The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-19

lpl ia.e ip rlaY "a UHIr friendly
same If poker Boz sour oau H1mf
and ydu thini it'f gute zoo right d..
luce SUI do not make your living
p.ayiug pocket Wen lef me zen you
that % requires more brains than
sou possesses % D. professional
poker player.
skinner sou ought % move back
io one ~ those eastern states where
fhe pure minded get Jobs cutting
three fcfi on "a motion picture iara
brat you ana your pstern8Iiste
spirits it.s The curse of lAe oounirB.
skinner youll stag GA with THE
Job N being your brothers keeper
until somebody cures sou 0f sucking
eEgs the way fate cured old man
Magrudrr n the Alaska Packet line.
I'm The old prrWlrelea days when
We shipping men sought surcrnse
from the mfklng cares Of business
by betting the insurance syndicate
that certain overdue ships would 0r
would not arrive, old man Marfuder
who hadn't mih=ed revival I'm 90
years. would give me dirty dig nc
luncheon because 1 never missed tnk.
Ing % flyer on good risk In fact
recall that once old man MaEruder
discharged his general manager Tor
. betting on hn overdue.
Well ono day the barkentlnt
Timauu went on the overdue board
M Q per cent, She was the prop
erty ~ a good friend Of mine and
he gave me a 10 10 play her not
10 arrive. 30 naturally played
I her 10 arryei
well tile Reinsurance rate on
her cruwied up and up 10 100 per
cent, very close 20 the point where
she would no longer BE- insurabie.
About that time invited old man
MaEruder 20 80 fishing with me
out 10 tho Cord0l!a bnnks, and he
accepted.
'it turned a little hay out on
The banks about I o'clock. as II
generally does every summer after
noon. and wo were about 10 20
homo when "a hnrkentine doomed
Up thru the mist picked up
my marine glasses and took "A look
AZ her. then passed the glass 70
old man Mngruder. who let out q
[ yell Of pain and aorr0w.
ITS tho Timuru.' be gnsped
DO you suppose the Merchant IA
change look out nc Lands End can
sec her in this mlstT'
80 He cannot I replied. and nc
sharp.eyed tow-boat captains are In
bio 70 sec her until this mist lifts.
And this mist Is the beginning of an
altnight fog. which VIII IN about 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The next morning old mar
Magruder called tho Merchants cS
change 90 learn whether or not the
Timnru had been reported or the bar
and receiving a negative reply. nc
weat UP 20 tho reinsurance syndi
cate office and played the Tlmaru "a
RrriYe-and he played her for $40.
900.
Alas The TimarI never showed
up. Arriving Off the Heads three
months overdue. Jap steamer cut
her In two and sunk her with all
hands AZ hhc lurched along thru that
mist. and old man Magruder lost $40
900. in real money and about
t2oe, 900. in paper profits
lilo tainted ON Change after read
/ Ing news OF the disaster on the black
board. Sometimes think he contcm
plated suicide when. after told III,
story on him and made him tn,
laughing stock * the street --thc pi
Gus old fraud
rNow. then. Skinner. the moral oi
all this lies in the fact that " re-
\ quircs practically all the strength q
man may have to manage his own
morals and you're mighty weak
vessel. As sou pass out tell Dennis
1 McGaffey TO come in with his dope
sheet"
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