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THE OREGON SUNDAY . JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, .JULY fl, 1008;
TWO DOWNS AND OUT
. LAND UPON VELVET,
Did You Ever Go Broke in a Toolroom? If So,
j , Narrative of One's Experience Ma.v He-of
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This
Interest to You.
From fne Washington Post.
"Did you ever go In a pool room
. and then come away from there with 650
metallic men, or legal tender In lieu
' thereof, making a crackling noise in
your nankeens?"
; The regular who propounded this
question to his group on the. Hit rain
from the track did not hear any visible
mark of Insanity. But hln bynch g:ized
Mm ever aa if they had their own ideas
bout that. ,
- -. "Well, that's what 1 did, said the
regular, .who had made tin) mistake or
" arAllnir off 'llh n n Ui4sllu:i. "Went flat
Illvhe3tniml busted in a pool room, and
- then nudged out with 650 bucks, just as
aay aa making ueorge .uuaiuuie umu
: by telling him he's fat.
. "When the gee-gees pulled out of Ben
tilnjr early in December six years ago,
and the gang that had some of the vel
vet left mooched along for New Orleans,
or the coast, my buddy and I, after
coming across for the hotel lodging and
the eats, were just 15 bones strong, and
" nobody left in Washington to mace.
"We'd been hamstrung all through the
Bennlng meeting, and our dope about
the winter campaign down within hit-
ting distance of Lake Ponchartraln and
Tin von St. I-ouls looked like the ravel-
Inga of a bum bathrobe when the meet-
Ing closed. Fifteen wouldn't take us
- anywbere-not even to New York the
.ay'we wanted to get into New York
with the shaves and shines and the
proper have-got look.
"So we decided we'd have to take a
wallop at the St. Asaph pool room on
the next day. Two men with only lo
slugs between them are Just as good as
broke. That's the way we framed it
And yet things had been done in front
of a big blackboard with 15.
"We got the San Francisco entries
they were running at lngleslde then
out of an evening paper and we sat up
until 2 o'clock in the morning doping
' out a couple of couldn't losers. The .pair
' we landed on to gather at lngleslde
Were Faversham and Yemen. We took
'em back through the charts to their
.first races, and when we picKea em
'apart and put 'em together again
we went to the hay on it that they'd be
the ones.
"We got over to the Virginia pool
room, five or six miles over the Poto
mac from Washington, In time to snag
the house betting on ouf pair of pipes
Iew Bargctfi, the overseer of the big
. room, already had the California cnam
tip when wo got there. He had rated
' Faversham and Yemen both as 6 to 1
gxixna.
Flayed a Combination.
"That stuff looked away out of line
' aa to bothTf"them our figures made
-Yemen and Faversham look like 2 to 1
i stuff at the Dutchlest kind of a calcu
lation. So we swirled through the early
bunch to the combination counter and
bought one of those pay or play combi?
nation UcketB on Faversham and Yemen,
both to cop, for $12 worth. The eom
t blnatlon, with both of them at 6 to 1,
paid $420 to $12, rfnd the pink ticket
was a nice thing to hold for a little
.while anyhow.
'. -' "We went away back to the rear of
the room and .nibbled stogies and waited
' .for Ihgleslde to sift it along that we
. could go to New Orleans or any other
place we had In mind. ,We felt like peo
ple with coin, the only horse that gets
over the last Jump In a steeplechase,
when on the first tingle from Ingleside,
Yemen was Morsed in as a 4 to 6 shot
and us .sitting there with B'ta 'X against
her on our combination ticket.
"Presently we could toss our heads
back and listen to the birdies again,
for Yemen was flashed in as a 3 to 5
and at post time a 1 to 2 lady, and we
- liad a right to feel that we had that No.
1 end of the two-ended trick sewed up
In a canvas bag.
"We" were swarming around the coun
ter, rubbering at the board, by that time,
and when the Ingleside key began to
click again we heard some funny cussing
from Lew Bargen, the blackboard boss.
Lew was handing it to himself for hav
ing been a couple of furlongs out of line
on the Faversham thing, too, as he had
, oeen about icinen.
Mixed It Up In a Barroom.
"Faversham was clicking In as an even
money shot M his race,, and us there
- not to speak of a lot of other moon'
shooters all over the room with. 6 to 1.
