Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-08-09

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81 80 YE found McG lynn in line abcut
III ~ /a block down the street.
When he saw me coming be-
pulled q tat buckskin bag
from his breeches pocket opened Its
mouth and shook a quantity Of Its
contents by guess into the palm Of his
Aand.
There ron are said he; .that's
near enough. Tm;a pretty good guess
( eE.a ! hope you took care Of the mules
\ III right You ought to, you're from !
fAlizn,
,nxed EN-
ID the mud How many times
IA 81 get stuck r g
MI at all. ~
Ne looked at me with surprise.
Would you think Of that now x said
TO 'You must have loaded her Light"
q did. Z
Did you set all the goods over:~
Yes. N 4 Il s.S
.ssyyeil, I'll acknowledge you're Z
sjudgmatical young man, and Il yOu
want q Job with me III let that lawyer
I 90 spoke to the judge about. He
4 handed It to me then. didn't he?" He
laughed heartily. mo? Well. you're
right. IA mans q fool to work for any
one but himself. Where's your bag?
Haven't any? How do you carry your
dust? Haven't any? forgot. you're
= tenderfoot, Of course" He opened
his buckskin sack with his teeth, and
I poured back the gold from the palm
l ~ his hand. Then he searched for .
moment n al his pockets and pro
duced most peculiar chunk Of gold
metal. Il was nearly q thick as Il,
\ wasg wide, shaped roughly into an oc-i
Stason. ana stamped with initials This
\ 10 ma.
sIeS about . nifty dollar slug. san
~; 'you can get Il weighed. Give mo
~ change next time ron see me.
ABut I may leave Tor tho mines to-
1 norEow.y ! objected
Then leave the change with Jim
I Racket cf tho FL Dorado" .ss
How DO you know I'll leave NJ !
61ksd curiously. B
~ don't" replied McGlynn bluntly.
\ sBut if you need SIS worse than you
~ ! decent conscience then John ~
41lcGlynn isn't the man TO deny your
Johnny and left for the hotel
= didn't know you expected any
1 nail, said I. "
~ don't. I" VI N !. s.5
But thought saw you In line
.>Oh yes! When / saw the mail
Sacks It struck me that there might be
quite crowd; 90 l came up as quick
I " = i could and got In line. There
Weea number before me, but ] got q
place pretty well up In front Sold the
3 place for Is and only had to stand
there about an hour at that
Good heady' admired I'D never
have thought Of Il How have you got
TN onr
Pretty rotten" confessed Johnny.
1T tr3ed Ill morning to find decent
opportunity to do something or deal IN
something, and then / got mad and
plunged IN for odd Jobs. rye been q
regular eETand boy. ! made e carry
/ tng ! mans bag up from the ship"
ssHow much III told r ..4
''E1ftsen. I suppose you've got your
90
.-That twenty-five you saw me Get =
To sixs OF II !"
Johnny frightened. We moved up
closer IN new intimacy and sense Of
comradeship over delinquency. Il ~
lleved beth to feel that the other, too.
hid failed. TO enter the Plaza we had
ID pass one Of the larger Of the gam
bling places {lf,
.I'm going n here" said Johnny sud
denly. TIA ia
f he swung through the open doors,
ana l followed him. II
me place was comparatively desert
20 owing probably to the distribution
ss0f mail. We had full space to look
about US, and Twas never more aston
1Shed In my life. The outside Of the
building was rough and unfinished as
u barn. having nothing but size to at
tract or recommend. The interior was
tho height Of lavish luxury. a polish
"a mahogany bar ran down one side,
backed by huge gilt framed mirrors
before which were pyramided 6ne
glasses and bottles Of liquor. The rest
81 the wall space was thickly hung
with more plate mirrors. dozens OF
well executed oil paintings and strips
Of tapestry. At one end was small
raised stage on which lolled half doz-
en- darkies with banjos and tambou-
rines. The floor was covered with 9
thick velvet carpet Easy chairs, some
Of them leather upholstered, stood
about In every available corner.
The game was roulette. Johnny and
q the dealer evidently recognized each
other, for flash Of the eye passed be-
tween them, but they gave no other
sign. Johnny studied the board mo /
ment then laid 500 In coin on one Of
the numbers. The other players laid
out small bags Of gold dust. The
wheel spun and the ball rolled. Two