Barker's Luck (Paperback)

"Yes," said Demorest promptly; "the paper speaks of it here. 'We understand, '" he continued, reading aloud, "'that our eminent fellow citizen, George Barker, otherwise known as "Get Left Barker" and "Chucklehead," is one of these fortunate individuals.'" "No," said Barker, with a slight flush of innocent pleasure, "it can't say that. How could it know?" Stacy laughed, but Demorest coolly continued: "You didn't hear all. Listen 'We say WAS one of them; but having already sold his apparently useless certificates to our popular druggist, Jones, for corn plasters, at a reduced rate, he is unable to realize.'"