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have no way O. judgin' O. what there
might be against him. Then there
want on'y about $50 in the pot afOr-
Denton showed in his la~r bet so Halo
well set thinking for quite a spell. I'm
free to say I'd ha' throwed down my
hand. but he didn't
After a minute or so he kind O.
laughed an says: Well. | don't reckon
I'll raise you none. IL you did fill you've
got me beat. But I've got a notion you
didn't an Ill just about call you An
Denton had 10 show down busted flush.
1 call that tolable good play.
John Got Excited.
There was others that he made that
was Just as good. an once / seen him
get away with "A good bluff his own sell
that fetched him in over two hundred. so
1 was sayin' to myself that he were a
good deal better player than Ia ever
thought, when he come to Vicksbt1rg
when he was gOin' to geJ OFF. but didn't
Just naturally, he want parin' no
attention 70 who got on the boat there
nor nowhere else while that game was
goln on. So when John HaIlowell come
INTO the saloon he didn't look up. John
seen there was a game on. an he come
up behind one o the other PLAYERS an
stood lookin' on for a spell o. course
he seen his brother was in the game but
ned been a stranger. an twas some time
atore Ed looked up an seen who was
there. Even then they diu't speak but
they Just nodded at each other. l.ke any
mand- do to some Teller he Just knOwed
an didn't care notbn' about.
wei. John he stood there an looked
on Tor mebbe twenty minutes 'thOut sayin'
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of a change made in the game Some one
mans luck will change. an the wno,-
thing seems to get thrOwed out o. gear.
somehow it happened that they didn't
stack up against each other more'n two
or Tree times for an hour, an when
Ihey qld, 'twa MT for no great amount.
But Ed kept lOsn' to this one am than
TIL he dropped all he'd made am nigh
a thousand more
Feared like he'd get outdrawed every
time he come I'm on the strength OF a fair
h2nd- an If he PLAYED a fOur-flush he
couldn't fiji it. 'Twasn't that he played
cards wouldn't come to him.
Eds Luck Changed.
An it kept get1in' worse instead O.
chansin'. like it will sometimes. He had
three aces beaten twice. an then ne
caught pat flush an Hackett made a
fun house against him, pullin' TO two pair.
But the hardest blow ne got was havln'
a king full beat one O. the nOrtherners
GeIun four sevens cold against him
He didn't say much. beyond CUssin' a
lttle to hisself three or four times. but 1
cd sect his law was gettin' sot, an ne
WAS lookin' at his brother every little
WhlIe'lke he was sore at him. An il
didn't help to make things pleasant when
he seen that John was winnin' consider
able. though he hadn't won none to speak
of from Ed.
FINALLY there came a hand when
everybody 'peared TO get cards an ] seen
Eds jaw git tighter'n ever, an reckoned
he were gOin' To make "A struggle. II
We're Johns deal. an a jackpot there
bein' S;,5 i'm il. 'cOuntin' one sweetenin'
and Denton opened it for the size Of it
under the guns.
"Hackett trailed an Ed HALLOWEEN
raised ii so. One of the northerners
dropped. but the other held good an John
Hallowell raised il forty more. Denton
studied a bit. an 1 kind o. thought he
were goin' TO raise again, but il were a
good place for him to wait. no matter
what he had. an he Just made good
Then Hackett he trailed again. an Ed
didn't say nOthin. but he pushed a hum
dred and forty in the pot That were too
strong for the other nOrtherner. an he
dropped. but John stayed an so did
Denton an Hackett. That made nigh
thousand dollars I'm the pot afore the
good hands bein out There haci't been
ANYTHING quite like that afore though
there'd been some tOlable stiff play a
good many times.
Brothers Pitted Against Each Other.
"Well, when it come to the draw they
all stood pat except John, an he took
two cards. maxim 10 clear Z he'd over
Dlaved his hand considerable three o. a
kind not bein worth so much of most
PEOPLES money.
Denton threw in a white chip Hackett
tralled. an Ed glanced at his brother.
furious III put you cut o. business. any
now ne SAYS, an he throwed 500 in the
DOT.
We'll. John he looked at his cards very
TO me like I'd got toI able good show,
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Now, they only had three days left to set an
action on them, as that was the time set for Logs
20 go back to college.
