Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-09-11

Voluntarily then the heat becor1e unpiaas
ant. He was fast asleep. At small
stained, rickety table by the wall two meI
were playing Jackpot They passed, and
opened, and bet ia monographs At LAST
the larger man tipped back in his chair and
said with evident disgust:
Sam, ye play like a man tibet amt playin
fur fun, no more & win Fools they plays
recklus an loose when theyis winnin' an
afeard- like, iosin'-sure { lose both ways
Y amt no fool; We know the game. Ye
plays ez eff it lid somethin' ye'd be glad tel
furget, but keeps thinkh' nv. What ais
yer t RfF
Sam did not answer.
Come, speak chipper-Ic arn't stan double
fac'dness-no, nor clans telk.'
Again no answer. Sans black, staring
eyes were fixed on the bog at the stove,
while faint smile relieved his face of its
haggardness. Then he turned suddenly,
still smiling, and saw, with surprise, hi
companions impatierce-
sDeal, Cap'n Bill, what's ye waitin' fur
Mary deal, till ys tells me onct fur al
why We coined here. inspected, month age
come Thursday-dirty an hungry and scarf
looking; an why ye're so peaked an carn't
eat nor sleep, an why ye're SO absent
thoughted. / ANT fixed no questions yit,
but now 1 callates t know-fur yer own
sake Two men ken shoulder trouble bet
tern one, specially eff they be friends
Sam did not reply at once, but sat up
right, handling the cards nervously. Finally
he took his pipe from between his teeth and
leaned nearer the captain, who bent for
ward to meet him The flame Of the candle
at the end Of the table shone full on the
captains rudy face, and its light brought
out in painful contrast Sans drawn cheeks,
the white hollows under his black beard,
and sank into his troub,ous eyes Sam
pointed to the boy.
"Asleep!7
@Ay, speak up
1Capn, We rec'lleck fifteen years ago,
when WIS mate, an We wus fore the mast
aboard the schooner Preblslr
-Ay, messmate, well. Ye wus kind t. me,
a green hand
Then We fell in love wi that red-cheeked
gall ter Gloucester. An the-well, she went
back on yer-leastways, We finds her a-kissin'
another Teller a month afore yer weddin'
day."
"Ay, Sam"-the captains gaunt, heavy
jointed fingers squeezed the edge Of the tabls
till it cracked-"but what o thatl Twas
long ago, when wus foolish, though not SO
young Fur man OF a squar-riggei fool to
worry over a woman tibet amt worth lovin'
nor marryfn' The woman ter worry over
ez her what's above We, an don't say she
loves yer" Bill stopped, as if angry with
himself But tibet amt here nor there, he
added. Its We thet's to talk, not ma
Then We said what CT we wus tired o
rum, an mems monkey tricks, an womens
treason-them's yer words" Bill nodded
gloomily, AN We wus black ez a squaI
cloud. So ye keeps a savin' NV yer wages,
an one day We SEE, Mate, I'm a-goin' soon t
Eastville beach. I'll rect n shanty There
amt no rum there, nor men that know me,
an Their amt no women An seq l. 'Whatll
ye live on, messmater An ys answers %
TIERS ducks, an Goldfish, an mackrel I the
guzzles long in August, an lo5sterin' I'll
git huff Z live on-never ye fear Lastly
ye grips my hand, and ser, Sam, eff ever We
needs q home, fur want NV q better, come
L Bill an his shanty.''
Sam loanei back in order to take breath.
Bills eyes were looking vacantly back
through the long years.
Now, ye see" Sam resumed, "time goes
by an riz no higher. Mate alters an never
a cap'n. By n by gets inter rows wi the
men an the cap'n, too-French wus his name
all through dis'pintment, an someat
through rum an bad temper. One night wus
drunker'n usual an quaYrcled Wi n-wr
man, an hurted him
did ye kill him" the captain asked, sim