The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-17


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You Aet' says Newbold. an while he
was Feaohln' ~ his gun no started In ualn'
ouss words tol'sble profuse' There want
many on EN- out, though, an'the gunwa'nt
Il NmngAfm half mnW Anl WhAn hA fall hHAh
with Q holo IN MS head. IL were MS iast
game.
well, Abner Crockett was tho coolest
man thsro. Dtdnt pear To huster him mona
to XIII his man, an o. COURSE he lknowed
wen enough there wouldnt IL nothin' done
about II. There want nothin' else Tor
him TO do but shoot after tbs lie was passedi
n We ell seen " b was pullin' his
gun. 90 twa self-defenoe. An that'S'all
there was to that.
FIN that time on I'LL, nigh the breakin'
out O. the wah there we're plenty heerd
O. Crockett up an down the river. reckon
there hain't never been many mel o his
age az was better known. knowed
o. him hghtin' more'n two or three times
more, fr he wasn't noneSquarrelsome. an
everybody knowed how quick he was to
fight, 30 he want picked on; but torable
nigh everything else besides shooting no
sure did, an the most powerfui'weakness
he had was gambin'.
Every time be came aboard'the boats. as
I was sayin'. he'd set into a poker game,
an as TINT went on he played higher an
highey. Bein' rs he played considerable
with p~feasiopais, o course ne lost nigh
continual, bnt havin' the reputation ofbein'
one o. the richest planters Tn Mhssissippi'
there want nothin' tnougnsto' NAV. IL
hed ha' took the notion 70 pct The tfaisefs-
sippi River agin the Rocky 'Mountstns ther
was them . would ID, ooked to seehnim pay
'thouten distressin' hisselft none
Bimeby tho news come y he'a SOLD ms
plantation, an then tbe stories o'tneaor-
tunes he'd been throwin' away come tnicker
60 thicker. Feared nkeithe poker'on the
boats van any uane. 9. WHAT
he'd Deem losan' NJ" orieane' put coWe'o
the Last even MS LOSSES On one ooassT was
serious TO HIM
seen the aee game no piayeoreame asa
seen bis 1rse game On tho river. '!Want
tne frse he'd played o COURSE ouVtne nrss
90, The boats.
rms LAST ume 10 come apoaIoyet view
orleans 70 go nonoe. he eoaan,eFna oeen
mofen twenty-nve Du. ms palrwas sueakea
wan gray eIeany: ne WIS artssea as ere
gan. a. nea slays nees' an ne %0iS ue
sahne Dea a aNI- nanns". 81" au - 80 S ~
woie. nus popy serVAht 1nao hao oeen Ms
tosoot oso.i'r 70 s ~ a.
Se,oissu W nn -" ue a.
Ion eu aoa 800 n.n
ms Vanse 30 nooooy ' u,uht Apo" "ouiu
nave ssohoneo on h,@ oslr reei'.a pSSI
man. fm ms iooRs . ma oe'n 'o0h
az wen on as ever.
wen, neee. moo game
as usual ~ l nouoeo wnen no ponse.:nie
ohips ne aidIt snow no,eucn large w. -
NEG geniy Done inele. wee. 0He' r1'o
ng paus ielt' eus no $!oe ~
'hafry facker am nus p1 ppar'ey bre;
was INTO tne game, an mere was '%o panor
ers rm M,ssssippf mao seass, u GEM ue
usaal nse hanaea game. tney p. ayr. , IN
hour there wa'n't much dom.