Next day they held d council behind the big barn,
and they called in Uncle Red--otherwise known as
Big Red Saunders, Chanta Seechee Red which
means Badheart Red, in Sioux language and doesn't
explain me by darn sght-to get the benefit of his
valuable advice
Skip says I. Fly for town and get married,
and back and tell Jonsey about it, It's a pesky
sight stronger argument to tell him what you have
done than what you're going to do
They couldn't quite agree with that. They thought
1t was sneal1y.
" so it is says I. The first art of war is under
standing how to make Il grand sneak. gone. Put
your marker the grand rattle In other words take
the first horse to town and get married Ten chances
to one Jonsey viii have the laugh you before the
Is out.
" 4 don't think you a bit nice today, Red says
Logs
He's jealous says Kyle
" 'Thats what am. young man. says l. IF had
ten years of my shoulders and little of the glow
or my hair, I'd give you for your alley that
would leave you breathless at the wnd-up.'
1 think your hair is a beautiful color Red saws
Loys Many woman would like to have it
of course they would, I answered. But they
don't get it. I'm foxy. 1 am Still 1 was touched in
a tender spot. That young woman knew lust the
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right thing to say, by nature, Well; what are you
young folks going 10 dor 1 asked them
They decided that they'd think it over until the
day. but that turned to be late; what
must Kyle do but get ehucked from his horse and
have his leg broke near the Nip. don't want to
take any love affairs onto the back Of a bad horse
now you mark mel There was no such thing
drowning that boy when he in his right mind
Now here a hurrahI Logs she dasn't cry
for fear Of uncle. and Kyle he used the sinfulest
language known TO the tongue of man. Twas the
first time I'd heard him say anything much but
he made it clear that it wasn't because he couldn't
q" What will we do, Red? What will do? says
he
=" Now says 7, don't bile. over like that, because
it's bad for your leg
He cUssed the leg.
" Go on and tell me what can do says he.
9 When ask me that, you've pulled the right
bell says IN tell you exactly what Wen do
/ go for the doctor. Savvy? Well, / bring back
minister at the same time. Angevine he loses the
Jersey COW over the Canebrake, and uncle and
Angevine so hunting her. for Ioys is ace
high in uncle's mind alongside that COW. The rest
is easy.
" Red. you're brick-you're the best fellow alive
says Kyle, nearly squeezing the hand off me.
" I've tried to conceal it all my life. but l knew it
would be discovered day
says I. Well suppose I'd better break the news to
Loys-twouldn't be any more than polite
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even now ANYHOW. III go YOU thou
sand more and he put UP the money
lhat made Denton an Hackett study
= long time. but finally they both laid
Gown They knOwed well enough tbat
Ionn was either bluffin' outrageous or
ne q caught his fourth. an If il was a
case of bluff there want no tellin. how
far them two brothers might go. for thoy-
didn't look to see Ed call. He'd showed
strength bv his five-hundred bet. am ne
him. IN at
He didn't do it. though. There want
no DOUBT that he were mad enough but
lux was az IN him. All he did was
TO make good for the thousand am saw
as nasty as ever heer'd a man saw any
lhlng. I've seen you deal fore now am
don't reckon a ten-fuu is any good
put We got to call on it, An he showed
the ten-full.
John looked at him f'r minute. as II
he hadn't understood rightly what he
said an then he showed down four
queens queens stead rakin' in the pot.
tnoUgh; ne reached across the table an
slapped Ed across the face with a whaclc
that sounded like a gun.
How John Lost His Eye.
Ed turned white. an fore anybody
Cd tell what he was goin' 10 do he pulls
ms gun an fired straight i'm Johns face.
~ was the shot that cost him his eve
but for the minute il didn't knock him
out. 1t tore the corner of his eve am
curious enough, didn't stun him. / never
Well he jumped to his feet with his
kniie out, an as he jumped he lifted the
table that was right between 'cm an
showed II over with all his strength on
Top Of Ed IL thrOwed him backward on
the floor. an afOre he ed free biSscIf
I'M the table, John was on top of him.
There WAS some of us what would bar
Jumped in rather'n 10 see one brother Kill
another, but Johns knife was up an it
looked like il was comm down in Eds
throat afore we cd get 10 him.
Then, all in a flash. John throwcd
his knife away. My God 1 can't he
says an staggered 10 his feet holdin' on
10 his eye.
