The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-01

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The duel, far from resulting in the
manner usual on such occasions, be-
came distinctly favorable to the far
mer. The bug" was getting in It's fine
work, according to schedule, but some.
how or other the cards 1t held out were
too often less than sufficient to win
against the quiet old chap from Taze-
we'll. Finally Mr.. Best, with the deal
passed over to Mr.. Greason hand
which had been previously run up to
contain four queens. L
A look OF 10Y which be could not con.
ceal overspread the farmers face, and
he promptly called for one card. The
thoughtful Mr.. Best, who had previous.
ly deposited four kings with his "bug,"
now transferred them to his hand,
substituting for the choice collection
four worthless cards, and ostentatiously
standing pat. In order to Induce the be.
lief that he had u straight flush or Il
full.
Mr.. Best bet off S., and Mr.. Greason,
exclaiming, "By Judas priest, I've got
you now" raised a hundred. rs
That's good deal Of money 10 BET
on one hand" said Mr.. Best rumlr,a-
lively, "but I'll have to see, 1t and TT
you couple OF hundred"
..Mr., Greason assured himself tina,
none OF his cards had escaped. Theu
he raised five hundred. The gambler,
now getting down to business, whnn
into his pocket, and counted out ten
500 bills raising the pot $500.
Greason was now as cool as a noun
tain too in midwinter. He producet a
roll OF bills that would have choked a
horse, and he softly laid a thousand dol.
lars In the pot. Best was astonlshed.
He hadn't hoped for SO much on the
stake hand.
And he tndn't enough money to call
the bet. He searched his pockets and
dug I'M 5000. -
"rye only 5000" he said, "and don't
know what to do. don't want To, call
you for 5000, but I suppose I'll have to, .
"Not ut oll." responded Mr.. Greason,
calmly "Put in YOUR bug, for 5000
and we'll call II SQUARE"
wbsn Rest looked at four nce.; which
Gro, son f1,sn,ayed he tooIr To the woods
and bosn't been sen since. Greasou
ken; the Dug" but he alwa"s contend
p1 II wos n, loss vain. ,hin Il oair of
hands tb, size NJ an elephnnt.s ear.
The conclusion of this narrative was
m oxcus, for TIM writing of anothnr
nroscr,r,tton unon which tba opart sign
and, TIN words "sniritus frumnnti" WIRE
thc chief characters S, Then the Eng
IIshn,n asked again that "pnp" len
nrss FOL, about Tim game batwcen Dell
Wtibrrs ana Judrr Joe K! Powell.
.Didn,t Won; neyah heah :of It?" he
asked j. doubt,ppIy of Mr.. Furness,
"shucks, Most nvprybodv knows about
that ,ane Didn't think they was mo.
hody in tbesn nohts that wasn't ac-
on,in,cb with tim story. Still, II YOU
ali epob Won nev,b hoard II I'll do the
hast. can ton rn,iphten Won.
"you.see, IT wasthIs way. Dell with
ers no lived I'm in Cooperstown. 1t
wasn't coonerstow then. because there
wasn't M RIueyiIle then. and OF coahs
thew wasn't mn coonrrstoyvp. THAT was
a pooa many iye,bs ago. Young man n
good many yeahs ago. 1t was lonrah
ago than the Ellen n. was a-runnIn' a
railroad line, longah ago than the N! &:
w wos doing business in these pab,s.
even longah ago than Thad Seymour
pIayad his two weeks game with Bucl,
Johnson TO ser which on .em was To
kprn company with Betsy Ra vision.
"Ey,h heah about that game? You
didn't? Shucks. Thought everybody
knew about that session. Why. when
Ruck came ovah the New R,yah am:
settled In Wytheville-but I'm gettin'
owav from nv biz story
"yvelI Won ser Dell Wi,hers he lived
I'm whore I'm tellin' YOU Coorcrs,own
now stands. and br lived all alone, A
torrb niece nj Tertiary that Coopers-
tovn ys Young man. WHY. It Amt so
many yaahs ago that George Stout kill
aa lin, VEST tboab and the case made n
county sansation. You know that was
inst nrtah the time that Ash Prince
rv,s m,yor and thew was fierce doinEs
In coonerstown every night. and espec-
io,Iv every Saturday night Vest was
one of the policeman. and rcckon they
y,sn.t ANYTHING that he wera afraid of.
"He used to 20 I'm the hill when they
was a fight on and bring out the bad
das, bunch of colahed peoole that evan