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money in that room had shifted into
the hands of two sharpers, the only ones
in the crowd who had kept sober and
knew what they were about. Up to
this time, for some unaccountable rea-
son, my brother had taken no part in
the games, but as the sharpers' last
victim left his chair my brother took
his seat, and placing bag containing
thousand dollars in gold on the table
said: Cover that, boys, and the best
man wln.'
"With Il y glance at each o;her the
two sharpers accepted the challenge,
and passed the cards to my brother for
him to deal. As he was shuf1lmg the
cards he noticed something about them
that aroused his suspicion, and hand
ling them to me he said: Here, Will,
put these IN your pocket and set a
new pack at the bar
"Ihls move on the part of my broth
er someW hat surprised the sharpers
and they could not quite hide their con-
fusion, but tie new cards were pro-
cured, shuffled and dealt, and the game
began. 1t was plain to see that the
sharpers were more or less ratified, and
my brother quite easily won the three
thousand dollars. Handing thousand
to me, he let the rest remain on the
table and said to the sharpers; Here
goes again, boys,-my pile against
yours Bnt they didn't like risking
all they had on one game, and wanted
to make it an even thousand apiece
Whole hog or none, said my brother
as he made a motion as if to take away
his winnings, and the sharpers, seeing
that he meant what he said, gave in
and staked all they had.
'Talk about excitement. Why, The
bar didn't do any business at all for
the next twenty minutes. Every man
of them was watching that game as
though somebody's life, instead Of a
few thuosand dollars, was at stake. As
the game went on iJ became more and
more exciting for those looking on, but
the PLAYERS were cool and terribly in
earnest. Suddenly two or three Of us
who were looking on saw one of the
sharpers make an effort to subs itute
another card for one Of those that he
held in his hand. My brother saw the
movement, too, and accused the man
of an attempt to cheat. The sharper
pulled his gun, but Ben was too quick
for him, and when the smoke cleared
away We found one sharper stretched
out on the floor, and the other one had
'lit out of course nobody blamed
Ben for the shooting but was he terribly
cut up over 1t, and the next day he left
the diggings and have Lever seen him
since"
''Did the sharper pass in his checks,
or was he only winged?" asked some
one.
'Onlv winged" replied Kimball,
''and IN less than month he was well
enough to be fired out of town.
"Ketch on to the moukey-shines Of
the old lunatie, said Dejerio. whats
he tryin' t celebrate, any-Way
AS Klmball had neared the close of
his story the old man had arisen, and
with hands uplifted, with face as white
as death and trembling in every limb,
stool with his staring eyes fixed upon
him. Kimball had hardly spoken the
words, "Only winged' when the old
man, in Il hoarse voice trembling with
emotion, exclaimed: "Thank God. thank
God!' and falling to his knees raised
his clasped hands before hlm, in silent
payer. The crowd of rough careless
men fell away from the kneeling man,
and in awe and silence gazed upon
him. Even Dejerio ready tongue was
hushed. Kimba |, with an anxious,
troubled look approached 'ha kneeling
figure and stood silently aud reverent-
ly before it.
Suddenly the old mans face assumed
happy, peaceful expression. There
was a slight tremor of his Worn out
frame, and Kimball, knowing that the
end had come, stopped and gazed into
that transtigur,d face the face Of his
own bro. her.
Ellis PROCTOR.
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