The sun., 1908-05-17


pocr 'xAmr!e 70 his iicck. oven X twas aid
80 thc Rsv. Balaam no sssn Il was up
TO him 70 leave the ministry, an no done II
some sudden. o. course he. didn't have
nothin' 70 fear I'm q trial. bsip' as Silas
bad dtawed hrst, but he were some Inn
trial. though therc was some advised him
10. an he left town two dayg later. III
sNext heer'd was { Dill Bailey ~ea
snakin' o name f'r hiassR on the river.
Nobody knowed sure who Bill bailey
sSsss Tst 5 S sa en- shs was So% Ss s
man was Q hellroarin' strong player, With
jacks f'r his special line. says 70 myself I
there want no doubt.
you can't keep a good man down.'
eays TO myeeR an bein' az the Rev.
Balaarn has done discovered where his
reel talent lays 'tain't to be wondered at
as he done quit the rpinistry an rose TO
q higher sp'ere. He'll be heer'd from yeti
Gays, but KEEP 1t TO myself.
FIN time 70 time a'ter that ! heer'd
tell o. Bill Bailey doin, all the crack players
TO Cairo. an 'peared like all the stories
run pretty much the same. His strong
holt was APays jacks, but when there was
anytidn' out ag'in 'em Z 'peared liable Tor
TO beat jacks he'd draw to 'em. an what
10 uthWou wan aiaye tnht bnEtie oiu Uowio'
Feared like he hadn't no use f'r o gun. ..t
Il never seen none o. them games e
made him famous onto tn boats. but Sol
Cheeeebro, Z set in with him tn last time
he played, was tellin' me about Y few
weeks later. an 'oordin' to Sois STORY
the there was ga. an, aseworsa al sI5s snfougn an
one or two shakes OF earthquake. but
tn amt no doubt but Bill Bailey went
out In a blaze o. glory when he did Co.. an
there conldn't nobody heav6n no renections
onto him f'r goin'. seein' he done did what
ho sure done did.
@Sol Gays there was six on 'em In, the
game. two bein' suckers Y promised large
In tn way o. wads, beiu' hxed for fair, an
tol'able we'll looeened. up with red liquor
afore they begin playin'. The other four
was pfessionals. but there want no under.
standin' between 'en, each man bein out
to do the others, includin' the suckers.
.Hitwere q tol'able stiff game, too, nothin'
bein' said Of limit, an the ante bein' most
gently Ave call ten. They didn't play jack
pots. an straights was barred.
Nobody didn't pear to have no over
powerin' luck first oif, an the suckers was
let win q pot or two for to encourage ,em
afore there was any reel skill showed. but
soon a. things get het up a bit Bill Bailey
he sot the pace. an 1t begin to look Ike the
others want even two, three, four.
4Fust notable play was when ne drawed
as there was flush an three aces out agin.
him he done we'll. takin' in about quart O.
chips, b'sides rousin' some suspicion.
-There was a little sawedoh playin' t
'peared to be onsatished, him havin, the
flush. an he says. nasty like. what Bills
draw looked like it was too 'xtr'ordinary for
to be true.
.Bill looked at him. mild like, bein' as he
want what you'd call quarreleome. not
till he was drove toit, an he says:
4'This here game is too interestin' for
TO break up entirely he says. but IN srgy
playin'' An he keeps right on. like nothin
.Some later Bill drawed two to three
seyens an gets two jacks. That fetched
the pot an reused some remarks I'm .
Arkansas man in the game what Bill didn't
"TIl tend to you too, when we've done
fnished.' An he keeps on playin'.
aWell, It went on till everybody In the
game had expressed onfavorable opinion
o Bill except one 9, the suckers. an. Bill
time enrichin' hisself rapid with most O.
sThen Bill took chunk outen this here
suckers wad what hadn't said nothin,
Bill catchin' four jacks ag'in king full,
man Z had such command o jacks as
you have An he reached for his gun
whom he spoke.
aBili 'peared to We got enough talk by
this time an he says i reckon III settle
up with the hull on ye to onoets an he pulled
that old knife o. hisn an begin jabbin'.
sThe sawedoff. he run for the door, but
the other four begin shootin'. Bill got EN-
all though. an two on EN- never spoke
again. but Sol an tn Arkansas man got
outen hospital alter spell;
sSol says he thinks Bill ID a. pulled
through hisself with five or six bullsts into
him 4 II hadn't "a been for the sawedoff.
He got outside while Bill was settlin' up
with the other four an then 'peared to
gather up sPunk ,norsh x!;' tS .. look !, back ss
back o. the head.
1T were a onfort 'nate eshd for a genius like
the Rev. Balaam had turned out for to be.
but 'peared like he done hisseK credit clean
to tn end. O. oourse he couldn't help what
was did behind his back. so want no dis
graoe to him even II he did get tho worst
Of IL at last.
Liksly he'd kep' on doin' his best an
nainteinln' his reppytation II he hadn't run
foul Of Q coward" -4. -.