The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-26

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Blumenthal proceeded to explain ia
Mr.. Gibney how impossible it would
be for him, arrayed against the Forty
Thieves, to buy any article at rea-
sonable price. Further: Blumenthal
desired to inform Mr.. Gibney that his
cold horses" would merely result In
his running the prices up, for no benef-
icent purpose, since it was ever the
practice of the Forty Thieves to per-
nit no man to outbid them. Perhaps
Mr.. Gibney would be satisfied with a
fair days profit without troubling him
self to hamper the Forty Thieves and
interfere with their combination, and
with the words, the king surreptitious-
j.: slipped Mr.. Gibney tifty-dOllar
grtenbnck.
MIR. Gibney's great fist closed over
the treasure, he having first, by coy
glance, satisfied himself that it was
really fifty dollars. He shook hands
with the king. He said:
"Blumenthal, you're Il smart man.
I am quite content with this fifty to
keep off your course and give you a
wide berth to starboard. I'm sensi-
BILE enough to know when I'm licked,
an fight without profit amt in my
line. I didn't make my money that
way, BIumenthal I'll cast off my lines
and haul away from the dock" and
suiting the action to the figure, Mr..
(iibney departed.
He went first to the SeabOard drug
store. where he Quizzal the druggist
for five minutes, after which he con-
tinucd his cruise. Upon reaching the
Maggie, he proceeded to relate in de-
tail, and with additional details sup
piled by his own imagination, the story
of his morning adventure.
"Gib," said Mciutfey enviously,
you're 4 fool for luck"
'Iuck," said Mr.. Gibney, beginning
to expand. els what the Teller calls n
relative proposition"
you're wrong, Glib" interposed
Captain Scraggs. Relatives is I'M
lucky an expensive. Take, FIR. in
stance, Mrs. Scraggs' mother"
II mean, you lunkhead," said Mr..
Gibney, that luck is found where
brains grow. No brain, no luck. No
luck. no braIns. Lemme illustrate. A
thlevin' land shark makes me a present
I" fifty dollars not to butt in on them
two boxes I'm tellin' you about. Him
an his gang wants them two boxes.
Fair crazy to get 'en. Now, don't it
stand to reason that them fellers
knows what's in them boxes, or they
wouldn't give me- fifty dollars to haul
ship? OF course it does. However,
in order to earn that fifty dollars, I
got to back water. 1t wouldn't be
playin' fair If I didn't. But that don't
prevent me from putin two dear
friends o mine (here Mr.. Glbney en-
circletl Scraggs and McGutfey with an
arm each) next to the secret which
discovers. an IT, there's money In it
for old 1loOky that buys me off, It
stands to reason that there's money
in it for us three. What's to prevent
YOU an McGunfy from goin' up to
this old horse sale an biddin' in them
two boxes for the use and benefit Of
Gibney. Scrag:.s an McGuffey, all
share an share ,liie? You can bid
as high as hul.l red dollars, if neces-
sary, an sim come out thousand
dollars to the good. I'm tellin' you
this because T know what's in them
two h0NPS."
McGulfey was staring fascinated ut
Mr.. Gibney. Captain Scraggs clutched
his mate%s arm in Il frenzied clasp.
"Whnt?" they both interrogated.
"iOu two boys" continued Mr.. Glib
ney with aggravating deliberation,
"ar't what nobody would call dunn
Vies. You're smart men. But the
trouble. with both q you boys is you
amt got no Imagination. Without
imagination nobody gets nowhere, I'M
less it's out tn small end o tn horn.
Maybe you boys amt noticed It, but
my imagination IS all that keeps me
from goin' to Jail. Now, IL you two
had lpad the address on them two
boxes, 1T wouldn't "a meant nothin' to
you. Absolutely nothin'. But with me.
it's different. I'm blessed with imagi-
nation enough to see right through
them ChinAman tricks. Them two
boxes is marked Oriental Goods an
consigned (here Mr.. Gibncy raised 4
grimS foretinger, and Scraggs and Nc
Gutr"y eyed it very much rs II they
expected it to so off at any moment)-
them two boxes is consigned to the
Gin Seng company, TIA Dupont street,
San Francisco"
well. that's up in Chinatown, all
right" admitted Captain Scraggs, ''but
how about what's inside the two
crates2"
"Oriental goods, Of course" said Nc
Gurfev. ''Thcy are consigned to n
Chinanr,n, an besides. that's what 1t
says on the cases. don't it, Glib? ORR
entail goods, Scraggs. is silks an satins,
rice, chop sucy, punk, an idols an
fan TIN layouts."
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