The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-21

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from Texas through lhs Cfeck coon.
try to Kansas, and / was out on d.
road one day, and / meets a gonho.
man ahead Of a big drove Of cattle.
lie says, 'Oid man, 10 yoo live 10
die countryT
i says, Yes sah
lie says It's q mighty poor
country Howdoyou make liunY
q says, sab, lis putty good coun-
Try we has plenty meat and bread,
aud | makes a good liyia' a.
lie rays Old man, do you ever
play kards p
4 says, Yes, sab l does, some
tines
lie says, Would You have any
obleo iion to play little drawg
i says, No, sah.'
so we gets off our horses along
side de road, and sat down. and |
pulls out the kerds. Well, in a short
time beat de gentleman out of sixty/
TWO dollars ana half and ] fought
L had him; SO | puts up a hand on
hlm-ior | is, do | say it myself, q
mighty smart hand at kerds-and |
know'd he wonld have tree jacks and
| would hab tree aces, and in de
draw | know'd he would git de oder
jack and | would would cit de oder
ace. So he raises a bit, and | raises
on back, till at last I put all the
money | had winned from dc gem
men and all de change | had, and |
know'd | had him. Well, in de draw
de gent got de oder jack and | got
dc oder ace. De gent wanted to bet,
but i claimed sight for de money,
and told him had an inwincible
hand dot couldn't be beat.
He says, ole man, dem is right
good brltches ycu is got on how
much did day cost?
/ say, Yes, sah; day cost me ten
Iollars.'
He says, Il puts up ten dollars
gin dem.'
1 says, Berry well, sab; but l tells
on | got inwincible hand II
He puts up do money, and l holds
my legs and lie pulls off de britch c
and lays dem down. q
Now, sir Isays, i told you l bad t
/ irwincible hand. Us got fo' aces v
de gent says, 'Qle man, did you n
'er bear of five jacks bcatin' TO- o
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L says, rs heard it, sah, but Is al
yer sseSit; and if you convince m
ob it, de moneys yourn.' le
Berry we'll he says laying do Sn 70
e kerd; 'ain't dat de jack of clubs ts
Yes, sah,' | says dat am de jack th
clubs OF
He lays down anoder kerd: 'aiu't be
de jack OBJ spades?' 81
Yes, sab, dat de jack Oh spades W
lie lays down anoder; Amt Cat CO
jack OBJ diane nds?'
Yes, sab, dat is de jack of dia- VI
nds. If
He pnts down anoder and says, at
Mt dat deljicks of hearts?'
says, Yes, sab. dat am de jack
hearts.' Pl
Deu ne runs his hand in his bosom Al
pulls out a great long pistol and
nts 1t at me and says, 'Ain't dat de
* Haul?' Oh
| says, Yes, sah.' DR.
And he says, Amt dat five jacks I? nj nj
don't dat win de money!
J says, Yes, sab, dat is Jack Haul, ha
dat is FIVE jacks, and five jacks p''
It's an inwincible hand.' s,s
So he puts de money in his pocket ar
ties my britches on hind oh his NJ
die, and tells me to scattcr-4and
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