Ed rolled over an got his gun. aimed
again, an he would ha' fired again. Ou'y
some of use had got busy by that time
Two or three held him down while there
was others helpin' Jonn. but 'twa'n't no
use Efis eve was gone.
Now, that was a case o. what 7 was
SaNln- NOI can't never tell nOthin'
about man tin YOU see him tried
There was John Hallowcll olc o. the big
gest devils an wickedcst fighters [ ever
knOWed. held his hand after he'd been
manned for life an had his enemy i'm his
power. just because twas his brother.
an him man he had no use for.
"He come into ali the Old Judges
money afterward. for Tom died an the
judge wouldn't never have nothin' 10 do
with Ed after he learned the facts. BUT
the money never did John much good
reckon He settled down to home like
his father had, on'v ne aeyer married.
nor did nothin' else SO Ear as I ever
heer' d.
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NEEDED A TONIC.
(Pittsburg Dispatch)

NO" said the mistress of yhe sixth ward home
TO which a vendor of a for catarrh applied
yesterday, Il haven't any catarrh don't need any
medicine for it, and wouldn't buy any from peddler
anyway"
But madam" said the cheeky scamp pushine,
his way into the house, 'let tell you about this
wonderful remedy"
he yanked out his samples and his order book
ano reeled OF his regular sOng-averyhody has "a
tarrh, everybody buys this remedy. and everybody
snuhs 1t three times day and drives the oatarrh
out of the keyhole, etc.
When he paused for wind the angry woalan sw, ct
~ asked 1S6 questions and kept him talking for an
hour. when his voice was worn 10 a whisper she
said. calmly:
Wen haVent cent Of MONEY in the house. so
/ can't buy any of your medicine
he yelled he bOlted for the street.
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buttons if that old hardshell's voice didn't shake
They're two of as nice kinds you'd find in many
weary day says he 1 wish 'em all the luck in
the world
" so do l. says l. and I really think the best we
could do for EN- would be to shoot Jones'
" Mani Won't he sizzi' says Bob. And you can't
blame us old codEers if we had a laugh a that al
though ii was such powerful serious matter to the
youngsters.
" Let's go out and meet EN- says L And away
we went. They weren't particle surprised. I sup
pose they thought the whole universe had stopped
TO look on. We pump-handled away and laughed.
and Logs she laughed kind of teary, Kyle he
looked red i'm the face aud proud and happy and
ashamed of himself and all felt loosened up con-
siderable, but told him quiet. Take that fool
grin off your face, unless you want Uncle Jones to
drop the moment he sees you
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~ BATTLE OVER a GAME OF POKER w

LOT the boats was great places for poker
thent nut never seen EN- Dlayin' to
gether till this time I'm teliin' about
Whether twas Z thew didn't want To
iva often you'd zee EN- on the same
boat at Onct.
This here trip. though. they met up
I'd was a-cOmin' down the river m
Memphis. reck min on Eettin' off at
NiCkSburE TO go home. but beiu' as how
up there he said he 70 1ned he'd go
fignt along. IL were the old Creole
Belle he was on, an Capn Foss was
runnin Of her. Foss. he We're as straight
as a string. an he wouldn't stand for
no crooked business at poker. nor nOthfn'
else. on the Belle but he didn't never
object TO poker no more'n any o. the
other caD'ns did then 8 long s twas a
straight game. The gamblers all knowed
u, an twd'n't often : any on 'em tried
any tricks on the Belle but just natur-
ally they played whenever they ed catch
sucker.
There was two OF ,em on the Belle
that trip-Jim Hackett an Dave Denton
m M the rtver-an' they had a game
Eoln atore we come TO Memphis with
three northe~ners that was pretty good
stuIt- They PLAYED a tOIable good game
an held their own pretty well. but one
on en- gave out just after Ed come
Ed set I'm
We'll they PLAYED steady pretty much
an inc time from that on. Now an again
theY knock off for an hour or two lust
TO get a meal or stretch their legs on
deck. but there didn't none on EN- get
much sleep while a lasted I don't sec
how they stood Il. but for a fact that
game lasted over four davs an nights
tie breathin' spell now an then as I'm
tellin' YOU.
