Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-10-06

about three shakes. and, pressin' roll
O. money into his hand, he said:" think
I've got right to help You" The rest
wanted to chip in. but Rogers said he
he'd enough, and we could only hold
him long enough fur him to tell us part
O. the story. One O. Mike Jasper's kids
met him on his way from work to tell
him that Sue was sick; hurryin' home, he
found her ragin' with fever Some O.
the neighbor women was workin'
with her, but he wouldn't leave her
side until he was jest compelled to 90
fur doctor. Thet was why he dropped
in there; cause as the doctor would hev
to come some distance, he might
want to see the color of his cash before
startin'.
T. He left as soon as he told us tibet,
turrible worked up; an. in fact, he left
us purity much excited, not KNOWN
how bad sick Sue was
But it turned out, arter all, tibet it
wasn't nothin' serious, jest light
spell But I tell you OF man Rogers
was skeered purity bad. He straight
ened up an didn't gamble fur week,
an fur time folks begun to think tibet
he he'd really reformed. So did Custer;
an he packed up his things to leave.
He was standin' at the door one day
when Sue passed. an he asked who she
was. When he found it was Rogers
darter Sue, he whistied long an low.
He took good look at her when she
come back tibet way. Thet evenin' he
unpacked his traps an settled himself
to stay. The boys winked their eyes
an whispered to each other tibet Sous
ter was goin' to play fur higher stakes,
but 'twasn't no use, fur the cards was
stacked agin him dead sure" Custer
jest went right on maxim no secret of
his intentions, but workin' far an
squar'. He began to try anil draw Sues
attention, an every body looked on in
interest.
Jem Mace only laughed very quiet.
He reckoned he'd fixed them cards him
self an knowed jest what chance the
gambler stood fur DRAWN flush.
or ST Rogers. arter his weeks spell
o goodness, come back to his table as
eager as ever an jest about as on
lucky. Thet is. at rirst; later on he be-
gan to sorter win.
Clusters luck has changed" some
one whispered. An thet's the way it
looked. But them tibet tried TO take
advantage O. the change soon found
tibet somehow he didn't lose to nobody
but OF man Rogers. 1t got clearer,
though, one night. when, AFTER the OF.
man he'd made big winnin'. Custer
leaned across the table and said: sPll
be down to yore house afore long. I
want to talk over some business with
you" O. course Rogers couldn't re-
fuse, an Clusters game showed out
plain: He'd been 6uyiu' the OF mans favoy.
good deal of advice was whispered
to Jem Mace, but he wasn't sleered,
an said tibet he wouldn't interfere as
long as things went On straight an
honest. An they seemed to be goin'
on tibet way to very bad endin' for
pore Jem.
Clusters business with OIL Rogers
must "a turned out mighty satisfac-
tory, cause he kept goin'.
In the meantime he n the OF man
he'd kinder quit playin' so regular, but
one night when they'd been talkin' to-
gether earnest like fur long time the
OF man got SO excited tibet he lest
bawled out without thinkin': "No! I
won't try to persuade her to do nothin'
she don't want t. do"
They both shut up right away, but it
looked like the gambler was tryin' to
get oil Rogers to persuade Sue to mar
ry him, an everybody looked at Jem
Mace. He was perfectly cool Custer
went up to him an said: '.Ef man
kin win the girl he loves, all far an
squar'. why shouldn't hep"
"Why shouldn't hep" says Jem.
''Hev you any objections to bein' cut
out in an honest way?"
wall, no.
We all began to look at Jem an
wondered eff he hedn't got spliced on
the sly, but eff anything uncommon
was up he didn't show it..
AFTER tibet talk Jack Custer got more
desperate. He commenced drinkin'
harder an drawed the oil man back
again into the same Oh ruts, drinkin,
an losin' his money. But it was all
brought to sudden hold-up one night
long toward the end of August
1t was one O. them creepy, quiet
summer nights thet man feels away
down an all over; there wasn't much
noise in the little gamblin' room o. the
tavern except the fip-tiap O. the cards.
the occasional shuf1in' O, feet as some
man changed his position fur luck. an
now an then an oath thet told tibet
somebody was busted.
OF man Rogers was all unnerved
tibet night, cause he was losin' he avv
an he'd been fur near two weeks.
while Custer set there lookin' as cool
an handsome as could be. hut there
was glitter in his eyes when he fixe d
EN- on the OF man, tibet made BODY
think OF snake charmin' q bird. He
was playin' fur purpose, it showed
in his face an the eager grasp Of his
long, slender white fingers as they
touched the cards. The men at the
other: tables were finally aroused bv
the deck being dashed on the table an
a groan from Rogers. He was busted.
This was common; so the men lest
went on with their own bus mess. But
them tibet was watchin' saw the
OF man lean over the table as he said: |
'You asked me fur my darter, the
other day; stake me fifty against her
until try my luck once more, an ef /
lose. she's yore'
Done, An Custer laid down the
bills