Evening star., 1921-09-04
u certainly look prosperous

You certainly look prosperous"
! says Bill.
That's the old oil." says Johnny.
| So then they went in the hotel
and checked their suit case and went
out to breakfast and the waiter re-
minded Bill Of the story about the 2
greeks and John hadn't heard it and
! laughed SO hard that he fell or the
stool
/. After breakfast they went back to
the hotel and set down where some
body had left a copy of Racing Form
and they looked up the entries and
selections for that day and Bill says:
Now let's make up our minds be-
fore we go out Just who we like and
| then stick to 1t because you remem.
Der the day we was here last year
We was all set to play Tom McTag-
gart in the last race but you got that
sour tip on Night Raider and instead
Of finishing the day 50 ahead we was
$1.50 out"
YES" said John. "and don't forget
you still owe me six bits from that
day. or rather 7sh cts. includeing in
terest"
"Try and get it," says Bill.
Well. they marked the horses they
liked and it was only 10 o'clock SO
they figured they would have time
for holes and Bill win the 7th. hole
with an eagle II and was 2 up when
John lose his ball and they had to quit.
So then they layed around TIL IL
was time to go to the track and when
they got there they had q couple Of
hot dogs and Bill give the man q
quarter and told him to keep the
brother out. but Bill said he had did
it once before and it brought him luck.
So they played Eager Eyes in the
first race because they both liked the
name but it finished outside the
money and things went from bad to
worse till they come to the last race
81 to the bad and they had picked
Touch Me Not in that race because
John said it was his favorite motto
and it was 4 to ] and they played
canter and all and all they left the
track in pretty good humor. but before
John cranked the car he stuck his pencil
in the gas tank and seen 1t was pretty
near empty and they had to stop At q
garage and buy gallons and the
guy soaked them rs cts. per gallon
and John said 1t was an outrage
But when they got back down town
Bill loosened up and bought q couple
of nut sundaes so John was all smiles
shop to get a shave and was figureing
on giveing the wop an extra dime till
the guy told him he was loosing his
hair and ought to have a tonic. That
always gets Jacks goat.
Well. the boys decided they wouldn't
need no dinner on acct. Of the sundaes
and hot dogs SO they was walking
along the main st. about o'clock
when they came to a pool rm. where
it said base ball returns was reed. in.
side 80 they went in and Bill had the
laugh on John because the Yanks had
win and Cleveland got beat.
Never mind" says John. '1ust wait
till Duster Mails gets back In shape
and watch us 60"
Then Bill suggested q game OF ro-
tatfon, for q quarter side with the
understanding that the winner would
take the loser to a show so they
played and Bill win and they went to
a Ben Turpin comedy and the usher
had to come down and tell them to be
more quiet or they would half to take
the air.
After the show they went baek to
the hotel and put the fivver up an
alley where 1t wouldn't need no lights
and they went in the hotel and they
was q dance going on but the danes
was all old, 80 to S5. and Bill al
ways says q gal can't toddle after she
is 26 so he went to the desk and got
the key and John stopped at the news
stand and bought a copy OF Jim Jam
Jems and read II in bed till Bill made
him put the light out
But even then they couldn't neither
Of them go to sleep rs the days rots.
tering had made Jack, nervous and
Bill couldn't get NO rest with him
tossing all over the bed.
RING W. LARDNER. ;.
.0reak Neck. Sept +