Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-04

The Gamblers Revenge
in Forest ana Stream

thousand when he seen, or thought
he seen, chanst o. gettin' back a
good part of it.
1T were Masters deal an a jack
pot, with $50 in it. Simmons had first
say an he opened it for the size of it.
Eaton come in an Masters raised it
thirty Evidently that were just what
Simmons was lookin' for, for he raised
it fifty more, an then Eaton took a
whack. at it.
Il reckon he hadn't raised on the
first round, for fear o. scarin' Masters
out, but seem how things laid, he
raised Simmons fifty. Then Masters
histed it a hundred, an Simmons made
it hundred more. so Eaton, havin' a
small straight. kind O. hauled in his
horns, an just trailed.
He trailed a couple o. times more
while Simmons an Masters was a
boostin' each other a hundred at a
clip. but seeing he were out of his
depth he folded on the third raise,
an the others kept on till they had
two thousand apiece in the pot.
Then Simmons just made good an
when Masters asst him how many cards
he wanted he said he reckoned he'd
stood pat, too, both on 'em having
fours, an both reckonin' on foolin' the
other.
1T bein' Simmons bet he put a
thousand dollars in the pot, an Mas
ters says:
III see your thousand an bet you
as much more as you've got.
Il stood near Simmons, an 1 cd
hear a sort O. click that l thought
first was the click of a gun, but 1 seen
he had both hands on the table, SO
reckoned it must ha' been his jaws.
Anyway they was clinched when he
answered, an he spoke through his
teeth. sayin':
Make your bet
We'll, O. course Masters couldn't
make him tell the size of his pile
aforehand, so he showed his own pile
forward, him havin' considerable more
in sight than Simmons.
:. Well. how much is that?' says
Simmons, an Masters had to stop an
count it. 1t took a minute or SO, an
when he was done. he says:
There's sixty-five hundred an
forty dollars
Then Simmons began to unbutton
his clothes, there bein' no women
round, an reachin' his money belt he
pulled out wad o. big bills as big as
your fist.
-''Ill see that he says, countin' out
the money, an go you ten thousand
more
That was putin the boot on the
other leg. for all I Masters ed dig up
was about twenty-five hundred. but he
was game an he called for a show for
his pile. AM on the show down he
flashed four kings against Simmons
four tens. -
We'll, there want no rdisputin' the
cards, but moved away little, kind
o. lookin' for a disturbance, specially
as / heer'd that click o. Simmons
jaws again. but he didn't say nothin'
an 'twould ha' been a good thing for
young feller that stood by if he'd
showed the same sense
But he want hardly more'n a boy,
though he were a big. husky chap that
were travelin', so l heer'd. fin some
where's up North. an I reckon he
didn't know the customs o. the river.
for he spoke right out in good-na-
tured, fool way, sayin':
Well, that was the most extraordi-
nay playI ever saw
There was two or three other men
standiu by, too, lookln on at the
game, an they sort o. sidestepped,
same as I had. but the young feller
stood there just as If he hadn't said
nothin'. only lookfn' kind O. 'ston-
ished, same as he said he was, an
Simmons turned round to him
AND what did you find remark
able in the play, sir? he said as polite
as if he'd been askin' The stranger to
nave a drink
Why. says the boy. I don't see
why you didn't draw a card You
could have