The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-05

bein' a. no couldn't look two ways b ~ '
he couldn't sec what the dealer did, M
no was tellln' about II. he said he reekos.
WANT no inconsid'a able Fart o the hard In
7 he want cross-eyed. bein' as he cd
o tohed 'em both II he had been
Anyway. the big nan seen the a
!, they took their last cards. GnllsohSI
vas q four spot. an the big mans w1,
jack. o. course, that finished the A.
QUESTION, b.ingin' Gallagher down to sor.
pin like 80.
THAT were the b%eginnin', an the n.
deal we're the end, T'other man d..s
this. time, an Gallagher were lust -
enough to watch him close, more sn.si
when he seen he were gettin' another nv
hand. He said somepin', too, afors M
deal. about a rough house h~app'nin' wA.sf
ever he seen anythin' out o. the wsv /, /
card game. 1t were a bad break, O. coo,.s
but him bein' Irish, he made it. sho.S
how q nan helps his own bad luck .o..
times. Havin' a energetic Irish baht I
speech, he said 1t forcible, an o. car,sl
made things worse.
He caught a pair O. tens back TO had.
an the big man had a queen sho win. Th.y
made 1t his bet, neither o. the at hers hsv,,3
nothin'. He bet a quarter, an the othsl
two dropped, 40 Gallagher reckoned n
wouldn't be in no hurry, an he seen M
quarter.
Next round he catched another ter. .,6
the big man got a ace. o. course th.rl
want no question then o. WHOSE h,n1
win, an Gallagher bet two dollars. W.
the big man made II five he seen that vbi,.
light for fair, but not havin' no real talsrl
for poker. he waited for the next card 49,
goin' back at him with his pile. Said M
thought 'tother Teller might not see MI
II he raised back, N he wanted to do,bL
his money. Goes to show, again, how i
man'll make his wi hard luck.
"Then Gallagher got a king an 'tobs
Teller a seven spot, so just naturally cal
lagher put up the rest of his money. MI
big man covered It an dealt the la st round
This time Gallagher got a four an 'tob1.
man a ace. Hit were easy to see. then. !
the big man had re ised afore on a, rair 7
aces. an Gallagher's three tons VAN
nowhere, but it were too late, an all, u
cd do was to make a rough house, lOI
he'd intimated. O. course. there VAN
no money in that, nor there wa 'n'tno stl
faction into it. neither. This here big M
were ugly, like l wal sayin', an the oths
was his pals, 70 Gallagher were did up Al
| throwed out by the wayside.
"A'ter he'd been picked up by the poid
an been in the calaboose fr a week, he I'd
| on another boat, thinkin' it were goin' d
the river, an reck'nin' on workin'' his ws
toward home. He got on the wrong bod
though, an fust he mowed he were,comI
on down. Bein' some ugly, count OF N
own mistake, him an the mate didn't "a
| on we'll, an the mate bein' a big man Gal
lagher didn't come out first best. 'Paj|
like It's part Of his luck to run up All
big men.
Anyway, when he fell overheard at d
levee here, the mate wouldn't let the oth@
| workers knock of long enough to zee wha3|
they cd do towards fishin' hun out, a
IL he hadn't been some Of q fish himsd
he'd never have KEEP afloat long enou6
to swim ashore, two miles below here.
Since then I hadn't heard much aboj
him, on'y t he's got a job on the levee q
II he don't drink up all's he gets he's liat
to have a stake fore long. Judgin' fl
his experience in Memphis. pears like I'D
be lookin' f'r a game Dor o. coun
faint no big thing, but white chips he
when there ain t no blues on the table"
Looks to me like 1t amt likely I BID
goin' to set into no game around hen
right away said Sam Peareall, that
IL. he's the same strang ger t went to vol
81 u--I.i-- I-- --. Bn--- ILL., -,
said somepin' about him havin' hard lud
runnin' up ag'in big men. Mebbe
Sheriff cd tell about him."
Well, I don't know" said Joe Basss
.Mebbe twas the same man, | did
hear his name, but there was a undern
Irishman startin' a rough house abo
somepin' on the levee, al whep l stepp
up, him not recognizin' the majesty 4
the law, surf did run up ag'in me, scn
in the calaboose, but they found rcd
for him to the hospital, reckon bel
be there f'r a week or two yet
Il reckon you're wrong" said Jake WI
terbottom. you was all speakin' O. hi
bein' IEsh, but you don't pear to kndX
how hard tits to knock a Irishman %
He was workin' on the levee next day
There were some EXPLANATIONS Of dod
and surprise at this statement, but on
instant the door opened and Gallagh
walked in.
He went up to the bar with the assur
tread OF one who wa familiar with
etiquette Of the situation. and facing aroun
invited the house to drink with him. WIZ
the house had done so Gala CHER put
ten dollar bill on the bar, after paying
the drinks, and said;
-Ofll not desave yea, Thot's all
have. an CHM sick O. w%orrukin' my "
on tn boats. They do be tellin' me yez ps
poker here, an II CT does. Oil sit in for
win enough to 60 home in stoylc or
broke
Some in the party were inclined to sn
at the size of the proffered stake, but oldm
Greenhut spoke up promptly: There az
nobody can't say as Arkansas City1l DEF
any man a chanst o. playin' fr enou
money to git out O. town; that is, I he 4
the money to play with. Our Southern ID
pitality fo'ces us to it, an it's cheaper n
to subscribe the money fr his fare.
boys'l give y a show fr your ten spot.
They would and they did. but when,
the very first deal, Gallagher went roke
an ace full against Joe Bassett's four trey
there seemed for a moment to be a prospe
OF another rough house, for whatever "
lagher's virtues may have been. patieD6