The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-11

up TO him to make the effort of his life.
L was travelin' the state" he said.
when l fell in with a couple o. tin
horns t was movin' I'm town to town,
an we put up to the Greenville tavern
the same night. l seen enough on 'em
one or two other places to know they
was tQlable slick. but 'twa'n't none o.
my business to butt in
Great God" interrupted Joe Bassett.
an airs L was interested in"
continued Mr.. Pepper. unmoved. was
heepln outen the game while they was
playln- Feared like that was some
easy
They called themselves Hank But
tie and Jim Hockins. Mebbe them was
their names. We was settin' in the
par room that night. an Judge Olcott,
one o the oldest citizens. come in,
some slowed. an begin talkin' about
hungerin' an thirstin' FIR a game o.
draw Buttle said he'd play, an a lit
tie sawed-off. name o. Smith. lowed
ned set in f there was a game, so they
begin astin' f anybody else d take a
hand.
"When they asst me L told 'em 1 didn't
play. an / cd see they thought 1 was
YIN, like most people does when you
speak the truth, but there was a store
keeper, name o. Graham, said he'd buy
@Ff nv hbo 4OlI- Jul lIltN Gdu
to o Hockins considerable afore led
make the fifth, so l knowed right away
things d be some interestin'.
wen they was, right FIN the start.
First seen was the old judge stufin'
a card up his sleeve, an I says TO nv
self there'd be things a-didin some
quick. bein' as he want none too skill
full an | knowed Hockins an Buttle
WANT overlookin' nothin'. But they
never said a word. on'y l seen 'em look
at one another an grin.
Next thing 1 noticed was Graham
dealin' often the bottom o. the deck,
an l moved them two crossroads
sports seen it as plain as 1 did, but
they set like two brass dogs, sayin'
nothin' an playin' along.
Twa'n't more N three or four deals
after that afore l caught the sawed-off
stackin' the cards an doin' of it more
n considerable clumsy, so there couldn't
be no doubt but what Buttle an Hook
ms seen it. too.
Likely them Greenville yaps was so
customed TO playin' together t they
was maxim lowances FIR one another,
or mebbe they VAN none on 'em wise
TO what tn others was dom, but how
they reckoned they was goin' to fool
anybody else was more n l cd see. an
'twa'n't nOways clear to me why two
tlnhorns d set an lose money like them
two was dom thouten a kick.
made 1t more curious was I T
was Watchfn' them just as careful as I
was the Others. an L never seen nothin'
crooked. They was playin' as reg'Iar
as clocks an not maxim no breaks
w~hatsomever, an they was Iosfn' on
the average somepin' like 81 or SO a
minute 'thouten a sign of a kick.
Then. just about the time I was
lookln fr the shootin' to begin. 1 seen
a great white light. sudden. TIL old
judge had just raked in a $32 pot with
the help of a ace t he'd beer bfvin' up
fr five OF ten minutes. an Hockins sort
o stretched hisself. and he says. This
heres getttn' monytonious. Here I've
sot fr a hour an Clipped in more'n
$50 thoute a chanst o winnin' mOre'n
four pots, an I've been out helt every
time I had a hand. 1 don't sees I en-
ever get even at this here 81 limit.
Let's make it table stakes. What do
o say?
We'll. them natives had beer pickin'
up easy money till they'd got graspin'
like, an thinkin' they seen a chanst for
more of 1t. they al agreed prompt. an
Buttle growled a little an then said
he reckoned he'd lose as much one way
as he would 'tOther. so he hadn't no
'bjection.
Then Hockins he says, I reckon we
mought as well have a fresh deck, an
while you're about it, landlord. fetch
me another hundred in chips. 1 want
somepin' to play with And ButtIe
says he'll take a hundred. too, an the
natives they chuekled an said they'd
worry along with what they had FIR a
spell, which they could do. bein' as they
had more'n two hundred velvet among
So there was sOmepin' over five
hundred IN the table when the fresh
deck was opened
"Hockins ripped off the cover, an 1
seen t he had another deck O. tn same
color, palmed in his left hand. When