The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-03

thought he was too played out TO shoot quick.
know t hat he woud die before S ' See
| and then again they DIDN'T know that he could
SEsys ' Then there .pcsss ne
| which they took chances, that is that no one
ever seen Pn9 carry gun though S bo efsSs
out that night lie told me once aitcrward
the SET Of his Clothes. O and he didn't carry T;'
gun II his hip pocket for the same reason.
sometimes two. The fighters generally carried
knife. good Tor lighting or sklnnnG a deer or
q, bear. and sold In st, Louis Tor about ~
thought that i Pine was Sn tcndefioot but
guess gs not. You see every gambler was a
Gc an" sSd Pine wc on stho sGrn fSR a
he vas making his last play. | dropped
IN 1hG ~ So after tho PAPER was T tS
har-and. think. played of few dollars at
the bank, for everybody played some then:
r9woi red chips on the table. as | say. each
blown. dust Then / reroilected atterwnrd-
but didn't notice, at the time Ives and the
standing around and drinking considerable.
III Ives got pretty drunk and then got noisy.
Jhen he out with six-shOoter and shot three
times up to the ceiling and yelling all the
time IKE Gen. jackson, aud saving that no
We admit mind That mmch for You see it it hap
pened each nigh" or morning and then. be-
sides. nobody wanted fight with Ives; lie
was an ugly fighter and bad man when in
fellow. and had plenty Of friends. But that
OF The Sol tpsd SS to O cool All h on but ives KEPT
getting hotter and daring anybody ior fight.
Finally he gets out in the middle OF the room
and looks hard over to tho table where Pine
was play ing. and yells:
buster here hat stg will take ep me up ao O"n
You see, the faro tables was all set close. to
the wall with the dealer and lookout facing
the crowd and the case keeper on the other
side OF the table facing the dealer. Well. here
was Ives In the middle Of the room with six.
shooter in each hand facing the table. so that
he could shoot Pine in the back II he made
stir, But Pine never said word,only kept
the same time. Then Ives walks around the
room. yelling all the time. and comes back to
lis there any damned tendcrfoot here that
can shootas long as he can play faro bank
understand Who o' WAS o SShind HimNbut up at
the lookout, and seen his eyes give a flash as
hi. says loud enough for everybody 70 hear:
,Only cur shootsa man IN the back ,
Well, that remark made Ives take to shall
low water. tut nobody in the house said
tions to the two West boys from Hammock who
had been standing around waiting for row
FIN and @ od 9H man maybe YOU had Better
move ON. think them fellows are laying Tor
mo- one sd on erS Tbers pa1
my hand out. Then pulled my ak shooter.
handed i over and says You take that Well:
he was heeled to the ears but says You take
1t and put 1t on the. chair between your legs.
happened to be. Pretty soon. as l reckoned.
Ives and the two West boys come back, Ives
two Vests goes straight over to the. table and
lays down few bets Of course. seen that
nS Sis bets ~ Ppe te soon L come that way
Henry West that was the oldest OF the boys.
snatehed sack from Pines card as Pine was
I beg your pardon. says Pine. that was
my bet speaking perfectly calm like. though
You lie SAYS Henry West 'vou-'
hope to die 4 was to see that fight right over
again couldn't tell how II happened; There
rued Shirt ront aaicsss than %ana dog ' grabs
rat. and then blim. blim. blim. the last one
from Henry Nests gun going up to the ceiling
tho dealer. | seen this much for a starter and
dropped on The floor as everybody else DID to
other West, Charley. jumped to the wall: one
on each side aud both firing straight at Pine.
and was letting hem have it with a six shooter
In each hand. Then the room was hlled with
but s f%S s as out ys
sssf P tbs, hi% now r% shot n
covered severed Ro S ii 0 That left U only I've. and
Pine to finish. and noticed that one of Pines
guns quit talking; and yelled;
- The gun on the chair.
In second Pine had the other gun and had
Jumped almost over me and within three feet
OF lvOs. Then heard him say:
SIS Damn you. I've got you whore want you.
Then Pine, standing on y level with lves's
guns. fired two shots, which | could see
through the smoke, Both shots did just what
they were intended to do one broke Ives's
wrist and the other cut a finger making him
drop both guns. lie dropped against the wall
like the coward that he was and yells:
" Don't shoot. am unarmed
We'll. Pine. OF course. had the right to kill
him then and there. but he didn't do 1t. He
only walked up and slapped him in tho face.
"' You will die with a rope. and amt inter-
fering with the ways OF Providence
And. sure enough, he did die with q rope
about six months later. This was said in way
that never heard Pine talk before. He spoke
in clear. but deep and heavy bass voice. which
seemed to shake the room, and on his face WAS
q look that made you think you had met the
devil In q six-by-nine room. His eyes We're
aiming like a coyotes on q dark night, and his
face was as pale as death. Then he gave 3
laugh that seemed to Tasp a fellows knee
bone, and, turning to me. says:
Hugh, II was lucky thing you dropped the
gun on my chair. Let's take a drink and then
walk down to the cabin, got some powder
stains on my shirt. and want n clean ono
Perfectly cool. you understand. and ready
to fight again II necessary. OF course seen
good deal more OF him later; but as the fellow
says, they are other stories"