- the house chalk, on the trick nailed af
ter the matinee joss. It looked pnttv
1 soft for the ticket then, and the matey
and I executed more of the kidney bast
ing stuff with the open palms and pi
rouetted around the room like a couple
of hippodrome girls picking up new
ateps.
"That wag all right and we had a
license to feel gay and cllpplsh. But
there was a big sosh in the room, there,
with the bun the size of a Second ave
nue platter of llverwurst, who took ex
ception to our cutupibhness, and began
to Josh us about it.
My pal is some quick on the bow-
string, and he took the kidding of the
big gun to heart. He eased over to the
Kidder with the souse, and asked him
where he got off to pitch around slams
at people who were minding tuelr own
business.
"The big one, who looked like Dunk
horst, the human freight car, for size,
took a swing at my mate, 'xhe swing
missed, and the lummox got an upper
cut on the point of the jaw. that
stretched him out like something ofhg
frravled up at a barbecue. Then (Jeorge
Northrldse, the Virginia prizefighter
who policed the room, hopped in and
stopped the mix. The large pickle got
10 nist muttering a lot of things, but
be didn't nudge back for some more
or the Jaw taps, although he spent the
rest of the afternoon telling people
around the room what he would do to
the pair of us If he ever-caught us In
Chicago, 1,1s home, where he said he was
going that night.
"'This diversion took up the time be
tween first-price chalking and post time,
and when- we peeked at the board after
the row we saw that Faversham. our
ucset rinisner, nad tecn battered down
to 3 to b. We felt sorry for the St. Asaph
pool room folks then jt looked like a
shame to zephyr along and do all like
that to them, and snowing hard outside
too.
"Away they got. and it was Favor
sham from She first ctifpn ritht iIohr
me ireien, wnr n f
I -man t hoard anything about up i,, that
stage of It. a thing called Sliver Bow
aot a call aa being second, a i-nuj.lo of
renina oaca 01 our ticket winder
"But it was all right oh, all rle-ht.
J-a-eh.
"'Faversham wln!" surg out the key
irunupr. ami men me pal and I did
behind us and there was the lout of a
rummy that my put had uppercut u-hold-Ing
his shies and giving us the horse
hott. lie knew about our ticket and he
wa so overjoyed over the puncturing
of the same Unit J thought ho was going
to loosen his teeth.
"It was then 8 o'clock at night and
still snowing hard outwhie, and there
wasn't any trolley train hack to Wash
ington until a .iu, ami we didn't have, any
room to go to in Washington, anyhow
'and the stoves felt pretty good In the
St.. Asaph room: and so, cankered wttn
gloom up to the neetles of us. we do
elded to slough off the remaining J2
lust for a chance to double the eat coin
on an even-money trick running in the
last race at Ingleside, called Nfgrette.
Wig-rette Walked In.
"I was getting the case two-spot down
on Nigrette. when the big rummy who'd
been on our bane for the whole after
noon lurched up td the counter and
pokod in a tGO bill on San Nicholas to
win the same race that Mgrette was
in. ban Nicholas was a 11' to 1 shot.
and the-rummy leered at me when he
tucked the JtiOO to $50 ticket In his
pocket. I hoped San Nicholas would get
nit on the wishbone by a cloudburst or
something before -lie ever left the post.
"Nigrette won the race by nothing
mailer than 15 lengths, and that left
the mate and 1 four bucks strong to get
tnrougn tuo snowy nignt in Washing
ton with, anyhow.
"I was. J think, the only one In the
room who noticed the move. As soon
as the large rum had pasted the ticket
against the pillar, he got his ulster out
of the check room, and slouched out Into
the darkness and, the snow, to walk the
couple of blocks to the trollev station.
Then most of the gang began to thump
out or me room. ew or them had
played Nigrette," but a lot of them had
gone to San Nicholas, which was a tip.
"I gave my pal the Nigrette ticket
to cash, for I wanted some air, and went
down to the trolley station through the
foot-deep snow. A train that ditfti't
usually stop at fit Asaph .pulled up
inure on account or ina snow, and most
of the gang at the station, as many aa
could hang on, clambered aboard of that
train.
