The representative., 1900-05-17

just turn some Of this junk into gilt
te OoDtrnce9 ny view. 'gs4F& aS.e
1AcAapln allowed the remafning stack II
| front Of him into . Jackpot. and lost He
get up.
! I've got date with myself At q hoaka.
toak dswn the way . bit.' he aid.
The fhrse prospectors became nercs al
/ together. They knew that 1cAlpin wAl
! Professional gambler and they Meren't
altogether sure that he had got their moneJ
! on the square. At any HaAe. thex didn'a
intend to permit him to get sudden cas<
OF the polar props when he was into them
ever q thousand each, and the shank oi
the evening net Yet arrived. and their hands
went right straight back to where theft
guns pr0tTuded.
Then NcAlpin did peeeisely what this
detective fellow Sherlock Holmes does In
the play when he's collared in that grew-
some gas cellar. He had his hand on the
back Of his chair. The lisht was Furnished
Dy coal oil lamp In the middle Of the
poker tAble. McAlpin gave the chair q
lightning swing and down It came ON the
lamp. After the crash the room was black
dark. and It's miracle that some Of US
weren't punctured In the shooting that fol-
lowed. McAlpin was wise. The three
prospectors figured that he'd take the door
and they shot In thAt direction. But he
took the window for his. dropped Is feet
to the ground. and was off and away be-
fore a match could be struck. 1t was
sudden work, but McAlpin was q sudden
man. When Tucson heard the story. Tue
son notified the three prospectcrs that the
town did not feel like extending hospitality
to people who couldn't stand for little
poker losses without gun plays that put
the place In jeopardy Of being burnt up.
and they took themselves back to their
lcde in Old Mexico. >s. -.
Il have also known of some occasions
wnen the desire Of man who was a good
winner to quit the game was improperly
diagnosed by the other players as case
In hotel room In Denver one night q
few years ago. l knew two OF the players
but the other one was stranger to all
three of US. We had been introduced
to him by somebody or other in the cor
ridor Of the hotel and when we said we
were going upstairs to have q little draw
fun he asked to be allowed to butt in.
He was guileless sort of young fellow
and was the manager Of a big wholesale
grocery In Denver For all that young
man. guilelessness he was an almighty
coed poker player, and he had us all on the
run from the first jump. He went right out
IN the lead and won steadily. We hadn't
started the game until after midnight. and
before we knew it the light of day began
to sneak In at the window. and the young
man who managed the Wholesale grocery
had stuck each up. for something like, $500.
When we saw the daylight creeping in ne
announced that 1T was pretty near all OF
50 far as he was concerned but we 1ollied
him cut OF that notion and he played on,
winning right along. At 3 o'clock in the
morning he gave quick look at his watch,
pushed back his chair and said that he
guessed he'd cash.
quite without justification, we all three
set up the cold-feet wall.
You won't do, we said to him. You're
a quarter-horse. and you can't go the dis
tance. Can't you Interview your chiropodist
about those cold feet later in the day? Here
1T is just
The young man gazed at us helplessly.
then he broke cut with:
Damn 1t all. I'm going to be married at
IL O'Clock this morning. and I've got to go
home and Jump into my duds haven't IT,
"Of course we had to apologize for accus-
ing him OF being victim Of frozen lower
extremities, and l guess he started to house
keeping with that 81, 500 he took away from
us. -.
ION another occasion felt resentment in
my soul over the desire of a man to quit
Wholesale winner and was just about to
suggest the hot-water cure for his pedals
when l was tipped OF as to the situation
Just in the nick Of time. / got into a game
with sheriff / knew in little town in
Southwestern Colorado, and after we were
we'll under way dark k-skinned chap, with
q lot OF Mexican in him. stuck his head in
Jail. where we were playing.
Come on in. Jim. said the sheriff. Want
to break into this?'
THE man the sheriff addressed al jim
didn't mind. and he went out for q minute |
md returned with . sissable sack filled with |
gold coins. He bought a hundred dollars |
worth, and the cards began to fllter his way |
from the g0-0ff I was sorry the sheriff |
had invited the chap in before an hour was |
over, for he had more than $500 Of my pieces !
'd eight. and 1t didn't look like Jim knew |
how to lose at poker, anyway he or we play |
ID It, He got into the sheriff just as hard
u he did me, and the longer We played the !
more he won. Along about o'clock in the
morning Jim looked up at the clock and
said he guessed he'd pass out-that he had /
| few letters to write. l felt like being real
'ude to Jim and was just about to tell
linn that o'clock was pretty untoward
lcur for man to pry himself loose from a
game in which he was such big winner
when the sheriff gave me a kick on the leg |
lnder the table. So l didn't say anything
vhileoJim cashed in and when he took me
" the hand and bade me good-by with quite
whole lot more fervor than seemed to be
allied for under the circumstances, l Won
ered just what kind of proposition Jim
vas. anyhow. He packed his winnings into
he bag he brought into the room and went
ut.
HUH said I to my friend the sheriff.
you took that good and easy. pal didn't
ou? It's wonder you wouldn't let one
oar, anyhow. over that fellows hiking away
nth so much Of your good dough In his
sS@ss'
my friend. the sheriff. spat at the stove
nd then grinned dreamiiy.
" Well. maybe I would ha'.' said he, 'on'y
m going to hang Jim at half-past seven
hiS morning a1dssIA21SAna he wonta fo vo+ |
eady for his little parade across the bor-
er.' S~2 = ~ ~
Jim was hanged on schedule time, all
ght. and AZ he swung Into the circumam-
lent couldn't help feeling sort OF guilty
" thinking that he'd had cold feet when he
rev out Of that game
FUN FOR THE LOGGERs.
low the Crews Out Of the Woods
d.
AnuSe Themselves.