Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-01-24

TpiftF dimes day tor dom uot..n
,,s<you; and whar they gin you sass
enongh to make you fgh, (st hone) for
nothn at all. Darn the seat of govern
ment, an darn every body. say -
| Tel your dream before you get drunk,
you Iong~|egged cnss you, or let SOME
body tell 1t for YOU !"
Thus reproved, Sut. sheered lato the
hannei again
"N ell, arter supper while. nosed
md ontl | got inter room whar |
/ light. an thar set three feI,ess u
a,ying Of 'oId sled.e'"
Old what 2"
Seven up, YOU d-ro.ted weazeI skin
ne,|, irog-iegged son Of Kangaroo"
They war playin seven up, with bran
new k-fds, spank span new. Al. no marks.
every teiier for bissrIf. seemingly. Now,
gentlemen, biceve ken smell ker,ls. #
they ar in motion, as fur as from here To .
The sfrln--or how the dew; did hap-
pen 10 ht onto tijat room shar carnbslu .
war gwine on. But thar | did 90 by !
ins,lhk, reckon, All he three tvlIess wur
nobody Oh yearlA but Buck Fiji |
more an fremount; an iilry wur r.ayin
. sing : game "t seven up for the pres-
deht> cheer Of these free al awtu! jp-
ed L i'!aribus States, dirty one III ur,n>
ber an klverm the Whole yeartll. Thar
"u: another chap inter that room. with
one hand under ms coat tail an to,her
~troEln of his chin. waikin zb0ut snrt.r
keer!ess like, but iust /. !ookin inter Fiji
hand and then liter Fremosnl'~.
n"n wiukin and a frownin. 4u>l AT
Of them an then at t., Der. Then :
9d upi"e An try |. peep inter Buck
ND. Bat the Old tejIer hit IT andrr
siIaddef Of the table, an sarter loo k.dl
1t sideways hls,e,f, All was a watcn,n
peepln triler too, all The while. right "
ose. His name WAS Hell ward. or Sea
'ard. or scmethin Of that sort--no mat Il
er what. ...s' Il
Now, gentlemen, | kin play old sledge ;;
Ugh, peart; All when | seed thot il wur
game OF Two aiuck one. an that Back J.. 81
"nnon WAS bound % be skuned ef his
lde didn't grow fast to his bones, | got :,
; mad AS 4 bee in swarm time: an j-s: - :,
ougb, (mind, sad aoti,nl that III ~
;e to knock enough ott Of that chaps =.
.'is 10 make bullet Iad.e, ef tafl to. 90
: Is ''arnea snake in the grass, sure :.
Vel. art''.r they bad played out -,
hands Mr. Buck cannon s-z, a ~
mighty prriits, 1 bl-ese, gentle. ~
made Hiyi, Jack and that has H., ~
: re six, et | amt ml,taken.' Then .''
n. 'em, Fillmore All Fremont, w.
"e out all o Bucks tricks onser the
- ~ they saw his Ace Of trunpS an y,
e Af,ck Of trumps iha' he had cotch ed
ON Fillmore with the King, and then =,
eT agreed that he was SIX. Sea ward -.
d, ,es. lie reckoued that was the state : 80 >
Il game. Fillmore then, As modest w.,
a fifteen year old gal, sed. made 49,
'w: you cotched my Juice with yonr w., -;
/ Ace, Mr. Buck cannon an that sets ,,a' ,,,''
All agreed on that count, l."
4 ltremounI, leaning his cheer back. i,
:iSperad behind his hand to me, "aud -
m 10" it was, too-don'S Won think as
q ~ rs muSt-toucDes twisted up like
t" two corkscrews: but all agreed ~
al Fillmore was three, aud n, mistake. So
enount then sed, L made Game, an W. wl
It sot me six with you, Mr.. Buck eau ), =
n. Buck bowed again to that, hut Co., m
lmore said, 'Sirr-,, III count gam4 - -
lh you that is not e.'zackly accordn i
our understanding, sir;;' an for the cid,
I time he looked like he mout be TIL,
'de to fight. Sea ward frowned, shook rigi
head, winked and sweated nightly des
emount did SO too, and gazed at old con
lmore,, but it warn't 90 use, coun be,
ne ho '. aid, 40 Ere&nount boat HIM pol