The Washington times., 1906-09-23

anyway. even II ne don't know where
any other card ls Now, n 20 happens,
fr example. as there's two or three pat
hands cu- against him. an he Hnds he
got three kings in his hand afore the
draw it most geaIy pays hiH- for 10
stay. p'yldlu he en- snake that other
king or % the bottom. iH ease he seen IL
was there O course. there ain no
such play as that IN this house. Least
WAYS i never seen anybody catch-d az
IL. buJ you Vc got 20 be on the lookout
.Ye d, 10 yau p.ay ON the boats, an when
you DO run up as Ia IL more'n likely IL
tuIn out like It did just now.
4hsy were aA loJE-H solemn enough
DO IFppigJua ndd sIs-
plcioned a grin anywher there1d ha
oseu ii explosion. lie didn't sag no7ain
nor n5bIuy else didn g. an Jake took
ths deck.
FIR the next few deals There W nj
much Go.u' an ToppIeJ1n .peared = be
hav.H- some little luck. wiuuiu' a couple
o. fair sized pots. an sort % mellerIn up
an Iusy thought he was nigh ready
tnsther lesson. Then they begin 10 swat
him some severe. till they drove nm
10 the boneyard TWO or three times an
thev seen as iva nj likely be last
much longer
Then Joe Blssett he called 20 me fr
a fresh d5ck. an while / was gittin. ot
IL he assembled N old one, an says 20
ToppIetan. sort o. casual. There S one
thinz as you d do Wen 90 take p.uc- Tar
notice 10. il YOU was thinHn' o playin
On tie boats much That's 20 look
sharp al the backs o cards Now.
/, i:.s~ o. T,..- O., gIt -- -..'
Ieetle. here an there. by accident In
uein' of them. just as these is, but there
is them q plays cards ar IS just p.Ztn
enough scratch EN- a purpose, So
they en- tell en- Sometimes you u fac
a !aeue dent up near the r9rD"r Ike
this Z n mean as the cards a ace An
ne turned this p tie lar card over. and D.
rrelv was a ace Gosh, he says, Out
tbal's queer. Accidents do happen
queer, don't theyT
Il was telIiu' you this here ToppIeton
was redheaded, an # stands 20 reason
r no redheaded man q stand fr a thing
Ike that after what he'd been through
In the last half hour, 50 va n
s-prised when he bust loose.
60 Looks 10 me Ike I was IN a den O.
thieves. he says, usin' consid able
p'ranity at the same time. An Jake
saws. Hits one Of the worst things YOU
en- do. Mr. Toppleton, for 20 lose your
temper when you're playin' poker,
Now
But what he mOUght ha' been gOin'
g. saw additional want never said
TuppIeton went on an used language
till you cd hea- It splashin' en the
floor.
First of, they was considable anus
ed. but Joe Bassett Is some redheaded
his own self sometimes. an ne took Of
Tense when Toppleuon called him OUT Of
his name. An Joe says. There don't
no man talk like that round here
'thouten he's p'pared 70 back up what
he says, and he makes a rush for Top
pitton.
20 course, that were the time rr
Toppleton TO git his gun out sudden,
but ne want ready. so / scent I'd bet
ter speak up. n I says; No Whence in
the house, now. / aIn't goin' 20 have
the house mussed up So the hull four
on 'em grabbed him. one at each corner,
an had him outside fore you cd say
scat
..BImeby they came back, an I says:
Where's Toppleton? So Jake says. I
reckon he's started Tor Vicksburg. like
his boss wrote for him to do. He said
somepIn' about not bein ready when he
went overheard, but we told him he
were as nigh ready as he was liable
to be. so he didn't say no more
Goes 70 show. as I was sayin', I
when a man is born thataway you can't
never look FOR him TO be ppared fr
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