VOL. XL
HEALTH
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the Federal Government locate its
arlnor plate factory at that place.
At the meeting of the North
Carolina .National Guard Associa
tion in Oastonia last week, Capt. R.
R. Morrison of Iredell, was elected
secretary. F. L. Black of Charlotte
is president.
1 Chronic Stomach Trouble Cared.
There is nothing more discourag
ing than a chronic disorder of the
stomach. Is it not surprising that
many suffer for years with such sn
ailment when a permanent cure la
within their reach and may be had
for a trifle? "About one year
year ago," says P. H. Beck, of Wa
kelee, Mich., "I bought a pack
age of Chamberlain's Tableta, and
since using them I have felt per
fectly well. I had previously used
any number of different medicines,
but none of them were of any last
ing benefit. For sale by all deal
ers. adv.
Col. P. M. Pearsall of New Berne
— 1 is a candidate for the chairman
ship of the Democeatic State
committee to succeed C. A. Webb,
resigned. A. W. McLean of Luni
ton, T. D. Warren of New Berne
and others are mentioned. The
> chairman will be elected at the
meeting of the committee on 'the
' 10th of Marfh.
- Itch relieved in SO minutes by
Woodford's Sanitary Lotion. Never
fails. Sold by Graham Drug Co.
' adv.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
'EARNING HIS 16E
!
Way in Which Big Bluffer From
New York Didn't Bluff a
Mexican Outlaw.
By C. B. LEWIS.
The "New Yorker" silver mine, lo
cated in Mexico, but owned and
worked by Americana, had been in
I running order a year before Jose Fa
vara put in an appearance. He had
been heard of, however. He was
known as a cattle stealer, a claim
jumper and a general outlaw, and it
was the popular belief that he stood in
| with the police. At any rate, they
I bad not interfered with his operations
1 to any extent, and he walked the
streets of the towns as free aa any
other man. One day Joee appeared
at the mine.' He walked straight to
1 the superintendent's office, and doff
ing his hat, saUl:
"Senor Barnes, I beg of you to ex
cuse me. My name is Jose Favara. I
should have called on you weeks ago,
but have been busy In other directions.
I am now here to do business with
you."
"Well, what is your business?" que
ried the superintendent, although he
had a pretty fair Idea of it
"To arrange to draw my monthly
salary, senor."
"For performing what services?"
"For leaving your mines in peace."
"In other words you mean to levy
tribute on us?"-
"The senor hits "the nail on the
head at the first blow. My terms are
S2OO per month In cash. I shall call
for it myself. If accepted, you will
be under my protection. If not —"
"You will make trouble for us?" -
"The Senor Barnes hits the nail
again. I like to do business with an
Americano."
Jose Favara was told that he would
have to wait a few days until his
proposition could be submitted to the
president and board of directors In
New York. He was agreeable. He
went away bowing and smiling, and
Mr. Barnes sat down and wrote a let
ter.
The proposition was extortion pure
and simple. The authorities could
be appealed to, and would doubles! do
something. Nevertheless, the tact re
mained that Jose was a bigger man
in that district than the authorities.
He could harry and harass. He could
scare evsry peon out of the mine in
two weeks. He could capture every
mule and driver engaged in transport
ing ore over the mountains. He could
do lots of things to make the situation
unpleasant, and the superintendent
reoommended that a monthly salary
be paid. He added that S2OO per
month was dog cheap.
The president and his board looked
upon It as a rather funny case, but
followed the advice of Mr. Barnes.
From that time on, for two years,
Jose Favara regularly appeared on
the 10th of each month and received
his "salary." Twice during that time
the peons would have struck for high
er wages had he not appeared and
threatened them with his vengeance.
A Mexican lawyer discovered what he
thought was a flaw In the title of the
"New Yorker," and would have made
cost and trouble had not Jose sent him
word that he was after his scalp. It
was conceded that the outlaw earned
his wage.
Things were going on satisfactorily
when the old president died and Mr.