"Among those that aqueesed aboard of
her was the large, globular rummy
who'd pasted his San Nicholas ticket
against tho pillar. Just a minute or so
before the 8:45 trolley was due. my part
ner came slouching down the snow path,
hotter around the nackband than I'd
ever seen him before. .
" What d'ye think?" he growled at me.
'They disqualified that Nigrette cheese
fur interfering with the bunch at the
ou.rt, and they've handed the race to
San Nloh'olns that finished second. Now
we're the .brace- of hums sure enough.'
"I started back over the snow to the
oom at a canter.
Z.lfted the Big- Ticket.
'"Walt for m don't take -the train
I cheeped back to my mate. 'I'll bo
back directly, and sway I shot.
"I'll bet I old the furlong to the room
In Colin time. I figured there was 660
bucks hanging on my speed, for I didn't
know but what some dub might pick the
AUCTION SALES
AT
ikon's Salesrooms
173-175 Second,- Corner Yamhill,
at 10 a. m., Monday, Wednes
day, Friday.
Extentive and extraordinary sales on
Monday and Wednesday Of elaborate
home furnishings comprising furniture
of the PERIOD. The parlor and draw
ing room effects were purchased by
geople of means. The dining room,
edroom and kitchen was not over
looked. Special attention was given to
the entire home, not one Dome, but
many. The offerings ln each sale rep
resents the expenditure of THOUS
ANDS OF DOLLARS. The belongings
that have been placed with us to dis
tribute at auction sale are suggestive
of the recent PALMY DAYS. His
tory has repeated Itself and we are in
tlie midst of a depression which neces
sitates a change in the affairs of many
of our lives. There is a sayfng,
WHAT'S ONE'S LOSS IS ANOTHER'S
GAIN. Eeonomy is the password to
day. Be" TJhe of the economical and at
tend our sales. We can fit you out
from cellar to garret in costly, medium
or chea: furnishings. Not necessary
to itemize. We have everything neces
sary for modern housekeeping. Sales
start at 10 a. la. each day.
SPECIAL SALE FRIDAY
At Salesrooms, Second and Yam
hill, of Groceries and Furnish
ing Goods. Sale Starts at 10
a. m.
Can we Interest you In this fine stock
or uents and Boys' Silk, Lisle, Linen
and Cotton Lnd rwear COOPER'S
best garments? The best crade of
Negligee Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves, Neck- I
wear, Suspenders, etc. An up-to-date i
line or tiaDeraasner s wares. Also a
small lot of teas, spices, extracts and
housekeepers' supplies, etc
NOTE Outfit with us, we sell every
day In the week. If you don't want to buy
and contemplate selling your belong
ings, phone Main 11.26, A-4243, for we
pay cash for any saleable chattle.
J. F. WILSON,
Auctioneer.
On Tuesday Next
At BAKXB'S AXJCTIOW HOTTBB, J61
Park street, near Morrison street. We
shall sell the furnishings of private
residence removed from Hunnysfde for
convenience or sate, including Daven
port, in leather, suitable for the parlor
or den. leatlter seated parlor Rockers
In golden atid weathered oak, center
tables, lounges, Morris chair, oak book
case, several iron beds, both full and
sizes, springs and mattresses, feather
pillows, comforters, toilet ware, lace
curtains, Brussels carpets, large Ax
mlnster Carpet, portieres, oak dining
room Buite, china cabinet, gas range,
linoleum, utensils, tubs, wringer, etc.
Also part furnishings of residence,- viz:
Extension table, chairs, foldlnir bed.
dressers and chiffoniers, Brussels rugs.
9xli'. rioor olldot.i, heaters, etc. For
shippers we shall sell new Axmlnster
rug, Sxiz, several small Axmlnster and
velvet rugs and about two dozen com
forters, wardrobe, large walnut book
case, sanitary steel couch and nad.
kitchen treasure and several other lots.
Parties furnishing can save money by
attending our sales as w-e usually make
a ciean sweep or gooas listed at eacn
sale. We need tRe space for next sale's
goons on view tomorrow (Monday).
SAXiB TTTESDAT at 10 a. m. sharp
tierma casnj.
On Thursday Next
Chattle mortgage sale. Included In this
lot we have furnishings for the bed
room, dining room and kitchen. You
may Inspect these goods Wednesday.
