The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-03

white hands could manipulate them with
a rapidity and skill that defied the watch
fulness OF the keenest-eyed gampiers;
Many attributed Fsr success 10 her goou
luck. But the Oh hands knew better,
They knew that mere luck could not
continually break them al their own games
and enrich one particular player 1hey
realized that the Paquita was better al
the game than they.
Yet the Paquita was never caught
cheating And unless she was caught
there could be no complaint. When a
player got sullen and ugly over his losses
no one noticed it sooner than the "a
quita. She was the first to lose 70 MN,
to joke with him, to smile with MIN; IN
short, TO restore him to good humof'
only to win back what she had given nlfn
with as much more as ne possessed II a
player squirmed or Whined in game WiLn
her, the Paquita invariably dropped her
cards, pushed the money at stake across
the table to the player and quit the game
And to be Ostracised by the PaQuita meant
similar treatment from all her brOther
gamblers. 1t was best TO swallow your
feelings and lose, II you must, with
smiling face and CHEEKY air.
There were numerous shoounSs growing
out OF troubles over the Paqulta. Man
after man sought her favor. All appeared
to find it, with none possessing more tnan
any other. She treated them all anke,
save, perhaps, Brinsley. When asked
about him she would smile nalVely ana
reply:
"Cado uno tiene su alguazil," meaning
every one finds his master.
She quarreled finally with Brinsley. II
came about thus The Paquita was play
ing whisky poker with a rich cattleman
who knew little of the game and played
it,principally for the opportunity It afforo-
ed TO chat with Paquita. Brinsiey became
inpatient over the Paquitas seeming
slowness in breaking her opponent.
"Recoje tn heno mientras que el sol
luziere,' he whispered to her, telling her
TO make hay while the sun shone.
"Quien muchO abraza POGO aprieta, she
replied tartly, saying that he who grasps
much holds little.
One word led to another. The Paquita
quit the game to argue with Brinsley. At
length her temper broke loose. Grasping
a knife she struck ViciOusly at Brinsley.
The blade caught his up-thrown arm, in
hiCting a long wound. As the blood gush-
ed forth the Paquita turned and fled.
Brinsley pursued her unsuccesstully. He
returned eventually to his gam bling house.
When asked about the Paquita he was
wont to say:
"Tamava la por rosa, mas devenia car
dol took her for a rose, but she proved
a thorn.
He never forgave her, however. and VOW
ed vengeance on her. His opportunity
came in 1876. The Paquita, after leaving
him, had returned to the New Mexican
country and gathered up the remnants of
the old gang of thieves Their plumber
ing became so bold that it was determined
to hunt them down. Brinsley led the party
that captured the Paquita. She had heard
he was pursuing her and it is said that she
permitted her pursuers to overtake her.
She greeted Bfnsley with her Cld-time
cheeriness. She talked over the old days,
as If there had been no change. Finally
she proposed a game of cards to decide
whether she should go free or should die;
Brinsley agreed, the game was played and
the Pauuta lost
Almost before the last card fell she drew
a knife and stabbed herself through the
heart. Brinsley committed suicide three
weeks later.