The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13

Bassett all sat down with him for the struggle.
 Each bought 100 chips and Pearsall said: "rable stakes. reckon. but the one-eyed man objected. T don't let no man tell me how much l can bet when I feel like it." he said, so the roof was removed.
 In the beginning the play was as tame as it usually is in big game. Winter bottom had the first ante and he threw in 50.
 Calls $10, he said briefly and that was accepted as the regular stake.
 Several small pots were taken in with out a struggle and two jackpots went to the opener, nobody coming in against him, when on Winterbottoms deal there seemed a chance for excitement
 Bassett had come in on Pearsall' s ante and the one-eyed man had made it $20 to play when BlaisdelI traled, Win terbottom dropped and Pearsall made it $20 more.
 Bassett saw no reason to put up any more money and the one-eyed man stud fed his hand with considerable care, then looked steadily at Blaisdell for a long time as if wondering Is he were liable to get under a cross-fre
 w HHdLeVeT HIS l1OuBul was uo utClQeu to stay and Baisdell, not caring to go further before the draw, the pot was closed.
 Pearsal then called for two cards, the one-eyed man for one and Blaisdel for two and One-Eye threw in white chip without looking at his draw.
 It looked like a dangerous place for a raise, but Blaisdell, looking sharply at Pearsall, found encouragement enough T TD-- h.Ax in $50.
 Then the one-eyed man smiled percep- tibly and lifted the card he had drawn. After moments thought he covered the $50 and drew from his pocket five $10O bills, which he counted carefully and laid in the pot
 ''You'l have to pay tol able high for to see that there cyard," he said, quietly, ard the other two promptly laid down. It looked like too large a bluff for the size of the pot and they recokened it a coaxer.
 But just as One-Eye was rakng in the pot after throwing his hand into the discard pile Blaisdell reached over and picked up the one card that came in the draw. Still holding it face downward, he scruitinized the back of it carefully, while the one-eyed man was demanding angrily to know why. he was monkeying with his cards.
 Well( I wouldn't-not gen'ly," said Baisdell deliberately, but I reckon a man don have to look at the face O this un fsE to know it's ace." And he turned 1t over, showing that it was in fact the ace of hearts.
 Bassett's left hand went swift and straight toward the one-eyed man's throat and nothing but a mrevelously quick dodge saved from death grip grip As it was the sheriff's fingers closed on the lapel of the others coat and as the two rose to their feet the one-eyed man wriggled out of the gar ment with a snake-like twist and broke for the door,
 There was need for speed and he had it. As the Arkansas City men looked with amazement at half a dozen packs of cards tumbling out of the coat sleeves they heard the one-eyed mans voice at the outer door.
 "There ain't no use callin' on the I ord to help man what's caught cheatlst." he said jeeringly,, "but take notice you ain't caught me yet Remember, win that last pot I'd stop and cash in but I'm some in hurry to catch that boat" And he was gone.
 They chased him through the dark ness but he reached the landing just after the gangplank had been drawn in and with a desperate leap he reached the deck.
 When they came back to the saloon Bassett said:
 You unsll have to play poker with that pirates dead corpse next time if I'm anywheres round afore the game begins"