The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-27
A NERVY CHINAMAN.


hop in his small shrewd slant eyes.
dealt himself a hand for a jackpot that,
after the black had opened. he stood
pat on. The darl1y had tossed a halc
card representing fve-dollar chip,
into the center in opening il, and the
; Chinaman. who was standing on his
feet I'm a sitting-dOWn posture rested
his cards face downward on the deck
and counted out ten of the hve-dOlIar
half cards called chips and slid them
into the pot.
Raised Him Fifty.
Laise you fifty he said to the
black
"'An' fifty mo- quickly replied the
black seaman. with broad grin. wink
ing at the lookers-on and scooping
twenty Of the torn-in-two card chips
into the pile.
THE Chinaman saw the raise before
the draw, and the black held I'D a fin
ger to intimate that he wanted one
card. When he saw the Chinaman
fUrtively dropping the deck without
making any draw himself-and there
was some scientific eXaggera ton in the
furtiveness with which the Chinaman
did the trick-the black laughed aloud
" None To- you aO. eh| he guffawed-
'Uh-tryin' tub git in a sneaky stan
pat, Ell, yO' yailuh-faced ape? Got de
papuhs an don't want no one tun
know yO' don't need no mo, Ell, 70
squeechy-ey baboon?'
"Tsi Moon smiled affably
d" Up to you now, he said
The negro closed his cards no and
hicked q fve-dOllar half card into the
stack. The conquering grin still re-
manned on his face
'Jes' tub feel O. yo, 70 pig-tailed
dope he said.
. 'Laise YOU fifty SAID Isl Moon,
without looking up.
The negro looked delighted he
rocked TO and fro on his launches and
rubbed his knees with an elephant
like contentment in the mere pleasure
of notion.
Some Lively Betting.
" 'YalIuh man he said with hoarse
happiness. 'yO' al bite lax up Mississippi
bullhaid catfish whut's been stranded
in uE swamp TO uh month by uh flood.
Oh bundled mo- dan yo' all.
And bundled said Tsi Moon,
/ seeming to be studying with queer in
T tertness a bolt at the base Of the cap
stan
Terry. the black seaman, stiH
swayed to and fro with a kind Of joy
( that caused him to gurgle in his throat.
70 blink-eyed monkey he said
purringly, to the Chinaman. ALIVE
been uh-waitin' To- six yeahs on two O.
desc OF frigates o. Uncle Sammy's tub
line up alongside O. yO' all. An now
I Alive got yo' all. an got 20 uh- co.nuh
/ An bundled mo-
' bundled. remarker Tsi Moon, flick
/ ing a fly from off the toe of one of his
! heelless grass slippers.
'Jes' lax pickin' crab meat with uh
/ ice pick said the dinge. every one OF
/ his teeth showing in the breadth of his
1 grin. Mex il two bundled dis-uh-time
I You get it, said Tsi Moon, looking
J up inquiringly.
Has An got it, yo' shave-haided
! rate eater?' amiably said the black, and
/ he pulled from underneath his white
| twill blouse canvas bag about the
siXC of a boxing glove, pulled together
/ at the top with a draw string. 'Dey's
! leben bundled in this hyah gunny-
/ saCk-an All didn't have tub wash
down no decks tuh git his hyuh gilt
neethuh,' and he laughed uprOarioUsly
rs he thought. presumably, Of the easy
! fashion with which ne had snagged the
velvet i'm the canvas bag from his ship
! mates in previous poker seanCes.
Who's BIuffngP
-" All Ii, said Tsi Moon, redxing his
/ gaze on the capstan bolt. / see you
two bundled and laise you f. bundled
The negro stopped sawying on his
| launches as suddenly as if the master
| alarms of the ship had tapped him OF
/ the shoulder and ordered him TO report
| to the stick, and for half a second the
! whites of his eyes were visible. Tt was
/ not exactly with his previous hOarse-
ness of sheer delight that he said
Five bundled Ell? An how does Ad
/ know dat yo' all has got dat2'
! THE Chinaman reached under his
/ blouse and gave the black a quick flash
at canvas sack of even larger size
] than the seaman had produced
i got. all H. said Isl Moon. Iaise
I You fl bundled,