The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-07-31

we took upto ,em, and they hadn't slept
either. You may say it's impossible, but
Just 90 to Indian Gulch, and you can
prove ik The two men were like slxel-
etons, and Seth was SO weak that he
could not deal the cards and swear at
the same time.
''0n the evening of the fifth day some
of MS boys Eiot 1T Ryan's and decided In
the interest Of humanity to interfere
and make Seth and Dan quit until they
got into condition. But, sho, when we
went up in the morning they We're both
stretched out on the floor dead. Yes,
Stree, dead. Each had five cards in his
hand, and Seth was clutching his last
$50 as if he had just been calling Dan
when he rolled over.
"'And he'd "a won, too, howled
Ryan as he looked at the hands. Then
Ryan wanted the match declared in
favor of Seth, but the boys wouldn't
have it Bets were declared of and the
game called draw. Seth and DAN had
used up 90 packs Of cards, and their
golden chips were worn as smooth as
glass. ss .s ",
1--WE buried 'em hide by side that
day, but now comes the strangest part
Of the whole thing; and to show You
what stubborn writers they WERE that
night there was light I'm the room
where they had been playing. and as
sure as I'na here there Faat Dan and
Seth - laatural - lie, n-flipping their:
cards and tosasn9 fhsaT chlfs sby the,
light Of the ghnaely camdIoss Maybe thay
didu's hare &hAt iwh0l@ hOeel % them-.l
selveg Shot I gusas they diG Hoboaysd
gonigh it si1anssezas went arcuud crying
almests and ssaying hs didn'sasesrwhy
two sestubborn gaaoots conadn,t stay
where fhey were planted insteaA Of cotn-1
ing eo!hannt axa honast mans hmse and
ruin his business. But nothing scanned
tosinAerfere with the game Eyesy night
for a week Seth and Dan sat up playing.
while the whole Gulch gased atthe light.
I'M the window and shivered and swap
ped ghost stories Atlast Ryan one night
said he had q mind to see how the game
stood. and he climbed MP to peep In the
window. Just as he did so we saw q
fash OF light shoot across the room, and
three minutes afterward Hansen's d place
was In q blaze.
Ryan said that as he looked in the
window Seth had caught Dan cheating
and had thrown the candle at him. The
place was burned to the ground, and
Indian Gulch felt relieved to think that
the ghosts were gone. -
II should say 50 y gasped one of the
auditors
But sho as I'm here, gentlemen,
there was q blush blaze seen around
the ashes of the burned building the
very next night, and there Seth and
Dan, looking as If they were made of
chalk, were observed sitting ON pile of
rocks that had been Hansen's chimney
Tipping their cards as lively as ever.
This was too much, and Indian
Guich was scared in good earnest But
some OF Ms got together and decided that
Seth and Dan must 60. We dug 'em up
and carted 'em five miles mp canyon
and there buried 'em. We never saw
them again In Indian Gnlch, but soon
afterward some rrospectors came down
from the hills and said that they had
seen two ghosts sitting under q tree and
playing But sho. gentlemen, where
are you going?''
1 The shriveled old miner from Nevada
turned - he followed the others In
their hasty exit.
a III did think, = he said styou'd have
the decency TO let them two cusses rest
in their graves, but II you're going 70
ysnk 'em al over the country, why, 60 Il
alone, " and the Mariposa man was. left
with the barkeeper.
. WELL sho. I'm durned." muttered.
the narrator of Seth Cox's adventures.
''Reckon I'll go back TO the Gulch to-
morrow. where the folks are sociable
and mannerly. San Francisco Call
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