Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01
peared.

After learning Of the exploits and
achievements of "Buckskin Alice" one
would expect to see q muscular sort OF
an Individual with qualities and man
ners befitting a woman who has had 10
deal with the toughest members Of the
male sex on the Western borders. | had
fancied a big AmaZoniC kind OF female,
uncouth and indicate In her bearing
and with many marks Indicative OF her
unusual and exciting career. Such g
life, l thought, could not but leave It's
impress firmly and prominently upon
every line of her features and render
apparent at q glance the manner OF liy-
ing. Naturally l had coupled with these
characteristics q large, coarse frame,
surmounted by a big masculine head.
But l was utterly and entirely wrong.
Nothing could have been more errone-
Gus than the mental picture which | had
painted OF the noted female gambler. l
was most completely surprised at her
entire personality. Instead OF the raw
ana uncultured specimen Of the female
sex which 1 had anticipated | found a
modest and ~unassuming little woman,
gentle to q marked degree and rather
refined in her instincts.
~
Mrs. Ramsey is q trifle below medi-
nm stature and possesses a handsome
figure. The head and lace are diStln-
gushing features. The head, on which
grows a wealth Of beautiful black hair,
is nicely paused on a full, white neck,
which is Just q trife short. The face
is entirely regular In its formation,
with big, brown eyes, with a soft, dell
cate expression, and a rich, creamy
complexion. She is, wlthal, a woman
Of beauty and cultivation.
More is the wonder, then, the life she
has lived. Alice is a confirmed gam
bier and has actually'made a living
and a good one. too-at this precariOus
calling for years. She is entirely free
from the disagreeable proclivities OF
the ordinary female with a sportive
turn. To "Buckskin Alice" such ten
ddn,ies are as repulsiye as 10 any
mother In the city. But she has an I'M
comfortable passion for rlskIhg her cash.
on the turn OF a card, which she does
with as much nerve and skill as the
most accomplished male member OF the
fraternity. To her the merry chink
OF chips as they are deftiy
stacked on a nine spot OF a faro
lavout, or are n~ervously fingered by the
excited player, is sweeter music than
the most delightful strains born OF a
Pa~darewski's magic touch or drawn
forth by a Sousa's wondrous band. The
dull whirr OF the roulette wheel as 1t
surnns about, and then with the drop
ming of the ball which decides the fate
OF the money on the board, in itself
monotonous aud disagreeable, is to
"Buckskin Alice" most enhancing
melody.
Alice IS mistress OF almost every kind
Of game, but her chief source Of pleas
ure is the festive draw, which she plays
with the knowledge OF the fine points OF
a HoyIe and the dash and spirit Of a
Billy Deutsch. She can sit In a game
OF draw as long as tho best OF them n
has dealt this game, as well as faro,
many q time in the mining camps ana
frontier towns.
This is Alice's first visit to Denver in
some time, aud very naturally she
looked up her old friends and a%cquaint-
apceS whom she had known Ia more eT-
citing times. She hunted up Bad Mas
tersoa. the king OF Western sports, and
Colonel jefferson r. Smith, with whom
she had operated all over the Rocky
Mountains.
Alice knew Bat iu the bioodiest days
OF Dodge City before that noted man
killer had completed his unbeateu rec
ord OF TWENTY-FIVE k~iiled-which, by the
way. does not iuclude ~"nigCcrs' or In
dams. She speaks OF those as among
tho most exciting times Of her eventful
career, and gli0ly recounts the tragic
accidents in the early history OF that
now almost forgotten Kansas town. She
knew Bas when that QGiet-appearing
individual could draw a Colts, aad fire
IS Quickly as q poker dealer could turn
a four spot.
The histories Of the other West
erners OF record, such as Luke Short,
who had a mark Of II killed al his
death at Greda Springs, Kas., on Sep
TENDER ~ Doc Middleton, the noted
ranger. who last came into prominence
bv making the race t Chicago from
Cbadrop. Neb., in tue cowboyirace, and
Who has Z long list Of frontiersmen who
has dropped at the crack OF Docs der