The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

wondered Z little AZ the sharp Chances
the nhifty eyed chap from the Colo
RADIO gravel beds darted at the bundle
OF money.
Hold the Best Hand.
when the train had crept along TO
within ten miles OF Trinidad IL came
TO q short. grinding stop. but. a. these
stops had been frequent during the
night. for no particular reason. we paid
no attention 20 II. and went ahead with
the game Three OF us had our cards
new man 20 make his play. He threw
his hand face downward on the table.
put his hands In his lap. and leaned
back with sort OF sigh.
Seems 10 me I ain't havin' no sort
o. luck at this we're game. he said In
an asgri:ved sort Of drswi that was al .
hand wuth anythin' for more than q
dosen rounds. but they Amt no use In
kickin', 10 they. fellersf Anyhow. I'm
not all up yit when II comes TO that.
Come & think OF II, got q hand right
here now that I reckon ought 4 be rood
In any company. What do you feliers
we didn't do any thinking at all.
but our six hands went right Into the
air just a. II they were all being pulled
by the same martonette string. The
new mans hand--rather. his pair OF
hands-wouid. a. he had observed.
taken the pot In any company. His
edge on the situation consisted OF q
pair OF steel blue barreled forty-nve
that he had suddenly jerked out with
his last question. He held one OF them
steadily leveled on a spot right between
my eyes. and the other he slowly
famed from side to side so an TO cover
my two companions with one gun. As
! say. we weren't In any frame OF mind
to answer questions or to do anything
In the way OF analysing the situation.
We did just what it was up TO us TO
do. and that was TO point 20 the zenith
with the ten fingers each or us had
been born with.
kind o. onnery way Of doin' a Job.
fellers. I admit said our friend with
the pair OF forty-ives. but you all look
sporty enough not to be particular how
the things pulled OF. 80 longs you've
jcs' nachully got 4 dig up all o. y'r
coin an gilt junk. anyhow. That about
right. feiiers?'
None OF US felt laxative enough to
make any reply. Moreover. We were
interested I'm a newcomer who suddenly
appeared in the doorway OF our COM
partment. He was a short. chunky
chap. with a pair OF guns In his belt.
and an exceedingly businesslike air.
Rounded Up.
Got EN- rounded up all o. X. see.'
he said 20 tie lank man who had US
covered. Looks like n purity good set
o. perducers, too. 4 mc-'specially that
broken nosed boy yonder with tn gig
lamps all over him. nodding In my d.
rection. The JOY inwardly felt over
the way my phony gems were taking
him In was neutraiized by the hostil-
ity that surged over me because OF his
reference TO n thing that was at that
time n sore point with me--this
smashed proboscis that q boy gave me
with skinny stick when was kid.
"'Stand up. ombreys. one ut time
went on the new arrival. with the bus
inesslike tone OF n merchant giving
instructions to his clerks. His Gig
Lamplcts first, as bein' prob'ly the on'y
one o. tn three that's got all o. his
jools out o. hook nodding at me again.
You needn't bother Z drop none o
"He needn't have said that. for I.
for one. wasn't bothering about any
such q thing. I was just picturing 10
myself what a jay he would look just
about four seconds after trying II on
IL he should happen to pass one OF my
counter. and I had TO fight 20 keep from
laughing aloud over the thought
stood up. neatly covered all the time
by the lank. shifty-eyed chap with
whom had been gayly playing cards
only n few moments before. Then the
chunky chap went through me. He
made a corking good Job OF Il. too.
ties.
"'Y' see. ombrey.' he said. In ex-
PLANTATION OF this. a boy that's got 10
much shiny stun shown outside his
clothes IN lrble hull lot & have more
OF Il tucked away out o. sight, special
an. m Il Amt much trouble & me. no.
how. an Amt overlookin' no bets jes'
now, not none. I'll give yo' all what's
known as n fine tooth rakin'.'
II had to cough a lot to hold In my
chuckles while he unscrewed my studs.
and when he hauled on the phony rings
I wanted very much TO be alone 40 i
could roll around and howl with very
giee over my own cleverness. Besides
the jewelry he got only SIS I'm money
from me. He dumped the stun into n
white canvas bag as he relieved me
Of Il. go,
fixed I'm that I-call-to- heaven 10 wit
ness position. and made room for my
two friends after I'd been turned In
side out. Neither OF them looked M II
he enjoyed the thing at all. There was
81. 400 In the roll OF bills that had been
produced by the one who had given
me bill for my ten silver dollars.
well. when the two bandits backed
| out OF the compartment, and n series
| OF shots outside n little later on indi-
Gated that they were signaling TO the
| engineer that he could pull the lever
and let 'er 20. I Rugged myself an /
had never performed that joyful stunt
before.
Too Good TO Keep.
when I got TO Denver and put up
| at a regular hotel was tickled almost
| foolish when n newspaper reporter who
| had heard that was In the big hold
| up came up 10 my room TO Interview
me about t.. I told him the whole
story, dwelling with particular en-
| phnsis upon how crafty I had been
| in substituting paste for my good blue
and white diamonds before taking that
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