor her until cir
cumstances revealed her little dwar
as an entirely unworthy person.
Il never had no other lover. lady
! can't give him up. He's the only MAJ
that ever looked at me kindlike. ]
ii. goes back on me I'm going to d'
away with myself. II you don't hclI
ne--if you let him throw ME dowt
and make a guy out of me In from
of this whole bunch, your be tn,
death OF me, that's all. When he goe:
10 lunch won't you talk to him ant
tell him he amt treatin me RICH,
Won't you. please"
A., al 7
SO, a little bit later. when the motto!
collection of tragic human misfits who
catered TO public curiosity in the freak
tent were taking Il little time of from
their sordid dress parade and eating
their lunch. hurried over to the en-
| trance an dwaited for Charlie. the
dwarf. To speak to him with any pri
vacy. | had to drop to my knees. lest
IN shouting down at him the Who'll,
world would hear me.
Now ! assumed my absurd posture OF
pleading. and asked he dwarf: "Won'i
YOU tell ME where you've been the last
two days."
The little man lcapcd away from ms
in utter panic. lie looked around him
furtively, as il expecting danger I,
swoop down on him. Then he dashed
around me and fled from the tent.
got to my feet ruefully. Why was
the dwarf so utterly terrified at my
question?
Down in the county jail sat Jimmy
Barton in the disguise of an unsuc-
cessful member of the farming com.
lunity. Next door-in unsociable proI
imity--Sat the man known az Sam.
Jimmy pulled out his watch anxious
Is and looked at II. II was now $50
The frec-for-all, piece dc resistance OF
the afternoon, WAS due to be run off N
an hour. II hehooved Jimmy TO act
RI ,i,lx To-. hall
Say pard," he called, this is a tino
hole for couple of smart guys like
you and me to he buried in. when
there's such ripe pickin's down through
the fair grounds"
His nasal tones his ungrammatical
SentenceS-und unethical Sentmcnt.
they expressed. combined to attrici
sam. That gentleman crossed over t.
the bars separating the two cells and
peered in at his new neighbour.
What did you get in for?" he asks
susplciously.
shell game" Jimmy's answer was
Iaconic--quitc AZ IL he did not know
what had put the other man behind
prison bars.
There was stir of sympathy in
SANS voice as he asked: HOWE play
IT."
Jimmy gave Sam his IDEAS IF ): .lev