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QffgM1 Ij&DlME. "H XTec-Hee s I afe'dMe-Mcc M I Vt CHAMPIONSHIP lS&?,r WHAT'S THE USE-JOHNNY BV the Junion. Office Boy. n. ;y., jooly 12. theres just as manyhicks to the sguair foot -in new york as there is in chilly- fcothfe, ohioN and a wise guy can put the cleaner on the new york hicks a blame 'site easier" than on the chiilvdnthe hirks. fremitae the. newvork hicks dont know thev fcfie hicks- . irtxhrilycothe a-fellei; is all the time lookiner for somebodvs-lo slfo rsumthfnaaver on him but in new york tlfyfthmk it cant be did aAunch of boobs that hangs outfin a highball foundry "up on 42dTtreet found out different the uther'day 4 or 5 xf the regler gang was setting around shakin dice and kiddin the, 'bartender when a guy blows in tnkfc looks liker.a tray elin .corn dockter," with a bilt bryan hat and a long hlack coat and hair hangin down on his cbl ler he buys a drink for the crowd, and gets popular with evryboddy, then he uncorks a, fancy Jirieof chin goods about "being handy men and side kick for7a mind reader thats going to show at a theayter why, he ses, after he gets them rummys hooked on for the big talk, my partner can do feats that never was herd of befoar, gentle-' men if one of you, for instense, was to draw a card from a deck, and cali him up on the telefone, he could tell you whatsis the card aw, slip "that to Sweeney, ses one of the gang, nix on the dock cook stuff, old pal all rite, ses the guy, ile just bet you fro 20 to 50 dollers the professor , can do it, and ive got the money in my clothes well, the crowd they cant see no easier way to pick up 50 than that, and they dig up the dough and cover the feller's bet "now git your own cards, he ses, and sumboddy draw one so they got a deck from the1 barkeep, and a feller drawed th jack of harts, the stranger not touchin the cards. ' now, se"s the misterious gink, if any one of youse will just call up perfesser brown, at harlem 1365j and ask what card has been drawed, he will tell you. - i an atoac;gglJisaBJaaag3:LgagcPBM2g'0.cyjyTtfcyspriMg3fytfgv