The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03

! his way I'm the start an no gathered n lou
| or FIVE good bets inside OF twenty minutes
.o..'t no got a ,big start: ..,,-. 90.
sore The other men didn't Ike II none t6f
we'll, for nobody likes TO lose at poker
| but they was sports an counted OF, losm
sonnet lines, but Harris an Carter. ne twe
, professionals. was out for the stun az tne
! A new man set In an take away money
they was countin' on gettin' their own
selves L.
Il knowed EN- both for tough characters
an made my mn My there sny ws os s1'n me
barroom and was in the saloon myself,
partly to look on, and partly because
knowed some o. the players for good Qua.
toners, an I'd ruther wait on em myseis!
than ws ,se vn sfe! a9 Garter an R.
was lookin' ugly J. KEEP close watch ON
that particular table
.'fwan't long comm. Men was quick
to do things them days, when they, mace
up their minds to do EN- II came weiss e
after two o the travellin' men had passed.
The other one sat next, an he come IN.
"Then Harris come in. o. course; ~
didn't make no difference what ne held,
he was certain to come In so 8 to help Garter
in the bettin'. il twas necessary
THAT brought 1t up to Wells, an him
bavin' a four flush as II turned out, an get ::
IN chance O. four to one In the bcttin'
took his chance. 1t cost him $40, but there
was forty in the pot already, an 1t were
-There hadn't been no raise, so they called
for the draw. Garter took two cards The
trayollin' man an Harris each took three
an Wells helped hsself to one.
Garter bet a white chip, an, the travellin,
clipped along & do Then Hars arr, a rese 70
give Carter another chance. but 1t turned
out that he really had three tens. 80 want
80 barefaced as ! thought. Even at that "
was tol'abc bold play in front OF a one-card
draw, but you couldn't say nothin against
Wells looked at his draw an then seen
Harris's raise an bet him twenty more. That
set Carter studyin' an him, thinkin' that
Harris would raise back, SOS to give him
another chance, just made good without
raisin' Them two knowed each other 8
The travelin' man dropped. havin' two
small pair an no show against double
raise, on Harris come back with fifty harder;
Wells grinned, an made 1t hundred
more. so Carter seen 1t were no good TO pun :
'thoutAn he was ready to play Wells to
finish, an havin' on'y pair OF aces ne
dropped, ieavin' it up to Harris to play It
through. O. COURSE ii cost Harris hundred
to call but there WAS chance that Wells
there Su an ca ssrs a was w as s ID
down his flush. o. course the opener had
TO show his aces, an Harris had TO show
his cards, havin' called, so we all seen just
what the play had been.
"Therc want nothin' wonderful about
it, nor no occasion to say nothin' but Carter
an Harris was both furious. Likely they
wouldn't ha said nothin' on'y for Wells
ha vim won so much before. but carter
made q break right then; ,ou
Wells was just rakin' in the pot when
he spoke.
"'''Pears like it was mighty lucky. for
you that you was dca!ln just then, he
says with a nasty snner that there want
no chance o misunderstanding. -,
Anyhow, Wells didn't misunderstand 1t.
He knowed. like we all did,. that Carter
was chnrgin' him with cheatin an, quick
as a flash he reached across the table with
the hand that was takin' in the pot. an
slapped Carter across the cheek. Then
he drawed back quick an rose to his feet.
drawed hsn That kind of word meant
a blow and blow meant fight. them days.
-In another second there'd ha' been
lead fyin' if it hadn't been for Gaynor;
Nobody had noticed him afore. but he'd
been standn' back for a while loolkin'
pulled his gun he jumped in behind him an
catched him by both wrists. twistn' his
arms right round toward his back.
I amt got no objections u, to your m Ightm
t1fS IMAM, MT. NellS, ue Sityp dS Nooi 10 q
cucumber, after you settle your quarrel
with me, but I've got the first call. On'y
want to tell you he 5 nothin but common
gambler, an I don't reckon no gent
wants to meet him on the field OF honor,
an this amt no place for promiscuous gun
play An II you don't think I'm right
about him bein' blackleg, just look at his
pal there irwin to steal the pot
We'll. just naturally we all did look, an
sure enough Harris was reachin' for the
money in the middle Of the table. He
thought he'd get away with it, or some OF
it. in the confusion.
"But when he heard what Gaynor said he
pulled back an started to draw his own
gun. Likely he'd ha' shot Gaynor.. but
Wells's two friends that was lookin' on.
they grabbed him. an there WANT no
chance for fight after that
~The gamblers started to put up game
o. talk, but the cap'n come into the saloon
lust then, an KNOWN the two on EN-. he
wouldn't stand for it, He put 'em both
under arrest. an landed em the next
stoppin' place with warnin' never to show
theirselvcs on the Creole Belle again.
An Gaynor an the five friends all got
of the boat next mornin' for their duel.
The cap'n wouldn't let 'em fight on the
boat. O. course. we didn't know then
what happened. for the boat went on afore
they'd had il out. but the next trip up the
river heard that Gaynor put bullet In
Wells = arm, not hurtin him no ways serious.
an feelin' that his honor was satisfied.
didn't call for no more shots. 1t might
ha' been pretty serious, but it turned out
III RIGHT as il haDDcned