Dead Sure Thing.
Once a professional gambler found himself in Brooklyn (before the bridge was built) in company with two cracksmen. They were having a jolly time drinking, bub one of them, simply through professional instinct, stole a coil of lend pipe, over which he buttoned his coat. When the party arrived at the ferry entrance they found the boat just staiting. All three ran for it. The gambler and one burglar got aboard safely. The man with the lead pipe came last. He jumped and fell into the water. Immediately there was a great consternation and the boat was stopped. " Throw him a line !" was shouted. " Get a life preserver!" "Heave a block overboaul!" Then the smart man — there is one in every crowd — stepped forward and remarked coolly: u That'll be all right. There's no hurry. He's bound to come up three times before he drowns." Instantly the gambler's right hand went up. "I'll bot you lOOclols. he don't." And he didn't. The gambler was betting on a dead sure thing.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 248, 21 March 1888, Page 5
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173Dead Sure Thing. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 248, 21 March 1888, Page 5
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