Ooldsmlth was elected in his place.
While the dividends were large, Mr.
Ooldsmlth wanted to Increase them.
He saw a way to do It by lopping off
and cutting down. A cut of ten per
cent, was made in wages and salaries,
and the S2OO per month to Jose Fa
vara was cut off entirely.
When Mr. Barnes wrote that this
would bring trouble, he was directed
to arm his staff and light. When he
asked for rifles, a dozen old con
demned Springfield muskets were sent
him, but not a single cartridge. He
wrote for cartridges, but was an
swered that the president would soon
take a- trip to Mexico in his private
car and give farther instructions In
person. As a clothier, Mr. Oold
smlth had been known as a hustler.
As president of a sliver nine he de
termined to be a hummer.
Jose Favara called, as usual, on the
10th of a certain month, to be told
that his salary waa nix. He had been
discharged. Mr. Barnes entered Into
particulars with him, even to stating
the probable date of the arrival of the
president. Jose was Impassive and
Impurturbable. He smiled the same
old smiles and bowed th« same old
bows. He knew he had earned his
money, but If he was sore, be gave no
sign of it. He went away saying that
he might call again, and things went
on as usual for three weeks.
Then president Goldsmith arrived.
It was 10 miles over to the railroad,
and he had to make this distance on
the back of a burro, but be made It
He arrived at the mines at three
o'clock In the afternoon. At six the
peons came up from the shaft and an
nounced that there was a strike.
There were 400 of them. Next morn
ing Jose Favara appeared. He want
to knov If his salary was to be re
stored.
Presldsnt Goldsmith flattered him
self that be was a fighter. If not aa
actual fighter, he was a good blnffer.
He had been bluffing for >0 years, and
had the art down pat The miners
might strike, and be hanged to them.
They might be oat for a week, but
they wonld then be tumbling over
each other to get back. As for Jose
Favara,' he waa an outlaw—a black
mailer—an extortioner. Not another
Chaaikerlala's Tableta ftr Ceartlpatloa.
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The Commercial Jk Savings Bank
of Murphy, Cherokee county, has
closed its doors by order- of the
directors, pending reorganisation.
The bank's capital waa impaired
by bad loans. J
GBAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914.
cent should be draw from the tress
ury. If ha made one little move
against the peace and harmony of the
New Yorker the majesty of the law
would be invoked and be would find
himself behind prison bars. He was
talked to In -the plainest English. Ur.
Goldsmith talked In a loud voice. He
conveyed the Idea that he owned the
earth. Wheif he bad tired himself
out and was taking a rest. Joke quiet
ly asked:
v "Am I, then, to understand that my
services are no longer asked:
"Of course you are."
"But about this strike?"
"1 can settle it without your help."
"And as to what I may do with my
band?"
"Poof! Look here, my man, let me
give you a pointer: Don't come mon
keying around here unless you are
aching to get hurt. If'the law won't
protect us, we will protect ourselves.
00 you savey?"
' The outlaw did. He bowed and
■mlled and took his departure, it
was a cold bluff, and he meant to call
it when the proper time came.
"Do you think he will try to make
us trouble?" asked the president of
the superintendent when Jose had de
parted.
"Bure to."
"I don't. I think I bluffed him out.
However, there are the muskets."
"And not a cortrldge for one of
them."
"Cartridges are awfully expensive.
1 think that empty muskets will do
the trick. Nothing like a bluff if you
rub it in hard enough."
The strike lasted four days, with
all quiet around the mine, when Jose
Favara rode up. It was early In the
and President Goldsmith was
eating a picnic breakfast. The out
law had SO men with him, and each
and every one had a business look
about him.
"When the senor is quite through
with breakfast, I should ll'te to see
him," was the message sent to the
magnate.
Ten minutes later he appeared and
ordered the outlaw to go way back
and sit down. He was seized, bound
and carried off among the mountains.
He called for help, but there was no
help. He yelled "Police!" "Fire!" and
"Murder!" by turns, but the staff left
behind numbered only five men, and
they had no cartridges.
