Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-05-18
what for deal is this. rises to ask.


anyhow"
you can gamble this is a square
DEAL" replied Enright confidently
You're entitled to your say when the
committee is done. Just figure out
what cards you needs, an we deals TO
you In a minute"
Gents" says Doc Poets, who has
sat silently, listening, I'm with you
on this hangin'. These eastern sharps
is here in our midst. It'll impress EN-
that Wolfville means business, an Is
a good, safe, quiet place. They'll car
ry reports east as will do US credit
an thar you be- AS to the propr1ety
of stringin' Joe, little need be said. II
the Chinaman amt enough, II as
saultin of an innocent tenderfoot
ain't enough, you can bet he's done
plenty beside as merits a lariat. lie
wouldn't deny 1t himself If you asks
him"
Why, urges Navajo Joe, disguised
ly, these proceedin's makes me SICK.
shore objects to this hangin', and all
for measly Chinaman, too. This
yere Wolfville outfit is gettin' Nigh
ty sight too stylish for me. It's grow
In that perdad- hinged teller 1t can't
take its regular drinks, AM
stop right thar" says Enright. with
dignity, rapping shoe box with his
six-shooter. Don't you cuss the chair
none, cause the chair won't have 1t.
It's parliamentary law II any one
cusses the chair he's out of order,
same as it's law that all chips on the
floor goes to the house. When a mans
out of order once that settles it. He
can't talk no more that meetin'. See
In we're amin to hang you we won't
claim nothin' on you this time, but be
careful how you come thackin' round
agin, an don't fret us. You sabe?
Don't go an fret us none"
Il won't fret you," retorts Navajo
Joe. 81 don't have to fret you. What
l says is this; s'pose l sees so mer
stretched by committees between here
and The Dalles, an l never knows 9
man who's roped yet on account o.
no Chinaman. An l offers side be-
Of hundred even it amt law to hans
people on account of downin' no Chin
aman. But you all seems sot on this
an so l tells you what I'll do. In
plain man an thar's no f1ligree worl
on me, an II it's all congenial to tn
gents here assemb led I'll gamble N.
life, hang or no hang, on the first &C
turned from the box, Cherokee deal
Does 1t go?"
A proposition original and new find
In its very novelty an argument fo
Wolfville favor. 1t befalls therefor
that the unusual offer of Navajo 10
to stake his life on a turn at faro
approvingly criticised.
Navajo joe" says Enright, wv
don't have to take this chance, an it
a-makin' Of a bad precedent as ma
tangle us yereafter, but Wolfville goe
you this time. Cherokee turns III
cards for the ace"
Turn square, Cherokee" remark
> Navajo Joe, with an air of interes
Roll your game. l play 1t open"
Il dunno" observed Dan Bogg
meditatiyely, caressing his chin, obi
IL ShAhhAh u q S1PPSASN'
The turn proceeds in silence, an
as may readily happen in that int
esting device named faro, split fal
out. Two aces come together.
Ace lose, ace win," says Cherokee
pausing. Whatever be we goin'
do now, I'd like to know"
Gents" announces Enright, vii
dignity, "a split like this yere Great
a doubt, an doubts go to the prisone
same as a maverick goes to the fir
man as ties it down and runs b
brand onto it. Navajo Joe goes FIRE
However, he should remember this Ii
tie Craze and restrain his metho
hereafter. Some of them ways of Il
is soocidal to say the least, an If hc
wise he alters his system from nc
on"
do you know, Cherokee" whispe
Faro Nell, as her eyes turn softly
that parsonage of the deal box, Il
sooner he goes loose than two bonnie
from Tucson" and Cherokee HI
pinches her cheek with delicate a
curacy born Of his profession a
smiles approval.-The New York Tel
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