The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07

& would make 10 necessary tr htm TO pull
. gun. An just nschully thAt'd break up
the game. fr siAs Psttiweber were that
hot blooded 7 he couldn't 20 on plsyin'
alter he'd shot anybody.
Pears he goe some discouraged, long
Of slsthis. afors he come to be more'n thirty
year old, an seen' thsre want much ohanst
o. him gettin' ahead In the world he
kind o. drifted away I'm homo. Sort o.
oome to him y II he was 70 60 somewheres
whore they didn't know 30 much about him
an' bis fingers. Z mebbs he cd And more
use fr his talents. I reckon he didn't
rightly understand, bcin' young, y the
main trouble was his hot blood.
Anyway, whether he re'lissd or not.
there was something a-doin' Just a'ter he
started out in tho world Z 'peared 20 freeze
his blood permanent.
II set into q game In one Of thsm river
towns on the st. Francis. where pretty
much anything IL liable for b happen,
an there was . little Teller firm Texas
there, named Billy Foster. Z had boon
drinkin' some. Not enough 20 rattle him
none. but enough to make him excited an
ugly.
We'll. they vas playin' table stakes,
an each man had bought nfty TO start.
Silas Pettiweber hadn't no clear notion o.
where the next fifty was comm from,
'thouten he win. but 10 was game, all right,
an he was playin' steady as Q clock, stayin'
out right along till It d come his deal, an
Billy Foster was comm In every TINA,
whoopin' It up, like q man will when he's
drinked q little too much an havin' some
luck vith It like.
sta au.. p~AA-h~.
were the next hand after Billy Foster an
O. course havin' the age when Billy dealt.
He'd stayed out every time for four deals.
but when 1t comes his age he seen he had
three kings cold. 90 stead o. THROWN down
like he'd fsgered on. he raised Il after three
men had stayed. Thataway he'd win q
tol'able good pot, an made Billy Foster sore,
him havin' made three jacks an playin'
en- f'r some more'n they wa worth.
-Bein' sore. he looked mighty sharp at
Silas Pettiweber when he was sh ufnin',
an when Silas passed him the deck for to
out 1t Billy Foster took IL an rifYied IL three
times sfore he out. O. course he had a
right o it. but want q thing that's did
of'n, an Siias Pettiweber's Arkansas blood
begin to bile.
Pears like he held hisself in f'r the time,
though. an takin' the deck again he riffsd
it his own self an passed IL over for a out
again, 'thouten q word
Billy Foster on'y just grinned an cut
the cards like nothin' hadn't been did, an
Pettiweber dealt.
There was four on EN- come into the
pot afore 1t come round to him. an when
he seen he had a four flush he come in too.
raisin' II IS an gettin' three stAyers at that.
Then he laid his cards on tho table with
the odd card OF top an started servin'
the draw. Afore he was half through
he'd worked them wonderful fingers o.
his'n BACKYARD an picked up the card he
wanted to discard. droppin' another one in
place Of L..
Whether twas I he was some fustered
count o. what Billy Foster had did. or
whether twas t Billy Foster had better
eyes than most. there amt no tellin', bus
all Of a sudden Silas Pettiweber quit deafn';
t'wan't nothin' strange neither. fr the
muzzle O. Billy Fosters gun were showed
square into his mouth. AN Billy Foster
was pushin' on it considerable vigorous.
He hadn't said uothin' afore drawin'--
like l was tellin' you his way was
soon as he had the gun where he wanted IL
he says:
Nov you swaller as much o. that barrel
as you en- get down you throat, you
Ozark wildcat. you. II you
move I'll blow the top o. your head OF.
After you've swallered IL a while I'll take
IL out an let you tell the gentlemen how
crooked you en- deal
-Silas Pettiweber told me arterward Z
when he realized t a drunken man had
gun In his mouth an his finger on tho
trigger he did a heap o. quick thinkin'.
Arkansas blood o hisn, I had been
bilin' q minute befo', turned into cewater
in q instant. an he says TO hisself II ever
he got out O. that alive he wouldn't never
let hisself got redheaded again. An just
that minute he got that sang fraud thai made
him a first class p'fessionai later on.
90 course he couldn't put up no fight.
he couldn't put up no argument. bein'
a. he couldn't ak with q half a yard o.
gunbarrel In his me nth. more OF less, 90 he
did the only thing he could. He throwed
his hands up In the air. bein' a surrender.
Then one o. the others. Z happened to be
q friend O. Billy Fosters an knowed how .
him said. very quiet. ''Tain't Q square
deal. Billy. You amt givin' tho gentleman
. show fr his life. You don't want to kill no
man in cold blood. Billy
We'll. that peared to sober Billy Foster
up some. an he pulled his gun out. but he
KEEP it in his hand an said again Z Silas
was dealin' crooked.
so Slas Pettiweber he laid his two hands
on the table in front OF him. not otferin' to
reach fr his own gun. an he says You've
the drop. an you On shoot II you like.
As fr cheatin'. it's your word ag'in mine.
Provo il. IL you can. Or IL you want TO fight
it out Ill meet you even.'
"He said IL &C cool Z there was some on
'em o his side. an the whole thing passed
on in a jawin' match. On'y next day Silas
Pettiw cher hunted Billy Foster an settled
the quarrel out doors so st Foster went
home to Texas 10 a box.
1T were sure a hash experiences fr Silas
but II vasa case o. good comm
outen evil. like the Good Book says, fr he
got his ans fraud all in q minute with that
gun half way down his throat