BAIO! THURSDAY at 10 o'clock (terms
cash). BAKER & SON,
Auctioneers.
On Monday, July 13
We shall sell the complete furnishings
of flat in the Nob Hill district, full
particulars later.
BAKER & SON,
Auctioneers.
Phones Main SS32 and A-2567.
pasted ticket off the pillar out of ourl
ontty or that tt might fall down and be
swept out by the clennurs or something.
"The pool room folks, fixing up their
sheets, were still back of the counter,
There was a lump In my throat the
slse of a hard young cabbage when I
tiptoed through the door and skated
quietly ovur to that pillar.
"Yep, thert was the Ran Nicholas
ticket still sticking to the side of the
pillar.
" 'Is that last race confirmed ystf I
asked 'em behind tne counter.
"'Yes.' said Lew Bargen, the boss,
'but well pay off on that tomorrow,
because all of the gang that played San
Nicholas have ducked.
"You'll pay me off now, chum, be
cause I've got n train for Denver to
catch In two hours.' I bluffed at Bar
gen, and after a,, little chaw about It,!
the money boxes having beon locked, 1
he dragged out six centuries and a fifty
and took my Kasr Nicholas ticket and
tors off the corner tt K and there was
I. sll littered up with the dust, and with
no more compunction about that way of
getting hunk with the rummy than I
would have, a few hours later, about
eating a couple of buahela of steamed
oysters at Harvey's. '
"The pal wouldn't believe that he
wasn t dreaming when I trudged back
to the trolley station through the snow,
found him .huddled VP on a bench, all
of tne rest of the gang having taken
the 8:45 train, and flashed the ochre
slips on him. lis told me that we were
both raving over the bad break we'd
been getting, and that probably when
we woke up we'd find that we'd beon
pinched for maclng SomobodMi with a
piece of gaspipe. '
."we nad to wait two hours in me.
bleak, tinwarmed
train tt -Washington, but we. wsra
warm enough wIibh ws made Washing-
ob al
ton,
and 'the sun was oa the i
rlrht annuirh when we taoled Into New
Orleans two y later with the tinsel
on. That's how I want broke 1650 bones'
worth one In a pool room, and I sup
pose that was a kind of a lonesome
and monotonous finish to a snowy day
near, tha i'otomac wh,atT"
"'i1 1 '
Wouldn't Ride Urhlnd Black Horses.
Chester Correapondenee i Philadelphia
North American.
"I'd rather walk a mile tban rlda to
church In that!" exclaimed Miss Mar
garet 8tnvenon when she stepped out
of the front dobr of her home and saw
a rlr ft coal black horses hitched to
. .... I. I. t waa ' naltlnff A t U h.p
tatlon for another I and her f lanes, Lewis Pienelok, to the
South Cheater Baptist ehureh, Whera
X'Whyw what's the matterr' asked
the astonished bridegroom. .
"It's bad luck for a bride to rlda to
u .hMh liMhlnit Idmik hnriaa. I,w1a."
declared Miss Btsvenson, In a manner
so positively expressed that Lawla did
not attempt to dispel her notions. He
-ordered the rab back to the livery sta
ble. Hailing a tiucK mat naa oeen ao
ing regular duty since the- streetcar
strike was Inaugurated over ten weeks
ago, Plenleck assisted his brlda to a
seat In tho vehicle and they wars driv
en to the church. .
A Lover of Nature.
Post Are you fond of nature, Miss
DestrlxT
Beatrix Oh, yes. I adore gardens
especially Italian ones.
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Lots $25
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$5.00 Down, $1.00 a Week
Take a trip today to this beautiful tract Take Oregon City
car at 1st and Alder to Gladstone, our automobile meets cars
leaving Portland at 10 A.M., 2 and 3 P.M. Lots are moving
fast don't delay. No rocks; no gravel; no interest; no taxes.
ESPEY-MARKILLIE CO. 533 Chamber of Commerce
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THE SCENIC RESIDENCE SECTION QF
THE UNIVERSE ELEVATION 1200 FEET
PURL AIR PURE, WATER PURE, ATMOSPHERE
AUCTION SALES
BY
The Portland Auction
Company
211 FIRS! STREET
Tuesday, Thursday, 10 a. rb.
Friday, 2 p. m.
