The Fable of the Struggle Between Personal Liberty and the Wave of Reform (1915)

In the wide-open days the old Gam would go to his office in the morning and sell a bundle of green goods. At noon he would drop into a pool room and take a slant at the New Orleans entries. In the afternoon he would go out and yell at the ponies. After dinner he would attend a nice refined boxing show and see somebody knocked out. At midnight he would be working at his regular game, bucking the tiger. But a package of his green goods came back. When he got out he found all was changed. He attended an athletic exhibition and they wrestled. He bumped into the midnight closing ordinance. Even the "26" game went back on him. He and his pal swore to capture the ballot box and run the town to suit themselves. The reform element was to be but out of business. But when he arrived at the polling place the judge ordered them to remove their hats. She said that gentlemen should always be gentlemen.

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