THE ODD TRICK.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1116, 9 June 1883, Page 3

THE ODD TRICK.

‘ What am gooder dan goodness V asked Brother Gardner as he opened the meeting. ‘lt am not only more comfort - able to be good, but dar am mo’ money in it in de eand. When a cashier robs a bank of 30,000d0l it looks as if he was gettin’ ahead powerful fast; but sich am not de case. De first detective who notches him gets 500dol for not obertakin him. Den he loses 2000dol in playin’ keerds with a Chicago gambler. Den he am robbed of SOOOdol in an Omaha boardin’-house. Den he invisls 10,000dol in mines aroun’ Denver, au am scooped outer elerry shillin’. Long ’bout dat time he am ’rested by de bank, and what de lawyers doan’ git will bo returned to de vaults. What has dat cashier gained? It’s de same wid de gambler. He may win SOOdol to-night and lose 700dol tomorrow night. One day he may sport a gold watch wid two chains —de next he may have to pawn his coat for a brandy smash, I has figgered it up a dozen times ober, an’ it alius comes out de same way. De bad man make 80 percent on bis capital fur a few short y’ars, but de first thin’ he knows de skeleton han’ of bankruptcy clutches him by the froat, an’ whar arn he 1 Be good. Be good, even if you doan’ make ober fo’ per cent at it. Outside of all de money considerashun dar am a feelin’ down under de vest dat beats a diamond ring all to pieces.’ ___________