Show HIS ms LS The TIN Lady I q f Did Won Hot Bring ing the Luck Lads He Anticipated Brooklyn Eagle EuSe The other day a man clan with a woeful 1 face and Del a Teutonic accent came to my door and aDd tried to sell lieU me a chest cheat de developer developer developer for tor 12 az 2 That is to say he de developed developed my m cheat chest to abnormal tIona tion by calling me by name and tell ing lna me how widely I was w known as a person of ot rare Intellectual attainments t and broad human sympathies Then h bl ta a tried to borrow 12 at 2 because as he said d he was the editor of a Bohemian new news newspaper paper and was waa going to be dispossessed e aed he paid 12 2 I Instanter To convince c e me of ot the truth of his hia story atory he showed show ed me IDe g a copy of a Bohemian newspaper which I could coald not read It reminded re me m e of ot the time Clark Carr In order t to o prove prow that he had ad licked Post Poet a aa at ata t a certain bridge walked me more than thana tha n tn I a mile mil and conclusively pointed out the th e bridge But that speaking is ia another story atory I had nothing smaller than a 1 bill blU in I the house boUle and as this Ws was con federate money and my Bohemian call caller caller er sr could not change ehan it It I recommended recommend ed that be he try my m neighbor Absolem Duen Du Dusen Dusen sen en who ho has b a reckless rec habit of carry lug ins small bills bUla on his bIa person But I no noticed noticed Uce that when the unfortunate jour jou journalist left me he did not go p toward Du iOns ens sen house hOUR i That evening I met Dusen and toH tol him of the distinguished honor I had ha hato d tried to confer on him Then Than Dusen Duse a da told me a story atory It seems that for tor two or three years at least leut this Bohemian editor has baa b been going about working work the same aam am e dispossess racket with considerable su i I tees cess He chooses and locates his bis intend intended ed eel victims by means meaDa of ot the convenient t voting list lieu and Dozen Dusen informed me m e te tt that nearly MArly every voter in our oar precinct e t had contributed id 12 It He himself ha had d been touched up just JUlit prior r to the big bi e May Kay slump in Wan Wail street two years yea ro roe ago P I I was wu undecided said Dusen Dosen as asto asto to whether I should give ve the fellow 2 21 or send him about his bill business when sa l I lY ll suddenly denb he bf clasped his bIa hands bands in cy 07 rolled his hirA b eyes eye Into a beatific express expression inn alOft and exclaimed Ah I am so 80 You Tou vIII be very lucky Set See He H picked a lady bug bue from the lapel of m my Y coat Oat Dat at iss I a very lucky sign alp fc l continued with such manifest Joy in m my coming food fortune fortan that I decided In l his hIa favor and gave him the 2 The next nex t day the bottom fen fell out of ot the market makee t and I lost loat over 1200 Well Wen Dusen DUllen I remarked with a superior air I l like to make my neigh neighbors hors bors see aM their shortcomings if It you yo got pt rid of ot that silly superstition about lady bugs b bringing good luck you reaU really profited by the experience Oh he answered the lady bug bue w was wu all sib right It her Mr fault I believe e that infernal Dutchman put her on my m y coat then hen I nt looking Now see Me that You Tou blew bl a superstition out of ot eta a gamblers not DOt with dynamite |