Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-09-25
Mojave's
Sure hing"
Game
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sURE-THING man never had

their minds fully made up that ne
was cineh individual said Ira MUIR
dock. who used to conduct eating
houses at various points along the
line Of the Santa Fe.
Barney Heating didn't know this
when he got along with his layout in
the fall of 81 He hadn't an idea Of
the chance he was taking in trying
to give Mojaye the phony end Of il.
Gle began on that line right from
the Jump. He showed the boys that
he had a bank roll Of $4,000 pat, and
told them 20 come along His faro
box was one Of those foxy Chicago
made eontraptions that enables the
dealer To do about every old thing
except play casino with himself N
sliding the cards out. and his roulette
wheel was another hot piece Of
mechanism that permitted him to
iopple the marble into any hole he
wanted Il 10 drop in by the employ
ment Of a little footwork
"Weu. from the minute that this
lead-pipe man uttered his first Al
set. he went right after everything
IN the way Of currency that Molase
possessed. They didn't say much
about Il On the first night that keat-
| ing opened mp and started after II
with butterfly net, but they
| scratched their heads LOT and
/ looked each other over a-plenty out
/ Of the corners of their eyes
How'd you make OUT ] asked
enc 81 the boys % the morning after
Heating opened MP.
-.so-so. ne replied quietly, giving
me a characteristically conservative
answer i lost two hundred ana
hair right sudden
.sNice game. that said 7 Lucky
game. too. Did il look Oh right
"He pushed his yaquero hat oaeh
|, scratched rs head refectiyely' rolle'
|, n cigarette. and vouchsafed no reply
Men out there learn not 70 express
any positive convictions until the.
know they're right
! uKe,tinp hadn't been tipped 81
! about the state Of public opinion
ana he was in fine feather the seeoa
4 evening over the initial kililng u
! had made and in anticipation
> other ones 20 follow ABOUT
4 o'clock. when most ~ the men aroun
: ,be hank table were about all II
: .uonk' Curtis. Mojave's boss hghte'
: - ,~.ttv wel-to-do man, strolle
4 - He bought $3.50 worth q yeiio"
. they were worth sl2.5o apieee-an
D started in 20 play bank.
a aUonk had played bank all the wa
\ sr,m the Columbia 20 the Rio Grand
and he knew how. Heating began
devote himself almost exclusively
D sweeping those yellow checks % -
~. INTO his rack. and the espresso
. - surprise that mounted to honh
rod copntenance when he began
q 80 mat he wasn't picking more th'
\ -. ~ two winners 10 the deal won
bove been funny II the face haa
. lonoea 20 any other man-nut ~.
. wasn,t ANYTHING funny about hohi
personality
a.rbis don't nachully pear to
rfobt' remarked Curtis. pushl
bis chair back when bis 500 "oi
- vellows had an passed over
vo,tino's side with only a few
80 In the whole play 'Meone
,aoospre mn some better on PleN
~. marble. and he got Up
walked over 10 the roulette w ,
aCprtis bought another $3.50 wo'
Fellows wherewith g fnd our
nora was going 20 be anything
his style OF wheel play.
end ont from the falling Oh
z ,,hoir that there was going .
notbinr doing whatever hee,. .,
ned wheel might just as h''l
nave been well dug on the pr
fnr the reception 81 hoi
49, and long before he haa
nom ,,ottom Of his roulette st
= Honk knew i. an
~cnrtis put his last pair e yen
,,r,l,sr while we OF 81
abo1t watching 20 see II keatihg
80 20 get diplomatic and give
< 80 kind 81 q show at aA lo'
~ mn ,rbite alley. Heating WASH :.
= nea slid into a hole on the otne ..
If. ne wheel and Heating, W.T.
,j.r5 and totally unsuspie'ous
t1e8 N the fnal brace OF Ss
when Heating looked up after ,
sitting the checks in the Tae'
s,rnd himself gazing into l ,'
~. ~ pair 81 very steaa, ,
s-tv.sves. Heating kew by me
~. ~ ,uns were held that TIE MAJ
,iod them could shoot. he iH''
liz, mn mn, tbem was Honk Curtis
'e'' M ..o,nbrev said Honk e hea
- ,,..nine lis guns beaded On 'ne I
K, . ssg pair Of eyes-ana =
, We're 4 heap quiet in that room -, +.
.-o., uarl spoke-'0moreN, / u ..'
treat ~ ila' = hunt your feeiin,s ~
+ the ln,.,rtell You that you re anu