Arizona republican., 1899-05-04
TOO rtUCH GOOD LUCK
Wild BlIt. fhe Marshall Saved inc
 Boy by Shot. 4o-4

T had an experience. at poker more than a quarter of a century ago that gave me a more or less sore feeling on that game for good and an,'' said an official connected with the geological survey. Tt appeared at Abilene, Kan, when the railroad was being pushed by that tough place. 1 was young attache of the surveying corps, and I took it into my head one night, against the advice Of the older men, to mingle in the joyous life of Abilene. I've seen a good many towns Of bad men since ,hen, but none of them ever chased for a minute with Abilene. J wouldn't want any part of it, even for a night, now that I'm older and in q fair way to pick up some sense after awhile, but this night I just wan'1ed to mix with hard propositions with guns strapped to their waists, and 1 did. They didn't seem to me to be bad at all, anS they took me in hand and treated me right. Around about mid night I got into a poker game with four heavy artilleried chaps at Toole Kings.ey's famous faro bank. One Of my tablemates-but 1 didn't find this out until later-WaS one of the really famous bad men of ths Indian Terri tory, Bud Kimball, who was lynched a few years later for the murder of a sheriff in southern Arkansas.
 T had no right playing cards with that bunch in the first place, but as long as I was in it 1 sure enough had no right to win. But I did win from the jump. My luck in drawing was something startling, and within ar hour after the start 1 had all four or
 
 the men 1 was playing with regarding me suspiciouSly. 1 didn't blame them, considering the miraculous luck had. Pat hands were given to me almost as often as pairs were served out to the other fellows. While I seemed to get nothing at all on the deals of the other fellows, l dealt myself hands that pos itively smelt Of birthstone, and this didn't soften the glances that they all gave me- Every time I showed up one of these miraculous self-dealt hands and scooped in a pot I felt certain fear grow up within me. I didn't get thing when the luck switched that way on their deals, and so I goI l. dropping my hands and waiting until I dealt 'em myself. to see if the luck was going to stay that way. It did, and felt that I'd rather be somewhere
 
 jackpot. The man to my left cracked it open and it was raised all around until I was shaky over it, but felt conscious of my own innocence Of crooked playing, and I intended to play the string out, anyhow. They looked ct me pretty hard when l raised lie limit before the draw, and maybe there was some knee rubbing. They all pl.; their chips in the center, however, and when it got around to Bud Kimhall ';.. slammed his bundle of greenbacks--he he was shy Of chips and refused to ,iIy more-into the pile with an oath.
 Podner,' said he, looking at me hard with his little red eyes, some c your work here tonight has been so cut-an' -dried lookin' as to excite hui; lot O doubt about your bein' on the level; an if you happen t have any thin in that fist O your'n this time that'il top these three aces of mine, then you havin' deal this mess your self, there won't be no manner O ques- tion aibou1 your bein' proper crook. There were a few little flowers of