Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-27
SUIT Loyegood's Dream.

linus 0antefed, out leaneu aHdlnsL Tue
rough board counter of the groggery, with
tumbler of whisky in one hand, while the
other sounded for the bottom of the hole in
his breeches, by courtesy called pocket,
took small sip, and then began to tell his
dream. Hear him, reader, speak for him.
self:
"Gentle-men! dreamt an unpossibility
last mite. l were in Washington City, and
know never will be thar onless they take
me thar tu hang or cruelty me fur drinking
more nur my sheer Of the peoples drink
old rot-gut. But in my dream was thar,
an no mistake-sartin sure-at thunderin'
big tavern, whar they rung little bells to keep
from hollerin' arter niggars and maxim a
noise and whar they call yu tu yur mush by
rattling on big still bottom, just fur the
sake ov the noise; and whar they yin yu sass
enuff to make you fite lat home) fur nothin'
at all. Darn the seat Nv government Darn
the legs and body of goyurnment and darn
everybody, Isay! ..4 :,
"Tell your dream before you get drunk,
you long-eared cuss you, or let somebody
tell it for you" ..- .-,
"Weli, arter supper awhile, nosed
round until got into room whar seed a
lite, and thar sot three fellers playin' Nv
old sledge." ...r. ... ..
"O!d what"
Seven-up you drotted, skinned,
frog-legged, kangaroo"
This was addressed to young specimen
Of the order "intensus Americans and
Papeatibus muddlesimus," who shone re-
splendent from K, in tights, small cane
and watch ribbon, and had a laudable desire
to learn something of the hidden mysteries
of sold sledge," He played "on an asth-
matte trombone and 'schess'" when in the
"fhey were a playin' seven up with bran
new kerds, spank, span new, an no marks
every feller for hisself seemingly. Now,
gentlemen l believe can smell kerds, ef
they are in motion, as fur's from here to the
spring, ur how the devil did l happen to hit
ontu that room whar gambolling wur a
gwine on But thar did go by in.stink, l
reckin and the three fellers were nobody on
yearth but Buck-cannon, Fillmore and Free
mount, and thay was playin' u single game
NV seven-up fur the Presidents cheer NY
these free and awful United Z Pluribus
States, thirty-one in number and kiverin'
the whole yearth.
Thar war anuther chap inter that room,
with one hand under his coat-tail, and tother
strokin' up his chin, walkin' about sorter
keerless like, but fust looking inter Fill
more's hand and then inter Freemounts, and
then winkin' an a frownin' fust at one nv
em an then at tother. Then he'd tip-toe and
try to peep inter Bucks hand. Cut the old
feller hilt it under the shadder NV the table
an sorter looked at it sideways hisself, an
was watching the peepin' feller, too, all the
while rite clost. His name was Sea-ward or
Hell-ward, or somethin' Nv that sort, no mat
ter which. Now, gentlemen, kin play old
sledge myself rite peart, an when seed that
it was a game Nv two pluck one, an that Buck
was sure to be skinned, if his hide didn't
grow ontu his bones, got as mad as bee
in swarmin' times, an | jist thort (mind, l
sed nothin') that I'd like to mock enutf of
that chaps skull to make built ladle, ef l
dared tu. He was darned snake in the
grass sure.
Well, arter they he'd played out thar hands,
Mr.. Buck-canurn sez, bowin' mighty pur-
lite, 81 believe, gentlemen, l made high,
Jack. and that has sot me six ef ! amt mis-,
taken" Then both NV 'em, Fillmore and
Freemount, spread all O Bucks tricks out
onter the table till they saw his ace Nv trumps
and the jack Of trumps which he had cotched
from Fillmore with the king, an then they
agreed he was six. Sea-ward sed, eyes
reckin that is the state Nv the game" Fill
more, then, as modest as fifteen-year old
gal, sed, 81 made low; you kotch my JUICE
with yer old ace, Mr.. Buck-cannon, an that
sits me three" All agreed on that count /;
and Freemount, leaning his chair back, whis-
pered behind his hand tu me, "an id low it
was too don't you think so /" and his black
mus-tash-us twisted up like ontu two cork
screws. Freemount then sed, 81 made game
and that sot me six with yu." Buck bowed
agin to that; but Fillmore sed: "Sir-r-r, I'll
count game with yu; this is not adzactly ac-
cordinS to our understanding sir-r-r;" an fur
the fust time he looked like he mought be
made to fite. Sea-ward frown'd, shook his
head, winked, and sweat nightly. Free
mount did so, too, an all at old Fillmore, but
it warn't no use-count game he would, and
Freemount beat him one. So that sot the
game-Buck G; Freemount 6; and Fillmore
5; an Bucks deal an Freemount's beg or
stand.
Buck licked his thumb and dealt 'em slow
an careful. Hooked at Fillmore's kerd's as
he got 'em from the deal, and it lik'd tu
knocked me down. Thar was the ace, the
king, the queen, the jack, the ten, an the
luce NV trumps! Thinks /, o Lordy! an then
I looked ut him, an thar the old feller sot /;
his belly kivering the chair all over, an near
" out tu his knees, as solemn, as big, and
about as wise as an old Dutch squire tryin'
NV a bastardy case with good proof agin the
daddy. I tell you, boys, he looked jist like
he had his fust big horn Nv whisky fur the
mite, and felt it IN his boots. l thought, O
Lordy agin
Buck never turned up his hand, but axed
Freemount what he intended tu du. He
looked at his kerds, sorted 'em, then looked
at EN- agin, then up at the lamp, then at
Buck, scratched his ear, shot up his eyes,
and very slowly sed, Il beg BY the jump.
ing Jehosephot! Buck, run 'em quick an ]
tho't 1t no harm tn look at old Fill. He
fotch'd low, colickly sort Nv grunt, an
then he blowed. ] swar, the wind that cum
out Nv his nose, mouth, eyes and years, lik'd
tu put the candle out.
Idodged an TUX peep intu Freemount'i
hand, and now swear that when man s
six on big game Nv seven-up, never seed
list sich kerds. He hilt tother three aces
bound tn be high, let what wud cum-in
out.an.out President at that. Thinks ], o,
Lordy, ck!-O, Lordy, Fillmore and
watched tu see what suit wus tu make the
President outen that darned mule-eaten
Freemount; when, ef Buck didn't turn jack
list as easy as ef thar d bin ffty-two in the
deck an then only smiled loud fur Presi-
dent Fillmore rared BACKYARD outen his
cheer an tainted as comfortable on the floor
as an old made at quiltin' when the kisses
begins. Fremount's eyes turned green; the
har un the back Nv his he'd rose up like the
teeth IVA comb his mustash-us turned up
towards his eyes; he brayed like mule an
at one lump kiyered old Fill as be lay, an
then sot in to bitin' an chokin' an maulin, Nv
him, like the devil beatin' hominy. This
sort NV excitement fotch'd the old feller tu,
an as soon as he felt al that was gwine on all
over him, inside an out, he sot rite tu, fitin'
like an old boss, an thay had il. l looked at
Buck (who still held the kerds in his hand,
with the Jack turned up trump as much as
tu saw, tshell part en- = lie shook his
he'd. al, put my hands in my pocket an
ken out thar way. They At some time, I tell
We: har, wool, fur an feathers few, sortei
like ginin cotton. Sea-ward cut dirt as soon
as that awful jack was turned, locked the
door ON the outside, an went straight tu 6
prar meetin' in 9th street, whar suppose h.
Is yet. Well, thar they fit an grunted, ani
every now an then Freemount wud bray ou
lilo nutu mule an Pillmfre v1,d ory,nk nm,