The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-17

y You vii! deal the cards like that viii
show you how to do IT,
An quick as lightning he grabbed the
cards an spread EN- all over the table
with one sweep Of his hand. Then with
hands, he punched EN- an rified EN- once
an dealt out two hands like lightning
An he gave Weston four kings an hisself
four aces
1T was all over in flash, an Weston
| sat gapin' at him, not exactly KNOWN
what to do. The stranger hadn't said that
ne cheated In 30 many words. an he dldn'
seem to be mad. none. an Weston were
plumb puzzled.
Then the stranger grinned. He didn't
seem to care no'hin' about the money
he'd lost. hut he was as tickled az two.
year-old. to see how fabbergasted Wee'
ton was
.'Peared like he thought Weston would
take It as a matter o course, that he'd
been caught. an the on'y thing that was
going to trouble him was to see that the
stranger could do his own stunts so much
better n he cd do EN- his own self.
II don't know but what Weston might
ha' took it that way II them two had been
alone, but there was three or four besides,
me lookin' on, an some on EN- sort o
laughed, I felt like aughn' myself but
l knowed a good deal about Weston, an
l KEEP straight face.
Dut NNe stranger Ile 'opNeu Ioui't o''A
laughed like boy, an he says
i"'The gentleman does not do the trick!
no we'll II he would play that way. an
he would tell me that that was the game
| would win all the time. l am the profess
sor Of the card magic.
THAT was a leetle too much. an the
others laughed out loud. 1t was up to
Weston good an hard then, an "a said,
he was fighter sure enough.
He ripped out some pretty tall talk at
the stran' er, but while he was talkin' ne
pulled his gun, swearin that no man could
charge him with cheatin,, an live; r,...
We'll, he want quick enough. They
used TO say there want nobody could set
the drop on Jim Weston, but I reckon this
here stranger could ha did il II he'd been
a gun fighter. But he want He had a
way of his own that was the funniest thing
l ever seen. an It knocked Weston out
"Jumpin' up from his chair at the same
time Weston did, the fat man brought the
table up with him, an just ushed y over
on Weston, knockin' him fat Weston's gun
went OF as he fell. but it went wild, an he
struggled up to his feet, swcarin' harder
than ever. II looked tom like the stranger
time had come.
Weston like cat, an rushe at him when iNs,
he got up like cannon ball. He didn't
raise his hand, nor pull gun, nor nothn !.
just ran into Weston an knc cked him down
again. An then he laughed,
We'll, he did that three or four times,
Feared like Weston didn't think about
lyin still an shootin' till he'd been knocked
down three or four times, an we was all
laughin'. II was too funny. for anything.
Then he lay still an tried to shoot an.
the stranger. just kicked the gun out Of
at all just stood round an laughed, an
kicked that once an KEEP a-r,innin into
Weston az fast as he'd get on his feet
An every time he hit him, Weston went
down like locomotive had struck him.
After few more times lsnockin nm
down. the stranger he quit laughin, Wes-
ton was gettin madden an madder. Just
naturally, an he was swearin somel hin
shameful, an threat min TO cut the fat
man into inch pieces when he got al him
An after little the fat man seemed to
realize that it was somethin serious an :
as l said he quit laughn'.
He KEEP on fightin' the same way though,
an every time he knocked Weston down
he knocked him toward the saloon door
till he got him out OH the deck. Then he
knocked him over toward the rail III he
got him close TO it,
'Tain't likely that anybody would have
interfered anyhow. for il we're fight be-
tween them, too. and twant nobody S
business but the cap'n's to stop II But
we was all iaughin' 30 We couldn t ha done
nothing IL we'd wanted to An the oap
was laughn' as hard as ANYBODY else , whe en-
he come up and seen what was dom 10
the stranger had it all his own way.
-All this time. he hadn't said .nothln'
but when he got Weston up against the
rail Ne said: -.
You say you will kill ne. ell. Well:
will pu, YOU where you will kill nobody.
An the next time Weston struggled
up. the fat man threw himself down an,
era bhin' Weston by the feet. threw him
square up in the air an over IN" rai'.
He fell in the water an sank like a rock.
ANYWAY, we never seen him no more, The
cap'n stopped the boat an lowered small
boat an looked round few minutes but
'twa'n't no Use
no, there want nothin' did 20 the fat
man. 1t were fair enough fight even
il il twas unusual.