The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-07-14


the lid down and rivet H." observed
thc Old Pelican. na he driftcd laziiy
through tho doorway ana sought a
rchtink place on the arm OF the cdi-
toriai chair. who'd ever a thunk
~"
I'VE as.um. you refer to the high.
ly commcndablc and extremely moral
attitude OF the mayor and common
council OF the city In regard to cor.
tain reports that the distressing vice.
commonly known az gambling. is ox-
ist.nt here"
you said II, Buddy. you said ~"
exclaimed the old bird, Did they
nick you VERY hnrdy" he continued
anfiouEly.
Your Interrogation IN entirely un-
intolll.ibic," We rcioin.d. frankly
puzzled BY the yorbiREc OF Ia. nn-
oion, one. "picnsc substitute hn
Engiinh expression for the verb nick.
which IL apparently from some OBJ
scurc foreign language"
"Did they trim you for the whole
rolf Did they take you to clean
ing'" qurrlcd tho visitor with sole
itudc so evident IA to restrain our ma
,urai yoHat!on at his grgtcsluc
phrasc0logy.
Really. We believe we are to be-
parioncd for our failure TO comprs-
hcnd YOU" we persisted patiently.
moved by the evident fricndiincsH OF
the cross examination.
"Budiy. DID you let any Of the tin
horn buach HtlnE you for your pay.
check :" h. continued insisicntiy.
our native intelligence. coming to
our rescue. suddenly enlightened US.
He was desirogs of KNOWN. 10 We
had become inyolyod In u game of
chance and suffered financial dcpri-
walton thereby. Anger that We
should have been suspected of such
moral turpiiudc tincturSd our reply
"Most certainly W. have suffered no
loss by participation In Eny Illicit
diversion. II In beyond us hcw you
should have conceived such erroneous
estimate OF our character"
"Ail right. Buddy. all r'ght--i'm
glad you re not one % the suckoru,
but labelling this buHIncss OF cutting
EN- out an moral and commcndablo'
scared me for u minute. hndswhnn
you branded little soclablc game as
u 'd.GtreMlng vice thought sure
th,y'd get TO you They tell mo that
some other lads that think they're
clover has gone up against the gun.
and traded a months wages for ox-
pcricacc In u mighty fcw minutes.
"Theac iads ttat's trimmed for n /
big roll--you hear about 'em every
once In awhile don't grab much .
sympathy from me. They're gcncr-
ally laying In ambush for a killing OF
their own. but the other lad Is smart
or and beats ON 20 Il, Or II they're
lust plain boobs. there's generally
plenty more coin where the first came
from. When ] hear some sucker has
a thousand, can generally
grin and bear u okeh. It's when the
twenty five dollar q week boy gets a
crimp put In him for fifty or a hun
d red by some OF theso sielght Of hand
that line up strong with
tho reform. element. And I'm not
shedding no many brlny drops for tho
come-on, either. But II lot OF times
there's a missus and Riddles Mt home,
who ought TO have first call on that
of times there is,
Buddy,
Course wen listen to the old story
for while now about II being bad
for business to close a town mp air
light Got to leave lcophole or two
for venting the wild exuberancc OF
Tho working stiff. It's hard 10 ex-
piode some OF these ancient myths.
son. but mingle around u while ana
youll find that brains don't OF neces-
sity flourish best above white col
lar----me aning nothing at all personal.
by the way, That propaganda about !
The working man needing a lot OF per-
sonal liberty always starts from the
receiving end OF the line when loose
In circulation. not from the
spending end
"Why don't you 60 out and ask
some OF these construction men.
who're hiring crews constantly. how
rs helping their business? They'll
lell you that with two or three hun
irsd idle men In town. they're work
ng hort-handed. Offer;a man . Job
and No acts, liks you'd mortally In
,ultAd him. Too much easy money n