The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13

beautiful to see and warning to all
gambling men. Tib had a pair of fours.
His chief laid down his truculent spear
and patted him on the shoulder But
the disappearance of the three kings
puzzled our common enemy greatly.
Doubtless he finally decided he had
made a mistake in discarding; for he
;arelessly paved over the dead cards
with one immense hand and found
the royal trio which he had supposed
he held.
"'Teased him a Bit grinned Tib, as
he tossed the cards together in an
honest deal. I didn't cheat, my boy.
| simply let him try, and he failed. 1t
will teach him to avoid temptation in
the future, | hope
"But the other, being short Of dogs,
now showed me into the mat and mo-
toned that Emma and five dogs be
put against me. Tibs treasurer de-
murred, and wanted to set Emma up
alone. Then my patron got mad and
threatened to jump onto the rug him.
self This scared Goliath, and he sulk-
lily allowed the dogs to be wage~ed.
My captor passed his hand, and to my
surprise Tib followed suit, making it
the first Jackpot.
"Hell be careful in discarding this
time, I'm sure grinned Tib, handing
over the deck with brazen flush care
lessly displayed near the top.
"The old fellow grabbed the cards
with a grunt of joy, and dealt. Tib
hesitated, then opened for one dog.
My owner came back with a five-dog
boost to draw cards. Tib met 1t after
pondering bit, and raised it two
pups. Back came the limit, and back
it went. This cleaned old Copperskin
out of quadrureds, and he bet no more,
although he chuckled hoarsely as Tib
motioned for three cards. Copperskin
then laid his hand face down and sig
nified he was satisfied with what he
had. Tbs owner, fearing all was
lost, began to growl and apply the
point of his spear. Tib waved the
weapon aside and bet an infant bow
WOW. He was promptly raised the
limit in spears. Again he raised, and
the dogs were covered with skins.
One more raise, and Sitting Bull swept
all his belongings to the carpet and
triumphantly threw down his hand.
Tib showed three aces
MY master, without examining his
cards, gave loud 'woof!' and began
hauling in the stakes. while the other
copper demon raised his spear pre-
paratory to transfxing Tib, taking it
for granted the latter's plunge had lost
ALL But Tib with sharp yelp pointed
to his adversary's hand, and his in
furiated hacker reached over and dis
turbed the card with his spear-point.
Although the ten of hearts was on top,
all the other cards were brunettes,
and worthless.
We'll. sir, it simply swept Sitting
Bull and his children off their feet!
They had seen him palm a heart flush
and, probably knowing he was the best
poker player in the shadow of the
north pole, they had chortled without
stint. Goliath, as Emma and I trooped
to his side of the skin, gave a gleeful
howl and began dancing derisively be.
fore his guest. To put the final jolt
into the scene, Sitting Bull slapped
one of Tbs chips and was immediate.
ly bitten through the thumb. With a
howl of rage and pain he sent his
seVen-foot stalker into the misguided
cur.
Then Goliath and his followers
broke loose and jumped the other clan
to avenge this gross breach of hos.
pitality. l was quickly covered with
mob of the infuriated giants and, say,
for rough horse play it had football on
Soldiers field beaten into a tender
nursery game! Some one grabbed me
by the heels and pulled me out of the
spear-thrusting mass. I
discovered my rescuer was Emma. To-
gether we located Tbs fat form and
extricated him. Then, realizing that
everyone was busy with home affairs,
we scuttled off to the west. reckon
they we're too actively engaged to pur.
sue US, and three days later we
reached the coast and in a half.starved
ultimately made Godthaab.
But, do you know, sir, I've often
wondered as to the identity Of the
poor devil who left that life-saving
pack of pictures up there on the edge
Of the arctic circle.
.Copyrignt. by Joseph B. Bowles)