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a mug and always will be — so, why not ? " It was 

 unanswerable. 



The show went on, however, until one day " Big 

 Tim " (Senator) Sullivan gave me the glad word. 



" You'd better be doing no business to-day, Tod. 

 Just be at home as a gentleman at ease." So there 

 was nothing doing and we smoked our cigars, just one 

 or two of us. They came as expected, those " cops," 

 had a look round and then asked me what I was doing 

 there. " What d'yer think ? " I replied. " This is 

 my ' at home ' day and I'm expecting the company." 

 However, they didn't bother, and off they went, but 

 bookmaking at that place was finished for good and 

 all. 



I had a look round and found a suite of rooms at an 

 hotel up town, just near Fiftieth Street and Seventh 

 Avenue. I sent word round to the clientele, and up 

 they came the first afternoon. We hadn't been going 

 an hour before the cops came. They didn't come in 

 with any kid-glove way, but simply smashed the door 

 in and caught us all red-handed. They didn't grab 

 the money, though ; that was planted all right. The 

 inspector came over and of course took me as the 

 principal, with the telephone clerk and my others too ; 

 and they put down the names and addresses of all the 

 frequenters. 



I began to parley with him. I told him the tale that 

 it would be a terrible thing for me. I had applied for 

 my licence, which I hoped to get, and it would be a 

 dreadful thing if I had to go off in the Patrol Wagon. 

 I didn't mind what it cost, the fine and all that, but 

 if it got into the papers and I was made the main guy 

 in it all my prospects would be ruined. He laughed 

 at first and then said, without any hint that I should 

 give him any of my pocket-book, " You'll come with 



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