An hour later President Ooidsmlth
was at the outlaw's headquarters. Two
hours later he had got over bluffing
and was indicting a telegram to a
New York banker. The telegram
asked. for SIO,OOO. The money was
forwarded to a town designated, and
a week after the abduction it was In
the hands of Jose Favara, and Presi
dent Goldsmith was set free within
half a mile of the mine, to And his
way In. At the hour of his arrival the
strike was called off.
"Didn't I tell you -what the man
could do?" asked the superintendent,
aa the president came staggering In.
"Yea, but I thought he could be
bluffed. He has taken SIO,OOO out of
me. We must fix It some way to
charge It up to machinery or repairs."
The Hungry Hat.
A certain Doctor Helm, a German
man of science, once stopped for
luncheon at a hotel In Wiesbaden. The
chair next to him was unoccupied, so
he put his hat upon It, and sat down.
When he came to settle his account,
he was surprised to And that he was
charged for two plates; but the head
waiter Insisted that he had reserved
a second place, because no one could
alt where his hat lay; so Doctor Helm
paid without a word.
The next day he returned to the
hotel, sat at the same table, and put
his hat, as before, the chair next
to him. He ate a hearty meal, and as
the waiter was about to clear away
the dishes, he said: "Walt a minute,
friend. My hat here, that Is also pay
ing for a dinner, la very hungry, as
you may suppose, since It paid for Its
dinner yesterday, but didn't eat any
thing." With these words. Helm lined,
his bat with a newspaper, and filled
It up to the brim with bread, cookies,
fruit, and all aorta of good things. He
then placed the bulging hat carefully
under hla arm, and walked out In
triumph.
The lesson had a good effect, for
since that time no one in that hotel
haa had to (ay for the seat that was
occupied by his hat. —Youth's Com
panion.
A Century Ago.
One hundred years ago, following
Napoleon's unexpected attack on Blu
cher's corps at Brlenne, In which Blu
cher narrowly escaped being made a
prisoner, aaw a continuation of the,
desperate efforts of the French army
to halt the ad ranee of the allies on
Parte. The flames of the city of Brlen
ne, In which Napoleon had received his
first military lessons, facilitated Bin-
Cher's withdrawal of hla troops In good
order. Napoleon neglected to pursue
him on the 10th of January, and Blu
cher, reinforced by the crown prince of
Wurtemberg awl by Marshal Wrede,
attacked him at La Rothlere. Here the
allies found that the French people,
notwithstanding their Immense misfor
tunes, still remained true to Napoleon
and were reedy to flock anew beneath
the Imperial eagle for the defense of
their native solL
What Is Inetlnctf
Instinct is a generic torm compris
ing all those faculties of mind which
lead to the conscious performsnce of
actions that are adoptive In character,
but pursued without necer-eary knowl
edge of the relation between the
mean* employed aod the ends attained.
It la hardly necesssry to remark that
sometimes "instinct" comes so close to
"reason" that It Is slmoet Impossible
to distinguish between them.
Hn( Vrnmlij UuUit.
Beware of constipation. Uie Dr.
Kiat'i New Life Pilla and keep i
weir Mra. Charlea E. Smith, of
Weat Franklin, Me., calla tbem,
"Our Family Laxative". Nothing
better for adnlta or the aged. Get
them to-day. All by
mail. H, 8. Bncklen k Co., Phila
delphia or St LouU. adv.
Mra. Mary Bean, *4 year* old and
widow of Moaea L. Bean, died aud- _
denly at her hope in Saliaoory
Tueaday, while aeate din a chair.
r • ' ' - - '
••
MUFFLED KNOCKS
A reformer is a man who wants
everyone to be better than he la.
V
Lot's wife turned to salt But now
adays lots of wlvee turn to pepper.
Away down in his heart every man
knows that he la either clever or
good looking.
Give a princess a $6 bill, and she
will spend (4.98 for a new bag to
carry the two cents.
