The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-06
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the srssssss5 doors eli zass<sf4s. usually
i. ful8 ssex os the street Every toEn
ssa@ Il. gambling institution and there
Hlast - 81 least tSefstg q them "a
Helena. the atisse~e operating one or
swa.
The Western gambler. a. Depicted
Of noseiists. play fazsS-. ana ZONE
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seafs ~ age. assays TAI AID ersssf
H~ Is ast4sed ia fsescE coat, ioss esit
v.st. AMI trousers ~ black brozalciosh-
Hss f0-ois for tie Esuahler 10 issstas''i
never wesrs ssaes. are highly isssishfa
arssf the inaIyig aal j. made - esffk
xifh hin q VARIED ss-orfnssnt 81
strange ozshss h-9zse knise=. Marker
card. and pistols. The gentleman =
tie defender 81 female yirtne AMI TIE
refsnssincsfi0a % phy-icai cosFagr-
he deals Oft lzbui9us sums 81 money
with great nDnchal4isre, and y tssr
writers are Ia - accepted 81 ali. the
gambling H. The West - o! mammoth
proportions. There never va greater
3lgiss % fancy.
The faro tanks out here are re
markaf,Ie for their io~ lsulf one
hundred dollars to cases aid $50 To
double cards" IL 4 matter of no no
nsent i'm tire East. bat = afls5 STA
J. about the run 81 the game ia the
territories. The white checks are b.
suesi at i2is cent?. and anything Ike
high gam bling attracts qaite crowd.
N xoal. seem a. IL nature had made
men for the express purpose OF deal
ing ttse bank. as the gentlemen on The
other side 0f the table al look alike.
There isn't one of those story
paper mountain life gamblers, with
big watch chain and cluster pin,
between Bismarck and Tacoma. III
there ever was. the nBwritten history
u the country does BOT corroborate
the statements OF certain faonu-
mental rofnaacers who have mansiac-
tured characters OF this species. The
lack Asbtons who erumpie up thoa-
sama-deIisr bills aud bet them a.
though they we're bat single dollars
are not out here this year.
Notwithstanding the inhibition
against the ase Of cheating devices
there are instances whert the Law il
defied. only the other day the dealer
ln a gambling hose ~ a town not far
from Helena vas observed Ia be una
nipilating Il pack containing nifty
three cards. instead OF the usual mum
her. fifty-two. Thee he carefully
.huifiei and put into an "end-squeeze
or eheatiue-lloK The gentleman was
dealing what Is known a. the odd
card " which, by the way, vas the
tray Of spades. II vas a slim game Of
cards al that. There wasn't over 81
on the layout at any one time. and at
the last turn the dealer applied his
thunh 10 the spring and took ia the
biggest bet on the board. about 81 ~.
Neither il that conventional old
miner io be seen thai honest Old red
shifted miner who said Var, thar,
-a1ar and shar" Like the gambler,
he rallied to the defense OF female
virtue. aud wore biz, broad leather
belt. with buckle that weighed a
pound. In the aforesaid belt was one
shooter. and may tie two. of IL
caI;ber. always loaded. This miner
also wore great jack-boots. always
nicely BACKED. The miner Of today
doesn't carry six-shooter at all,
Simply because he has no use Tor IL.
He speaks fairly good English and IL
pretty intelligent party. Many OF
them are great readers. and are we'll
posted a. Ia current events, There
are no red-shirted miners in Montana,
Idaho or Washington. The only red
shirts the Tribune correspondent had
seen in a months trip was on the
back of Miles CITY draymnn
Having disposed Of the gambler and
miner IL might he a. we'd ro refer 10
the young lRdy ot the sierras." the
little nugget of the Rockies. Every
b DIV has seen her. The miss always
makes up" Young, and wears short
ffocks OF gingham, with well ironed
anron.. low shoes. snd silk stockings
she dances little reels aud jigs aud
sings ditties. accompanying herself
with the m0notonous plunketv- plunk
of an eight-stringed banjo. She sf-
fleets the society Of the red shirIet
miner hereinbefore referred To, aud il
protected from the wiles of the inevi-
table adyenturer by Mr.. Sleekeoated
Gambler. This miss invariably hiss "a
putativs father of the ECcles variety.
and a. the finish of the play or book
asceftaias she has rich relatives and
real daddy IN England. It's
too bad 90 dispel the illusion. bat the
maid 1T the guleh is not Ia he found.
The girls out this wav are a feminine
as their sisters OF the East. They are
NOT given t. eccentriCities in the way
~ iig dancing. short clothes, or riding
horses hsrchacked and, certsin Of
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