Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-11-25
"THREE.KEERD MONKEY
A Story, Probably a Fiction, Of Canada
Bill and a California Bound Minis
a.

Canada Bill has had another exploit.
A few months ago, as Is we'll known
by several gentlemen. Bill offered q
certain railroad one thousand dollars
a month for the privilege Of working
trains" In the three-card monte ousi-
ness. He offered to give bonds to n
large amount that he wouldn't take q
cent from anybody but preachers. OF
course this was charged to Bits pre-
judlce against the clergy, but that he
meant what he said was eyinced by his
pulling out q thousand dollars In
greenbacks, and insisted on placing 1t
la the hands of any M the road might
name. 1t Is useless to say that he was
refused. 1t was not believed that he
ever won 3 dollar Of o preacher; but
recently Bill demonstrated his success
In that line.
A day or two since he boarded a
Union Pacific train in Omaha. In a
few minutes lie started through the
train to see what he might find, aud,
at last, sat down ~alongside a minister
bound for California on . pleasure ex-
cursion. Bill had q farm near Pap
pillion, so he said, and had just been
10 Chicago aud sold thirty-seven hum
dred dollars worth Of cattle. After
getting on good terms, the minister
aud Bill were interrupted bya stran-
ger passing through the a and drop
ping several playing cards on the floor
lust in front OF them. Bill picked
them up aud commenced toying with
them. The minister deprecated their
introduction into the world. Bill then
went on to telling how some fellows
had ..took him on the keers" several
days before on n game they called
..three keerd monkey" and gave a
halfway explanation Of the chow
Of It."
Just then a beardless boy came In,
and, after listening SONS time to Bits
story, said Now, look ahere, old
man. I can guess them cards." Bill
let him try several times, and, sure
enough, the boy never missed enee,
and lost no opportunity TO intimate
against Bits brains. The latter at
last got mad, and offered to bet his
watch against the boys. Tho boy
Jumped at the chance, and lost his
watch. Bill then went to another car
to get rid Of the boy, who was boo-hoo'
ing at a terrible rate about the watch
being given to him by his dying father,
and he must have 1t back or he could
never face his dear old mother again.
The minister partially pacified him,
and so far gained his confidence that
he explained how he had made q mis-
take, and II he had just some more
money he would win the watch
back. He explained It so perfectly
10 tho minister that the latter
told him no had some gold, and would
risk 1t II the boy would do the betting.
The Young Innocent agreed. and went
into another car for Canada Bill, VINO
came in but didn't want to bet. be
was a plain, honest farmer and no
gambler, but the preacher showed him
how unjust II was not to give the boy
A chance for bis watch, and Bill con-
sented. Soon two hundred and nifty
dollars OF the minister's gold was gone;
!. Panic ~ shouted the brakeman, n
Bill threw up the - keerds, and toio
his antagonist that he lived there. and
must get off and go hum" The boy
became so desperate at this that he
told the minister he was determined
10 70 get of there too, aud follow
the old farmer home aud get that back:
Il Is needless to say that the Kid
was In the game.
Such Is the world. Day after day,
this three-csrd monte game Is talked
about in the newspapers, but all to no
purpose. One fool falls, and his place
Is Immediately filed By another
Omaha Dispatch.