The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-15


;ried ,e:.c coax her ter i1;rry him without
,e,. f;,.ll, ,er's consent. lie told her that
her ,lot:.,2 wouldn't blame hc:, CT she
knew \. hat vr :.l.c',icS hcr father wuz,
;.I' Tia. i, wuz foolish fer lcr ;et make
her cwn He miserable, ;n' liisn, tco,
lest III: :itcr SAX w kcrpin' er promise.
But al lis argyin didn't Go 40 good.
Clara, though she cried when he WIZ
pleadin with her, refused ter break her
promise,
Fur thrco Ut four days erterwTds
Giant Jack went round lookin' sUller'n
er mad bull: then one evenin' he got me
an three other fcllers to 50 up to Hor-
tons cabin.
s<Let's shake, he said ter Horton when
we got thar; and ter show I've got ncthin'
erg'in yer III play er game Nv kee7ds
with yer.
.IIo.ton shook hands with him heart
n7. but he looked er little s'prised, fur
Gian. Jack had allus refused ter play
with him before
sUV course III have er game Nth
Yer,' said he, awful chipper: fur he
thought he'd got or new victim. Set
right down thar.
ssGiant Jack SGT down ter ther table,
an Horton seated himself opposite te-
him
sThey cut fur deal, an Giant Jack
drew ther highest kec-d.
"sWhat's yer game? ne azed, shuflin
ther rasteboards
"sSevcn up, said Horton 1aat's ther
most poplar game jest now
''Ther game wuz small at fust, an Hor-
ton won six out OK ther fust seven.
Then bigger stakes wuz made, an Giant
Jack won erbout fosr cut ov every tive
games.
"Nhen ther young folks, back here IN
ole 4lissoury. useter play keerds fur full.
John NorvaI usetcr be ther smart.s an
luckicst one ermongst 'eln: an, fur ther
fust time since he'd ben at ther camp,
Horton had found his match.
1T wuz cr purely scientific game, each
man bein' too clever fur thcr other ter
attempt any chcatir' Horton wuz stead
ily losin', but he didn't Offer ter give up
playin'. I've noticed, az CT gincral thing,
that thor moro er man loses when he's
gamblin', ther moro anxious he IS ter
play.
at last Horton rose ter his feet, look
In pale an haggard.
| Eye have cleaned me out,' he said
I've nothin more ter stake
s*Thar's yer daughter said Giant
| Jack coolly. I'll lay half Nv ther pile
that I've won ter night ag'inst her.
Horton glared at him er minute, an
then sot down ter ther table ers'in.
.<Giant Jack dealt ther keerds, an thes
game commenced. Horton made ther
Jack, an Giant Jack wuz high, low,
game
"Ther second heat, Giant Jack went
high, low, jack an ther game.
"tTve won,' be said, quietly.
Horton jumped ter his feet an drew
his pistol; but quick ez er flash Giant
Jack covered him with his own barkia
iron.
"'Drap that,' said nc, sternly, 'rr yell
find I ken play at pistols ez well cs at
keerds.'
sTber pistol d-a?ped from Hooonh
tremblin' hand ter ther floor. He knew
that Giant Jack wuz ther best shot In
the camp.
Horton glared at Giant Jack fur
bout half er minute, an then he called
Clara from her little room at thcr ond Nv
ther cabin.
"sTaie her erway from here at once
he said ter Giant Jack. She can't stay
here ter-night; an hope III never se'
eyes On her erg' in
ssIn er few wo1<is, Giant Jack told be.
what had happened; an thcr look VI
JOY that s,lone in her eyes told palmer
than words could have done how pleased
she wu1 at ther turn crfairs had taken
Without er word Nv farewell ter he,
father, ur even or backward glance, she
TUX Giant Jacks arm an he led her from
thcr cabin, leavin' behind him evc-y-
thing else that he had won from Horton.
eve gave up our cabin ter Clara 'aos
night, an slept in ther cabin that be
longcd ter thcr fcllers tSat went with Us
ter Horizons, which wuz close to our'n.
The next day wc-Clara, Giant JACK
and myself-took ther stage fur Frisco;
an cz soon cz we got thar Giant Jack and
| Clara wuz married.
"And wha. became OF her fa*her'," ]
asked
81 don't know whatever become Nv
Horton. We never heard from him
since that night we left him erlone in
his cabin at ther Californy minin camp.
Yes, that woman yer see Jest now with
| Giant Jack--ur John Norval, ez he is
known erbout her@is his wife; an he
won her, not with er sword, nor exactly
by courtship. In plain English, he WOE
her at the old fashioned game uf high,
low, Jack. .'"-J. Il. Spencer in Chicago