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Show Good Joke on Bllllardlst. "I had n great Joke played on me while shooting bllllatds at a hotel in New York last week," said A. S. Jen-Kins Jen-Kins nt the Republic. "Having n llttlo time on hand. I sauntered Into the billiard loom. I became be-came engaged In conversation with a fellow In tho room and I proposed a gnme, while ho readily accepted. At first things went along splendidly and I had 20 to bis 10. Hut soon ho forged nhend and beat mu out by n close Bcore. "Then a friend of mine, who was stopping at tho same place, said he was willing to wager thnt my opponent could beat me with one eye bandaged. I accepted his defi and placed 5 on the result. Ho didn't glvo mo much of u chance, ti (mining me to the tune of r.O to 15. "After tho gnmo was over I paid my bet, when the above-mentioned friend loudly told me thu eye that he had bandaged wns a glass one. You can imagine my chagrin." Mllwaukco Sentinel. |