The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19
Le BQutiQier Brothers
West 91Denty-th1rd Street.

more to draw cards. and Brsnnifsn beat
tated. Finally he threw 10 bis hundred,
"a s ss' ors ps, Sus hi.
raise the frst time Il come 70 me. he said
with great glee. Now I'll 70 you uns
another. hundred And he raised. &C.
cordingIy.
Cannon opened his mouth a. u to speak
intention was to raise again. but thinking
better Of y he simply made good. and Bran
nigan did the g. me. Il reckon you're
got me hooked ne said. god -naturedIy.
now. I reckon III take Chance.
On the draw the landlord stood pat and
Cannon took one eard; Brannigan hest:
lated, but At length said, This here fun
house Is too blamed small TO BE- real good:
he showed his discard, which wSs sctusiiy
a pair OF mines. proving that he spoke the
They watched him keenly a. he picked
up a b: d tS.% sut b too | e Ss
lord threw n q white chip. damon kughed
and sid. you'll have 70 ct your fourth,
stranger u you want TO get this pot And
he showed his pile forward.
yo s's .1 .SS,! /. ~: :y:f.d Steamed That oil
YES sid Cannon. .still hushinEiy.
Nei st Of them was paying any attention
.weli, ] reckon IN top you.' aid Brsn.
And IN y Is. you for what you've sg..'
MD the lendlord o gerly. This proved TO
be bout 90. Ins king $50 o the sds,. -
Three scte Of four. ppe ared on The show.
ssns an: aS.. me pd re ne
The gambler had ben /. winner up to
that time, and his winnings were gone With
his investment. Of 800, but he mied q:
called for $500 more In chips. Had the
others known him better they would have
known that he had reached the danger
line.
dozen rounds and once more Brannigan
was ahead OF the game. They noticed that
he was holding phenomenally good cards,
and they watched him closer than ever.
TO see. u possible. whether he wss holding
and not for half an hour could any Of them
see anything wrong.
At length. however. there came q struggle
on his deal Cannon had three kings and
Brsnnisaa raised. The Judge stayed and
the landlord dropped out. Cannon and
, On the draw the Judge called for one card.
G ,r tool tTo Cater e tCC and he ds; s
table. however. Cannon, who bad been tho
most :ispicious Of all Of them. shouted with
.That card came from the bottom Of
over and turned 1t up. II was the ace OF
hearts.
.rve caught you,' he, started to say, but
before he could hnish his sentence Bran
nigan's gun was out and was levelled at
Take that back. or I'll blow your head
on, he exclaimed, black with rage. mo
man can call me . cheat and live. Take Il
beck..,,
no use to him bad he drawn IT,, however,
for before he could get 1t out OF his pocket
the other man pulled trigger. At the same
instant one Of the bystanders struck his
hand from behind and the ahot missed
By this time tho room was ip an uproar.
and Brannigan was struggling b the group
Of three or four men. driving - bost be
could 70 shoot again: They ovsrosme him
from him. but not until then did they notice
that the Judge had fallen forward In his
chair stone dead. Tho stray bullet had
struck him between the eyes.
The 81. Francis Valley y not commonly
Ins much more frss sss The Il:
case that bloodshed win OCCUR without re.
course to the law But even In the st.
Francis there u feeling that some orines
arc 700 nolnooo 70 permit OF the law 3 oeiays
In punishing them. And they were stern
faces that John Branngan looked into when
dad.
The iron grip Of four mems hands held
him helpless, and one. who had been life
long crony Of the Judges, made a. " he
would grip the gamblers throat. but Cannon
Hold on, he sid. Il think vel all take
q hand In this. II We had i,lst aught this
man che ting, we'd have ducked him Ia
The river, or rode him Oh on r, M ybc.
But . h. b.. killed our old FREUD Whit
Hang him. o Id the landlord. And the
others . I'd, H ne him.
O. gerly. II there We wild hope In his
mind that snme one Of them would spenk
for him. re saw nothing TO feed the n0t-e.
end. snllenlv dropping his he d, he hetHn
such q struggle . no man there had ever
seen before. Twice he WIS almost free.
but 80 he threw Oh his furious c,ptors for
the third time some one struck him with q
her w CHI In and he fell.
just then Cater entered the room
with two coils OF rope In hia hand. He
rs d run to his store for them the moment
the sentence of hanging WIS pronounced,
and one OF them WIS sufficient 70 tie the
q miller hand and foot.
And the next morning . limp, hfeiess
form da ngled from the limb OF q tau cotton
wood tree not q half mile from baxe0e