The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04
WHEN JAKE'S CONSCIENCE
CLASSIFIED WITH POKER

! goin' fr 70 do us up If that duty amt did.
] The good book says If a man don't do his
duty by them thar stands by him, he's a
heap worse'n a iniidel. an It's up to YOU
L say, fr to outdeal that crook I'm New
Orleans
He 'peared to be some struck with hat.
an he says. Does it say that in the Bible,
~Greenhut?' Sure it Does says I, an.
more'n that l says, I've got my bung-
starter handy, an If Tiers any sort OF
trouble I says, TN look out FIR one on
EN-. The three of you'd ought for to be-
able to handle the other one
Jake 'peared to brighten up consid' able,
an he said he reckoned he'd go back az
set In again. 'On'y you want to be ready,
he says. If 1 bring charges ag'in that
man firm New Orleans, I'm goin' to draw
when L do 1t, but he's reckoned to be some.
qolckern chain Nghtin' with his gun, an
don't want him to shoot first
"Peared like he didn't have much ner5a
but L cd sect his conscience had started
for to ingrow, an there had to be soma
allowance made. L never seen such daz-
zlln good play as there was in the next
round. Bassett dealt, an it bein' Hoop,
ers ante, Jake stayed. Featherbow stay
eu' butier raised, Basset dropped ami
Hooper raised. -
Then Winterbottom throwed his hana
IN the discard. How twas nobody seen IA
but me. don't know, but he on'y throvz4
ed down four cards. Then Featherhow
cropped. an Butler, seem he were a,ona
ag'n Hooper, just made good, drawed one
card an dropped.
Then Hooaper dealt an AXE caught a
-FOUR flush. Somehow the card he si0n,t
throw down afore got mixed with hi. hand.
inns deal an made an ace high Aush-l
'Peared like it were providential. an, hel
scooped a large pot on it.
lhen ne dealt as clever as / ever see.A
NOBODY didn't get a complete hand. bl1t
they all got enough to play on consid,able
heavy. 1t We're Featherbow's ante AMI
Butler came In. |
aBassett raised, Hooper raised, Jake
stayed. Featherbow made good. Butler
raised, sassett stayed. Hooper raised
ag'in. Jake stayed an Featherbow made
1t a hundred more.
They'd been raisin' ten at a time, am,
this We're a facer. but they all stayed. am
featherbow took one card, getting al
straight flush. Bein' as Butler made . fnlI
on a two card draw, an Hooper ca,,rhtl
ms fourth king, there was consid'able irI
that pot, too, when Featherbow took IT.
IN. Feared like the visitin' deleeation,i
didn't spicion Jake none, count o. him,
dealin' careful. up to that time, so his
conscience done served a good purpose
that time.
An when it come to 'xposin' Hooperi
like Jake did next time Hooper dealt.
reachin' over sudden an pullin' six cards
outen his hand just as he was maxim a,
bet, the bungstarter came in handy. II
didn't hit reel hard. Just tapped him or,
the temple fore he had his trigger pull.
ed, so'st he keeled over, sort o. simmer,
insensible, fore he cd shoot, but thar!
there fool Butler wouldn't stop fightin. TIM
he was plumb dead.
Since then, Jake al'ays goes off FIR al
weeks shootin' up in tn Ozarks when he!
gets religion an feels his conscience COM
mencin' for to ingrow. FIR fear itll inter-
fere With his play. I herd from him to-
day, an he says he reckons he'll be bac
next week. He's got word of a party o.
sports I'm Girardeau, as is comm; to-
Arkansas City fr a game"