The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-11-03
away down South in Dixie,
Away, away"

Keeping time to his weird song, he
wsltzes with a light, shutting step the
entire length Of the car, aud in twink
ling has disappeared. lie has molested
no one, noticed no one, and yet everybody
is awake aud talking about this strange
personoGe. He has not awakened them
by his humming song or shutting dance
so much as by his strange, indescribable
tone, manner and conduct. The boy on
the front seat is convulsed with laughter
the young miss across the aisle giggles
with glee, broad smiles overspread the
faces of men and matrons, and the more
serious mutter, "Poor fellow, he is crazy"
They are unconscious of the person at
whom they have been looking as of the
scenery through which they have been
gliding. All that good wife would
scarcely have awakened her
drowsy husband TO "look at
that fellow" had she imagined for
n instant that it was the "Terrible Slim"
chIefest of the monte sharps In u little
time he returns, and with the same alb
stracted air proceeds 10 walk through the
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car. lmpeiled ny curiOsiIy, several oil
US followed him into the smoking car. He
is surrounded by agroup Of laughing fell
lows, who are listening to his story. AT
Truckee, he said, lady had stepped up 10
the ticket office to buy her ticket, and
found that her purse was missing he
had asked him for $40, and had promised
to pay him when she got aboard the train.
He let her have the money, and now had
gone clean through" the cars without
finding her. He toll the story in such
a droll manner that everybody
laughed, even while they pi!ied the
poor fellows loss. lie seemed TO care but
little, however, for he drew from his
pocket large leasthern bag, fully 10 in.
ches in length, that was hal full of shin
ing gold pieces. He told how he had been
swindled out of some of tho money by the
fellows called monte sharpe and proceed
ed to illustrate the manner in which they
had fooled him. Believing that he had
thoroughly learned the game from the ras.
calls, he offered " bet that no one could
tell the ace Of diamonds, and in less than
FIVE minutes he had lost $500 to well.
dressed gentlemen who stood around. His
hands moved 40 awkwardly that child
could pick out the right card,
No man ever saw $4,000 placed con-
veniently within his grasp who was not
tempted to covet the lucre. So it was
with the black-visaged man who sprang
eagerly from his seat MS soon as the green
horn began loosing his money. OF all the
men in the car this man was the most per-
feet william, if Gods handwriting in his
was not wholly unintelligi-
Bile. Carried away with the one idea of
stealing the MissourIans money, this fell
ow plsnked down his cash, his watch, his
gold chain. and-lost All this occupied
not more than ten minutes, including the
waltz, the game, and the winning just
As the fellow turned the wrong card, =
ow whistle from the further end Of the
car announced the coming of the con-
iuctor.
Quicker than ''scat' the cards disap.
poared, the csppers and all hands dropped
INTO their seats, Slim Jim drew his hat
down over bis eyes and the victim. after
,laring fercely around for moment,
settled back into his seat in moody silence
The conductor entered and passed slowly |
through the car, but not single hint did |
ne obtain OF the fact that game had bsen |
going on. Hardly had he left the car be- |
fore the Misunderstanding victim de-
manded another chance to bet From
another pocket no had drawn $50, His las.
cent, and eagerly asked for "sght.
Cody disreg srding his opportunities Slim
Jim said, mo, cir; don't want to break |
you" In another minute he had dissp. |
peared through the door, dancing and |
"Away away T.