Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-13

| Strange. COuSlltOlii oAiNS
and that his tongue was so 1hick' Du'
the co ntryman failed to see tllls' ana the
one with the money was particularly pima
Said he:
sssav here, stranger, you bet fifty dollars
that Won kin cut any keeard l name III tnat
thar pack?"
aYes'r," replied the stranger, and MS
eyes began to grow sleepy again; IL oe'
you hundred doll'r l cam
ssWell, now, stranger returned ne from
the country, "l've just sold my hogs anu
cot five or six hundred dollars right mere
in my pocket sapping that locality IN
his breeches, y ''and I'll bet you that pile
that you can't do it,
Then the eyes of the well-dressed stranger
from Cincinnati gave just one more hash,
and were dead again. Then he seem q
very drunk, about to go to Sleep
"What sat you say? Bet five hundred
doll'r. Take you, an go you five hundred
BETH"
The drover from the country hesitated a
moment. while the Cincinnati man spread
OUT HIS IOll VI UlOllCy VII ciiS S"N'Ho~-'
There was more than thousand dollars
in it. Then he turned to his friends and
there was a transfer of divers bills from
their pockets to his hands.
EsD-n me, if I don't take you" said he,
.eif vou'n let me shuttle the keeards first. J"
'sDamficare," replied the Clnclnnatlan,
and he had evidently gotten very drunk.
Then the countryman counted out his
Thousand dollars, and after considerable
trouble and poking up the Cincinnati man
his thousand dollars were counted out TOO,
and both put in the barlzeeper's hands.
And the countryman took those pictorial
pasteboards, and the way he shuffied them
was sight to see. First he couldn't get
them to mix at all, and then he'd spill half
of them on the floor. The barkeeper asked
if he ''hadn't better take bushei basket
for them cards." but the Cincinnati man
seemed to be fast falling asleep. AT last
they were shuff19d to the satisfaction OF
the dealer in swine-who was from Shelby
county, by the way-and he laid them on
the table.
NOW, SUldllStIa HC odlI, CllC oiLel0L-
standin' is that you cut the keard | name
the fust time, or else you lose the money;
and if you do cut the keard | name the
fust time, then | lose the money. Is that
what you bet them greenbacks on?''
The well-dressed man from Cincinnati
reused upsuffcientfy to say, ''that's WHAT
mean.''
Then name the jack O. clubs, and cut
and be damned to you.''
Then there came sudden change over
that guileless man from Cincinnati He
reused up all at once. He didn't seem.
half as drunk as he was a moment before.
And he pat his hand up behind his neck
and he drew long and very sharp bowie
from down his back, and cut that pack OF
cards clear through and down to the coun-
ter. Then lie reached over to the bar
keeper and said:
81 guess III take that pile"
'tI0ld on minnit, stranger; don't you
be so ALFRED FAST here interposed the
drover from the interior. ''S'pose you
look over them keards and show me the
jack o clubs
There was another change suddenly
overspread the face Of the gentleman from
Cincinnati. He rapidly ran through one
half of the divided pack, and there was
never jack Of clubs there. Then he ran
through the other half of the pack, and
there was not even d showing OF the jack
of clubs there, either Then he looked at
the hog-drover from Shelbyville, who
looked placidly at him in return.
Ibid you find that jack, stranger? No,
/ reckon you didn't, for here it ISL and
sure enough there it was. He slowly drew
it from his sleeve and laid it on the table.
Then he reached over for the money, and
the stakeholder gave it to him."
CHOW, stranger" he continued, s'the
next time you want to play any O. your
shenangans with kea1ds, s'pose you be
sure you haint tackled a coon as knows
em better'n he does his b c." and mod
estly pocketed the money.
1t was no use kicking against the prlcks,
and the Cincinnati man sadly saw his
greenbacks swallowed up in that big peck
et-book. Then he slowly turned to go,
and met at the door an excited crowd. 1t
was the loafers, who had managed to rake
up a consi lerable pile by moseying around
among friends and visit to their common
uncle in his shop around the corner.
But they were too late. That money
had been gathered in by green-looking
customer from the country. The Cincn-
natl man is inclined to believe that Ken
lucky isn't a good State to prospect IN.
Leastways he hasn't been seen around
there since.