The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-16

maxim no answer, 'ceptin' 10 say, once
in while, The Lord viii provide He
told me when he were d spinnin' the
yarn, that he never lost faith, but 1
reckon that were a outrageous lie.
There want no doubt but jim were
pious all right. but he would lie. some
times.
Pears they hadn't eat nothin' at
al for two days, an they'd been stuck
in the branches o. that there cotton
wood for nigh a week, when jim see
somepin' comm toward EN- that didn't
look like drift. IT were toward evening
an he couldn't see plain at first, but
he climbed up on his roof an stripped
Off his shirt an began Q wayin' It like
mad, for a signal. 1t were a boat. an
the men in it seen the signal after
time, an they come to the house just
as 'twere gettin' dark.
Twere one O. these here relief par
ties that goes out, flood times, loolzin'
for just such cases, an they had stacks
o victuals, an close, an firewood. an
matches, TO say nothin' O. tobacco an
good red liquor, an all they was lOolEin'
for were a chance to give IL away, SO
even Miss Waters were obliged to own
up that Jim were right when he said
the Lord would provide
But that want all OF it, nor the
best of it. as things turned out. There
was on'y four men on the boat, which
were a small one, but they was al
sports. 1t were too late for EN- to go
lOOkin' for more people that night, so
Jim, he offered 'em all the hospitality
he could by invitin' EN- to tie up TO his
tree, an his wife went aboard o. their
boat an cooked a rOusin' good supper
for all hands. After supper they chinned
for awhile an then one of EN- spoke
up, an says. What's the objection to
a little game o. drawn
''The Teller that spoke, Joe Kimball,
be were the cap'n O. the party an just
naturally nobody didn't kick. specially
as Kimball was doin' the huh trick
hisself. He KEEP a faro bank in Little
! Rock, an bein' a big-hearted feller
/ with plenty o. money, he'd fitted out
/ the entire expedition, hirin' two men,
an talIin q newspaper man along, SOS
4 not to miss none o. the glory o dOin'
/ what he did. Them three was willin'
enough TO play, but Jim, he says he
/ didn't think he cared about takin'
/ hand, havin' all the f0rty-seven Tea-
sons for not playin' which nobody ever
/ tells more'n the first one So Kimball
4 he laughs an gives Jim a stacksO' reds,
/ havin' all the fxin's in the cabin, an
/ tells him to set in, which Jim just nat
urally does.
Il don't altogether believe what jim
/ tells about that game. for, as 1 said he
viii lie sometimes. but msbbe it's true
for all that. He says he thought, first
OF, that he were playin' for fun. seem
! the chips didn't cost him nOthin'. so he
kind o. began dealin' funny hands
whenever he handled the deck. First,
he gave everybody a flush. with ace
I high 10 hisself. Next time, everybody
got threes, and filed a full on the
I draw. Then they all got four Of a
! kind, an nobody would bet. seem what
4 they was up against, but by this time
4 Jim had nigh all the chips, an was
GRIMM like q Glossy cat. So Kimball
he spoke up an he says: stranger, I
like YOU. You're the slickest dealer l
ever got up against. You're welcome to
all the money you've won, but want
to see you do the next stunt, just Tor
exhibition purposes. If you'll deal each
man a straight flush, an myself the
/ highest without me g5ttin' wise how
you do it, I'll give you job for life
"Weu, that were easy for Jim. He
gave each Of EN- four parts of hand
on the deal. an told 'em to draw, an
o course, each man tUoK one, an ne
dealt EN- all face up, gettin' the ace
o. spades hisself. TO NIL a royal.
90 course, he could ha' owned the
hull valley, if they'd had It to play for.
on that hand. but KimbaH he were sat
isfied. You see, Jim's talent were IN
the shuttle. He dealt straight enough
So KimbaH, he PAID cash for all the
chips that was out, givin' Jim over
$500 in money an tells him he were en-
aged to deal bank as long as he cared
To work. on hKiI sat-ry an Small
I cornr,fssfon oriv yuaranteein' to put
enough splits in each deal to keep the
bank ahead.
An that's what Jim Waters is dom
today. He's q Twin on Easy street IN
Little Rock, an Miss Waters hahn
nothin' to say when he remarks, once
in a while, that he aIays knowed that
the ord would nroEide"