The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16

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found twas bad business 10 know what's
goin' on round where you BE-.
sLd found out rr one thing M : the p S.TIs
twins had RELY important game on want
the same cards a. came I'm my bar when
l brought 'sm In. Then ! studied the CARDS
a. was picked UP, an 'twa'n't long aforo
I cd tell 'em by the backs.
much, / looked at their dealin' tol'able
close, an want long afore l seen another
thing. Them boys was the slickest second
card dealers Z Q travelled the river.
Them Chicago men had some stunts
o. their own. They'd sound old fashioned
fl was to tell EN- now. but they was
counted slick them days. never see a
crosscut played like they played II, not
till later on. It's common now. but 'twa'nt
then. .
put up the regular ante, i've calls ten. Jim
como in, an 90 does Foster, an Bill drops.
Then Perkins makes II ten more an Jim,
thinkin' he sees q chanst, an relyin' some
on Bis deal, no boosts IL twenty.
Then Foster trails. Perkins makes Il
ffty moro, Jim shoves In q hundred dollar
bill, an Foster bets Ave hundred.
Hit were q sort O. body blow, an made
iC look sure enough lihe Foster a ome
PIN. Perkins looks ut him a long time, but
finally, be makes good, an Jim studies
sHis two pairs didn't pear to be worth
no such money, an be was up against the
two on en-. Finally he settles Il as he'd
better forgot the $40 he had in, ruther n
TO put up 600 moro, IN maybe two or three
thousand later. So he drops.
Then Perkins takes ono card, Foster takes
two an bots 500. Then Perkins drops.
There couldn't be no question o. the
play. nor there couldn't be no doubt = the
two on 'em had dom Jim wordn' together,
but says TO myself = jim q De nsp1s -.
when the deck come TO n
There was a good openin. for him TO DO
10, too, bein' % Perkins called IT q new
deck an dealt with 'om. l don't. reckon
anybody seen Jim change that deck ~
another one when be took IL. I know !
was lookin' close n I couldn't sec nothin',
but known the marks they used, seen Z
the cards DO dealt was marned his way,
an I moved the deck I'd brung when
Perkins called for Il hadn't no marks nit
90 oourse, I knowed we'll enough = Jim
had 'em stached, n more'n likely changed
tbs deck after the cut, 90 I says TO myself.
thsre d be some corkin' good hands out, an
there was.
sFoster anted the usual dve cal. ten; an
Bill comes in. Perkins, he raised it, an
Jim stayed. Then Foster he studied some,
like ne bad a notion to raise back, but be
didn't, an him an Bill stayed.
Then Foster he called f'r one caro-.
/ reckon Jim had looked for, him TO take
two, bein' as he had three kings, as We
learned later. But It took more'n that 70
a was tellin' a. how he cd deal seconds
'thouten bein' catched. That Is, l never
seen him catched, on'y this once:,
two. an Perkins stands pat, an Jim says be
rcokons he'll take two. When % tooE
'em there was a pasty' faced stranger a.
stood with q friend O. his'n, lookin' on
spoke up quiet like, to his friend. an says:
'Jimeny cripes, but that's the hrst tune
/ ever seen a man deal 'thouten dlsturom
sI don't reckon this Teller bad no idee I
ANYBODY but his friend d hear him, IT he
spoke In q sort o. whisper, an he didnI
20 SDH . HANDY way to commit suicide. but
there was more'n one beer'd him.
Jim did, f'r one. an he speaks up very
.:fhe gentleman lies,' he says; pullin' h'
.Bin's gun was out the same minute
an the stranger secn he was up againsa
IL. 90 he didn't make no nov TT his owl
gun, but there want no yaller In him !
his face was pasty. he says, just as quie'
you've got the drop on ne. but II yov
a Not on this boat you WON'T says Capr
Taft, Iayin' one hand on Jlm's u an on
ON Bills. II there's 1ghtin' TO- Be did
you'll 20 ashore So they hIed 1t tina
1t wero made up Z Jim was TO take Bill
Hr his second, an tho pasty faced man
friend was to 20 with him.. They vas x
have q gun apiece an fire At the word a.
fast 9 they liked till the guns was empty
The cap'n put EN- ashore, telin en-
he'd wait half an hour for EN-, an the
vent into the woods.
Twenty minutes later Bill an Jim conn
back. They said the pasty faced man
friend was wishin' to stay with the 70
mains, 30 they'd left him there. An TN
boat went on down the river.
sSome wears later l met that friend, an
he told me I jim he'd fired five shots Il
the pasty faced mans two, but neithe
on EN- was hurt uch Then the past
face walked toward Jim, like he was goin
to finish things, an Bill out with his bow
an out his head blame near OF, 30 8 I n
dropped dead
The grizzled old barkeep fell into silenc
when be finished his tale, and shook hi
head mournfully, ~ II regretting the goo
old days, now almost forgotten. Some
body asked him il that were what he wa
thinking about. $500,
NO" he said, slowly. Il was thinkin
o. that zap l was tellin' about, that as
me so many questions. When l told hin
about the Peters twins, he grinned like
81 was thinkin', first OF. most HkeL
you was lynn, but I know that story !
true, cause ! was he pasty faced man.