Take a ride any day to COUNCIL CREST and see that this is the PLACE
FOR YOUR HOME IN ALL THE WORLD NO VIEW LIKE THIS!
tat
b4 ' stretch the limit for rlln-ss.
Kistake at Xarlesidc.
W pulte-l of s walls sroun.I
LI. k. . .k... .... v ,
"i wrn iqufi naf? oten iiiacur-
Ised by the Mtrry Wld peopK n w
knocked Mch other hate off. end dhi
the Two Mare In their knockabout set,
and walloped each other between the
shoulder blades and did the O I am
v. ..... , . .
y,-,, wrauM mere was
Canal street In w Orleans rucht la
frnl f us, and the little old French
cafe l Kbenrllle street down there, and
the pan lounj-lnj around on the Ht.
wiwin-. mim i mini, ana
The past week we sold enough furni
ture to fill up several bi hotels, but
It .1 the pame old story: Ol'R ROOMS
ARE CHUCK FULL AGAIN WITH
EVERYTHING IN THE FURNITURE
AND HOUSEHOLD LINE that you can
think of. We must have given away
some awful bargains. for everbody
seems satisfied and bring- their friends
and neighbors In to patronize us.
That's tne kind of advertising we're
looking for. To give some Idea what
you can get at 211 First street this
week will state: Among our ranges
you'll find "ECLIPSE," "BUCK."
"ROYAL." "UNIVERSAL" and a few
cheaper makes. Alo some pood cook
stovee. Gas ranges. Reliable and
Jewels. Round pedestal and eijuare ex-:
tension table I f J. O) with chslrs to,
mn'rli: Sideboard. Buffet. Ronkeaise': .
snooper that we I Lrnvmports. Settee. Rockers (leather!
upholstered an1 other"), RK( LiNING i
LAW'S CHAIRS. ALL KINDS OF:
DRESSERS. Chiffoniers, K, Treaurs. 1
cnnipl.-te line of Metal Hods. Hair. Silk- i
floss and other m.i i t resses, in fact any-'
tMr.ir and everything for the kitchen,
ilinlns room, bedroom or parlor. If M
votj iiru iiinji!c ior tne nouse, visit tJ
it: i uiimnn rtm iiori jiwims, rirstj
street. 'You'll flf.) !f. and what s more,
vnii'l' buy. for YOUR PRICE IS OU-R 1
J'RICE. Cme arl he convinced that!
we still HCT MORE AND SELL
MORE than sny other auction house In I
the city.
PORTLAND AUCTION CO- !
211 FIRST STREET.
M Sr,5. A-41I1.
"'Mistake:- bwet the Of r tor lust
then Vielake, Mil he, just like it.aL
rr iivt or atx m ctove
lie ft. Aurh ro.-wn. aod tt i.i.m,.
m In. there. All th me, when tb
thumper bullet frutt 'mistake' s)irlk
ss the pal and I earn mighty ckwe
w i lie nra rfi.-wn. in, it was j.lent
a i fi i.i.ii t.-.
key t
in free linj lo death rOt wbers we
-That was a tnlstaka at ingUe-l'
tha rr- r ! o kanvd it t as then, rtrh't
mi the 4 of rhta dlsnpte. 'Silver Bow
- lhat race from rarerafaaja by a
t h
"r ' t s"t O'tr e-owbtna't-m was
10 Down $10 Per Month
FORD AUCTION CO.
369 Eat Morrison St.
BUY NOW and get in on the ground floor for soon prices will be ad
vancedThis is an opportunity of a lifetime, for remember FORTUNE
KNOCKS AT YOUR DOOR' BUT ONCE Building restrictions
graded streets, cement walks, natural shrubbery and unexcelled car service
SALESMAN ON THE TRACT
Jfjst hare more -e'-ond-hand furniture.
tVe are willing to pay tnare than any
other den!-. It keVt-e us huptiinf te
opply out natmfi here on the eat
eioe. the goods ars sold as fiat as we
receive them. Our
AUCTION DAYS
kovsat. wzdrisat An rmi-
PT AZ It a. K. AT M KAST MOJU
p.
SHARK Y CO.
PHONES A-2537; Main 550
122K SIXTH STREET
4 e I -rl a t -x V!J roar of Joy
r1(hti
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ii mt ara.