Show A FEW QUEER CHECKS Linen collars have served for checks sal said the paying teller and so have slates fragments of oC birch bark pieces of or whIte skirt even dogs and ami to menA menA men en A saloonkeeper uptown wrote a check for tor 3 5 on the inside of ot a turndown turndown turndown turn turn- down collar last month and It was brought to me to be cashed I honored honore It It an and the saloonkeeper won on 20 He had wagered that the collar would flassIn passIn passIn pass flass In Trinidad TrinIdad-a a lively Colorado town a. a a chap named Morris Kent once painted a n check on a white bulldog Kent was WB J In the Black lack Horse tavern of ot Trinidad with a n full load on nn and ran out of ot mone money So he rang rans for tor a a. apet pot pet of or red paint and a a. varnish brush an and on the sleek white side of his dog the original cuss drew a creek creck payable to bearer on the Trinidad bank One of ot the boys bos led the dog dOJ to the bank and there the teller who was Kents Kent's friend cashed the thc check chec and nd erased It The dog returned to Kent with Ith the money moncy In Its mouth Theres a n story story story-as an old I guess as the Bank of or England England ot of a a. sailor who had a check tattooed on his back It seems he had been shipwrecked with a a. friend friend shipwrecked and left Teft on a n. desert Island Islan His friend was an nn officer and had money moncy at home hom but there was no no one for him to leave lelve It to Well ell In course of time they were seven years on the Island the officer took sick The sailor nur nursed ed him and was very cry kind to him and he In his gratitude said George my bo boy I cant can't last much longer and I want you OU to have m my money when Im I'm gone I want you Ou u If It you ever get Iet clear of ot this accursed place to enjoy life lite G George to George to go to the vaudeville and drink champagne and dance with tho the girls and ride In a hansom hansom han ban som cab So Ill I'll Just tattoo on your hack back a check cheek for tor all nil I possess payable to you the tho bearer Geor George o stripped f to the waist and knelt down and tho the officer using a fishbone for a n needle le nd some porno pokeberry pokeberry pokeberry poke- poke berry Juice for Ink tattooed the check checkon on George and signed It with his exact signature In a n very clover clever way Then he be turned over and died But Dut George was wan as r rescued and the oh check ek after a lont honit lawsuit wa was honored honored hon boa ored During tho the lawsuit George for tor had a n big square hole cut cutIn cutIn cutin In tho the back of ot his hit vest shirt and un- un BO so that without stripping he ho could coul just Juat peel off oft his co coat t an and show the check Even then he blushed when there were ladles ladies present for tor h he was waa a n very modest man Philadel Philadelphia phia Record |