Show Horseshoes i i Ottos Otto's Poor Luck Brings firings One i New slew Face to j By J Bill Billy nose Hose little letter ved sho up I W f sail nail today from a man Inee in and if you'll pull up ee I Ito 4 h and help r. the l I to df Ill I'll b belet be beto 3 C to let kt you 3 Hook at It t ur r. r Rose Rosean f r I rold 5 s an old y f couple tg t neighbor neighbor- Y tided 1 Otto Ottoa na I a Bren- Bren ren r rd ad d sonic some J happened 0 not long Billy illy Rose Rosei i f you ou might want to 33 in your our column j has bas been a gateman at the u-iC local breweries for forI if f I r than most of us can re- re vr r and nd er ever since he got C ed In 1910 he hes he's s been turning j I j F check over o to his wife abcs it at the grocers grocer's and anda tm km a couple of dollars off for spending money About d a this goes joes for smoking smoking- tod to- to ind ad d the rest for beer at tIers Dyers Social club a saloon C Olto drops in regularly for 5 j talk Wk with the boys Lena 33 has never approved u of d b b and d has always said J I friends were a bunch of j Lena got word that t r- r eer in Racine was sick ed her ber and so not know- know Q t to shed she'd be back she gavI gave I Mission to cash his pay t t warning him howla how- how la is stay away from Steg- Steg f s 's i where the boozers could trl ci him into evil ways I The following Friday night 1 when Otto cashed his check he l I III II took the 37 in bills rolled them I into a wad put a rubber band bandon I on it and shoved it into a pants j pocket along with an odd quarter left over from his previous weeks week's spending money Then he went home ate a little tittle dinner and stretched out on the couch for forr fora forra I Ia a nap For the best part of an hour he turned and tossed but finally he gave up put on his hat and ami headed for A few doors from the bar a panhandler r gave him a luck hard-luck story and it was so convincing that Otto dug I down and gave ga him the quarter Then he went into the beer parlor where of course he got his usual warm reception and had himself his usual fine time That is is until unlit it was his turn to buy a round- round when he reached for his money it wasn't there the trouble said the bartender You look Jook like tike you lost something My iy pay said Otto What Will Lena Sa Say Dont worry said the bar bar- tender Your Tour credits credit's good It aint that said Otto This is the first time my old lady ha has haslet I let me cash my pay check and I Ill I'll never hear the end of it it 11 itI i iI I dont don't have the money when she sho i gets back I gave ave a panhandler j ja a i quarter before I came in and that's when the bills must have have fallen out of my pocket An hour later there was a knock on the gateman's door and it was Little Stevie ie the thc kid who works for The panhandler came in right after you left and I gave us this he said handing Otto a roll of bills biBs with a rubber band on it He says he picked it up right after you gave him lum the quarter but his conscience started to bother him on account yoU was so good to him him- Otto counted the it money it money was teas 37 Them Bums Again When Lena got back from Racine the old boy handed her herthe herthe herthe the dough and that might have been that except the following night while tidying up she found a roll roU of bills wedged behind a cushion on the couch Look she said to Otto dollars money Thirty seven It must be my last weeks week's pay said Otto You mean you got paid twice last week 7 Otto knew he wasn't worth a darn as a a liar and ild so he told Lena everything ng It means only one thing said hi his wife Them bums at Steg Steg- 1 meyers meyer's saw you was in b bid bad bidi d di i i trouble and took up a collection i A few minutes later Lena went to the closet and got her coat Put on your hat and lets let's go she said 1 Go where said Otto To of course First Im I'm gonna onna apologize to tho those c bums for saying they're bums After that the drinks are on me Sincerely i Louis |