Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-19

ully he stopped an looked on. 'Peared
like the devil must "a fixed that p'tic'-
lar circumstance fer to change the hull
course O. Henri Gaspard's life.
There was two gamblers an three
suckers in the game, an the way them
gamblers was doin' the three sure was
disgrace. | seen enough o the game
myself, goin' in an out o the saloon,
for to know that, but 'twa'n't no busi-
ness o mine to say nothin' no more'n
twas of anybody else's.
"Gaspard looked on till he got plumb
red headed, seein' the crooked plays.
an bimeby he asst if there was any OBJ
lection to him settin' in, being as he'd
kind o. like to play a few rounds afo'
turnin' in TO the night.
We'll, the suckers didn't know him,
an they want no ways pticlar about
playin' with strangers r else they
wouldn't "a been into the game they
was, an they said they hadn't no 'bjec-
ton. The gamblers. Jim Whaley an
George Boone, they knowed him well.
an they was afraid to say anythin', l
reckon.
"Twa'n't mon ten minutes afo' the
row come. l knowed it would when l
seen him playin' an | was watchin.
George Boone was called the slickest
dealer on the river, but he'd got the
name O dealin' often the bottom too
frequent an Gaspard was on the watch
fr that, same as l was. He didn't try
ii the first time he dealt, but the next
time the deck come to him there was
considerable money in the pot afo' ii
came his turn to play an he rose it.
1.-TWO O. the suckers come next an
they both dropped. Then Whaley rose
it an Gaspard seen the double raise
That drove the other sucker out an
Boone give it another boost, like it was
to he looked for. They'd started the
seesaw an there want nobody knowed
it better'n Gaspard.
He let 'em boost it though ten at
a time, which was about the size o
what they'd been playin', till they had
about $3.50 in the pot, him a-seein' the
double raise each time an sayin' moth
in. Then he h'isted it $3.50 his own
self, an Boone trailed an Whaley
dropped.
They seen there was SOmepln up
an | reckon they was skeered that Gas
pard d be too strong for 'em. Any
way Whaley couldn't help Boone no
mo- an likely he hadn't nothin' no
how.
when Gaspard stood pat Boone
p'tended to look doubtful f'r a minute
an he says, I reckon I'll take two So
he deals 'em off.
Then Gaspard he says mighty cool:
L don't make any objections to yo
havii' that first cyard yo' dealt, but
I'd heap ruther you'd take the second
card off the top O the deck stead o
the bottom, like yo' did
20, co'se he knowed that was fight
in talk an when it come to fight he
wa n one 10 walt. LtlllI Hi9 ilSht
fist fly he give Whaley lick on the
pint O the jaw t knocked him silly an
reachin' out with his left he caught
Boone's wrist just as he was pullin' a
gun.
IF there was a man on the river
could lick Gaspard in rough and
tumble Boone want him, an inside of
a minute he was beggin'. Gaspard let
him up right away an when Boone
begin cursin' him fr not fightin' with
a gun, Gaspard says mighty naughty:
Il keep my pistols to use with gem
tlemen. Niggers an gamblers l
whips
We'll, just nachully that set Boone
wilder n ever, an as Whaley was COM
in to, it'd likely "a gone hard with
Gaspard if the old man an some o the
crowd hadn't come runnin' in when
they heerd the row. AS t was ther
want no mo- fightin', but when Gas
pard looked up an seen Col. Botetourt