Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-02-11
Out of the
Frying Pan
By JOHN B. OXFORD

get into a tight place aud give II
good try"
Leary- goodness only knows what
his name may have been originally -
tilted his stein and took a deep draft
before he continued
Take my own case, for instance.
"'Twas this way Leary Went on.
when the replenished stems were set
before us. There was dinky little
county fair back in town among the
hills, three years ago this fall. and as
there didn't seem to be nothin doin
just about then. | packed up a wheel
of fortnne'-one of them kind with 4
concealed brake on it--and liked L
to the hills. When ! hill the town l
found I'd got the field pretty much
TO myself, for the only other thing in
the way of edueann entertainments
WAS two bFoken,tiown thimbte-riggers
and a oue-horse ring em-on outfit
First thing when struck The
grounds | fell III with bewhiSkered
limb Of ti,c law who VAS floatin round
dazedlike. with Il big nickel ,chief-of-
police star on his caaf-frong
Pine weather, says |. of1rrIn him
cigar
Uncommon says he. hitin af Il
third IT il and lightln The wrong end
I've brought UP little show.
saws /. lis emertainIn harmless and
educational spuse there 10 abiec-
ton 10 my setting up over by tie
fenceg
Weller says he, his little eyes
narrowin IN a Try at beln shrewd
that Was funny.
How muchY says / comm TO tie
poiui al once
~ sRose | ought 10 have about
twenty-five. says he That's What
The other gellts give me,
Sure, Says l. passln out the stuff.
Its a pleasure 10 de- business with
such an Intelligent man
And of he goes. pulled up 70 near
the hestin point.
u opened up business next door 70
the thnhie-rigeerS. and in ten minutes
owned the crowd Those other out.
fits waS.hit by drought Immediately:
Would y heiieve ii. most of the yapS
hadn't never seen a wheel If fortune
before, aad after The first -four or FIVE
of EN- bad won Somefhin like fifty.
the rest fairly fell over one another
tryin' 70 get chance 10 have Il whirl
at it.
..In an hour / took in cool four
huadred Then 4 yap who'd lost TWEEN
~ dollars IN one fling Set up yell of
Robert and skim Tie crowd took
il up and began to shove in close,
lookin' ugly. ! tried my best to naclfy
EN-. hui It wasn't no use.
Right in the middle Of the trouble
the chief Of police come pushin
through the crowd
What's wrong hereg says he. look
in like a villain In a melndrama with
had attack of siage-fright.
He's got our money with a skin
gamer wells one sucker.
This here wheel is crooked = sings
out another.
His Whiskers lays hand on my
shoulder.
See here he says. THROWN out
his chest most virtuous-like. we can't
have nothin' of this kind goin' on here.
You come with mer an he lends me
toward the gate. Kept mum till the
erowd'd all trailed off and we was
alone: then | turned on him.
Look here | says. where do
fit? Dyer think ! coughed up to have
you buttin' imp
That crowd was gettin' ugly says
he, sort of apologize.
oh, STOW itY says |. TIL look
out for myself. got TO make my ex
penses. amt In
"'Well. what do you want to doY
says he.
I'm tell you | says, droppin' an
eyelid at him. I'll make 1t up on the
dip" What's the matter with my
weedin' out few feathers, just to get
enough TO get home onT
He springs his wise look on me
again.
III have to have another twenty.
five for that says he.
Sure. GULL says T.
"'And if there is arg trouble, amt
responsible for none of the conse-
Is.caces. Ire goes ON. They pretty
near killed a Teller that got caught
pickin' pockets up here last year If
there's any trouble. you'll have to look
out for yourself
/" That's all right says I. It's time
enough to worry when the trouble Is
here And | chuckled TO myself. for
those yaps sure did look easy.
IT was about four O'Clock when the
crowd and thar jay cop between EN-
broke up my gan1e. and AT five a bal.
loon ascension and parachute drop
was goin' 10 take place. Already the
balloon was filed and was swayin' TO
and fro. Iazy-like. in an enclosure.
"Just as I squeezed near the ropes
man shouted MT the top OF his voice
that, owing TO the extreme velocity Of
the wind the balloon ascension and
parachute jump Of the world-renowned