The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-14
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see it all fair and square, but the man
that tries to bluff this crowd had better
get measured for his coffin first, and.
make a contract with a grave digger,
cause we don't want the trouble and ex-
pense of burying him. Now, Tommy
dropping his hand on my shoulder,
'what'l you do to give the gentleman
satisfaction?
"By this time / was as mad as a hat
ter, and as reckless as the biggest dare
devil there.
".Tll play him either at draw poker
or old sledge, and you'll all see fair play
Done cried the bully. Here's my
dollars ready
"eStop a minute, my friend, if you
please says ], as cool as a cucumber
and as polite as a French dancin' mas
ter. 4 don't want your dollars. I've
dollars enough of my own. You say I've
cheated you. If ! have l deserve kiln.
If you've lied on me you deserve the
anne. To settle the matter I'll play you
the best game in three for the first shot.
If / win / shall have the pleasure of
blowing out your brains, and if Ilose
you may do the same to me-
ssThe men round about us shouted.
"eThat's your sort, Tommy. Thatn
settle it way or tother, and we'n
see fair play
sour Arkinsaw friend didn't seem to
fancy the notion much, but after all his
buster he couldn't refuse just for
shame.
"'I1l play you at seven up he grunt-
ed out.
"We took our places opposite one an
other and set to work. The crowd closed
round us, and Aston, my Alabama
friend, stood at my back. While the
three games lasted I don't believe he
once took his eyes off the man from Ar
kansaw. | don't believe he even SO
much as winked.
sWell, to cut a long story short, '
won the first game, the bully won the
second, and then we set to on the third,
the final and fatal game. There wasn't
a word spoken 'mongst the crowd, and
'cordin' to the old sayin' twas SO still
you could have heard a pin drop. You
see, a mans life was at stake, and though
human life wasn't thought much of in
them diggins the whole ~proceedin' was
SO queer that the boys was sorter struck
Of a heap, and watched us 'thout hardly
DRAWN a long breath.
1.-THE first hand I held high and low;
t'other Teller turned the jack and made
game. So far we were even. | begged
in the next hand, and the Teller, havin'
a pretty good show and thinlin', Isup-
pose, from my Begin that / hadn't a
trump, give me one rather than run the
cards. He played ace for high and trey
for low, but / happened to hold the
deuce and cut under him. | had gift
and low, he scored high and game; the
jack warn't out, and we were eyen yet.
81 dealt the last hand, and I'm proud
to remember now that my fingers didn't
trelnble any more'n the bluff Kinney's
ranch was built on. / won't say but a
thought of home and mother went
through me sharp as the bully's knife
could have done, but I'd have been shot,
not once but twenty times, before I'd
have shown a glimpse of the white feath'
er then.
"He took up his hand. / can't for my
life tell you why, but ! never touched
mine. I just set still and stared at the
other man. He looked sorter glum, hest
tated a minute, then begged.
II felt desperate and determined tc
end it mi way or the other. 1t seemed tc
me 'twouldn't make no sorter difference
what our cards a ! felt like some.
thing-I can't say what-had taken the
matter clean out of our hands and was
goin' to settle it for us.
"'Tll give you one,' | said quietly.
"'Whatl without looking at YOU
cards?'
eyes, without seeing my cards
HE tried his best to keep his face
straight and look solemn, but his mouth
would grin and his little pig eyes twin.
killed..
with a boastful flourish he led oui
the king of trumps. Then at last | tool
up my hand. Ace, deuce, jack and
queen stared me in the face. Never il
my life, before nor since. did / hold such
a hand at cards!
II took his king with my ace, and led
back the queen, on which he played the
trey.
81 reckon that's low, anyhow sale
he; but he didn't look quite SO pleasant
as before.
81 reckon not said /, and coolly
showed him the deuce.
His jaws dropped and his eyes looked
like they would pop out of his head. II
a minute more / led ont the jack, and hi,
ten spot tumbled to it. Then the mar
shouted. High, low. jack and the camel
Before the shout half died away /
pistol shot went off with a sharp cracl
right over my head, and the Arkansav
bully jumped three feet in the air, anc
fell dead with his drawn revolver in hi
hand.
"'You'd a sharp squeak for your life
that time, Tommy said Aston, re
turning his smoking gun to his belt
If I'd been a second later you'd have
been lying where he is. The mean cuss
he's gone where he may cheat the deyi
if he an, but he won't play no mor'
tricks in Texas. We play N the square
here Reckon he knows it y now"
Notes.
The Hudson County Wheelmen will
have a series of races for handsome prizes
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