The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-23
LAST OF THE FEMALE GAMBLERS

| wasn't no show o. the players betn
anxious for another one in.
But this here Jackson, he want no
ways baGhful, an 1 reckon it must ha'
4 made his mouth water to see all that
money in circulation without him
havin' no show TO corral any of it.
/ Anyhow, he hadn't looked on for more'n
half an hour before he made a break
to get in. He did it polite enough. too,
/ for he waited till the cards was bein'
/ shuffied an he says:
! Would there be any objection to
me. takin' a hand in the game?'
well, they all looked up, o. course,
an there was a minutes pause, like
! afOre anybody spoke. 1 cd see, for
/ were loOkin' on, too, just then, that
/ Kate hadn't seed him afOre, an he
/ didn't look at her when he spoke, but
| them devilish eyes o. heru give
! spiteful snap that you cd almost hear,
/ an Dieter seen she didn't want him
/ in, so he spoke up quiet enough, but
/ prettN sarcastic. an he says:
/ ." L 'NeckOn there don't none on US
/ care to make this seven-handed. 1
/ object, for one An then the others
didn't say nOthin'.
I jackson was bilin They said
| there'd been bad blood atween them
| two year afOre. but there hadn't been
/ TO open quarrel since I'd knOwed en-,
an I reckon Dieter wouldn't ha' made
no kick if il hadn't been for Kate. for
'twa'n't just the thing to object to any
body that wanted to play in that sort
! of a game. Anyway, Jackson took il
/ for a insult as was natural enough, an
] he says, very nasty:
II didn't know you was so particu-
lar who you played with, Dieter
! Dieter was ready for him, an he
| leaned back an says. with drawi
~ L. E4n
to draw the line sOmewheres. 1 draw
it on you
An jackson sort O. choked, an he
says, You'll answer to me for that
An Dieter smiles an he says: Ger
tainly Any time and place you like
] On'y you can't expect me to quit Il
game o poker to fight you. You'll have
to wait till the game breaks up
well, Jackson he chOked again, an
he were just goin' to speak again, but
| he 'peared TO have a second thought.
so he just bowed. You'd ha' thought
| most any man. after gettin' that kind
| Of a thing slung at him. would ha'
| gone away. but he didn't. He just stood
/ an KEEP watchin' the game like nOthin'
| had happened
Come Dieter's deal just a little while
after that, an whether twas t he were
| a bit nervous or what I can't say. but
I seen Just a little tumble O. the cards
that showed me he were stackin' EN-.
I'd been watchin' Jackson, too, pretty
close, thinkin' there'd be more comm
pretty soon, an I seen that he seen 1t.
too. but he didn't say nOthin'. He
on'y edged round a little till he was
most near enough to see Dieter's hand.
s'pOsing, o course, Dieter was fool
enough to hold his cards so they cd
be seen.
There was two O. the northerners on
Dieter's peft. an two on his right, an
Kate seAOppOsite to him. When I seen
the first one pass, an the second open,
an Kate stay. an the other two pass,
an Dieter raised. / says to myself that
he'd likely give the nOrtheTner a good
hand an Kate a better one, an was
just stayin' hisself to help her in the
bettin'. 'Twa'n't no ways likely t he'd
| give hiSself the winnn' hand.
. We'll the northerner raised back,
N like I'd looked to see him do, maxim
il a hundred in all to draw cards an
Kate ptended to study a little but she
stayed, an 50 did Dieter.
"On the draw the northerner stood
pat un' Kate took two cards. an then
Dieter offended to study, like he were
tryin' to make out he was bluffin, and
he SAYS:
60 L reckon I'll play these.
We'll the nQrtherner had king full
but just naturally Kate got her fourth
ten. The northerner bet a hundred
Kate made it two, an Dieter made il
three, an then Ii were all as plain a.
me as the nose on your face. The
northerner he 'peared to suspicion he
was up against it, an he were studyin
a bit when Jackson spoke up:
It's easy seen why you didn't want
me in the game he says You knew
well L wouldn't stand for no such see
saw as that on your deal. I'll bet you
$500 you haven't got threes in your
hand
We'll. just naturally there was con-
fusion right away. Dieter were quick
enough for a fight. Everybody knoweo
that. But just for a instant he seemed
TO hesitate, like he didn't want to break
into the play, but Kate blaZed up in q
wild fury. 1 cd see, when 1 looked al
her. how twas they told she used Il
fight like a wild cat when she was in
the army.
Why don't you kill him.? she says
! TO Dieter, o course; an she almost
screams it, she's that crazy mad. An
Dieter, BEN on the edge of a fight any
way. an hearin' that I'm the woman
he was in love with. didn't wait nc
further. but drawed his gun.
90 course, Jackson was lookin' foi
that. an ne drawed too. but somehow
! he fumbled. or his arm got catcheC
somehow. he bein' in sort of a crowd
an Dieter fired first.
THE ball struck Jackson within
about an inch Of his heart, an, bein' Z
heavy one, went plumb through his
lungs, but he didn't fall just for a mo-
ment. He were just about TO pull hi:
own trigger, but he seemed to think
again, an stead o. shOotin' at Dieter
as he was goin' to. he turned on Kate
He's killed me, all right he says
but you'n go with me- An he shoot:
her through the head. They was botl
dead i'm a couple O. minutes.
Since then 1 hain't never seen ns
women gamblers on the river. New
York sun.