The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-23

doubt. though, but he'll get come up
with
The old man sighed as he put away
his bUngstarter in its usual place. Then
opening a fresh box of cigars he picked
out a choice black enc, and lighting it
carefully walked around to his favor
lite seat by the window. Putting his
feet on the sill he smoked in silence so
iorg that the others thought he mad
forgotten his recent footrace. Present
ly, however, he said:
THAT same zap T went out O. here
2 spell ago were once the unworthy in
strument o. providence in humil attn
one O. the most pestiferous two-legged
skunks t ever disturbed the peace in
Arkansas.
f"Lige enough 1 wouldn't a stood for
him, not for a minute, f I'd remem-
bered who he was, but it's on'y just
used to hang round the s'lOons in Lit
tie Rock doin' odd jobs FIR drinks, but
never buyin'.
This here Sim Titherington. as he
calls hiSself, sure does pint a moral
FIN the way he brung Hosee Bashford
to grief. An there want no credit
comm to him FIR doin' il at that Just
dunb-headed blunderin' like you'd
look for FIN sattle like him.
1IllS mere f1OSee bdSHlOtu was Il
crossroads gambler t went up an down
the hull state f Arkansas. He was
tall fine-lookin' Teller t made bluff
at bein' a fighter, SEEM he come FIN
the Ozarks, but / never herd o him
doin' no reel fightin. Pears his talents
was in the way O. slipping Outen
scrap 'thouten gettin' hurt his own self.
AS fr hurtin' 'tother man, 'twa'n't.
He was a poker player, and a slick
one. They said there want no better
in the state them days, an that was
nigh fifteen years ago Anyway, he
made money constant, an there was
them looked up to him consequent. but
there was stories goin', too, an cord
in to what was said, 'peared he hadn't
no moral character.
zone almighty ugly yarn heerd
FIN a Teller t claimed to come I'm the
same parts this here Bashford did.
Pears him an some other Teller t was
monstrOus handy with the cards made
it up to play pals. TOther man was a
pfessiona1, too, but one O. the better
sort, an stood by his pals. An bein'
straight hisself, he trusted Bashford.
"They done tol'able good FIR a spell
an used FIR to take trips on the ST
Francis an through the country, skin
min the yaps amazin, bein' as they
knowed each others game an had
signals besides. They got into a big
game one night, though, an made 1t
up f'r Bashford to win an fr 'tother
Teller to plug his game, maxim out, o
course t they was strangers. 1t
worked all right, an Bashford quit the
game with night two thousand velvet,
'tother Teller goin' broke at the table
Then Bashford, gi'in' him the slip as
they was goin' to their room. an get
tin a-horseback, rode FIR his life across
country with all the Wad.
when 1 herd this yarn, / says to
the Teller I told me how twas his bus
mess TO warn the cmunity agin Bash
ford He amt got no moral charac-
ter I says. an if he amt found out
he'll do damage to the reputation of
Little Rock
But this Teller wouldn't listen. Said
he want huntin' FIR trouble with Bash
ford, an 'twa'h't none O. his business
nohow Then, when I put 1t to him
stronger he wanted me to tell, but
told him that was different. 1 didn't
play myself, an besides 1 didn't know
nothin' morn what he'd told.
After that I herd consid able more
O. the same sort, s longs Bashford
stayed in Little Rock, m that was FIR
a spell. Feared he'd throwed two or
three side-partners the same way.
Didn't pear to reco'nize no difference