The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-24

by ,rhdt name mag eau yoI?''
"Oh, Deuce Low" she lightly replied.
That's an insulting sort Of nickname"
he protested.
Il don't think so" she answered. I'll
my tail dad was TO be called Jack High
wasn't it well enough TO name his short
daughter Deuce Low? | haven't always
found so much consideration as that
since we started from Omaha for Okla
bona"
And what makes you go to Oklaho-
ma
We'll, were alone in the world-dad
and l; and we're rovers-yes. adventur-
ers. Dad thinks we may prosper in the
new territory. I've a voice 10 sing with,
and feet to dance will"
and face to bewitch with
Instantly the glistening in the girls
eyes increased, as there was the sudden
moisture of tears to reflect the moon
shine. and she was silent The young
man had spoken so honestly that he did
not perceive how ms blunt compliment
had panied her He went on: Your
father-while you're singing and dane
ing in some Oklahoma concert hall
what viii he be doing for an income?'
She was resentfuL Should he not
have already found out by her improved
language and her decOrous manner to-
ward him that she was by education and
experience better than the condition Of
wayfaring in which she had come to
Camp Nineteen? Yet he could mention
her pretty face as directly as though she
had already reached Oklahoma and they
were chance acquaintance across a
table in a concert hall. Her desire TO
impress him favOrably was gone, and
without a waver of gaze or voice she
shortly answered: My dads gambler,
and he's down on his luck. II he's to play
for grubsJakes he'll do three-card-monte
in the streets till I get an engagement.
If he strikes it rich enough he'll deal
faro in den Of his own"
And you?" VIII exclaimed, shocked
by what she had said and her way of
saying it, but with no idea that she had
spoken otherwise than heedlessly; what
does he intend TO do with your"
Didn't you yourself say had face
10 bewitch with and she held her visage
still for him to examine. "Oh, Dad u
do very well with me in Oklahoma"
Meanwhile that reprehensible father
was seated with Aleck Wians ten rods
distant. 4 fat stone was between them,
and on its smooth surface were the cards
and cash OF a game OF poker. The moon
made light enough for the players, and
they were engaged 50 earnestly that no
other talk than the play required was
INDUCED IN. When they spoke 1T was IN
very low voices. too, and il was mani
fest that they did not care to be dis
covered Neither man could have told,
if he had tried 70. exactly how the game
had been brought about, nor could either
have recalled anything in his own case
but eagerness FOR it.
Jack High had airily remarked at the
beginning. as ne drew his only dollar from
z vest pocket, ''There'z plenty where that
came from. and so there was If he meant
the government mint: but Wlans did
not demand an insight Of the pocket,
and so rhe first bluff n this gsme Of
p0zEr was made ana won BY the PROBES
siOnal gambler Nor did ne require other
capital than that single dollar. He
played to the end Of the f-st band with
only the coin and promissory words. and
afterward he had a steadily increasing
number Of bank notes provided BY
Wiams' losses Luck and skill allied
themselves On his side Of the stone, and
his accumulation Of one dollar and two
dollar bills at length bulged the pockets
that had been empty before.
"Oh, here you be, seats2 and the IN
tr1dtng figure Of Old JuS Brswn stood
before the players- "Yes-here you BE-"
His insbrjety bad passed OF, and he
was not only sober but also P0npous
with The Official duty Of beng the night
Waterman ot Chs camp. h was too IN
Trustworthy 10 D. aired for regular
work, manual or mental; yet on his
sons account, AMI u1i< ne regulating
influence af that crcurHspecs young
man, ne WIS employed TO guard the port
able properly Of the expedition while
the rsst Of tae company slept he was
neE making hS Erst slow, saUatering
round fer the evening. and he promptly
iats-mitsed his pasrel % 81 down
'PiayiE' fer kez2s. to- he continued.
With wlstfzi eyes on the several bills
that lsy c. the stone
Hush said Wia-ns. and Old Jugg
obeyed, for NIams was 4 Ezn OF impor-
tsnce-
Hush said Jack High but this tirne
Old Jug was about % font tie com
nand. to- who vac this trzysd vsgzbood
thai he should presume - dictate silence
A. that Instant jack High wen stake,
ard wEdiei the money into 8 poke; a.
ready fun
'-G-r-a-cious g-u-3-nessr' Old Jugg ex-
claimed. iRdGigIng kE uznnersm Of
spelling out the first syllable with
more CCuvl1c.ng emphasis th1a orthog-
rsphy, yet keeping has voice down 70
boarse whisper; but you're w1nne-.
s4re-sUa You 6ldn's have = dollar
whel y0E struck The camp
Pray, 6ea's interrupt Us, Jack Eigh
LzsClv lZ5erpoSed-
ga, don't let ne poster you Wh2s