The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07


made a mistake In discarding for he
csrelessly paved over the dead cards
with one immense hand and found
the royal trio which he had supposed
he held.
leased him Bit grlnned Tib as
he tossed the cards together in an
honest deal. I didn't cheat, my boy.
! simply let him try, and he failed. It
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 DO
put against me. Tbs treasurer de.
INJURED. and wanted to act Emma up
alone. Then my patron got mad and
threatened to jump onto the rug him.
self. This scared Goliath, and he .,k.
lily allowed the dogs to be vagn a.,
My captor passed his hand and to nv
surprise Tib followed suit making it
the first Jackpot
He'll be careful IN dsclrdng tNis
time, I'm sure grinned Tib. handing
over the deck with brazen flush care.
lessly displayed near the top.
The old fellow grabbed the "a DIS
with a grunt OF Joy. and dealt Tth
hesitated, then opened for one d g
My owner came back with iivs DOR
boost to draw cards. Tlb met I; after
ponderlng a bit, and RAISED IL tvo
pups Back came the limit, aud back
II went. This cleaned old Coplery n
out Of quadrupeds. and he bet no murc.
although he chuckled hoarsely as 1b
motioned for three cards. CoEusrsi In
then laid his hand face down and sig.
hfled he was satisfied with what hu
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.
T'ib showed three aces.
My master, without examining h!s
cards, gave loud 'woof,' and began
hauling I'm the stakes, while the other
copper demon raised his spear pre-.
paratory to transilXing Tib. taking IL
for granted the latter's plunge had lost
all But Tib with a sharp yelp pointed
to his adversary's hand. and his I'm.
furiated backer reached over and Is.
turbed the card with his spear.uoiut
Although the ten of hearts was on ton
all the other cards were brunett.
and worthless.
Wen, sir, 1t simply swept S!ttn,
Bull and his children off their fop.
They had seen him palm heart flush
ana probably knowing he WIS the best
poker player in the shadow of the
north pole, they had chortled without
stint. Goliath, as Emma and trooped
to his side of the skin. gave a glee"ul
howl and began dancing dcrisively be.
fore his guest. To put the final iolt
into the scene, Sitting Bun slapped
one OF Tbs chips and was immediate
ly bitten through the thumb. with q
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 ayenge this gross breach OF hos.
pital!ty. ! was quickly covered with n
mob of the infuriated giants and. say,
for rough horse play II had football on
Soldiers field beaten into tender
nursery game! Some one grabbed me
by the heels and pulled me out of the
squirming, spear-thrustlng mass. /
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 of to the west. reckon
they were too actively engaged to pur.
sue us, and three days later we
reached the coast and In halfa c~'.o'
condition ultimately made GodthaaJ.
But, do you know. sir, I've often
wondered as to the identity of the
poor devil who left that llfa.saylng
pack OF pictures up there on the edas
OF the arctic circle