Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
A QUIET LITTLE GAME.

| A QUlEl LITTLE CIAME.
Jerry Greenine's Account of a Transaction
with Cards on q Pullman Car.
From the Philadelphia Times.
"Playin poker is mighty dangerous biz
ness. boys" said old Jerry Greening the
other night as he came into the William
son House bar-room.
Some Of the boys" were indulging in
little game of draw poker, with limit just
to pass away the time. Judge Ridgeway,
the champion sucker fisherman of this re-
4 mo, thankee," said the veteran yarn spin
ner, as he helped himself TO 'tchaw" of
Life Pelton's tobacco; Il amt takin' no
stock playin' nowadays. Eff you fellows
II lay down yer keerds I'll chuck pennies
t see who pays fer tn drinks an then I'll
tell We a little story bout poke, play1n'."
The cards were laid down, the coins were
pitched d, and Isl" TerwiIliger was the un
fortunate one. Reinforced with tumbler
of gin and tanzy," the old man took off
his SLOUGH hat and heavy throat muf1er and
prepared to spin the promised yarn.
"Lem'me see," started Jerry, II guess
'twere nigh about 'leyen year ago, we're
goin out West with party o city folks.to
hunt on TIL prairies. We was a trav'lin in
powerful fine style in one O. them pallet
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| with dImond buZZum pin come into the
keer. He sot down nigh me an bineby he
| got the owner Of the keer-which I re-
marked to the time were nigger-to get
table for him. He got playin' keerds all
lone by his self, an bine by mother nice
lookln' teller came ln an them two fellers
got playin'. AFTER while the two city
fellers that were goin' out West with me
took q hand into tn game, an fore we GOT
t Chicargo my two fellers hadn't 'nough
spondulix round m to buy square drink
o Ticker, let lone 'nough to 60 furder West.
Fin'ily one O. my men-I alters calls 'em nv
men bekase they was goin' West with me,
ye know-said to tn Teller with the dimon
buzzum pin, Lets change tn game. I've
got jest $4,000 cash in m gripsack that
b'longs 70 my oil man III Chicargo; let's play
euchre fer "a change. Now Ill tell ye
what I'll do said the buzzum- pin man; I'll
| just bet you even So, 900 thet ken take them
keerds an cut the Jack O. hearts the very
first time By darn, I'll DO it, seq my
ALI right seq tn buzzum- pin man.
Durin' this little conversation my man were
aishufflin' up the keerds hinder nervous
like, SO he laid 'em down an toll me to keep
m eye on 'em while he got his cash. He
come back with tn money an handed it t
me. Mr. Buzzum- pin got out his cash, but
with what he he'd won from my man an
what money he he'd he were short jest
hundred dollars WALL says I, rather
than see this yere fun broke up I'll lend ye
tn hundred So pulls out a mole stock
in I he'd in'n.y grip-sack an got out five
twenty dollar gold pieces. Thar, seq I,
now get down + biz
Wall, they got. Mr.. Buzzum- pin took
tn keerds in his hams an DRAWN q bowie
knife outen his hip-pocket he cut them
keerds right in two quicker'n lightnin
Thar, SEE he, 4 cut tn Jack O. hearts tn
onto that thar cash. Fork her over. mister
SEE he t. me. Jest bout that time see tn
pint O tn scheme an lated till I putty
nigh busted. iist got down onto
tn floor an LATED an twere close t. five
minnits fore got cooled down aPin'.
were jest ready t. pay tn buzzum- pin, man
tn $50, 900 an his face we're as smilin' as a
man is when he looks at his fust baby,
when all t. oncet my man seq, Mr.. Green
ing, reckon you'll pay that hull pile over
t. me- The 'greement was THAT were t
cut tn Jack tn fust time, sez Buzzum- pin,
AN done it, SO I'll take the dough if you
please. I got it, didn't Il? WALL, no. seq
my man pullin' tn Jack O. hearts outen his
left sleeve, 7 reckon not?' Wall, boys of
you could seen that feller's face drop
you'd smile smole. The first thing he
done were t. reach fer his shootin iron, but
my man SEE, ooh, don't do that, an kind
er rasin the lapboard they we're playin' .on
pintin' in tn direction @ his heart, an
t'were full cooked, too. Wall, I'm done
brown for once, seq the buzzum-pin man,
an SEE he. who be ye, anyway. stranger?'
WALL seq nv man L don't mind 'bliging |
ye with my cog'omen; Tn Billy Birdsail o.
New York, an I'm tn man thet invented
tibet little scheme O. cuttin' tn Jack. an
now, M friend, I'll Civ ye a leetle
piece O advice. L let ye win |
all M cash SO I could clean
We out. Eff I'd a tried t. clean ye at poker
I could a done it, but you'd stopped play
in fore ye got broke, SO I laid fer ye. Az
ter this when yere goin t cut tn Jack, don't
let any one handle the keerds fust. Mr..
Greening II give ye fifty dollars outen tn
stakes an I guess you'd light out at Chicar-
ye know them Chicargo peoples noted for
heir big feet and they amt delicate bout
sing EN- eff they get skinned by q sharper.
Good evening! Wall, payed the buzz
zumpin man his fifty dollars an he got out
at Chicargo: Me and them two fellers he'd a
good laff over the way we faxed him, and
since then hain't played no keerds Of
course don't suppose any Of you fellers IL
cheat at keerds, and I've no 'jections to
playin with you, though did see Bill Car
kuff sIippin mace down in his lap to lay
fer a mace full Ye see now, boys, why
don't play keerds Lets chuck again fer
the drinks and then guess I'll 60 home,
for I've got to try a case for salt and bat
ter to-morrer morning fore Squire Dew
lit"
Having chucked" for and disposed of