The sun., 1908-04-05

Neither one on EN- was wuth shuoks fr
/ dealih' an they was too blame clumsy Tor TO
] hold out card but the combination sure
was powerful Jim never told lne., nor
reckon he didn't never tell Buck Whipplee;
| what his marks was, but he sure could tell
every card in the deck p'yidin' he cd ring
| In one Z he'd had chnnst at afore they
was brung TO the table, ,
II either one on en- had the best hand
out 'tWOuldRt be more'n minute alore
Bnek'd know II ~ well as Jim did, an u
! neither one on 'em was beat alPs they had
10 do was 10 drop out, mebbe putin up a
few chips just fer to fool the rest o the
! players
HBut II one ON EN- had the beet hand out
there'd most alays be sOmepin' diddin' I.
| ANS Jim had TO do was 20 trail, not strainin'
his mind none about what was good play
an what want leavln' the fine work 70
| Buck.
sAn' Buck'd play em Hike he had EN-, no
matter whether him or Jim was rely the
best Most gently they'd catch a sucker
in betYeen EN- what wouldn't splcion no
GrOsscdt, bein as jim was on'y trailin', an
| not never raisin' az a rule.
I 20 course they halter be careful Z no
| body d 'spicion they was partners, 90 they
didn't never have nothin' to say to one
another on'y in game. an then they'd
quart n pick at one another somepin
shameful ] seen EN- come to blows oncet
an Jim drawed his gun an swore he'd Kill
! Buck 7 he opened his trap agin
! 'PeaTed like II was some hard t'r Buck
I 10 swaller, but he says kind o. slow and
desprt mad like | can't say nQthin' ben'
as you've got the drop on me this time, but
III cut your black heart out an eat II I ever
! get a fair show
tThen jim he says, kind o. careless
| You won't never glt no show. but you
en- git outen this here game some quick
| 'thOuten you want a chunk o lead In your
! eye An. O. course. Buck cashed In an
! left the room,
Then Jim put up his gun an says I
! reckon I'll quit too, ! don't keer much
| about settin here an lettih' that yap come
| back with a knife when | amt lookin'. SO
he cashed in, an that busted up the game,
! seein' they was short handed.
1T were a rnOnstrous good blum an
! nobody tumbled. but them two made II up
\ q couple o. days alter. an useter set In to-
gether tOlable frequent as long g they
| stayed in Little Rock. M faint hardly
necessary TO say that mostly one or other
on EN- d win out,
Il amt sayin' they'd alays Sin, Fust
place, they was too slick 20 raise spieionl
! thataway, an one on 'em d play occasional
|
! TO the luck, an oncet in while they'd both
| quit loser. SOS 10 fool the suckers.
| sAn' oncet seen 'em outplayed as slick .
you please There was feller from Helena
come up while the Legislator was settin'
an let on I he had bill 10 put through.
Mebbe he had. That amt here nor there.
But he uster set in at poker now an
again, an 'peared TO have more luck n
was healthy for them : played with him.
! He'd win Consid' able afore Jim an Buck got
a chanst at him. but they got together one
night an It looked TO me like this stranger
his name was Iittle-was liable TO drop the
two thousand or more t he'd picked up in
! town. besides whatever there was In his
kick afore that
There was a couple Of other players
In the game. but that was all you cd say
The big play come afone either OF 'em got
O chanst o. backin anythin' an they mought
az we'll a been asleep fer all they had
10 say,
The deal hadn't gone round more'n
once when il come to one o. them two TO
hand 'em out. an he did It fair enough.
| There was a jack pot on the table with
SIS in it, an Whipple set next. He found
! three tens in hiR hand an he opens.
"'Tother outsider had next say an he
dropped an then jim trailed, 'condin'
to habit. He hadn't nothin but he seen Z
Little had four flush king high, an he
| hggered he'd likely come in II the pot was
big enough. Sure enough he did, an the
dealer folded
Buck Whipple drawed to the stren'th
Of his hand an didn't better Then jim
took three to a ace queen an spiked a ace.
Little looked at his cards kind o anxious
an says You mought give me one, so he
gets it. an jim sees I he hain't filled his
| n,, ..atR ~ inn 40,
| he looks at Buck, tellin him it's all right,
an gets ready to trail, hopin Z Lifted
! try a bluf.
well Buck lets s. an Jim trails, an
'cordin' to Jim's figgerin Little he puts up
$50 with a whOop. He was one o them
noisy felers I plays a heap with their
mouth an nobody was skeered.
Buck raises $50 an jim trails an Little
makes il 500 more SO Buck goes back at
him an Jim trails an Little raises an
Buck raises an Jim trails an they KEEP II
up till there was nigh $1,000 in the pot
| Then Little he calls for a show for his
pile, sayin' he's all in, an hein' as there
| want nothin' more to play for Buck an
! Jim both made good, Jim's play o. course
! bein one o them = he made for to fool the
| public.
! well, Little showed down a ace full an
| o. course raked the pot, There want no
way to count for it on'y I he'd helt out a
ace an rIng it in at the last minute but o
| course jim couldn't say nothin' nor Buck
neither, an they quit the game tolable
OnhaDpy.
| THAT was the worst lickin' they ever sol
! though X fur = | know, an they had sense
enough to 20 right on playin' a'ter that an
! prusuerin' like green hay hoss, like the
| Good Book says, till they had most o the
spo'tin money there was in town.
! 'Then was when Jim showed up that
! Scripture text | was talkin' about. He'd
! proved already, like done told YOU, what
! pride was better n destruction, but when
he seen how well him an Buck was dom
he begin shown hOtty sperrlt I stood him
mighty we'll in actuel play.
| He'd set lOOkin' cam an superior
no matter what he had or didn't have, an
he'd keep on trailin' till the pot was closed.
His callin' didn't do no good nachuly enough,
but that hotty aspeCk o hisn brought a
heap o money into the pot sometimes,
seein' I them 7 played with him got used
TO seein' him lose,
~Bimeby the two on EN- left Little Rock
an heer'd later they was rlnnin' q bank
in New Orleans an doin' well with game
o. poker on the side
There's more Of moral into that yarn,
said Jim Blaisdell thoughtfully after a
short silence, NOR any 7 ever heer'd I'm
YOU The Scripture part Of il amt no great
consequence, fur 3 l en- see. but that sure
was a slick play them two made
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