The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-04
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Il hopc some day TO retire from
business" said jeff Peters: "and
whes1 do don't want anybody to
Be- ale to say that ever got a dol
lar Of any mans money without
giving him a quid pro rata for il.
I've always managed to leave n Gus
somer some hstic gewgaw to paste
IN his scrap book or stick between
The Seth Thomas clock and the wall
after we are thru trading.
There was one time came
near having to break this rune Of
mine and do profisgatc and lllaud.
able action. but I was saved from
Il by tho laws and statutes OF our
great and profitable country.
~One summer mo and Andy
Thicker. my partner. went to New
York to lay In our annual assort.
msnt Of clothes and gents furnish
hga We was always pompous and
yoGnydlens ~ drcssers. finding that
nooks went further than anything
~ IN our business. except maybe
ocr Ht1owIedee Of railroad schedules
aD1 IN autograph photo Of the Pre~i.
Gent that Loeb sent us. probably By
uatofake. Andy. wrote n nature let,
ter once and sent IL in about an.
1n1als that he had seen caught in
. trap lots Of times. Loeb must
have read II tripIets.' instead OF
Trap lofs.' and sent the photo. Any.
how. II was useful to US to show
people as a guarantee OF good faith.
Me and Andy never cafed much
- do buSihess in New York. II was
too much like pothunting. Catching
suckers In that town, is like dyna.
rniting Texas lake for bass. All
you have TO do anywhere between
the North and East rivers Is to stand
IN the street with an open bag
narked. Drop packages Of money
here. No checks or loose bills
taken You have a cop handy to
club pikers who try 70 chip In post.
office orders and Canadian money.
and that's all there is to New York
for a hunter who loves his profes.
nton- So me and Andy used to just
kn hn IN
out our spygiasses and watch the
woodcocks along the Broadway
swamps putting plaster casts on
their broken legs. and then we'd
sneak away without firing a shot.
~one day in the papier macne palm
room OF a choral hydrate and hops
agency In "A side street about eight
inches off Broadway. me and Andy
had thrust upon us the acquaintance
Of New Yorker. We had beer to.
gether until we discovered that each
Of us knew a man named Hellsnith.
travelling for a stove factory In Du.
luth. This caused us to remark that
the world was "A very small place,
and then this New Yorker busts his
string and takes off his tin foil and
excelsior packing and starts in
giving US his Ellen Terrys. beginning
with the time he used 70 SELF shoe
1aces to the Indians on the spot
where Tammany Hall now stands
This New Yorker had made hts
Doney keeping "a cigar store In Beck
0An Street, and he hadn't been
above Fourteenth Street In ten
years Moreover. he had whiakers.
and the time has gone by when
= true sport will do anything 10
q man with whiskers. No CRATER,
except boy who is soliciting
subscribers 10 an illustrated weekly
to win the prize air rifle, or
a widow. would have the heart TO
tamper with the man behind with
the razor. He was typical city
Reub-Pd bet the man hadn't been
out Of sight OF a skyscraper in
twenty-five years.
We'll, presently this metropolitan
backwoodsman pulls out roll OF
bills with an old blue sleeve elastic
fitting tight around II and opens
II up.
There's 5000. Mr.. Peters says
ne. showing IT over the table 10 me,
saved during my fifteen years OF
business. Put that In your pocket
and keep II for me. Mr.. Peters. I'm
glad to meet you gentlemen from the
West, and I may take drop too
much. l want you to take care OF
my money for me. Now. let's have
another beer
You'd better keep this yourself,
rays T. We are strangers to you
and you can't trust everybody you
meet. Put your roll back In your
pocket says T. And you'd better
run along home before some farm
hand from the Kaw River bottoms
stroiis In here and sells you copper
mine"
"'Oh. don't know, says whis
kers. ! guess Little Old New York
can take care Of herself. guess +
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