The sun., 1900-12-30

/ paid Tor fainp " rut IN tollcy Tor Hlai'-
| deIl lu.t then u anyboJ, ! "neted him q
The Nty NJ ~ w,s this There ves y little
game s.in ouln the back fon'n IN. Jim nln.s-
hard m,F II Wero = i'iIo ,ales game
an be- i .ut IN With about t7j an had chitt"d
slpng faithful lot over m hour Without vinntn.
| move rrr,rr "d on hls mascot t. take no
| desp rat" chances, KNOWN ns 10 did That
u wouIdni "lwhys wotk ,"c-t ~ emct.
, catltal had run down u sofretiin, lIk" Sc
! afors 10 got chance ~ set IN, thing w"
So % or g., 'i in Il i' an , J". ,,issns nt no orrn.d
\ u for ten, There wa- two others come IN
! before { was BlaisdclrS say. an he skint
! his cards down careful an see Jack f,lll
| II his r'lc, maxim II ss to draw cards Tho
deNer were .tilI TO hear from an he STAYED
samCle- from ono over IN IN Mi,s,S.Irfi somesher
| tbnt had been here ~ Arkansas CITY n couple
, o times before an got away winner. m"
| hadn't never hcen allie to catch tho feler.-
Major Townsend he called hisSef into
M crooked play an they had to make ths
Jake wln,erho,ton,. he sat next, an 10
nliv,. Dir rrsd out He calla,9d hat LIS i,
10 with q raise an three PLAYERS seen. tho
raise. Bill ro ed stayed on a four fush.
show show ;or = vfat der. wa. on on Il. II table ssSTsd
bet no more sren' he had hts pile all In.
winterbottom le drswed two .ards en-
Higgins. took, three, Post called for his
pT pat an an tho % dealer tGo} s'' one HSgin. ioSHd
a third kins. hsyin opened on Nv, OF en-
an. he showed in s:' Pct r9ised e tity
bottom had three li,''e ones all the tiine.
but he hadn't bet'ared EN- 80 he in.t naturally
sreeked an Higgins want gHin' to put ur
'he outside be'tin' all lay he'wecn Post an
Mqior + wnsend with Plaisdrll still holdin
PStt ssred IN sne oT Tswb. n1i WSttEar 10 rails.
again on his nush but II wa, on'y a ten high.
50 he finally called. Hlaisdell showed down
four spots an three aces an reached for
There wa.9t ncbody at the ,abl. teI.
Blais spoke. There hadn't none ~ 'em
seed what he I'D. az just naturally il was
~ g him . DO the talkn, wbi,h he dit y,ry
IN no hurry an he talked with drewl.,
Hold on ne says, reachln' ont his hand,
TOO. I notice that ono O. them there aces is
well saws the Najoy ngttn, I, :. on Ike n. he
hsarts' Ain,t tie ace o hearts just as good
Yes. savs, jim. .drswlin' hi. words out,
drsL rate in;ultin'; the ace o, hearts is I, 2
straight B't the nee o hearts happened to
be at the bottom - the deck when YOU picked
70 Enow how 1t comes to be in your hand In
the showdown
.Wsr,,,, o course, q nan amt got no ,igh.
hrterward.. specially when he's tnlkin'. Glow
like. Beisdell wss, an, twan,t nothin' sur
rrsi1. that Jrn found hs.elf' 'f9rn The woTd.
mW,1ln q tfs Majors derringer, as was
tellln' you. with the Majors 'orehnCer wrapned
around the trigger an just In the act Q, pullin
mascot IS ctaI . hisn he'd ha' been in the happy
huntn' grounds In shout half second more
by the clock. As twas. somethin else hap
when Hissin, had throwed hi, hand.
down otter shown, his onenntrs he'd started
a m3ich M h out ot his pocket while blaisd.ll was
a.talkin' about that ace o carts 'Talnt
likely th9t many, men would ha' gone on
operation within four feet OF his nnse; least
WAYS, I never see anybody else, do 1t. but
s sFTf eTdod nasou anTrs Ss
picked right along as cool ne II he was AZ camp
meetn' an, when the Major rin,ed his gun
little things that don't ssen TO trump In ror
follow suit. an so FAR Ms anybody can tell
don't have nothln' 70 do with tho game. but
This time II soon settled H. We none
Of us knowed how IL was till afterward.
hut i 'pesrs Ike the match did the business
an, piece o. the he'll Are they. put. on tbs |
end Of 'em fow OF when he lii 10 an struck |
the Major plumb in the eve. Just naturally !
II made him lump an that sp'nt his aim when |
he fred, 50 that the bullet went through |
Barsdell's hair instead O blowin' the top |
OF his head of as the Major intended. fair |
enou.h.
This give some o. the rest Of us time 70 |
interfere, an we grabbed the Major, an
all set in talkin' an cussn' an nobody list
enin' for spell, At last the life insurance
man, bein' far an away tho most gifted |
talker ] ever heard, he managed TO make
us all here what he had 70 say. 'TNaTnt |
much, but IL were important
II didn't consider i wers Qp TO mo to do
no talkin' about what seen he saws. 'seein
as how I want In the game. but the gentle
man Is right, he says, about the ace o hearts
pein' at the bottom o. the deck
Well, Just naturally that settled IT,
The boys won't stand for no crossroads
gambler from Mississippi comm over here
IA dOin' funny business with aces. There
Ha'n't no inquest. cause the case were un-
ierstood clearly. an there want no call |
or one. but that particular man Hin't playin'
10 such games on Arkansas City no more. |
What money he had about him was declared
orfeit To tho game an was put un. accordn', |
n a series o laCkpots an played FOR regular.
IN jim Blairsdel won four out o the seven
,0ts. His mascot was sure workn' an
when II did work it were the best ewes"