The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-14
he PAVED HIM BACK.
a Gooai story Told by an Sid Western
Gambler.

\ Goosi story Told ny an did Western
Gambler.
From the Kansas City Times.
"A few years ago ! war one of the deal
ers i'm IN faro hank up town, and an ac-
q~uaintance whom I liked very much was
dealer I'm u similar bank i'm the next block.
Both were reputcd to he, and undoubtedly
were. square games. Tho proprietor of
the game my friend dealt for, however,
was known to- be extremely close and
mean in money matters. and everybody
dislikcd him, hut as his game was trust
worthy his place was well patronized. 1
was not surprised one day when my friend
came to- me and told me that old Nick
tliat1l do for the proprictor's name-owcd
him 5000, representing his interest i'm the
game i'm lieu of 10 salary, which he refused
To pay over. My friend proposed that 1
should come tn his bank and play while
he was dealing and he would fix the deck
SD that l could win out the amount odd
Nick owed him and something over for
myself, and knowing that ~ sign from my
friend would indicate just how the cards
were tn run through u deal. l saw that il
was possible for me to right my friends
WRONGS and make IA few hundred out Of
Old Nick
1.-The first night everything seemed tn
go wrong. ! got the sign to play single
when I played double out they singled
OUT i lost $1,000 and left the place as
mad n man as you ever saw. The next
thaaS . sNISh stS thStte rs AAaA ~
WAS the most astonishing thing he ever
heard of; that he had acted squarcly all
through. and that somebody must have
changed the decks i'm the drawer of the.
table so that he had used the WRONG one.
He offered to make my loss good IL i did
not win out the full stake at the next sit
ting. He seemed square and l believed
him. The next night played again and
lost 5000 more, and when 1 left the place.
1 was crazy mad. l didn't dare say any
thing there, for il would have hurt me at
my own place to have il known that l was
in "a brace at another mans game. 1 de-
cidetl tn wait until the next day and give
my false friend "a thrashing at least.
"The next day, however. the bank Was
Nick had lost money on the races, had
grown desperate, had plunged and gone
broke His partner, my friend the dealer,
knew that the hank would close and roped
me in for "a stake to get away with. 1
was terribly angry. for l had been infiu-
cnccd by my sympathy for my friend and
wanted to held him ont.
Ibid ever get my money hack: Well.
i should say l did. 1 was out west two
years ago and one night strolled into a
game i'm Kansas City. just AS l was about
friend sitting i'm the lookout's chair. He
saw mo at the same time, and m~otioneti
me to comc to him. As I approached he
drew ont q roll OF money and said:
ago; much Obliged, old man. counted
il and found il correct. Calling another
man to the chair he led me aside and ex-
planned that ile had been in "a desperate
strait at the time and had always intended
to repay me. He was now prosperous. he
said, and making IL fortune rapidly. l
played mt his game all that night and lost
just the Si,OOO he had paid me. l felt very
queer when l went away, but felt too
cheap tn say ar do anything. / have come
tai the conclusion that there's no money
hind the game. l never play in front of
the table any more: I can't afford it,"