Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-21

merce and trade. adraitted he was on the
lift. Both of you live by the gilded rule.
Brother Peters, say Bill, you'd better
choose a slice of this embalmed cur
rency. You're welcome
~ told Bill Bassett once more to put
his money in his pocket. l never had
the respect for burglary that some peo-
pie have l always gave something for
the money 1 took, even if it was only
some little tri6e for a souvenir to re-
mind 'em not to get caught again.
"And then Alfred E. Kicks grovels at
BiIPs feet again, and bids US adieu. He
says he will have a team at a farm
house. and drive to the station below,
and take the train for Denver. II
salubrifed the atmosphere when that
lamentable boll-worm took his departure.
He was a disgrace to every non-indus-
trial profession in the country. With all
his big schemes and fine offices he had
wound up unable even to get an honest
meal except by the kindness of q strange
and maybe INSCRIPTIONS burglar. was
glad to see him go, though l felt little
forever. What could such a man do
without a big capital to work with :?
Why, Alfred e. Kicks, as we left him,
was as helpless as a turtle on its back.
He couldn't have worked a scheme TO
beat a little girl out of a penny slate
when me and Bill Bassett was left
alone l did a little sleight-of mind turn
in my head with trade secret at the
end of 1t. Thinks l. I'll show this Mr..
Burglar Man the difference between bus
mess and labor. He had hurt some Of
my professional seIf-adulation by cast
ing his Persians upon commerce and
trade.
81 won't take any of your money as
gift, Mr.. Bassett,' says to him, but If
you'll ray my expenses as a travelling
companion until we get out Of the dan
ger zone Of the immoral deficit you have
in n fcrht
III be obliged
bill Bassett agreed to that. and we
mixed westward as soon as we could
catch safe train.
when we got to a town in Arizona
called Los Perros 1 suggested that we
once more try our luck on terra Gotta.
That was the home of Montague Sh
yer, my old instructor, now retired
from business. l knew Monty would
stake me to web money If | could show
him a fly buzzing round in the locality
Bill Bassett said all towns looked alike
to him as he worked mainly in the dark
So we got off the train in Los Perros
fine little town in the silver region.
81 had an elegant little sure thing In
| the way of commercial slungshot
that l intended to hit Bassett behind
| the ear with. l wasn't going to take
his money while he was asleep, but
was going to leave him with lottery
ticket that would represent in exper
fence to him $4,755-T think that wa:
the amount he had when we got of
/ the train. But the first time I limited
| to him about an investment, he turns
on me and disencumbers himself Of
/ the following terms and expressions:
Brother Peters, says he, it AIM
| a bad idea to go into an enterprise Of
| some kind, as you suggest. l think
will But If l do it Will be such g
| cold proposition that nobody but Rob
ert f. Peary and Charlie Fairbanks viii
| be able to sit on the board of directors.
| 81 thought you might want to turf
| your money over says l..
! can't sleep on one side all night II
| tell you. Brother Peters, says he, I'm
I going TO start a poker room. l dont
seem TO care for the humdrum II
! swindling, such as peddling egg beaterl
| and working off breakfast food on Bar
! mum and Bailey for sawdust to streN
! in their circus rings. But the gam
! bling business says he, from the proT'
| table side of the table in good com
! promise between swiping silver spoon!
/ and selling penwipers at Waldorf AS
| torla charity bazaar.
| Then says | Mr.. Bassett, yo'
| don't care to talk over my little ousl
/ ness proposition
/ e.Whv.' says he, do you know, vol
! can't get a Pasteur Institute to star
/ up within fifty miles Of where l live.
/ bite so seldom
so. Bassett rents a room over saloon
and looks around for some furniture
/ and chromos The same night / weni
/ to Monty Silvers house, and he let me
/ have $500 on my prospects. linen
went 70 the only store in Los Perro'
/ that sold playing cards and bought every