You can never get a married woman
to understand why a husband should
need any spending money.
A man who knows all about keep
ing out of work doeen't know a blame
thing about keeping out' of trouble.
What has become of the old
fasbloned man who used to think
Maud S. waa the speediest thing In
the world?
The man who owns a big automo
bile is always willing to agree with
you when you argue that walking la
the finest exercise. _
When a fellow can hand a girl' a
dime's worth of junk and stained
glass and she believee it Is a 1200 en
gagement ring—that is love
When a grass widow marries a
grass widower they have It "all over
the amateurs in that they do not have
to rehearse the performance.
A father Is often a party who will
trust his daughter's future with the
kind of a man that he wouldn't trust
with the loan of a nickel for
ear fare.
One advantage of being married and
having children is that you don't have
to use a nail when you ioee a button
off your nlnthee You can always find
a safety pla on the floor. —Cincinnati
Aiqnlrer. _
DESULTORY DEFINITIONS
Egotist— A person who is all "I's,"
and yet eant see anything but him'
sell
Gentleman —A man who is so dead
sure he is one that he forgets to talk
about it.
Bigot—A man who thinks so well
of bis own views that he won't sub
scribe to ours.
News—What you tell other people.
(Opposed to "gossip," 1. e., what other
people tell you.)
Cynlo—A person smart enough to
keep you continually in doubt as to
whether he is very clever or very dis
agreeable.
Agnostic—A high-browed person
who knows darned little and Isn't
■lire of that, but makes a profession
of his Ignorance.
Optimist—(a) A man who thinks he
eaa fix up some way to keep chick
ens, though he Uves in a flat (b) A
man who thinks he can make a scalp
ed ticket good with an application of
hair restorer, (c) A man who thinks
an abuse can be reformed by Its
friends.
Yoar beet friend will be just as
pleased to meet you If you don't call
so often when he's busy.—Judge.
NUGGETS
Some people never pay up until yon
ran them down.
Many a man haa been pushed to the
front through pulL
Many a girl accepts a fellow to keep
some other girt guessing.
Poverty Ia the soap that guarda us
against the Ilia of filthy lucre.
The truth Is mighty, but some men
hate to have It told about them.
Strangely enough It'* when we Uke
• man's word that we expect him to
keep It
| Money talks, but the best some of
as have ever been able to get next to
Is the echo.
| . GATHERED UP
The Chlneae never eat beef.
India has crabs two feet long.
Family Jars contain, as a rale tears.
A good batter Is made from eoooe
sit milk.
Broad-minded men are the ones you
an convince by argument
Coptd accomplishes little when be
shoots with an old baaa.
AH the explorers who have ever
ttmrn la search of tbe North or South
i pole bare baaa married men. Wot
WORLDLY WISDOM
Bra crooked man may eaat straight
lot an
Bat It last every high flyer wbo
reaches the top.
Umburger, by any other aaasa,
wold be just aa notoy.
Te Car* a Celit la One Oay.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablet*. AU druggist* refund the
money if it fail* to cure. E. W.
Grove'* signature it on each box.
15 cent*. f - adv.
| A colored man burglarized a
atore in Charlotte Wednesday
Hi* track* in the *now gave him
' away and the police caught him
in the atore red-handed.
How the Ring of
"Wireless" Wiretappers
Relieved One of His
Victims of $50,000
\ in Just Six Seconds
"Old Btons—Bs Sure You Get It.Rlghtl"
NEW YORK.—Money daubing In big
wads; hoaree voices calling bets,
telephone bells ringing; meuaen
gers dashing hither and tblther: tele
graph sounders clicking; excited
groups circling about .bulletin boards;
everything In a tense yet subdued
hubbub as John J. Felix hurried
through the smoke-laden atmosphere
and thrust $60,000 Into the "Cashier"
window of a fake poolroom to .bet on a
fake horse, running in' a fake race
duly programmed to yield half a mil
lion dollars by means of a fake wire
tapping scheme. It took in actual time
just six ticks of the cloctofor a talon
like-hand to reach through the "Cash
ier" window, gixh the $60,000 and jerk
the notes back to the other side of
the partition. That was the last that
Felix ever saw ot his money.
