Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1880-11-10

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thought we was shut of him.
One bowling bad night when tn
room was full, and there was no plac
at table, he comes in and edges up t
where l was dealing He had pawne'
his overcoat quite likely, for he wa
a-shivering from the rain. He draw
a few quarters out of his pocket, but
shut down on him, telling him it was
dollar game and there was no room TO
him. He pulls out his watch and offer
it for $75 worth of checks. 1t nigh
have been worth pretty nearly that fo
the old gold in the case, but we WASH
pawnbrokers so we let him have $50 OF
it. He took the chips greedily, and TIVE
rousing drinks, and played like a fool
What blasted baby he was! KEEP
sloshing over with sympathy for him
of course; but if it was his daddy:
ticker, you know, and if the ace viii
keep turning up agin family time
piece, what's the use of blubberinl
over it? 1t amt plucky. Next time
he hauls out of his shirt diamond pir
and dickers that for a pile of chips
We have to keep our wits about us, yol
know. 1t was fairish stone, and ever
if we had lost the chips, we wOuldn't
have been much the worse for it, Ht
would keep on coppering the queen
we knowed his game, and we worked
the lady on him, and that theere piI
was ours. / wasn't going to leave thai
pin go the rounds, SO | stuck it in my
scarf between the deals, and, as 1 sol
in there q was wearing ;rblue scarf
that night, / sort of smiled on him, {
bulging out of my chest, so that he
could see it, and that riled him. "Now
you are done for" thinks /, "and to
morrow l will give orders that you
amt to be let in any more"
see, though, a gold ring on his fin
ger. 1t wasn't much in the way OF
jewelry, a thin, used-up, battered uI
kind of thing. If it was 18 karat
maybe worth IS. 1 kind of fancied
that ring. If his business was DONE
it had to be done clean. / knOwed he
was shorn, and shorn man hasn't nc
use for gold rings. He was a fooling
with it, pulling it off and putting it on
again. Presently it came off his finger
and rolled across the baize. He was
kind of ashamed to offer it.
"Give you four dollar chips for it,"
says /; "your girl will give you an
other"
"1t's my poor old mothers wedding
ring" says he, "and dare not"
'.Bring you luck" says l; "put up the
old wOman's finery-if it's gold"
He kind of hestated, but Jim--that's 5
the nigger-gave him staving drink,
and he chuckled over the ring. Mebbe
it was the liquor that gave him the
hiccups, or it might have been a sob.
but he took the chips anyway. | had
the ring and felt it. 1t was so much
worn out that knew we had given
more chips for it than it was worth.
but, as | have been telling you, / always
had heart bigger nor an OK. I had
the box, and three cards did his bust
ness. He hadn't sense enough to di-
vide his little pile. No spoony fellow
ought to try to match themselves with
bloods. / got that there ring, and as
nice piece of dry goods as ever slept
wears that there ring to-day, providing
she hain't pawned it.
He never said word, but kind of
tottered Oft was the drink / suppose
and went into the back room, and we
kept on with the game We was hav-
ing staving run Of luck that night,
and things was a working sweet, when
all of Il sudden we heard pistol go off
in the back room. / didn't jump. We
amt nervous, and little popping amt
of much consequence. 1t wasn't the
first time. neither. | had heard a nistnl