Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-06-12

EN- and knows their ways. Fetc Mcclure
puts on smile which can't be beat for
blandness, and the poorer his hand the
blander his smile. On the contrary Jim
Taylor no sooner begins a game than his
face goes into mournin, and us the game
proceeds stranger would think he had
lost all his relashuns and had been out to
funerals every day for week.
"This game ut the White Wolf didn't
amount to much for IN hour or SO. Both
critters were layin down threes and full
houses to lead each other on and make
big scoop. Bimeby Pete Mcclure thought
it was time to spring his bar trap. He
didn't hev nothin in his hand but q pair
of queens, but he had sized Jim Taylor
up for q man who could be bluffed. That
bland smile growed soft and sweet and
spread all over his face as he added s.
better. Thar wasn't no pertickler cause
told stories as they saw and raised each
other. Pete's smile kept smilin, and Jim's
sorrerful cOuntenance worked in more
deaths and more funerals. Bimeby thar
was 500 on the table, then it became
5000. Then smilin Pete laid down his
two guns, his watch and his last $40,
maxim $50 in all, and thought to raise
Jim out Of the game. His smile was like
mountain dew, and his words was soft
and gentle, but he was mistaken in his
man. Jim Taylor Is a man with a sorrer-
full countenance, but he can't be riz out
of no game of poker. He's thar till the
hands are laid down. This ere court
knows It bekase it cost him $20Oto learn it.
when Pete made his last bluff, the
tears come to Jim's eyes, and his chin
quivered. He 'peared to be ready to
break down and sob, and Pete began to
feel sorry for him. 1t might hev bin
ten minits before Jim hauled out $50 and
called Pete's hand. Then Pete's heart
thumped his ribs. He had bin holdin up
a pair Of kings ag'in four jacks! He
didn't say word as he got up and left
the White Wolf. and some folks thought
he was goin away to shoot hlsself. That
wasn't his plan, however. He comes
right over to the Red Dog saloon, Of
which this court is sole proprietor, and
hauls me aside to say that he'd bin rob-
bed and wanted jestice. It was my
dooty to issue q warrant for the arrest Of
Jim Taylor, and l did so, and it was
only later on that I got the full per-
ticklers.
"Mebbe thar's q critter in this room
who will deny that Pete Mcclure Is a
sQuealer, but, IL 90. I'll send him to
state prison for i've years. 1t was a
sure NUT squeal. He hadn't no more
case than that wall eyed heather over
there by the door, and that warrant new
er ought to hev bin issued. This ar a
case in which thar Is 4 heap more than
appears on the surface. It's 4 blow at
the bulwarks Of American liberty. It's
an attempt at revolushun. II not nip
ped in the bud right here and now. the
national game Of poker will soon follow
the national game Of croquet into OBJ
security. No gentleman will be safe, and
even Digger Injuns will be canterin
about and appealin for jestice. This
court proposes to nip it. Pete Mcclure,
It's no use askin you IL you've anything
to say. You can't hev. It's one Of them
cases whar a man hides in the grass aud
don't want to be seen or heard Of for
week. You hev cast blot on the fair
name Of Sandy Bend, and the jestice you
hollered for shall be ladled out. The
sentence Of this court is that you fork
over $25 as fine and costs, and then
you will proceed to walk out Of this
town and never return"
"Your honor began Jim, but JUS
tice interrupted him with:
'Shet up! If It was stealth a boss,
jumpin a mine or shootin a Chinyman,
thar might be some excuse, but in this
case, no. I'll give you 30 minits to raise
the money and disappear. As to Jim
Taylor. he's free man, and he goes out
Of this court without any scars on bis
character. AS his sorrerful way Of play
in poker and holdin tours has bin given
away, however, and as he is no hand ut
hard work, it might be we'll for him to
60 over to Red Hill for few weeks and
do business with strangers. That's all
today, and anybody who's got any fault
to find with the way jestice has Topped
her wings and lowered over this court
house can tackle me as we git outside"
NJ. QUAD.