It was the afternoon of February •,
1906, when this famous bet was made.
The poolroom was very close to the
old Fifth Avenue hotel, and It was
fitted up to play ttie plausible, pool
room part In a mont natural and con
vincing way.
Felix was a manufacturer of musical
Instruments, with a place In Kast
Thirty-first street, just off Fifth ave
nue. He was a man who took aii In
terest In observing the various meth
ods by which an opinion on a hazard
might he backed with money. Home
how Felix's predilection for paying
attention to pastimes of chance be
came known until It reached westward
through Thirty-flrst street to the vK
clnlty of Ilroadway, where men of rap
id-Ore gambling tendencies congregat
ed. It aliio became known at the same
time that bidden In a secret compart
ment of tlie Felix ofllce safe were 60
SI,OOO bills, "Just aching to be taken
out tor a walk," as the Broadway
gamblers and crooks put It.
AT TIfB corner of Fifth avenue and
Thirty-first street, four o'clock,
February 6, 1906—the day before the
160,000 was grabbed by tbe talon-llke
hand of the fake "Cashier"—an Im
maculately groomed and garbed gen
tleman gave his mustache a final pull
and a pat as he mentally closed all
tbe detallx necessary to properly ap
proach FellX and acquire the $60,000.
Tracy entered the Felix office the
quintessence of urbane suavity. Pro
fusely,. yet not fulsomcly apologetic,
and In crisply polished phrases, lie In
troduced himself as one who had met
Felix In a "haxard parlor" and bad
been attracted to htm by his sports-
manlike bearing. Panning by he had
noticed the manufacturer entering bis
place of builnee* and had recalled him
at once. It wai Impossible to with
■tand the temptation to renew ac
quaintance, ao he had made bold to en
ter.
Felix was really glad to meet Tracy
—or Mr. Charles 1. Tompkins, aa the
"king" atyled blmaelf for this ven
lure—and you needn't smile In a sar
castically auperlor way to see bow
eaally the clever crook wormed bis
way Into his victim's confidence.
Tracy, Just as he waa saying good
by at the door, turned In a most casu
al way and expressed a polished regret
that Felix did not bare the time to
learn of a magnificently good and
"sure thing" that had been Imparted
to blm by a gentleman "on honor" not
to divulge a single part of it Felix
had the Usee and Insisted that ha bad
It. He waa already captivated by
Traer and waa eager to discover how
be might become an associate of hi*
vtaltar This waa the "sore thing:"
The. Party Year Test,
An article mu*t have exceptional
merit to aucceed for a period of
forty yeara. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy wa* flr*t offered to the
public in 1872. From a email be
ginning it haa grown in favor and
popularity, until it ha* gained a
world wide reputation. You' will
find nothing better for a cough or
cold. Try it and you will under
stand why It i* a favorite after a
period of more than to year*. It
not only give* relief—it cure*. For
•ale by all druggiat*. adv.
"You see, Mr. Felix, there's a very
close friend of mine, a vary oloee
friend Indeed, who Is In a position to
give advance Information connected
with horse racing, lie can't give the
information a long way abead, you un
derstand. not any more than you and
1 can give It That's only a guess or
an opinion when It's given tbat way.
He gives, or can give, positive infor
mation immediately after the race la
over—before anybody else gets It!"
iP
TRACY'S piercing glance seemed to
look through Felix as he uttered
the words "before lanybody else gets
it" The "king" saw at once by the
Intent expression of Felix that the
bait had caught the flub at the very
, first nibble. Ho went on:
I "Step back here, won't you, and sit
down while you tell me more about
it?" said Felix eagorly, for he ssw pos
sibilities In the preface that strongly
appealed to his Interest in hazards.
