Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-25
THREE KINGS WIN.
sroR>- OF A CALIFORNIA Fokl

in every sense Oh ulle "oi"' i
:, number of them hung out at tho ura- ,
,,,m house, and banked with b"fSoue' t
Among MS old forty-niuers playing on ,
.,,o sou,ro was rcckoncd q cardlual VIZ ,
two and upon my soul, don't see why s
if shouldn't be to-day. Wheh 'ho 'o-
cout roulette-twirler or thlmole-SlSSSSei
of paci &c street, or little Sidney stlneneo
,,;s neck and shot out his head as nc
ho,sted of playing con the square, 20"
,,,- c,,ceive the alt itude of the cent?
WANTS of the thousand-Gollar 'a'o-"':ai''
of the Parker house or El Doraao' lno
Gamblers of forty-nine We're ~ power
nv, mode themselves felt. Ihcy pos
.,osse,, the physical and financial power
+o saw nothing of the six-shootcrs 10
back them up. ,7>
remarkable uen they were, the gamb-
,fIo "a almost any old Californian
will tell you. ,
,rha incident I AM about to relate occur
red at the Graham House. AN uS'y
hrute of tho Pike county grown, lo''o''
law, with ounces and reviewers, 1ierce
4,, ,;dcousness, dropped down 'for h'gh
a,1 +;meu and thought tho Graham
House the proper place to begin, when
,rofassional eamb!cr-lct me called htih
IJorDcr, his family are still living anu IL
;s,,t necessary to mention real nalnes-
.,,1don,v disscnted. There were q"lte II
3 ,,,,,,ar Of the brethren of the green
cloth ut the Graham, and m"s' Say ioA
them they kept admirable order.
T, threo months there was not q man
,-;,,al !, the house. The killing was al
,,.ovs done outside, and generally qulet'S'
ct;ll there we're exceptions, and THIS Was
:, ono Of them.
I've seen man dragged from his seat
: 1T the Graham House by the hair ;'ht
,,;cl-e oil clean out Of doors before he mao
Il +imo TO wink, simply because he ha'
) made a little motion with Il po"'e Mill,
Eefore the brute could make the InnSe
:. his onpouent had hinl-ilad hin hhe
," flash of lightning, and "heh ho ~ y,
'' through with him lie was so oll"o "'''
o ,I,,a and so sick at the stomach that IL
had no heart to cut a mans thro''' ''A"'
lass threaten it. And the ore1h'oh
the green cloth backed up the en'e'p''
vocate of law and order, you pe
The chan that stood up for MS o'
Use and his sueicl1bor's rights on that occ
sion was one of the q'''etcsh me" 1 w
nd, met had little to say. h"o "hoh
WAS i'm action he was like Il ho'ie 'o1e
no. He was q little hell.
Jack Harper had his Ideas Oh ho'.
His word was good for ten thousa'o
,o,s any day. He banked at burSoShe
and as sometimes happens Win
a,n,rtest of his class, he would run sno
1r,,o., o,a occasion-I witnessed tue
:! o,,rreuce-he walked into BurSoyl
,,1 s,;d in 4 commonplace way:
Phil, Pm dead broke; slve mo IL o.
nle of thousand. I'll hand III 10 you 1
rs day or two
And he got it.
heir Fancy a man trying that on IN !
v,r,, And wha5 is more, Harper X
his word. This is what you m'Sn'
free banking.
Tne pike county brute had vlcl
.o,,,.r and a skin full of the
vhiskey the town oeal' ILL., 40 -
ncr was intolcrable. he s'tV o'""
side u table, called for some l'q"o'
Lor,n TO buster. Harper ana wv"
c,;a,du were sitting near him slit
o,.;no TO look at them thrco
IDA. would have thought them stranger
,ttray each other. Perhaps 'ha' "''
mail dece;ved the Pike county blus5erer'
,s ut ,1,.oss.d his remark to Harper,
and maid no attention to hlu'' TIC 'non
ng i'll to Il man named Green. "''oi
md a statue, Then the ugly brute u
famed +o Dan Somers with ta"ht'i'S ''
rbops ~, 1;,,t wink even. Then the W
ir rs turned to Harper again All" iii''o =,
s fol- a word I'll not repeat nero AIM
q not bo did rct his answer.
Gamer Harper was pale-loohlnS' 81.
,ssare ,,,r man below medium hight,
.fter % small hands, silky HAIR ana lea' g
to the WAS very neat in his oresS' ai"
NJ and tho last man in the world you "o"'
II fare ont for $, fighting man. But oelo
q man p;,-o corntv man suspected VIVA
Id pay coming, Harper spranSoh MN '.No
Md 60 ,a With q, single blow with his ct
The ,,;a +he beast on the floor. Ih
,ct the WOO y, and ready again; but bel
latter could make Il movement amount
officer, from the same fist: square pc0"e
It flesh ewes, sent him over again Al
,;stancc ,x.ro rereated until the sp
attcn- .ho Pike county man cvaporatt
Mt pas ,,ddo,,v sat down, wiped the bio
.yolvers ,,;s focc concluded to postpone t
| indis- ,nce OF the engagement uhtll
at the vorable season.
shootist Harper at that tn'e WIS NV
sed up, , S,1oon on Kearney stlect. Lie
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