Show time chanced times aa there used to tie abo gray haired but vigorous traveling man who was enjoying himself with the usual saturday night crowd there was a when they were booming choso western towns that I 1 saved about all my expense and that was a mighty big item in flush times give us your recipe old man its of no use now bumping along on rock bottom out in that country but theu money was no object when approaching a boom town id discover somo resident of the place aboard the train and casually let drop to him that I 1 was looking for a good real estate investment that was all and it was worth from 50 to a drop id start innocently for a haal knowing as well as I 1 lived id never reach it somo speculator would seize me by the arm introduce himself put mo in his private carriage whirl mo to abo best hotel get me the best room make a date to drive me over the placa and solemnly inform me that the town was mino live biah higher than a wild prince they would take no money at the bar the hotel clerk never had a bill against me and I 1 spend a cent it was one constant round as the boyi eay you know my line then I 1 sold ta one man in a place and only called ou him once a year ho always stood in kept mum and shared in the good things I 1 made a pilo of money for expense bills ran high those days but I 1 guess it is juat as well for mo that the bottom dropped out A stomach wont stand everything detroit freo press |