The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-18

VD HlIHE
1'I BRACED Up TO HIM"
by himself looking sort of lonesome, so
I bEaced up to him, and, after few
commonplace remarks, told him nay
name. He said his name was Willis,
Jeremiah Willis. 1t didn't take much
work TO pump him, as he turned ont to
be pleasant. chatty fellow. When he
got started, he told me his plans and
hopes; how he had been sent out by the
missionary society % start church in
some promising western town. He had
chosen Almo, because it looked to him
as if the place was bound to grow and
because it seemed to need the gospel
end you bet IL did. So we TALKED on,
getting pretty we'll acquainted. After
awhile Harrigan and Bascomb strobe
in, and I introduced them to the young
parson. He told them all about his
projects and we had very pleasant,
chatty time until laae in the evening.
Next day Willis went around town
trying to scare up a few rcligiously-dis-
posed persons and he found them
mighty few and far between, can tell
you, and no came to supper looking
pretty blue. Things seemed to be get
ting ripe for our htsle enterprise, so
after gu PIPER ] took him little walk
around the town. He unloaded himself
OF his views about the terrible moral
degeneracy OF the place, and 1 could
see that he was feeling down on his
sIck.
d" See here says we got
little touch of the cold, and y0ut liver
is out of order, and your appetite -
poor, and you've got a coat on your
;s5ngue. That's what oils this town.
says L Now, you come back to the
hotel and III fix you up dose that
will change the whole complexion of
things IN no time says /.
1--WE trotted back to the hotel and
took him up to my room and fixed him
a rip-snorting glas of whisky and
quinine. lie took il as CRATE fully as
baby and said it seemed rather strong.
- You bet it's strong said L. 1T will
just yank them blues out of you in
short order.
- didn't know how much he fellow
could stand, SO ! sat down and kept on
talking for awhile, until see she be-
gan to work, then L gave him another
dose, and in half an hour he was just
meller and joyful, and got to telling
some pretty rocky old seminary yarns
that judge were just about as old as
tho Christian era
while all this was going on Bascomb
and Harrigan had drifted in and began
to take part in the entertainment. l
told some tales of adventures in the
hills, and Harragan got to telling about
a wonderful game of whist which he
once played. 1t was such an interest
lag game that I've went and got his
cards to illustrate the play he was tell
ing about. Bless you, that young fell
low bit easy. He remarked that he
used to be very fond Of whist in his
early days, and 'twan't long before we
were enjoying ourselves immensely
with that innocent pastime. OF course
the boys got TO telling about their
poker experiences between the deals,
and, finally, the young fellow said he
would really Ike to know how the
game was played.
Suppose we get out the chips and
so through the motions, so rs the par
son can see how it's done says Bas-
comb
Wen, TO make long story short, we
got to playing penny ante, and had a
real amusing time for awhile, things
running pretty even, little in the par
sons favor, perhaps About that time
l gave him another ipstallment of liver
remedy, and the boys likewise took
some. He began to feel real happy, u
sort of a 'cherry-red,' so to speak.
Then a funny thing occurred The
boys got up = Jackpot with about fifty
cents il Il After q bit Ha~rigan
opened with four chips, Basconb and
Willis stood, each drawing three
cards. Harri-aQ kind of smiled aud
bet 4 dollars worth. Basconb saw him,
bat the parson showed in his whole
Pile, 70 the tune OF five dollars. threw
up. but HarriE2u and Basconb called
him. -Four tons said the parson.
It's your money says Basconb and
Harrigar. each throwing down = full
hand. Then we started IN Tor all It was
worth, Twenty-Five ceut ante ana the
roof for limit
by TINS time the young fellow had
just about Eve drinks, liberal drinks.
OF good old corn whisky. AMI WAS
gauey as a bronco. lie pulled out his
pocEetbooz AMI showed NJ c-edentia $
20 the extent OF over = thousand dol
lars. and. rs the rest of Us were pretty
well hceIed, we started The game. NJ.
but that was q tremendous game. and
the odd thing 2 bout it was tEatthe little
parson kept winning. lie had Us al
broke before long. Then we bought q
lot more chips and went at II again.
We were not uneasy, Tor we calculated
TO rake IN the whole shooting match
before lonr. After VIC h25 been play
leg with varying luck sor al hour o.
two 7 got a tc2utIcl hand. Four
queens and a king. only one thing
could beat IT, four aces. I gently
showed IN about Esty dollars worth.