The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28

an while Bellyband Bush was laughin
at him long q him losln alter he done
CROW ed 10 loud he was putin up Jnt
what not on'y ruined his own reppyta-
ton hut come nigh ruinIn the reppyta
4 ton q Biloxi as spo tin c'munlty.
What he done was tn hunt up that
! there one eyed hsllyon what's done been
here IN Arkansas City mo- N onCet, an
he dam' To him. Givin' the devil his due
, | reckon tn amt no such player = him
nowheres on the river.
Pears like he en- $50 mo with that
ono eve ~ hisn n anybody else could
with eight. He en- stack n deck with his
other eye handaged, an he's quicker n
chain hghtnin' when Il comes Ia a rough
house. Tn amt nobody en- deal like
him 'thouten r'a Jim Blaiaden. an ]
reckon mo- n likely he'll put M blum
onto the recordin' angel when u comes
Day o JudgulEnt.
We'll Buck Jordan bets him t5O0 what
there's man IN Biloxi en- ogtphy him,
an he puts up the money. thInkin Jordan
was meanIn' his own self When he
heerd o Bellyhand Bush he kind o. shuk
his head, but he was too game spot
tn hack down. an him an Buck Jordan
come hack 20 Biloxi together.
They done told Bellyband Bush n
this here one eyed mans reputation
afo' they set in to a freezeout. like they
done soon's they come together, but
B"llyband Bush had got some toplofty
his own self long o havin' beat tho hest
player there was into his home town.
an havin' all conf 'denca into that there
p'Cooliar trick q hisn. he rushed onto his
fate reckless
One o the things they done wa'ned
Bellyband Bush a'gln was the one eyed
mans bluffin'. an cur Gus enough Il was
that p'tic lar pint what come prominent
In the game right away
Pears u WAS the one eyed mans deal
an Bellyband bush put lIp the ante, half
a dollar Then when the one eyed man
come in Bellyband Bush rose IL a dollar.
havin three tens
Then the one eyed man rose HIM s.
an Bellyhand Bush reckoned sho' that
must he blum, 40 he goes back at him
with SO mo Feared like that set the
one eyed man studyin a spell. but he
seen the raise
Then Belly band Bush he took one
cyard an the one eyed man took one an
bet $50 afo' lookin' at his draw 80
BellyhAnd Bush he was dead sho what
/; must he blum an he makes It $50 mo-
an the one eyed man calls him with three
jacks
We'll that was nigh bout enough f'r
10 discourage anybody I'm sim W. the
ore eyed man fo' a buffer. an BELLY and
Bush says To hisself what he won't try no
mo mind readn' hut he'll just stick To his
own legitimate line o work. ~ M keeps
ON calm 10 fresh decks till h. has hiss.'lf
stuck all fun q cyaIds, layin em away
IN them there creas-s - his'n an dom
II hsllrnarin slick. like he thunk
but by and by the one eyed man begin
laushin' III t. split. 80 Bellyband Bush
asst him vi hat IN blue blazss h" " as laughin
AZ. an he says | was thinkin' 20 WAS some
like pincush ion on'y you uses Cyards
stead u pins to stick into yo self. an he
begins pullin' the guards onten him firm
all sorts o places. an them that vas lookin
on begin laughin' too.
Well. IL broke Bellvband Rush's heart
fr 90 10 'xpoSed that away. an he was
" iilin' enough Ia fight. hut beln' ~ heavy
he couldn' get up To do Il an they took his
gun away firm him ato' he cd shoot
go he got toted home an lay down An
Just pinned away I'LL he died Took con-
sld able while to do IL. helm as he was so
almi shtvfat hut they said he on v weighed
$50 I,ounds when they put hun IN his
coffin.
shows how a nan a oughten STAY IN
his own class like was sayin'