Tracy went further back In the place
( and sat down near the safe In which
I reposed the $50,000 lie was 'destined
to get.
"There Isn't much more to say—l
nee you about understand It all now,"
he said.
"Yes —I see —how it can be dona."
answered Felix with comprehensive
earnestness snd a bettor's gleam In
his eye.
"Of course," purled on Tracy, "It
may not seem to a great many tlttt
the scheme Is exactly square. Hut
then you know, Mr. Felix, the whole
horse racing game la not square. My
friend Is the soul of honor In all other
things, Mr. Felix, but In this one mat
ter he avers that It Is only paying
these race-track-poolroom sharks back
In their own coin. And I think I
pretty nearly agree^wlth him. A num
ber of atock broker friends of mine
are In on the scheme and are already
making a good bit of pocket money
from l£ giving my friend who re
tards the Information a decent per
centage for his. trouble. I'd like you
to meet some of these brokers, Mr.
Felix. What do you say to • little
walk right now I'll Introduce yon aa
one of us. And they'll be quite free
with you. To prove It, Just say laugh
ingly to them 'Retarded Information,'
and you'll see them nod and wlak
their knowledge of what you are talk
Ing about. There la not the slightest
reason. Mr. Kellx, why you ahouldn't
be a very rich man In a vary short
while."
RmilT gladly Mr. Felix went with Mr.
Tracy-Totnpklna to the Fifth Ave
nue hotel, a few blocks distant. OS
ons of the main corridors waa a salt*
of stockbrokers' oOcea. Tracy pulled
a key from bis pocket, opened one of
the doors and ushered his companion
within. It waa a genuine etockbrok
er"s offlce. all right. Felix didn't know
It, but the broker and hla clerks had
gone for the day. They hadn't the
least Idea who Mr "Tompklna" was
The key he used was a "skeleton "
"I have a little cash I might tn
•a this scheme," said Felix to Tracy
as they shook bands In parting. "Sup
pose I meet yon tomorrow and bring
It along. If the thing looks good r
Hk* to go in it"
"Surely, Mr. Felix, surely." said
Tracy, with his breexy, well bred
smile that waa so captivating, "Just aa
you say. Try M oat tomorrow. I In
tend to nee the *y*tem myself. Watch
me grow—aa to plla. Wall go to a
poolroom right' near here. 11l have
Klckapoo Mora Killer Kipeli Worm*.
> The cause of your child'* 111*—
the foul, fetid, offendve breath—
The sallow complexion—The dark
circle* under the eye*—All are in
dication* of worm*, the cause of
child'* unhealthy condition. For
the removal of seat, stomach and
pin worms, Kickapoo Worm Killer
give* sure relief. It* taxatlie ef
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one of U>« clerks la the Fifth Avenue
hotel broker's office keep at the tele
phone wire connected with the pool
room. Soon u my friend at the track
opens the reculat telegraph wire and
retards the Information so that he
can apprise us over the broker's wire
of the winner the clerk In the office
will call me up at the poolroom and
111 know how to plaoa my bets. And.
as I stated before, I'm bound to win.
You see how?"
NEXT day—a fatal $60,000 day for
Pell*—he met Mr. Tompkins and
was estorted to tha "nearby pool
room." It certainly had all the marks
of the genuine betting rendeivous.
Every thing waa going on Just as It Is
going on In poolrooms where there are
no "wire-tapping" schemes afoot.
It seamed that "Mr. Tompkins" had
hardly time enough to walk from the
"Cashier's" window to the side of
Felix before the "telegraph operator"
announced In a loud voice, "Rolllns
by wins!" Instantly Tracy was sur
rounded by a group who congratulated
him. "Fine tip," and "Put us wise
next time," were the oomments. Fella
saw Tracy later hand In his "ticket"
to the "Cashlfr" and receive a verita
ble mountain of gold certificate* In re
turn. At least they looked like genu
ine money. The fact is, a few of the
outside bills were the regular notes Is
sued by Uncle Sam's bureau of en
graving.
