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Updated: June 27, 2025
"When the saloon-keeper is the richest man in town," observed Peter, "look out for trouble." A roar of laughter, mingled with various derisive cries, broke out just then, now from very near. The next minute the two men reached the brow of the hill, and both stopped involuntarily, arrested by the tableau which met their gaze beyond.
What these opportunities are has been shown by the quick rise to wealth of so many Tammany district leaders. This is a record of a day's work by Plunkitt: 2 A.M.: Aroused from sleep by the ringing Of his doorbell; went to the door and found a bartender, who asked him to go to the police station and ball out a saloon-keeper who had been arrested for violating the excise law.
I heard that there was a new saloon-keeper in there, and thought he might be the man, so I took a deputy and went down one day to see about it. "I told my deputy not to shoot until he saw me go after my gun. I didn't want to hold the man up unless he was the right one, and I wanted to be sure about that identification mark in the eye.
After Stub's fourth desertion the saloon-keeper refused to take him again, and for a week the dog lay unmolested in his old place in the sun outside the cabin door, or dozed before the fireplace at night. Then Rathburn bestirred himself and made one last effort, taking the dog quite over the mountain and leaving him tied to a tree.
The dog, after a glance at his master, moved reluctantly away, keeping his eyes upon Morgan. Satan backed away with a snort. He stopped at the command of Dan, but when Morgan laid a hand on the bridle and spoke to him he trembled with fear and anger. The saloon-keeper turned away. "Thankin' you jest the same, Dan," he said, "I think I c'n walk back. I'd as soon ride a tame tornado as that hoss."
He swung round as the door was again thrust open. This time it was Blue Grass Pete who strode into the room. "Wher's Ike?" he demanded without preamble the moment he beheld the grinning face of the saloon-keeper. "Gee!" Beasley's grin suddenly broke out into a loud laugh. He brought his two hands down on the counter and gave himself up to the joy of the moment.
Beside the ward politician, the saloon-keeper, and the policeman, there are others who take an interest in the breadwinner. If he is injured, or his property is injured, there are third-rate lawyers ready to bring suit for half the proceeds an unduly expensive arrangement for the man that has a good claim.
Do you know how many there are left? Three. That's all. One saloon-keeper found $1,700 in the ruins of his place. "Gracious! There is a freight car. It was caught up half a mile or more away and dumped down in this street. And there is a piano sticking out. Hello! What have you found there? Oh, a looking glass. Yes, you find plenty of them in the rubbish almost as good as new.
"That's what I say, docthor," answered Tommy, "but the bloody haythen wudn't let him in." "How's this, Swipey?" said the doctor sternly, turning to the saloon-keeper, who still stood in the door. "He's not comin' in here. How do I know what he's got?" "I'll take that responsibility," replied the doctor. "In he goes. Here, take him up on the robe, men. Steady, now."
As for me, personally well, we had fought the world together for many a year, and I never knew him to fail me, and I could not very well fail him. I worried about this battle, though we had gained steadily. There was an element in the district, led by shrewd politicians, of the graduated saloon-keeper type, which did not lack large numbers.
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