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VIII
THE GIRL AND THE GRAFT
THE other day I ran across my old friend Ferguson
Pogue. Pogue is a conscientious grafter of the highest
type. His headquarters is the Western Hemisphere, and
his line of business is anything from speculating in town
lots on the Great Staked Plains to selling wooden toys
in Connecticut, made by hydraulic pressure from nutmegs
ground to a pulp.
Now and then when Pogue has made a good haul he
comes to New York for a rest. IIe says the jug of wine
and loaf of bread and Thou in the wilderness business is
about as much rest and pleasure to him as sliding down
the bumps at Coney would be to President Taft. " Give
me," says Pogue, "a big city for my vacation. Espe-
cially New York. I'm not much fond of New Yorkers,
and Manhattan is about the only place on the globe where
I don't find any."
While in the metropolis Pogue can always be found at
one of two places. One is a little second-hand bookshop
on Fourth Avenue, where he reads books about his hob-
bies, Mahomeranism and taxidermy. I found him at the
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. Strictly Business, book, 1910; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139374/m1/101/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.