The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-06-12
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This was the second visit Of the swarthy
Captain to Brownsville. On his former
visit be had fed Sales tiger to the tune OF
about three hundred doubloons; but If he
had Lost his double ons he had won q good
share of SalIe's affections, for che thought
him fully as wicked and triHe handsomer
than Budd. The latter knew all about this
stste of things and his affection for Don Joa-
qain was by no means gushing. Conse'
q1en,ly he was moody all the afternoon after
he saw the smuggler's gig pull up at the d.
lapidated old wharf; and it was easy to
Imagine that there might be an episode IN
the evening.
The smuggler was no exception to the
r;iie Of his race in the matter OF superstition.
Like all Mexicans he was an implicit be
lever in luck. The Mexican idea Of that Il
a curious psychological study. Sometimes
You would see three or four Greasers, who had
robbed some solitary wsyfarer down on the
Monterey road or up in the defles Of the
Salinas. come over TO Brownsville with no
insignificant pile of doubloons. OF course
they would come to gamble, and the hrst
thing 10 be ascertained was upon whose head
the benson of luck might have descended.
So they would get together in DARK room,
h'dtlOu tIcL1cciNc q ohc Al casu AooAAAS ~SN~
loon up against the ceiling, and then grope
around the room for it on all fours. The
one who happened to find it was sin luck"
beyond all dispute, and him they would
shake" to their last milled dollar, their
last rag of cloahes-to the extent indeed OF
utter BANKRUPTCY save their saddles and spurs !;
these the Mexican never surrenders. Well,
something like this was the smuggler's con-
cep,ion of luck.
About nine O'Clock Sale took her seat
''behind the layout" and began to deal the
csri- for Don joaquin. Ii was what you
c-,i-a "nervy" game. There was no limit re-
aiiy, and re betting ranged mostly between
TEA and twenty Goubioors o. re ~ 4. Inc
lay out was kept + .-tty vel ''y''-ov !, /" ana
il any tur~ was y ~I- = VS. pure over
sight. ? rst 49, L~gler Co ed to be in
par.neys ip witt / .;seIi, aro Sale had
twice sal: for saoin keg OF doubloons TO
meet the pasteboard ight drafts that were
ever and anon presented to her bank. Don
Joaquin sat admiring the dealer over 4 stack
Of abou, Il &c hundred doubloons. And as
S,.le's losses grew heavier her smile grew
aweeter, and the dancing steel-blue glitter of
her eve intenser. The handsome outlaw was
winning her heart faster than her dOubloons.
About eleven, or half past, Budd, who had
been up at the officers quarters specializing
in draw poker for an hour or two, sauntered
into the bank, lounged up to the table lam
guidly, and surveyed the situation. Don
joaquin had FIVE bets down, on five case
card-, and Sale had her thumb on the card
for the turn.
"Wait bit, my DEAR" said Budd, ''till /
light this cigarette, and then Pli amuse
you"
Then he deliberately put down five bets
on the five case-cards. and every one that
Don joaquin played he coppered, and those
the Don coppered he played. On the first
action the spaniard won, and Budd. of
course, lost. The Spaniards white teeth shone
between his gieefully parted lips. On the
next action Badd won and the Spaniard lost;
and on the next Budd whip-sawed him, and
that closed the deal. Don Joaquin's smile
was not visible. As soon as the case was out
on the next deal, the Don coppered it with
twenty doubloons, and Budd played il open
for the same. II was the box-card, and the
Spauiard showed his teeth again, Gut not
eleeiUlly. He said ''Carajor' under his
breath. Another action followed with the
same result. Then the Spauiard said in an
not copper my bets; be so good as TO play
Bat, my dear Dor" rejoined Budd, Ian
guidiy, 'you and / are at equal liberty TO
bet upon our judgment; if l copper your
bets it is because think shall win, and
not because think you will lose. Accept
my best wishes for your good luck, Senior"
a few more turns were dealt, and the
Spaniard's doubloons kept accumulating in
front OF the American.
''Senor,' said the Don, {" l must regard
your behavior as persecution, since you
seem TO have cast spell upon my luck."
All, my dear Captain, luck il as tickle
"a love-" said Budd, and the laugh that was
on his face died away in a little fitting sha-
dow; there was culver Of the thin lips, and
the next second his eyes were full of the dea- |
monism that always lurked behind that one
naddening memory.
The Don ground his teeth and the grt.eral
&C a-r-a-j 4" that growled through them was
ominous. Sale never raised her eyes from
the cards. There was five card turn-three !
of them cases--in the box. The Don put
down twenty on the case King, open. Budd |
coppered the King. The King went on the !
outside, and the Don's doubloons obeyed |
Sales fair fingers and swelled Budds accum- |
ulations.
ueIi, ibr tit Tie SaSlllldn anu /
the American looked square in each others |
eyes.
"Your luck is desperate, Senor," said |
Buld, with the most exasperating courtesy. |
.'Make your bets, Senors," said Sale, ait |
is three card turn, CHANGING at the cases
-Four, Five and Queen"
The Don hummed a stave of Ma Bonita. |
cIinked his doubloons and SLOWLY put them |
sli--forty -four-in two high yellow stacks on |
III. FIve-spot, coppered. Budd counted out |
fn-ty-four doubioons and sized the n nile, !
open.
Inc Castil' n showed his white 's.h inv I
grim smile again and ssii .'Ss ID. be good |
encngh 10 REM tn Dlpe- r, a ny bat.'' |
Buid removed it, d iow t, the Don.
and SAL, as a ciys..sr .ligs., Don Joa.
guin, be GO gracious rs 10 place that copper
upon my be-" The courtiy Span;ard bowed
and gracefully complied with the request.
Sales big solitaire shot out hundred
colored flame, as she put her iinv front fin
ger on the card.
"a moment, Senorita," said the Don,
RAISING his finger. He turned TO Budd-
my dear Senor," he said. as gently as he
might have breathed a new vow TO his lady.
love, 'this is persecution. Ii that Five-spot
loses, one of Us will die"
Budd said something to Sale in Spanish,
and she moved the card slowly. II showed
diamond on each corner. If there was
one in the centre il was the Five-spot, and
and it would lose. But it might be the
-Four. fit was, there was yet chance that
the Spaniard might win. or that the Five
might be the shock card. But if there
was a red diamond in its centre, the Ameri-
can or the Spaniard must spill ont the life
that was in him; for Don >Joaquin's word
was a. his bond, his hand was as lightning !
like as his passions, and the handsome
American that sat at the other end of the
lble was not slower nor more faltering.
The Spaniard stood by the end of the ia.
bic at the fair dealers left, with his right I
hand in his bosom and the jeweled fingers of :
his left drumming on the green table-cover.
Budd sat at the corner of the other end, 4
next to young Artillery Lieutenant who :
vas excepting the cases." with one hand :
resting on his hip and the other languidly .
clinking his doubloons. The rich olive in !
The Castilian's cheek was clouded darker i
han its wont, there was the faintest CLEAN of =
white teeth set hard between his thin lips !.
parted little, and there was an unearthiy b
glitter in the wicked transparency OF HE ?
.reat eyes The An9lo-Saxon's face alvavs | !