, 1890-01-12

Fur three ur four days afterwards
Giant Jack went round lookin' suller'n
er mad bull; then one evenin' he got me
an three other fellers to go up to Hor-
tons cabin.
Lets shake, he said ter Horton when
we got thar; and ter show I've got nothin'
ergin yer I'll play err game NV keerds
with yer
Horton shook hands with him heart
lily, but he looked er little s'prised, fur
Giant Jack had allus refused ter play
with him before.
"'Uv purse I'll have err game with
YER said he, awful clipper; fur he
thought he'd got er new victim. Set
right down thar
"Giant Jack sot down ter ther table,
an Horton seated himself opposite ter
him.
'They cut fur deal, an Giant Jack
drew Their highest keerd.
"fWhat's yer game?' he axed, shufiin'
ther pasteboards.
"'Seven up said Horton. That's Their
most poplar game jest now
"Ther game uz small at fust, an Hor-
ton won six out ov Their fust seven.
Then bigger stakes wuz made, an Giant
Jack Won erbout -four ont ov every five
games.
'When ther young folks, back here in
ole Missoury, useter play keerds fur fun,
John Norval useter be Their smartes' an
luckiest n ermongst EN-; an, fur Their
fust time since he'd ben at ther camp.
Horton had found his match.
at wuz er purely scientific game, each
man bein' too clever fur Their other ter
ntfQnaF t ~ nl4NAs-f
lily losin', but he didn't offer ter give up
playin. I've noticed, az er gineral thing,
that Their more er man loses when he's
gamblin', ther more anxious he is ter
play.
Eat last Horton rose ter his feet, look
in pale an haggard.
"'Ye have cleaned me out, he said.
Tve nothin' more ter stake
"'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 Their table erg'in.
"Giant Jack dealt Their keerds, an Their
game commenced. Horton made Their
Jack, an Giant Jack wuz high. low.
game.
"Ther second heat, Giant Jack went
high, low, jack an Their game.
1--WE won,' he said, quietly.
"Horton jumped ter his feet an drew
his pistol; but quick ez er flash Giant
Jack covered him with his own barkin'
IRON.
"'Drap that said he, sternly, 'ur yen
find 1 ken play at pistols ez well ez at
keerds.'
ether pistol drapped from Horizons
trenholm hand ter Their 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 ther end NV
Their cabin.
Take her erway from here at once
he said ter Giant Jack. She can't stay
here ter-night; an hope I'll never set
eyes on her erg'in.'
SIN er few words, Giant Jack told her
what had happened; an ther look uf
joy that shone in her eyes told palmer
than words could rave lone how pleased
she wuz at ther turn erfairs had taken.
Without er word NV farewell ter her
father, ur ever er backward glance, she
TUX Giant Jacks arm an he led her from
$500 NoCAhf AVaNAh III Illn every
thing else that he had won from Horton.
"!Ve gave up our cabin ter Clara that
night, m slept in Their cabin that be-
longed ter ther fellers that went with us
ter Horizons, which wuz close to our'n.
1.-THE next day we-Clara, Giant Jack
and myself-took Their stage fur Frisco;
an ez o o ez we got thar Giant Jack and
Clara wuZ married"
"And what became of her father l
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 mimi camp.
Yes, that woman yer see jest now with
Giant Jack-ur John Norval, ez he is
known erbout here-is bis wife; an he
won her, not with er sword, nor exactly
by courtship. In plain English, he won
her at the old fashioned game uf high,
low, Jack. -. H. Spencer in Chicago
Ledger.