The age-herald., 1897-10-03
GOLO.CURE OUT OF A GUN Alaskan Miner Forty Mile" Ha It Shot Into His Arm. SEQUEL TO A POKER GAME Where s2O,oO Is the Size Of the Pot "KIOn-
 dyke Charley" Intends The Precious
 Missile For Chinaman Wing. e


 these games ever saw as big pile of dust change hands on one deal or saw a player cured of the liquor habit alt the same time as was seen here last Thurs day night. The ajority of the men who qnave come to l.GlAs place for the writer are hardy proGpectors who have tunn- ed over every foot of eafIah on the conti- nent where it was possible a pan cf dust migfht be cleaned up. Like all of their kind, they divide uhsfr time between banning, 'jrr.gatin " and the seductive, modifying influence of poker, the gen.Ee- mans game.
 About two weeks ago I, Sam Curltfs, late of Illinois, and Pete Moron, known as "Fcrty Mile Pete," also from that DOT ton of the stztes, came hefe from the north to wait until spring would en- able us ito ship our cleanfngts to Frisco to the mirlt before going back to our claims on Forlty Mile creek. Pete and I were pards, and, if I do say It, had cleaned up 8 very nice pile in the few weeks we placered on the divide. We hald picked up a few good nuggets and felt that even if we left the geld fie1ds for good we could buy plefIty to eat and drink for the rest of our lives That was before we met up with Joe Hem ds0sson, known as Jersey" and Charle O'Brien. who is nsua1ly hailfid as 'Klon- dike Charley.''
 When we got here we hired a shack and prepared for the long winter We cast about for eccne one to help keep house, alrd one night over in the Nugget we ran irlto ,Klondike and Jersey, just back from the fields and on the same ernarId as oursellvels. Welll, to make a long stcry short, we pooled and then hired a Chipsnman TO do our cooking. Forty Mile found the celestial and was the means of introducing ,uhe mo 1n-eyel neahhen iao our oalmp Forty Mlle quit broke of his dust and thirst as the re- suit.
 We had net been estalb1 shed long when Jersey proposed a quiet game one, evening, just to paiss tIhe time, you know. Here is where Klcnllike showed a great head. He shifted his pipe to the other side cf hHs face, took it out of his molItIh, blew a few rings irlto the air and then took long hearty pull at the bftteris. Then he said wi'h his head on one side:
 Which I holds 1t ain't no good way Ito do. Yere is four gents and a hcadhen a--hvin' into ithe same shack We all pca,ys Into game and we all gets riqed and mixes irlto a fight eff we loses our dust. Which I mean to say, low we all had better play over to BilPs place.
 AihS oSSiihSu SOOu ttuNlce ana 1J was adopted as tIhe rule of ithe shack No imam was permitted to propose a game in the shack as long as we went pardners So Jersey lifted 'hiis hat and stroled over to the Nugget. and we all followed him. He sat in, butt fer a time we just stat -arourd and wIaIldhed tlle play But who ever saw a miner with a stack that -couild keep cut of a nice game Wiiren he has a cbanee The gambling spirit is stronger than the habit of frr.gating. So urCs r,.,r,II drink time, and soon afterward the four p2rds hIad The 'taIble ito themselves. It IS no good thing to play with your pards. Ihere is always sonstll ng to come off which spodIs the situation. We found ilh1s out before daylight that night.
 t1nally We all we1It broke excer-ting Jersey, who wen right along. This Ira1 1e klonddke and Forty Mile hot, ard they sent over to the shack and got their bags of dust l also needed some gold ana we all hlave our Chinaman bring In Ilne bagis which hsld our fortunes I had several oanE, formerly of pressed beef, ff'ad With drrtt. Jersey had an oi1 cln or TWO. kachd.ke was rich with nuCe-ge,tts ard fat belt, an1 Forty Mile had an arlclept pc'wder can filled ito ifle limit, Then uhat hoathen waltzed up to the Me play ioo.'' ''sN '-'ss
 Wing sat in and shuffled the cards geIone we could make any objection. Iv,sSy i,,,,so sianced at his bag and then hunched over and let the celestial take place. We all had been irrieating considerably, as it was sixth drink tirne when Wing took the first hand He did not drink any, so he kept cool head. something those fellows always have. Well, it came to Jersey to deal. Wing set in a good pile of dust as his ante and Forty Mile, who sat next, straddled. Klondike saw the straddle as I did. b,rf Jersey tilted it before the deal. We had as much as slO,OO0 on the table and hand and bet. Fonty Mile stay9d out and 1t went round to Jersey, who forced jack
 The game was getting good then. With $20,OOO on the table and the rule to. open for the pile it meant some mighty good betting to get the pot. Wing passed. Forty Mile did likewise and then Klondyke opened her for the $2O,OoO. I skinned my hand, and having the making of full of pictures tilted back. All the others stayed in so that when we discarded we had in about all we could scrape together. Still we had enough to do some fair betting, but a showdown must come soon. I took one card, Klondyke took two Forty Mile was satisfied with one and Jersey and Wing stood
 Wing bet few ounces and was tilted by Forty Mile. Klondyke had not help ed and dropped out. was too much in to quit and raised the tilt with a can of pressed beef origin. Klondyke was glowering at the heather. He did not like Chinamen, anyway, and he finger ed his guns and looked ugly while Wing went on smiling and setting in his dust. We bet around a couple of times and then Wing called. He held more aces than the deck needed to make it com- plete and Klondyke jumped up and pulled.
 He had loaded his gun with a small nugget taken from an old greasy can He fired at Wing, but Forty Mile jump ed in between and took the ball through his arm. KlondylSe was wild, but before he could pull again Wing was ssnt through the window into a convenient snow drift where he kicked and strug- gled to get out.
 "Whatever do you fellers mean by mixin' in with me and the hsathen?" roared Klondike. still struggling to get his gun into range.
 "Kaint afford to lose our cook, you i blamed fool We all kin skin him later. Put up them guns said Forty Mile.
 Well, we two finally got Klondiks to plf mn his puns and fhen Ua starfad