Argosy All-Story Weekly, Vol. 146 No. 4 — page 169: what you’re looking at

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Se ike Chak Dempsey. eee Se oe : ee eee Cova _ Tt would almost make 5 fault. on account gate reseats hadn’t been inwentioned yet. I could remember back to the days when Abie Attell was a champeen box fighter. ~ There was a business man. Before he would go into the ring he would ican sk the feller which was promotioning the show: “ How much is the gate reseats?” And Abie wouldn’t take the feller’s word for it, neither. Abie was too smart. Before he — SF BE =) ae a = w\ —— — —— ———$—$$_-———————— would hit the other feller a smesh on the chin he would always count the house him- seluf while the box fighting was going on. | Besides being a wery smart business man Abie also was a wery smart box The other feller would be trying to hit him # poke in.the ege, bak AA his head and keep on counting. He never would let anybody give ben 5 ee saying: “Come on and fight, Abie.” And Abie said right beck to him: eee mene the elcry yet, bet ee AS ee “And sure enough I heard Abie talking to himseluf and saying: “There is one thousand and eighty-two dollars in that gellery, and the promotioner told me it wouldn't — hold more than seven hundred dollars. He is a swindler, and I will LS