Felix felt an Instant envy to think
that another had got such a great haul
of money that should hsve been his
—at least he should have won as
much. He had cleaned hie office safe
of Its 160,000 and It rested against his
beating heart In the Inside pocket of
his waistcoat. Another race started.
A number of bets were made by men
standing around. They seemed bets,
all right. The men went through the
regular betting motions and It all
looked proper to Felix. Some of the
men pulled away fair slxed "rolls"
when the result wss announced.
TUB telephone bell Jingled again.
"Mr. Tompklna la wantad right
away," called the telephone attendant.
Tracy fairly leaped to tha booth. Pal
lx followed hlra cloae, determined not
to mtaa anything thli time. Oat
popped Tracy, ao quickly that Falls
well might hare wondered how ha had
time to get anything o*er the tele
phone.
"What's tha horseT What's the
horse T" he urged of Tracy as tha
"king" went on a hop, skip and a
Jump toward the "Cashier."
"Old Stone —be sure you get It right
—Old Stone," , snapped Tracy. Any
body In the room could have heard
what he said, although he went
through the pretense of putting his
Hps close to the aar of Felix. The fact
Is they all did hear It. They knew
Tracy was going to say It. Most of
them already had their overcoats on
and were edging toward the door of
the "poolroom."
Tracy stopped at the window a sec
ond, tugging at his pocket to unloos
en his wad. Felix couldn't wait for
him, although the tip came from him.
He planked bla roll of gold certifi
cates down in front of the window
and then thrust them through Into
the hand of the "Cashier."
"Fifty thousand dollars on Old
Stone I"
He stood to win $500,000 on the
wager!
Felix was afraid the slse of the bet
might cause the proprietors to refuse
It. He need not hays been nervous. A
ticket was thrown to him* For th# -1
first time he thought of having beaten
"Mr. Tompkins" to the window.
Where was Mr. Tompkins, aayway?
Nowhere In sight.
"Hurry call came for Mr. Tomp
kins —he had to go," said the tele
phone sttendant, and Felix noticed he
had his overcoat and hat on.
"Funny be didn't stay to bet on
that last race," said Felix In a pustled
wsy. "He bad a pretty sure Up. 1
bet on It."
"Oh. Mr. Tompkins Is a true sport,"
said the sttendant. "He figures what
he don't get today he'll get tomorrow.
Good day. That's the last race. I'm
going home."
Kellx waited until the "telegraph op
erator" called out, "Summertime
wins!" You know hew he felt and
acted. Figure out how you would
look In the "movies" If It suddenly
dawned on you that you bad lost $50,-
000 In six seconds, lint come to think
of It, no one can figure It out until he
actually loses It. Felix looked for the
"Cashier" and he had gone. He turned
round to ask the "operator" a ques
tion and he was gone. By the time ha
wheeled about again the bettors were
gone.
! T RACY bed ■ very good atart, for the
| 1 Indent Fell* placed hU $60,000 la
the window, he left the room by a
back way, end opening a door behind
the "Ce«h!er" thai active receiver of
beta handed him the fall Felix roll.
Down to police headquarter* bur
rled Felix. Tbey threw out the net
"Big" Lawson. one of Tracy'e chief
aaaoclatea, fled to Auatralla, where he
■till la. After a bunt of aeveral
montha they caught the "king." He
waa tiled and convicted. Tou aright
think thet thla properly eoda the
chronicle. Not at all. It only beglne
the etrenge part of It. Tracy had
money end ■ good lawyer. He carried
hla caae to the court of eppeale of
Wew York atate.
And A decision of tbls august tri
bunal fflkased the "King of the Fake
Wiretappers." Why, and how? Be
cause Felix clearly Intend)*] to swindle
as much as Tracy did. Ton must
eoase Into court with clean hands.
It pays to be a predatory genius,'*
ssld "King" Tracy as he walked forth
a free man upon the announcement af
the court of appeals' dedsios.
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