The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-11-17
. GAME.

Indian (Fr:rh,' sid AZ oAl riGlt,.z
from a.a-i3,osa county rs lie leaned
against III" bi,: ot dc.yn toHE. he7cl
last cves,i4. AID toyed with g tumble.
"P'r'aEa. tilough," ilo added, gliEuins
around ineuulngiy, "yos fellows aoSe1
heard OF him."
a vit,lerca CID riineI f-or Nevada
county hiltod that ''rebbo Ire was re-
lated to the Dill Cox who vyas hanged
ct Red Dog IN 1851"
THIS the iLaglrosa man hsiA1tsd OF
the ground thai &.1l durirs LIS I1c-
time was TOO square g l.ml L Earo
wen been q th!Tt.-ciGl:th cousin 10 the
chap Who / cos.e tosEcA 81 lG2oa.Z2-
ious Cd at lid Eeg.
"Y5Ey, s.pi'' lie wcn5 on, tanning
from tie Nevada laGa f@ f}le four either
IySt.-,ll., M.A was as sIca-a & man
IS l ever rogs il California. lie would
fight, if .e&eS@ary, aliG HsorlG drink -
much III taa n--st nHas,, ;ls0 what Aore
wa walta>l il t.c@a 9:ya::"
But 500 an { what J. vas going -
tell yea @U3G.. EGG SEQ ;a-tli Lad enc
f3ult, tEd ,..ah 5aas stAha0r1usoas of the
crss@GGs5 lsti, All usc had :, do vas
to take a sfaG,l c1 anything, and Seth
would as naturally take q bitch Oh the
coltrc--,T size AID outllold your hand
SOMEHOW, even il YOU hai al! trul2ps.
seth was marshal Of i>rtian GGlci,,
mp our way. as tar baci- al 1862, and
being SO stubborn lie carried things
pretty mach His Own way. Il tlcy
didn't 80 his wy, they were not Likely
TO go aLy WY"
Tho man rom Tie lutterfiy cou.ty
paused tn g"aa tlnou@h the bottom o.
his tumbler for a moment, aGa taen re-
sumed.
Nov, sho' Justto give yea an idea
Of how stubborn Seth was, I'll tell o.
Of q little incident. He had aGiscussior
with a miner about turkey buzZards,
and just bvcal;so the Inner said they
We're stinlins; things Seth m&;n,sined
that they were second &c nothing III the
poultry line. Well, the miner thought
he'd take 4 fall ont Ct Seth, and the
next day brought him q turkey bpzzara
and dared him to catit. Yes. wagered
him $40 On il. Did .hc win? Why. sI.o!
Seth ate tho buzzard, and Is Re was
picking the bones inquired if there was
anybody else around who was anxious
to pay him Tor eating n OF the most
delicious morsels i'll the world. TI-at
was Seth all ovcT. He'd never give III
on anything he undertook, shot, and
the Mariposa man reiillcd his glass.
"One day" he resumed brisisly, just
as the Nevada man was about to say
something, "a nov miner, who said he
hailed fron: Chinese Camp, ambled into
the gulch and made himself quite opu
lar before night. treating everybody
lime and again at Red Ryan's saloon.
As Marshal Seth Thoughts il his duty to
make the acquaintance of the strange
pilgrim who was SO well hceled appar-
entity with dust, it wasn't long before
Seth and the newcomer, who said his
name was Dan Fletcher, were bucking
against eacl, other at poker.
Nov, slo, that was all right, but
Dan, while they were playing, began to
tell how he had made the pilgrimage
all the way from Poor Shoa5 to Angels
and cleaned out every poker sharp On
the road. Seth, in his bullheaded way,
sad he reckoned if he had met Dan on
that journey Dan would have had to
take TO the wilderness for want OF
clothes, he would have been 30 cleaned
out.
Then there was !. hurricane of IN
argument, and finally Seth boosted that
ed put everything he had up against
all Dan had and play poker until one or
t'other was busted. Dan jumped at the
offer, and arrangements We're made.
1.-The game was to be played in a
room ut John Hanson's hotel, and each
mans wealth was represented by s5
$50 pieces, which they used as chips.
Seth, as marshal, proclaimed a holiday
in town until he had cleaned Dan out,
then he promised q big hurrah. The
whole town was gathered around Han
son's place, and at intervals of an hour
signs were hung out as to the game.
One time it would be Seth ~ e hundred
ahead and at another Even game,
with Dams ante up There was lots Of
betting on the result. Red Ryan wa |
gered his saloon against u claim that
Seth would win. And, sho, all the
time Seth and Dan sat there Tipping |
their cards like machines and not MOTTO |
ing anything outside of the game!'
After stopping to clink glasses with !
his interested audience the man from |
Mariposa took q fresh twist in his rem !
i~niscences. {!
"About 10 O'Clock that night Dan was
out $500, and when some OF the boys
took up supper for the players. for they
eaten anything. you know, lie