The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-17

whatever excitement had been felt had
been measurably toned down. MIR.
Pepper, having no pecuniary interest,
had perhaps been less excited than the
others, and. being, therefore, better
qualified to judge toe probabilities than
they were, determined in his own mind
that there would soon be something
doing.
Again Blaisdell put up So blind, and
the one-eyed man, silent as ever, strad-
died the blind. Martin served the cards
with suspicious eXactitude, but,
though they watched, they could see
nothing out of the way, and each man
was fully prepared to back his hand to
the extent of its merit.
Matthews Comes in for $50.
Mathews came in for the $50. and
Miller, who had declared more money
in the game, stayed, as d matter of
course. Then Gilchrist made it $50.
but if he had expected to drive the
others out he was disappointed.
Martin came in. Blaisdell made it
500, and the one-eyed man made it
$50. Mathews dropped and the 9TH
ers all made good.
On the draw BlaisdeI called for two
cards. The One-eyed man stood pat,
Miller took one, Gilchrist stood pat,
and Martin took two
| The one-eyed man threw in a chip.
! Miller trailed. Gilchrist bet $780, Mar
tin made it $780, and Blaisden pushed
his stack forward
The only player to see him was Mar
tin, who showed down four queens:
but Blaisdell showed four kings and
reached for the pot
Hold on, there" said Miller. before
Martin could speak. Il discarded that
king of clubs. You must have picked
it up out Of the discard pile"
And at that moment Captain VIII
kins entered the saloon.
Trained as he was to lightning quick
ness. he knocked Blaisdelrs gun up
ward at the instant it was discharged.
Then, reaching across the table, he
seized Miller, who was no less ready
for shooting ARRAY, and who was lev
cling his own gun. Then came the
outbreak for which all the preceding
incidents OF the trip had been prepar-
ing him.
DenOuncing the party, one and all.
in such choice and vigorous objurga-
ton as is seldom heard off the Missis-
sippi river, he declared the game at an
end and swOre there should never be
another on his boat. He spoke with
the authority rightfully belonging to
the captain of a Mississippi river pack
ct, and none of those who listened was
inclined TO answer until Ire spoke di-
rectiy to Miller, whose last words he
had only imperfectly heard.
AS for YOU" he said 4 know YOU.
You were trying to cover your own
crooked play by putting it on to an
other. If / did what's right I'd throw
you overheard
And then owen Pepper said: "Oh, I
| don't know"
1t was small wonder the captain
turned on him in dire wrath. but when
he produced his two bits and offered it
to the captain the effect was magical.
Angry as they all were, they began
laughing at him, and he got his chance
to speak
4 seen it all. cap'n." he said. ear
nestly, land l can speak up f'r a
| friend, even if l amt into the game.
| Blaisdells cards is all right, an this
man Miller is talkin' to cover up his
| pal. Martin slipped up on BlaisdelTs
! hand but he dealt himself that fourth
queen often the bottom O. the deck
Just then there was another strug-
gle. Martin was trying to shoot, and
the captain seized him. Gilchrist and
Mathews went to his assistance, and
Blaisden and Pepper threw themselves
on Miller.
When the two were overpowered,
Blaisdell said: "Cap'n. me an Pepper
is going asho' right here to Arkansas
/ City. l reckon you can't do no better
n to put these ere two yaps asho' here,
too | reckon the boys'll see they don't
come to no harm. It'd be a pity to waste
'em on the fishes"
And it was done accordingly.