Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-17

pa1t4,ilV the rli rna' meaning
wees t"i tHift" fis1r ~ tlr lftfia GROUP.
VIII" say in H.. ai'ou but
tiat II led uo questions.
.3. aH. went ON flr did llrn.
"lo" q m1ntii sct;le ,ioan .ioo 3D. places
an p"H pee am groN u'd peafin' 10
llrrs a rst u green sa4 Ho-s. ',lrfin.
10 eye Good Book. aa ,ilen. Nhon ile'
~ hs root s"t int tho lgoand how
he gri tool. with a fool Rotten ~
svia somewhere else. 'l'aiaf noM;l1
lkol, I lake Minterbotinm II ever a.
spi INTO nr SERIOUS trouble Il he'd a.
stayed =, hum. n man like him arl-
:" l." some ike a pan o. the landscapc
IN Il r'mmmnity ike this bun when ne
isl = To convortin' round the country
tree = scts t"rei up with a Hood Mcp-
IL" teN fetch ~. into sonic bayou. m
sct g. Il sG.. ruttin' on shore. n then
'eim he'll tnchbe get cnawed up into
y s'Hwiii trats like lake hus.'
rs the doctors SUR ia, hiatus Is
Ia" ien tce with him" asked Joe Bas-
eft nnNicusiy.
nid man G;rcent,ut siar.d a, him in
'~lisn'n,ly. but before he could answer.
jim tlaislcl asked anutlscr Question.
and lassetis wa ignored.
y 'Niats happened =" Wiutcriottom?"
,sAsd Bi'isdel'. II hce-'d he'd gone
down The river ~ Il trii, bu, they said
hc Wts recS min for To toe back in a
fe@ wccils. Has Ia. been took s,ck."
Wei not 'xactiy.' said old man
crccnnut. II wouldn't rali him sick.
not thouten s: mans sick Us got two
bullet holes III his head an /, piece of II
knife hroHc off shor; into hiss lungs.
Twani much Of Il knife. t,ein' il broke
thai easN. an the .iolcs iuto his head
don't neither on 'eua x" plumb through.
hut pears they tried 1" eougc one OF
his eyes out. am his face got some
tore. Toe doctors - tprtIuiu' tn save
The ":ilrr eye. though. an Jake's tnlable
touch 'made. 80 81 there's sou,e ohanst
F." h;'a shown up ai'in. fit fr service"
III; how'd it. happen. anyway"
asked Glaisdel,. Jake air'i what you'd
call Quar- isoule. long as YOU don't pull
his tail feathers"
"N-no." said G%re.niiul. "but Jake
done take II" back seat when IL comes
to any job - mnnhandliu' I pears to
be a,tlS needtul for i" he did. Jake
amt qNArlaomc. as you was sayin.
but ie'll fight
Was he in a nshs:" asked sam
Pearsail.
Tn cid man looked at hinl for Il full
minn'e with such witierine scorn that
the others began 20 feel sorry for Pear
xtcti.r what you'd cail a fight. He was
into an experience n,eetin' o. Metho-
dists az Mas asst ion To pass the con-
b box. somehow thc box bowed
up an fout men standil.' by was tore
to bits II was their weeuin's going of
sim'ituoUs tnat tore Jake"
inen Ice snor.ed SO cont"nlutunusly
tlai Joe i;issctt forllore Ia nress his
inquiry abou, the hiatus.
The! do tell it some Different, o, the
i'fea!r Belle. said the old man. when
lake LEI; her" he Went 10 Vicksbu,r
for a.plas. havia' hcerd about - poSer
game there listened like ii were kind
q proHaisin'. Pears he done toIable
Wen there an got aboard the Creole
i'elic fr New Orleans with more money
~ tils leans n was iecely good f"r his
health.
"on" q the cappers fr the vicksburg
game I was consid'ahle sore followed
'ln onto III" boat. an put up a lob
with = couple o. tin horn gamblers I
he knowed for 10 set Jake fun o. whis-
Ky an get his wad.
Well. meObe there's men ON the
river I en- stand alongside Jake an
I'LL him w.. but they amt none on en-
ever stopped OYER to Arkansas CITY.
felrs there was n zap named Shorty
Stivers. is reckoned for to be holier in
ms legs. I was put on him first. shorty
drinkcd with him till his legs we're
ews an Jim Jordan took a hack al il.
ferk Mn they cd finish the Job.
Wren they begin TO get Il little dub
eiapfn iteN seen they'd have to start
ne Sasie thcI VAS IL set III. SO this
,ere cippcr. name "a Immersion an. ,
eaxaho FIN up She river. made nm a
i~Ne-handed game. Jake bein' perfectly
agreeable. -
= reckon there never was a moro
heartless job put up for To do n honest
man outer his money nor these here
ioNr criminals put no on Jake. If he
hann hecn well seasoned he'd IA been
cay. but 'ieven dollars wu'th a. rod
iiiquor aiht only Il little bit for him. M
ne were a heap Soberer IN the other two
when they bought chips.
] hcerd TN a man I was in the 81
100, wncn they played t the game was
'opie stakes. each man startin' in with
u uunare'. They made the ante two
cails i've. SO aat'rally IA hundred
wouldn't last long. I'll first TO go to
.he zone yard was Immersion. an then
me Ir-:iver eazabo. name o. BID
''owdy. TOOK two hundred more.
Jake "as just pikin' along. winn;n |
some an losing some. AN !ookin' like
he was hall asleep. su the Others
peared to he in no hurry.
Come a time when Jake WAS some
pm like forty dollars ahead, an
.peareo 10 lie most dead to the world. |
/, Mathews dealt him q tol'nbie good |
hand. bein' three nine spots. 1t were
Jordan' ante an ake's frs, say. 30
o course twain no time for to raise.
Jake put In his little five an Jim,-
n.erson an Gowdy both dropped. hut
Mathews made Il ten to play. an Jol-
dan made good. Jake reckoned his
threes was worth another boost. so ia
made 1t hfteen. Ar Mathews seen him.
Then Jordan h'ited ii ten. an Jake
seen he was liable for to BIZ whipsa wed.
but h Nay this Teller tells me he
'peaIcd 10 study on it a spell an hen
decide to go once more am see IL
Mathews ii boost again.
Must IA been they want ready.
Mebbe they waa reck'nin' on carryir'
It along tier the draw. hut anyway
Mathews Just seen an picked up the
deck again.