The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-23
HE MADE THE JACK WIN.
When the Hundred Dollar Bill Failed the
Toothpick Fetched Him.


Toothpick Fetched Him.
81 saw an amusing scene in gam
bling-house in New Orleans some years
ago, and that man there, with the
broad brimmed hat and long hair, re-
minds me of it," said a guest sitting
upon the Walker House porch.
Il don't now know how many years
ago it was, but it was when gambling
was even livelier than it is now. /
was in clubhouse where they were
running a brace gane-a game where
it was impossible Tor stranger to
win. The place was crowded. and old
Thacker was dealing and skinning
everybody at the table. After while
there came stranger, tall, handsome
fellow, with broad brimmed hat, and
black hair falling away down to his
shoulders. He took look around the
room, and then walked straight up to
the faro table, where Thacker was
dealing.
"He put his hand in his hip-pocket
and drew out big wallet tied with q
string. He opened the wallet slowly,
and took out a 500 bill, and then
closed the pocketbook, tied the string,
and put the wallet back in his pocket
again.
Then he laid the bill down on the
jack. Somebody got broke just then,
and left the game. and the stranger
took his seat Thacker made a few
turns, and the jack came out loser, and
away went the 500 bill into the dealers
drawer.
The stranger just looked kind oil
straight across the table at Thacker,
and Thacker looked back at him. Then
he put his hand back and again drew
out the wallet, unwound the string. and
took out another 500 bill, and again
tying the wallet put it back in i Is place
again. BY this time the deal had ended
and Thacker was shutting the cards.
"The stranger waited until the cards
were in the dealingbox again, all the
time watching Thacker's shuttle. When
all was ready he placed the 500 bill
on the jack again, and in turn or two
the jack lost again, and away went the
strangers money. Then he looked
again at Thacker, and he looked longer
this time, and Thacker looked back nj
him. Then he reached back for the
wallet again. He took it out and drew
forth another 500 bill, and tied the
wallet with the string again. This time
he laid the wallet down on the table,
right in front of him. He laid the bill
on the jack once more, and away it went
like all the rest. Then he looked ovel
at Thacker, right straight in the eyes
Thacker was an arrant coward, and he
looked kind of funny just then. The
stranger didn't say anything. He just
picked up that pocketbook and un
wound the string, took out another
$50, tied the pocketbook again, and
laid it on the table. Then, with his
left hand, he laid the money on the
same card, and with his right hand he
reached around to his other hip-pocket
and drew out an Arkansas toothpick-
it looked to me about three feet long
Then he leaned across the table and
shook his knife in Thacker's face, and
spoke for the first me.
Mr.. Dealer, said he, don't you
think you can make that jack win 2
"Thacker turned as white as a sheet
and never said o word. He went or
with the deal, and that time the jack
won. 1t kept on winning, too, unit
the stranger quit the game.
The next day we found out that the
stranger with the long hair was one o.
the smartest brace faro dealers in the
West. Sal Lake Tribune.