The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-04-07

ought to report anything like that"
"Tell him to undo the check and let
it feed itself down again." growled Mr..
Randolph.
The day passed; night fell. Now
one and then another Of the six de-
votees Of a science which even in the
youth Of this nation had forestalled all
the wonders Of the submarine, the
flight Of man, and wireless telegraphy
withdrew just long enough to connect
with the Daily Night bank round the
corner or some other convenient base
Of supplies and returned to set new
money to catch old. But Mr.. Ran
dolph had no occasion to do this. His
heap of chips and cash of the realm
rested on too solid base Of its own.
There may be recorded an amusing
diversion from the serious business In
hand. 1t was ushered in by the crest
fallen Herbert, who confessed that ac-
tual physical exhaustion had driven
him to forty winks, during which time
a professional purloiner Of motor-car
accessories had stopped, spellbound by
the gigantic sum registered on Mr..
Randolph's taximeter, had promptly
stolen the preposterous clock, and was
now on the club steps offering to set
tie with whoever was the interested
gent on a ffty-fifty basis.
Great was the CONSERVATION of the
enterprising speculator in theft when ne
was confronted by two persons in one;
namely, Mr.. r. n. Randolph, lessee
Of Car No. 1893, and Mr.. R. II. Ran
dolph, alias Slim Hervey, the irate
driver of said cab. His glib tongue,
loaded to the gills with arguments as
to how much the fare would save
through the sudden exit Of the clock
from the ken Of man, tripped hopeless
lv on this vision Of wrath in the shape
Of q driver in whose interests the tick
-er had been faithfully Shaving.
1t took Mr.. Randolph just thirty-two
precious minutes to force the crest
fallen one to replace and readjust the
busy bee of meter readings. When he
returned to the fray upstairs, he no
ttced a strange phenomenon of poker
age, unmistakable age, had settled or
the faces of the five youths. He pu>
his fingers to his own countenance; ne
could feel the added years.
The game ended, as do all titanic
battles. in absolute silence. Mr.. Ran
dolph sorted, stacked, tabulated his
winnings, and stuffed them into all the
pockets on his person. He then noted
the hour-eleven o'clock Of bright
Thursday morning-and, proceeding TO
the nearest telephone booth, called up
Mr.. William yerries of Verries & Cat,
stock brokers.
"That you, William? This is Bob
Randolph. William, I've got sixteen
thousand dollars in my jeans at the
moment of speaking. What's the low
est margin you'll give me to sell Anal.
I. S. & C. short for delivery at tomor-
rows closing?"
"Sell Anal. I. S. & G. short!" gasped
Mr.. Verries. "Why, you're crazy
Buy, and I'll talk to you.'
II don't want to buy" said Mr.. Ran
dolph patiently. you're right in a
way, about my being crazy. You see'
since you saw me the other day, I've
come into some easy long stuff, and It's
just running my experiment IN the
philosophy of moneyless life. want
to lose my wad just like I told you'
and if you don't promise to start SELL
ing for me inside of the next five min
utes, I'll let friendship slide and call
up some real brokers"
"Well, if you put it in that way, you
escaped loon, I'll assist your sap-neau-
ed philosophy to your exact cash limit
When will you pony up?"
"In twenty minutes by the clock"
said Mr., Randolph cheerfully, and rang
off.
The historic pounding drive on
Anal. I. S. & G. that started Wllh tne
opening of the market on the follow
ing day was of such Homeric proper
tions that the advance sale made by
Messrs. Verries & Cat on behalf OF
Mr.. r. H. Randolph during the Thurs
day afternoon next preceding was
mere drop in the bucket of oblivion TO
the public at large-a mere f1ea-Dlte
lost in the shuffiing Of epidermlses 70
the monster saurians involved IN the
combat; but to Mr.. Randolph, 1t was
matter of transcendent Importance.
With feeling of great relief over
an order that he had placed with his
tailor nine days previously for COM
plete new afternoon and evening out
fits. the successful hunchbuster COL
lected one hundred and thirty-tWo
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