The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-01

up against his own game and I'll back
the game. Eff he wins out all right;
he gifts away with it. IF he loses out,
all right, too; but he gifts out on the
next train after he puts down his
last check.
"Keating wasn't a coward, but he
was white with rage during this
speech. He cast his glance over the
room to ascertain from the faces of
the others if any of them stood along
with him When he saw that all the
faces were distinctly sulIcn and hos
tile, he cleared his throat as il to
say something, but no words were
forthcoming.
"T amt a-goin',, Curtis went on,
never dropping his guns a quarter of
an inch for n second, TO take an UNI
due advantage of you, son, but you're
a-goin' to git egsactly the. same kind
of a whisk out o. them two outfits,
to-wit, the box and the Wheel that
YOU give me. Jest let's see the heft
o. your roll and Wen do little as
sayin' to find out how strong you are
before you begin
"'Count the roll, Cole said Honll
to Ferrand, and the station agent
stepped over to the table and ran
over the bundle with his practiced
fingers.
"'There's fourteen thousand here,
IIonk.' he said to Curtis when he had
finished counting the money
"Good enough said Curtis Now,
SON. addressing Keatiug git in and
play ball with the bundle. IF you
make it stick, the boys hrrell tell
you that I'm good f'r an you kin
win. You kin 60 up against that box
o your'n first, Mr.. Fcrrand dcalin'
'em jest like you deal 'cm YOURSELF
"Ferrand had already seated him
self in the dealers chair and was
looking at the under part of the box
and smiling sardonicalIy lie knew
the combination all right
"Keating saw that he'd have to
make a four-hush TO show that his
game had been on the level and he
knew perfectly well, too that if he
refused to back his own game with
his own money he'd stand to get a
worse dose than he otherwise would
So he put on an air of bruyado and
bought a thousand dollars worth of
chips out of the money Eurrand had
restored to him--the whole Heating
bank roll.
"Farrand wore a face Of iron for
two hours while he dialrd EN- out
of that box, and at the end of that
time he had $1,000 of kcatjug's bank
roll He was shutting the cards for
another deal, when IIouL curtis, who
had been leaning on the table with
his chin on his hands watching tho
deXterity with which Eurrand manip
| ulated the cinch box, broke in:
"'That'll be about all o the game
of bank said he, addressing Heating
who had been keeping his nerve M
with whisky. Now, Ven see eff you
can't do better with the marble.
sure do like this we're gambling husi
ness when I'm bacjsin' it myself ant
not tryin' to bucl, it from the wrong
side of the layout Cole, shoot the
pea FIR the ombroy and give him ;
chance to git some o. that roll o
hisn back
"Farrandcrossed over to the wheel
and he knew just where to look fol
the controlling mechanism Of IL
Heating, partly drunk and sullcn by
this time, bought ycllows for thou
sand, and he began.
"Farrand now had it in his gIoy,
to make the showing strong. and h,
did not permit the sure-thingcr t,
cop out one single solitary bet from
the beginning of the play until Kcat
ing was all in with his remaining
| $4,000.
Not a man had stirred from tn,
room during the entire play, an,
when Heating scattered his las
stack all over the table and Far
rand whizzed the wheel for the las
time it was close onto morning.
"'Uh-huh,' said Curtis, when Keat
ing, with a very chally countenance
wheeled around after making his las
| play. That'l about do, seem al
you're all in. like You expected thi
yere camp o Moiayc 'ud be by tn
time you got through a-dealing on
what you might call homeless banl
and no-savvy wheel. Now, your
a'goin' travelin', it bcin' the mani
nous idee o this yere settlement
that you're whole lot too fly PEG
pie FIR quiet, law-abidin' commu
nifty.
"You go up on the limited that
due ycre at eight o'clock, and yo
never come a-hillin' back TO Moiav
no more unless you're lookin' for til
kind o. tattooin' that bores all tn
way through the human frame
Here's $500 in case you git thirst
tween yere and Frisco, and Nc
iave'll take kecr Of the rest o tn
roll. Thatll be about all"
Heating was marched aboard tn
limited when the up-bound Santa +