The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-26

name o. Fisher = Lived IN LAttle Rock an
IVES Q friend O, WnrnSraG Thop there wHl
. Senator nsune o. Ghars 4 had money a
burn en- didn't mind etartln' q fire any old
time, en- q young Teller. member o the
house, t was named Sanders I was reck-
oned In oonGd'able straits an was trytn'
hard 10 win out.
They was al crackerjack players, an
the same FIVE ulster play two or three ttmea
q week Fl Q month or more till the game
broke up sudden ore night. Curious
enough, l amt mover herd q word o.
Bashford I'm that night till low.
They cot In that night TO play for blood.
They flashed q thousand apiece at the
start. know that. fr I sold 'sm chips,
an / | noWed. too. that some on 'em had Q
good bit more'n that In their Jeans,
90 course Warner knoVed, hut l reckon
the others didn't. as ! had q handy opeuin'
In the wall. nigh the end o. the bar, where
| cd zee tol'abie nigh all Z happened.
There want no great privacy about II
at that, bein' a. the door stood half open,
an anybody cd walk In I'm the front room
II he liked.
Il was watohin' Bashford. special. an
| reckon there was others. but ! couldnt
see nothin' crooked, an / kuowed o. COURSE
ne one else did, 'thouten thsre sure bein'
q disturbance. but he certain was winnin'
Sanders was losin' heavy an Warner got
bit twice for considerable, but the 0thera
was dom fair when there oome q hand
when he was liable for TO do EN- all, p'vidin'
he hlled again.
1T was SanderB's deal an BaShford's
age. Fisher come In, Griggs trailed. Warner
raised. Sanders stayed an Bashford made
good. Then Fisher raised an Grtggs
trailed. Warner raised agin. Sanders stayed,
an 90 did Bashford, Then Fisher an
Warner both raised once more an every
body stayed, 30 there must "a been $1,000
or Q ,sOo on the table afore the draw. An
then Bashford called for n card.
sJust afore that this here Sim TtheFing-
ton Z ! was tellin' about CONF into tho bar
room. kind o. snoopln' round, lookin' rr
chores TO do. an o. course, lookin' fr q drink
fr dom Of EN-. Warner d sl'Ays hnd o
pitied him, an told me to be easy with him.
10 when he ast me II there Was anythin' he
cd do. / told him TO fetch the empty glasoss
outen the back ROOM. which they'd had a
drink served q few minutes Rfore.
W0U, ne Went iutO INC IOutu Junb " bNS"
ford vas calling fr his card. an he seen
what ! seen. t Bashford dropped card
on the floor, but he didn't know. what / did,
Z twan't no accident. an no dives down AZ
quick as q fash m picks the card up, and
offers II TO Bashford.
90 course. they ell soe that, an Warner
says, What are you doin'r So Tithering.
ton. he says: The gentleman done dropped
q card 50 Bashford says, You're drunk. ]
didn't drop no card an that put II up TO
me. i speaks up through the wall, an ]
says, oh. yes you did. ] seen IT, An
then there was things diddin'.
Fisher was reachin' for his u but
the Senator says Hold On. I reckon there
won't have to be no shootin'. Let's count
the cards
'Well, you seen the way Titherington
went out o. here a spell ago when / tackled
him f'r the price o. than drinks. Feared
to be some rapid, want 1t? Well IL was
slow alongside o. the way Bashford stepped
out. while they was oountin' the cards, He
didn't take moro n three steps to the street.
an when the rest OF us got 70 the door he
want anywhere. An nobody ever seen
him In Little Rock alter that.
"The house was In some, count o. the
chips he left, but Warner was tol'able sore.
even at that, f'r he knowed as we'll o. any
body what a disgraoe tbs to q house for
10 have anybody caught playin' crooked
poker,s