The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-07

viii be empty n1ockeries and theiT
ponies hobbled out in the truck garden
of the poundmaster. All We will nave
to do is coucheecouchee in upon them,
lasso the bank roll and vanish through
the door marked Exit in bowling dis
order. With ordinary luck we VIII
have blended with the horizon before
they get through the first stanza or
their preliminary cussing. What 90
you say to it, Cupid %
So there it was again, those two
common thieves insulting me, erstwhile
proprietor of the Poodle Dog and eX-
son of a minister. with their indecent
proposals.
Sure thing" said I. L was just
about to suggest it
The sun went out of sight down a
gap in the mountains like a red chip
dropped from a slot in the table and
we climbed into our saddles and took
TO the trail. Slowly we wendell our way
back along the top edge of the per
pendicular scenery and as the midnight
curfew rang in our ears We passed the
thirteenth and last saloon of the city
and stopped on the site OF the proposed
meeting house. In front of US the
Wheel of Fortune blazed resplendent in
the glare of a two-candle power street
light, and liquid profanity came rip
ping sweetly TO our ears from the d.
rection of the faro table. ReVerentiaily
Alfalfa and [ stood before it while Red
added up the congregation within. each
eye at bullet hole. Then we stepped
deferentially inside and unmasked our
batteries.
Ethnology is grand science and
may be dabbled in with profit. but the
true place to study race characteristics
is from the butt end of a forty-four
Amster Dam was misleading at the
faro layout and at Reds first zap 10
rose his hands like a pair Of soda bis
cults as he stared at US. loose jaWed
and foolish Impossible Kelly was in
the lookout Iean-to and no sooner had
We got within the door than he politely
rendered US the key to the city as his
hand gently wandered towards the re-
gfons of his hip pocket. BY prior ar
engagements Impossible had been dele
gated to Alfalfa. and Aft wished him
the compliments Of the season as he
shot off both his trigger fingers. Lee
sat at the foot of the table with
bushel of silver heaped before him, and
he managed to swallow ten dollars in
small change before I got him focused
to "a dead center. Then a great quiet
fell upon the assemblage as / addressed
them respectfully.
Hands up. you Siwash-fea tured,
frog-eyed sons of tapeWorns. Back
hard into that corner in a solid bunch
and whoa until further orders. And
the first horned toad Of you that makes
a false pass with even so much as his
eyelashes will be inferred tomorrow
with rag-time music and BETTING or
gies. Now, soo-keecheechee, You short
horns.
Back into obscurity they went in a
bundle, gritting their teeth as their
chilblains were trampled through their
and clinched by the
sole leather. Lees hands were grab
bling at the ceiling and he began to
snap his fingers, but only looked at /;
him coldly.
No said I, you've got a lesson t0I
cess" Alfalfa backed Impossible in
front of the roulette table and took
his own place behind it.
This here is no common robbery, !
and I want you so to understand it. |
All you have got to do is to beat that |
trained spindle of yours and you may |
keep your bank roll in welcome But |
I'm going to make you buck your own |
game just to see how You like it; so
how much are you down for?''
Five dollars said Impossible, turn
ing white about the gills. But Alfalfa
laughed scornfully.
I'm frenzied finance Spectator and
seldom think in less than nine figures.
But on this occasion I'll let you down
easy and We'll play for lunch money.
So call it thousand So now, what is
your number"
Impossible looked up with the whites
Of his eyes cleaning like new silver
dollars. Double o." said he, and
Alfalfa smiled as he started the ball
rolling.
Say, it was funny to see Kelly froth-
ing at the mouth and going broke
thousand at clip against his own
brace game. You could have husked
his voice like an ear of corn, and his