Show f f i J I 0 TIle The Tale of s 1 I Bluff and How Ho w It itI i I Was Called g Thomas Fitch spellbinder in ordinary and bluffer extra tra 0 o 0 ordinary made an offer to bet 1000 on Friday was called and 4 0 v t For two weeks The Herald has had placed with it 1000 i to 0 bet het that McKinley will not carry Utah and the offer offer has been J I t posted m in The Herald window On Friday Mr fr r Fitch got a check X e certified for 1000 and after waiting some hours until all the theS 3 S banks were closed dosed came caine into The Herald office e accompanied by bya 0 a Tribune Tribu le reporter er He said he wa wanted ted to take t ke up the bet He 0 wanted it covered with cash or a certified check and nothing else 0 o 0 would do He lIe confessed ed that there might be difficulty in get getting L ting that amount of coin com from any bank at that hour of the tile day aid pd admitted that hat no one could certify a check che so s late in the i lay day but he insisted on one of these two impossibilities 0 4 When told that The Herald would be pleased to have him l f v leave kave the check with the tle t e Tribune to be e covered by a Herald 0 V check he said he might change his Ius mind before that could be bedone 0 f i 0 done and drifted out saying he was in a hurry to catch a train 1 for Provo When Then he was urged to leave his check so it could cOt ld 4 be he covered cov red in the short 1 time necessary he lie smiled a wan smile 4 t 0 and said he might hear something at Provo that would w uld lead him f to change his mind some sonic more v 0 f Ten T n minutes after Mr Ir spectacular bluff a bank was 4 4 0 located that had not closed its iti it vaults and and a seeker er for Fitch g found him employed in leisurely conversation with a friend at atthe atthe atthe t r the Deseret Des bank corner He was told the money he sought so set s r 0 o anxiously was w s ready for him at The Herald office half a block 0 g away a Y but his wan smile flitted over the sad features again and he heI 0 I sad he really take time d to drop into The Herald office I 0 o on his way to t the train If he change his mind again he hd h I would come conic m in Saturday morning and put up his check Later v vA 5 I Fitch sent the thC thai 9 Tribune A I manu man la U P to ask that nothing be printed 2 0 ab about Ut his bluff and d The Herald granted that cour tesy t sy t 2 Yesterday Mr Fitch passed by The Herald office looked looked at j 0 o 0 the th 1000 bulletin smiled that sad smile and passed on He j jM f g looking for any any bets and the day before The M j 1 Heralds offer is still good jI t i M I |