The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22

IL WtTt " bDukh
for he had three de,ices an just materially
hadn't no confidence In 'em against q pa,
hand an q one-card draw. he sa,,eu
20 put in a white chip. which were ooilAr,
an then lie hesitated, an finally tnroweu
down his hand, sayn'. opered on .nre t. !.
dollar he was bound 20 be raised an he
wasn't strong enough to stand no raise,
an IL he made a blun IL was dead sure 10
be called.
THAT put it up tn Bradley. an he showed
In 500. which were a good bluh. for there
were SEQ in tho pot. an IL looked like be
were hopin' for more money, an at the
same time IL were a biQ enough bet TO scare
Calkins out II he hadn't filled. ,
AT least that were the way II looked.
All for about half a minute l thought "
would work, for Calltirs cid sQmc moro
chewin' aforc he said anything. but finally
he avs, 4 call. sn' pushed In his money. ,
90 course u were n showdown, an
Bradley Ind 20 lay down his hand. IL
were a rair ~ sevens. an Celkins showen
a pair Of eights. II were al pretty a can
as | ever gee, an it mnde Bradley bite his
lips, for Il we're the frrt time he had been
caught. bu, Il sort O gave away his play. ,
'Therc wasn't nothin' said, though, an
the game went on Just like nothin' had
haprened. All hands was dead 10 the
world by this time. an ] reckon theyd
Ia kept on playin' " the boat had beer,
a8re, II were q morstrous hot day au'
the door had been left open just a few
inches, TO lot what little breeze there was
blow through, but nobody had noticed
that the chair that had been put against
II had got moved somehow, an the door
werp swim gin come.
ANYWAY. nobody in the noticed
II. an IL came like q thunderclap out OF a
clear sky when n 1ofnnn's voice sounoed
out as clear as a bell an as sharp as the
crack Of a pistol. II were Mrs. Hraclcy,
an rs We ali locked up We see her anG
ewes Aashin' an her little white fists clirched
like she were ready for n sparrin' match
An she looked as pretty AZ a wild rose.
Harry she says. quick an sharp,
don't YOU see hat man IL cheating mes
just dealt himself a card on the bottom Of
well. I've saw fellers caught cheatin'
afore that. an since, an I've saw some
very pretty shootin' scrapes foller' Dut
that's the only time ] ever zee a outsider
break in. Maybe that's because never
gee a lady lcokin' on at a game o poker
II eckon II she'd cen a man she'd ha'
knowod enough 10 say nothin but bein a
woman. an her husband bein the one that
was bein' cheated ! reckon II was material
enough for her to speak. ANYWAY she nid;
the cTrds, and he had just finished servln'
the draw He'd give hisself three cards
after servin' three to Ferguson an three
n Bradley.
queer as his did when the lady spoke. ~
turned white an red in q second, an his
ewes blazed an his mouth twitched. We
wos ali lookin' at him, o course, an Ter JUST
a minute there was a pause.
1T we're up 20 him to say somethin an
he knowed il, but he didnt seem to know az
first iust what to say Then he sort o
--.l ah,u-ip' Ina teeth IKE a coon
when the dogs grab it,
500 course, he says, i can't say that
the lady lies when she says such aiming as
that, but II any gentleman in the party
feels like sayin' the sans thing Ia be happy
10 settle the matter right quick.
An he started TO draw his gun, but
stonped again, fore he had it out. Some
how IL seemed like pullin IL on her. an
either he were too decent, or he were airaiu
10 do that. But Bradley spoke up very
s"Tba, lady is my wife, sir he says. an
whatever she says Is true. I'll take the
shn'then another curious thing happened.
Mrs Bradley warn't the on'y one that was
loohin' in at the door. There was two or
three other ladies an two men s'ahoin
Il reckon maybe they'd all been lookin'
nj, for a while, though there warnt none
OF us in the room that had noticed II. An
one o. these men spoke up. he were a
smootb faced. young-lookin' Teller named
Perkins, that ! knowed for one o the WICK
eldest fighters in Arkansas
ale were a gambler hisself an run a faro
hank in Little Rock but j never knowed HIM
10 play on the river. Poker warnt his
game.
wears he'd been In Little Rock, but they'd
nneyer even tried him. for they was all killed
i'm fair standup fights. Perkins, he says'
very quiet:
pretend TO say whether MI. Caikins dealt
Ina, carl on the bottom o the deck OF not,
hut | can tell you how 10 find out. just lOok
nj his draw. an II the ace O clubs II one Of
Inc cards he did, for I'll swear the ace uf
cubs was therda fter the cut
Well. by the time he was through talkin'
there WINS confusion In the room. an h
ell hapIoned 80 quick that tl"re couldn't
uobody tell what came hrst. ] know,
Rradloy Wa a sayin' that nobody need 10
say uutlin' To bolster up what his VIII"
said. Tut mob, dy wa payih any attention
u Tim
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