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There was one time I thought he was
goln' to be bluffed out, an there couldn't
nobody have said nOthin' against his play
If he'd laid down There was tOIabIe
good jackpot on the table an one O. tn,
nOrthernerS-l don't remember their
names-opened ii under the guns for SO
Denton trailed and Hackett laid down.
Haliowell come next. for the other north
erner was dealin', an he h'iSted il ten.
havin' three mines in his hand. Then the
dealer laid down.
Didn't Look Like a Bluff.
"The opeaer studied his hand a bit. but
finally showed in his money. an Denton
did the same. On the draw the opener
took three cards, Denton took one an
siren tn of his hand
% course ii were the openers first bet.
an he throwed in a white chip without
lOoldn' at his draw. Denton traiIed again
without lookin at his'n. Hallowell looked
an found he hadn't bettered. but his
three mines looked all right. and he made
another $40 bet.
Then the opener he looked and findin'
he hadn't betteFed throwed down his
cards, but O. course he didn't nut EN- i'm
the discard seem he'd have TO show his
openers after. That pun = lsp 20 Denton,
an he looked careful an then raised
Hallowell a hundred.
Now. that didn't look like a bluff
more special as Denton had been catched
bluffn' twice inside o. half an hour am
it didn't pear like he'd try it again SO
soon. o course there was ala sorts q
chances o what he might ha' did with
MS one-card draw an Hallowell didn't
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CANNON'S REMINDER.
buffalo NeWSO

Representative Foss of Chicago, cha irnlan Of the
naval affairs committee of the house is a som syyhat
ponderous individual and of critics are dis
posed to claim that he takes himself more ser-
ously than is absolutely necessary. They were dis
cussing him evening in the lobby Of one of the
Washington hotels and his colleague from Illinois,
Uncle joe Cannon, appealed for an opinion
Well said the next speaker of the house "Foss
is all right but somehow he always reminds me Of
the prayer offered by the negro prca he-. The inv,-
cation began this way: Oh thou mighty, a-sufH-
cient, self sufficient, inefficient God:''
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Chicago Inter-occan1


Il 1TNAlNT 10 good -ryiu' to form no
Judgment OF any man till you've
seen him put to test" said
Caleb Mix. the veteran bartender on the
Mississippi river packet City of Natchcz.
There's them that you think you know
all about. like enough. count o. KNOWN
what stock they come Of, an what YOU We
seen OF 'em. mebbe for years an first
YOU know them same men II stack up
aE'in some sure enough emergency an
show up altogether different I'm what
you ever thought they would. An they re
just as liable 90 show up better IN you
thought as they is TO show up worse.
What set me thinkin' o. that was see
in a little One-eyed man get aboard the
boat last night at NiCksbuTg that ]
hadn't saw afore for Cousid' rable over
forty year You wouldn't ha' thought I'd
ha' knowed him after so long "a time
an 1 don't reckon / would ony for what
] seen the time he lost his eye. an faint
likely I i nor any other man that seen
Il II ever forget u or forget him. He's
asleep now. an. 't9int likely. I'm what
his man that travels with him tells me-
that anybody II see anything Of him
tin we reach New Orleans. He's old an
feeble an never leaves his room 'thouten
when ] knowed him first 'peared ike
ne didn't have much use for "a room, for
ne We're one o. the biggest devils that
Travelled tho river. an twa mt uothiu
strange for him to be 40 an around
night an day for a week an there
want never nothn' doiu where ne was
'thouten ne had a hand in it, whether
twas "A fight or q poker game. or plain
case O putin bug juice out O. the
way.
Judge Hallowell's Two Sons.
They said mis- old man. Judge Halo
well, had been just such another in his
day. but that were afore my time, an
] don't know nOthin ony what I've
heer'd about him. When / first kncwed
this one. John HallOwell the judge had
settled down an didn't never leave home
'thOuten twas sOmepin out o. common
took him. same as John Is now.
He lived on his plantation In Missis-
Eipp right on the river. an owned morn
three thousand acres O. land an toIer-
able close 10 two thousand niggers. so
ne was counted rich. even for them days.
lie had three sons. John bein' the oldest.
an what he didn't do. havin' settled
down, as ] said, them three q be reck-
oned on TO do every time. They had
more money than they cd spend at home,
an they was always goin' to New Or
leans or sOmewheres to find some way
o gettin rid OF IL. but they didn't never
travel together as general thing.
