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Show "Yea, Suli, I suttonly ocs b'llevo in luck, Suh," said Rnsttn, wiping tho lathor out of lila victim's eyo and spreading a fresh layer on his bristly chin. "Some folks eays doy ain't no scch flng as luck. Huh! Dom's do ory folks dat ain't nevah had no luck. Hat's why doy don't bcllovo In It. Dat's right, Suh. Ain't I got a noat H't business busi-ness hoah? Don't I make moah In a week don most cullud folks makes In a month? Well, Suh, It all como from a slroko uv luck Jest pure, plain, ovo'y- I day luck. Llko to hoah all about It, you say. Suh? Suttonly I'll tell you. "Vhon I fust struck N'York I warn't wurth a dollar. All 1 could get was a olo closo Job goln' round buyln' up olo close, you know. Suh, an' holler-In' holler-In' Cash paid.' "Do man I worked for larnt mo how to clean hud press close, which I dono rainy days. Dat whero luck Btruck me one day when I was brushln' up a " mighty nlco black coat dat warn't hardly -worn none, but had got too li'l for do gont that owned It. I turned, do pockots inside out an' had started to press It ftvhen I felt sumpta' rattle " twlxt do llnin' an' do tall 0 do coat. It was a letter, dono sealed an stamped stamp-ed an' addressed to a Jly over In Eighty-first street. "You know, Suh, do Indcr keops. I didn't lot my boss seo dat letter, but mado out to spol", '"rough it myself. " It was a suro nniWfih love letter tollin' do lady dat ISlp-'ack Winters had dono Smako up himlnd to go to Brazil do. vory noxtyaJ "' ho Jest couldn't go wldout jWIIu' hor how much ho lovo her. J'v s,ir0 was a purty letton 'Pcajcrt' "N"5 Iey' had n sort of fuss anV,r- Tncl' Winters was might' anx- i&fs to mako up, but was 'feared tho , jjfdy warn't uv dnt" opinion. Ho didn't ' , .ax her tl wrlto back. Stead of dat ho k e tell her to bo down at do warf do noxt rr XSftftornoon to bid hltn good-bye so'a ho -8f Www by dat whether sho glvo him V any hope for the future. Do dato was if oight months old, so It look llko a t losln' Job to waste any timo dollvorln dat letter, but I Jest fought I'd try an seo what como uv it, bo I wont ovah to dat addross dnt vo'y. ovonln'. , "Well, suh. I found do young lady suro. enough a powerful purty grl sho was, too, but sho'dldn't look to say real happy, spite uv her good looks. Sho hadn't no moah den glanced at it fwoUo Jumped -P nnmlVZ' ;u gottor hoi',"10 ?nnccl a" f S 'vltos, right nulck, 'causo aey wont bo no i-ceutlon 1,cah to'nISllt- Do hurry' "jh olo lndy looked llko aho'd drop In a faint. 'What on earth done all you, Grace?' sho ax. 'What's In dat ( letter? l.ommo rend It dia very minlt.' "Do young lady didn't pay no 'ten tion a tall. She sot down 'fore he dosk an' writ an writ faster don I ovah seo anybody chnse a pen. an' in Jest nb.out llvo mlnlts she had a yuo uv notes ready for mo to 'strlbutcjf ,k "'I'll give you a dollar apiece to deliver dem letters.' sho says. 'Don't ferglt a single one, 'cause do mattah Is vo'y impohtant.' "Well, suh, mobbc I didn't hustle. Doy was eighteen notes to deliver, an' I ilono It all Insldo uv two hours. Whon do folks axed questions I say, llko do lady told me, 'Miss Oraco ain't woll.' Dat'8 all sho iay fob mo to toll 'cm. At 9 o clock I was back an' sho glmrao -eighteen dollars suro enough In sjilto of her maw's objections, objec-tions, which was vo'y strong, for do olo lady -was still mad as a homot. Now,' snj-s do young lady, 'I got 0110 moah letter for you to take caro uv, an' when I gits de answer you're goln to berth from mo right off, so leavo mo your address so'e I can wrlto to you.' "Well, Suh, dnt last letter was addressed ad-dressed to Mr. Jack Winters In Brazil do answer to de ono I found In do coat. Long about llvo weeks later, when I'd hoggin to t'lnk Mr. Jack Winters Win-ters never got his letter after all, hero come a note from do young lady sayln' she wanted iho to call at a certain ofllco down town, whore I'd find sum-pin sum-pin to Int'iest mo. What you s'poso I found? Flvo nlco new flvo dollar bills, suro ns you're bawn, Suh. Do gont dat handed 'ora to mo said Mr. Jack Winters ordered do money to bo delivered to me. Ho said ho was Mr. Jack's brother, an' do vo'y man what forgot to mall dat letter, not dat ho actually plum forgot, but when ho looked In his pocket an found It gono ho Jest natchully 'lowed ho'd dono dropped It wld odor letters in tho box, an' novor give It anodcr thought. "Ho snIQ Miss Oraco como mighty near ,beln persuaded Into bavin' an-odor an-odor man dat sho as well as promised hor maw to tako dat vo'y night I lining her do letter what broke up do pahty. Ho mentioned dat Miss Grace an' Mr. JnoK; aimed tP-idt married soon as ho could git buck from Brazil" "Well, Suh, dem forty-three dollars bought out de pahtner uv do man what ustor run dls barber shop whon It warn't what it am now. I tented strictly to business for six months, whon I bought out de oder pahtnor an sot up for myself. Dat warn't much moah'n two yoars ngo. You seo for yoursolf, Suh, how well I done. It all como from flndln' dat letter. If dat wani't luck what was It, Suh?" Now York Times. |