Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-08-23

more liquor. and whenever she cam.
into the room and saw ne the look
she gave ne almost made ne kick over
the table and aght the whole crowd
However, b a was I'D my game. and
Let On 70 her and the rest u them
that I was about a. drunk a. Jackson
a but wasn't
At midnight we hat reached the
climax The two lawyers and the
judge had been raised ont and jackson
and were eft for the finish had four
mines. not a bad haud a. hands went IN
those days and Z had an idea tha,
jackson hadn't anything % beat H. I
also had my wits about me and Jack
son hadn't and I had dve thousand
dollars IN my pocket which Jackson
hadn't : bad been hluainr like the
mischief al through the game and
Jackson bad caught ne tar a xo1d lot
on my recSlesSnes~ but al he had was
On the table when the other three
passed out. That j. all the money he
had, but he owned three good horses
II was a game without a limit as il
often was IN those DAYS. and when Z
put down two hundred he saw me 20
the extent Of one horse Then 7 went
five hundred more and he went an
other horse: then [ went another five
hundred AMI he went the thirf horse
OF course the man was wild now with
liquor ami the excitemeutof the gam
and when I laid down a thousand
more he was dazeu FOR a minute. Just
then his wife came in. and with a
curse he ordered her out aud vas
about - throw a bottle at her. She
hurried away with ar appealing l~lIS
At me. and Jackson at stupidity gar
ing at his hand and az the pile Of
money and contracts for horses on the
table. ami he was sure I was bIufiug
I could see that. but he didn't like to
AXE too much ota chance Then ali
At once a new Thought seemed to come
70 MIN ami he loosei ~~4uarriy into nv
lace
By the way. he said you used To
know ny wife. didn't pa
Il nodded eoouy. though somewhat
ratified az this unexPcctei recognition.
Aud you u~eI - be n owe with
her. ne went on
Again I nodded
You wanted her once. ne veatured
slowly and I nodded again.
b. heavens. Ae exclaimed. TIIp ur
her against what you have there l.
il 90
Once more I nodded
Gentlemen. I said % the Judge
and the lawyers. make a note u that
X win. the woman Is mine 10 do a. I
please with i that agreed
Jackson asseated with a string OF
oaths, and the lawyers got his sigma
ture 10 a contract ,odeliver his wife %
me Il the game went against hi1a, or
words 10 that effect
Now he said IN a tone Of sup
pressed feeling, what have sou gote
Very quietly, but with some little
fear mat might miss il at last. I laid
nv four mines down on the table.
jackson looked 1t the carts a sec
0nd. then. with a huarse scream. he
sluug his own haud all over the room
and dashed through the door. Fearing
that he might mean harm % his wife
we vent ellmell after aim. but he did
not stop anywhere Du he went out
ntn the night. and we Lost him in the
darkness [ thought we might find
him next morning dead somewhere.
but we Didn't When we got back 10
the room we gathered up his hand and
tound that &c consisted Of three aces
and a pair u tens. one ~ those hand.
the gamblers Of those 8ays. a. 4 mat
ter Of sentiment wpuld bet everything
tEev had en-. and bv the wav. not a
bad hand n hands =. = an ace full
never saw jackson again. he did
not return n the place for two or
three tayN and when ne did cslm- back
{ had gone. and with me- his wife. 10
whom { hat explained the situation
made arrangements With the Judge
and tae lawyers 10 re<tar. - Jackson
his horses but I kept what money [
had won and gave il In his wife. She
went home with me. aud in a rear or
So had secured ! position. aud alvvar,
a. a klnd auutv 70 my children she
was the jewel Of the family. and the
queer part Of Il wa that. notyvfth-
standing I had once courted her. and
might be charged with saving her on
aecount of the old love. there was not
a bit Of that in it all, and she acted
always in such a manner hat I could
no more have dirted with her than I
could have tirted with my own sister.
She Just wouldn't have II. that was all
A. | said. concluded the old gentle
man. Il never saw Jackson again. but
heard that with the money he got
for the horses which I returned to him
he went to New Orleans and was killed
there IN a fight over the card table
W J. Hampton. IL Detroit Free Press