Feared they din't get on well / never
knowned much o. Tom the youngest. but
I'd, that was next TO John. was "a good
zeal IKE him. on s.. as ! said, they wal
together often.
Both ON EN- played poker whenever
they had chanst o. settin' I'm big
Gsmc, which were frequent them days !
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NOT THAT SORT OF A TRAIN


George Francis Train was congratulated upon The
lished book.
Yes" said he. but lots of people want free
copies"
Indeed ?"
Yes; there must be impression abroad that
am accommodation Train
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Good Play or Good Luck.

'Foss watched the game pretty close
for a time. but / reckon ne must ha'
been satisfied Z they was all pretty
wei able to take care o. themselves. for
he didn't say nothin' an twan't his
way 10 keep still II he suspicioned any
thing.
I'D seen I'D HallOwell Dlav afore that.
but I'd never set him down for nothin' re-
markahle IN the way Of a PLAYER He'd
al avs peared Ike q man tibet lest PLAYED
2 ordinary game an wouldn't be likely 10
last long agatnst the river game On'y for
MS al avs havin' plenty o money an bein'
able 70 get more on any o. the boats II
ne wanted it. Everybody knowed the
Hallowflls an knOwed they was good for
auythint theyd siEn for. Just naturally
q man Ike that a last into a poker game
when another man wouldn't. 'thouten he
had monstrOus big wad I'm his clothes
But this trip Ed HalloR-:i s'prised me
2 mean. Peared like he must ha' been
learrin much about poker I'm some
where since ia seen him play afore or
else he were havin' big strcak o. luck
Jwau't altogether luck though. for
seen BIN neke two or thrca powerful
good plays while I was lookin' on tibet
Melted him handsome.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-26
DAN DAILY IN 4 NEW FARCE.
John Henry" Shown at the Herald square
Theatre.

Appearing last night before very
friendly audience at the Herald Square
Theatre. Dan DAILY presented for the first
time in this city what was described on the
play bill as THE New American Farce, :"
entitled John Henry Further infor-
nation cleaned from the bill is that George
', Hobart and Edward E. Rose wrote this
farce, and that it was founded on Mr.. Ho-
bart's comic sketches published under this
title
John Henry himself is gifted with vocab-
uary which contains all the slang phrases
mat the authors could discover. On these
and the DAILY drawl. with two or three incl
cents Of horseplay, the production depends
Tor its fun Such as it was, this seemed to
please last nights audience.
The farce has q scheme-it would be a
rank injustice to call 1t plot-in which
me love affairs Of John Henry and Clara
i, "Pedches,' and Bunch Jefferson and
Ahre Gray are involved Florence Rock
well, as Peaches, was the best of the women
IN the cast George Backus was Bunch.
and Julie Herne, Alice. Busy Uncle Peter"
vas played by j. c. Marlowe. and Uncle
hinnm Gray by X. c. Herr.
There is fight, burglary. hotel scene.
ana shd railway station, in all OF which John
ihenfp's slang provided an excuse for some
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4 IIDDISH "SHYLOCK."
The BOwcry Actor Jacob p. Adler Plays
at an Uptown Theatre.

The Bowery's most distinguished actor,
Jacob p. Adler made his debut at an up
town theatre last night. 1t was at the
American on Eighth avenue, and cosmo-
politan audience greeted the Hebrew actor.
His own race predominated, of course,
Int there were many who iourneyed to the
Eighth avenue playhouse because they had
heard of Adler's ability. None went away
disappointed.
The role Of Shylock was selected for this
venture. Adlers Shyiock IL one OF his
strongest characters and it was fitting that
he should Use it for his uptown dsbuts
Adler spoke his lines in the Yddish tongue.
mixture Of German and Hebrew His
company all spoke English. The Hebrew
actors gestures we're expressive, and any,
one with a slight knowledge of German
or Hebrew could follow him intelligently.
His reception when he made his first
appearance last night was noisy one
HIS countryman made most of the noise
hut before he had been long on the stage
The Americans in the house were ready
and willing to applaud Just as vociferously
The supporting company read their lines
intellgently. James j. Ryan was par
'cularly good as Bdssdnio. His scene with
Por'ia Meta Maynard in selecting the
Jewel box was well done.