The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
sHe hind n laughed an he saws:

He kind O. laughed an he says:
Sure it does. But II I SEQ I'm goin'
to get beat he says, gently make some
kind Of q move that gets the other Teller
thinkin' about somethin' e4se,' he says
I may call him a Liar. or say it looks to
me like he was cheatin'. I amt no hand
to fight, but I'd heap rather fight than
lose.
There was q case like that the other
night. I was playin' a freeze-out with
Teller named Goggins for s., that
bein' ali he had, an it run along till
he had on'y about dollar left, an Their
was jackpot.
II opened 1t on a pair O queens, an
he came in an raised me a quarter, 30
I seen It he had somepin' t were likely
betterin' queens, an L
4'"Hold on there Waterman says,
whose deal was it's An, he says it was
his n, 80 tells him that's what call tol'able
poor play. He sort O. hung his head like
an he says:
well, Greenhut know there is fine
points o. the game that amt up to. I'm
ony a self-eduoated player, like, an
amt had no advantages. Pears like
can't study out all there is about dealin'
like could If 1 was to be showed how,
an just has to take the cards as they
come.
well, this Goggins he looked tol'able
confident 30 didn't try no raise afore the
draw, on'y Just come in, an he called for
two cards, so thought I'd throw 1t into him
tol'able ha ID, an stood pat an bet dol
lar. O. course that was more'n he had,
but he OILED me, an throwed down his
hand. face up. 1t were ten full.
80 course l seen somethin' had to be
did right quick 30 l reached over an picked
I'D his hand, afore showin' mine, an tells
him he's tryin' to cheat, f'r two O. the ten
spots is marked. Sure enough, they was
scratched on the corner when I showed
him the backs, but I wouldn't swear t they
was marked afore picked EN- up.
4'Just naturally he started a rough house
an had to lick Goggins, but got the pot.
There want no use talkin' no more
with q man like that. / seen right away
t he was the kind o. man to do hissef credit
an al'ays make 1t rule, when find
young man O. talent, il he has good prin-
ciples, TO give him helpih' hand
1T pays, cause II you start 'em right
they're alay ready enough to go halves
till you get your money back with profit
So took Waterman up an told him II he'd
study conscientious I'd put him in the
way O. learnin' the reel innards O. the game
an stake him moderate f'r percentage.
sHe 'peared to think t he'd ought to get
half, but explained to him t Twas standin'
all the expense an he was gettin' all the ad-
vantages, an he finally compromised on a
quarter Only he stipulated as how he
shouldn't pay back no more'n five times as
much as I put in.
aThat didn't look like mighty big return
for my money, but I'd took a sort O. notion
to him an /, come to his terms Then ]
learned what 1 cd teach him turned him
over to Harry Beeson, Z was under some
obligations to me, an Harry teached him
all a man need to know 49,
AN, sayl Bill Waterman skinned the
river f'r the next four years. There want
, a gambler on one O. the boats that didn't
run up agin him, an somehow it were bad
for the gamblers every time
AN that's the way Bill Waterman come
to be a substantial citizen Of Arkansas City.
He want nothin' when he come, but he
were faithful an conscientious In his bust
ness. an he's rich an respected now