The sun., 1903-12-06

! was evident that either he played better
than the rest OF US or else that his luck was
we played the game about right We set it
down to luck
Martin was the next to get hit, He lost
pot to Camp and one to ME and then ran
up against Chambers with flush. Cham
bers drew one card and tapped him, and, OF
course. Martin had to call, but Chambers
had full
Then Martin bought, not onoe, but twice
more, and Chambers was the only winner,
He must have been fve or ak hundred
dollars ahead, when suddenly Travis made
an interruption.
"We had made jackpot, and 1t had gone.
for three or four deals without opening tili
the deck passed to Chambers. On his deal
opened i on pair Of kings, Martin
stayed and Camp stayed and the dealer
stayed. The others passed.
white, ohip without looking. and Martin
raised it S25. Camp dropped, and Cham
bers made 1t $50. / looked at my draw
and found l had kings up. but ! decided
they were not good enough to call ado double Die
three queens, and Chambers showed down
three aces.
Then Travis spoke. You'd better stop
| where l did, George, unless you want to
get into hole, too. he drawled out as II
| No WcIo JoCIlHk ndEti1 tOT lOblIB ~ hACit
as he had himself But Martin was good
| natured I reckon III have another try,
Bill he said, as he went into his pocket
| for money
Better not, tell you persisted Travis.
You amt got a livin' show against this
man Chambers.
oh. the luck may turn said Martin,
still good naturedly.
| "Tain't likely to turn on his deal, any
how, said Travis, still drawing his words
as if he had no notion Of the seriousness
| OF what he was saying.
Everybody else recognized the situa-
tion in an instant and there was start,
sudden and sharp. We all looked at Cham
bers and he went very white on the in
stant; He spoke coolly, enough, though.
Perhaps you will be good enough to
explain what you mean by that remark.
Certainly said Travis. 7 mean that
saw you deal yourself that third ace on
the bottom Of the deck And as he spoke
l noticed that his hands were no longer
up bit
1T was we'll that he had. for in another
instant Chambers's gun would have been
out. His hand was on the butt Of 1t when
Travis seized him. There was one leap,
around Chambers so tightly that the latter
| could not move. He struggled for a mo-
| ment or 30, but finding he could not free
| himself he sat still.
That's better said Travis, Now
keep still minute till get that gun you
were reaching for, and Wen consider what
| we are going to do with you
He reached down as he spoke and took
| Chambers & revolver Holding it in his
hand ready for use, he said to the rest Of
Now the question is what we are going
to do. ] make the charge that I caught
| this man cheating. You all know me and
know whether lie. OF course, he denies
it Keep STILL you dog
This last was to Chambers. who started
| to speak, but who kept silence when Travis
leveled his revolver at his head
Travis, Well give him the beneft Of the
denial, anyhow. Now, it strikes me the
hrst thing to do is TO decide whether he's
| guilty or not. In other words, whether he
! lies or lie, Which is it, gentlemen'
ave were all silent for few moments. 1t
! was ali ugly question to answer. But
finally, Martin spoke up I don't know
, Mr.. Chambers. he said but do know
you. Bill, And I must say l never knew
mo said Studley. and no man that
! knows you would believe for an instant
| that you would lie And Benton and l
! said about the same thing
all looked at him inauiringly. At length
,, he said. 4 arm In q very embarrassing posi-
ton, gentlemen. l introduced this man
here and yet know almost nothing about
him. He was introduced to me In busi-
ness way and l took it for granted he was
all right. but
Here Chambers broke in. I'm going
to speak, he said dehantly to Travis, who
had him covered with the gun all the time.
shoot if yon like, but don't believe you'll
| kill q man in cold blood without hearing
what he has to say. You say I'm a cheat.
and you're among friends who believe
anything you say. say you're liar and
I'm among strangers who don't know me.
Now, I'll 60 outside and settle this thing
with you man to man, any way you like.
can't fight six men at once, but I'll fight
you and let you choose the weapons
We'll said Travis. L don't know but
! that Just about suits me, only thereli be
no weapons. You come outdoors and I'll
give YOU the all -hredest lickin' you ever
! had in your life
And he did It, There wasn't any ques-
ton that Chambers was licked. II we
| hadn't interfered | think he'd have been
| killed, And we found out afterward that
he was travelling professional gambler"