The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-04

private house. chuckling and grinning.
and. after ali. that was Iust what Bracy
Wdn-eG.
On one Of these nights thing hap
pened that Influenced me quite little
later on when ! took Brady az my man
asCI.
There was an old miner AT the
Springs tall fellow with iron gray
beard He had made several fortunes
but he was smbler and couldn't keep
has money. tl.e great game was buck
ing the faro bank 1 remember p tale
he told about having sold a mine ne
ioChQ Tor a cool s-D.W0s and now re
blew il IN against the faro bank il
Virginia City in less Jhan four days
and went back 10 prospecting again fiat
broke Tn crazy over faro, ne used
&c say. Il can't keep out OF the game
as long as I have a dollar. The only
thing / can do Is 10 stay here az the
hotel and keep from seeing faro lay
out Then some time III save UP
enough 10 20 out and hnd another mine
e1OTe ] get too old
On this night Billy Brady was dealing
as usual and I noticed that The old
fellow came out from behind the bar
and stood close 20 Us watching the
game with his eyes glistening. he
ndgeted around for awhile, and al last
ppeared up the stairway. I thought
ne d closed the bar and gone 70 bed,
but In a few minutes he came back. laid
a twenty dollar gold piece down beside
Billy and asked for some change Billy
hesitated a moment and then passed II
over. The barkeeper began playing,
putting his money on several cards at
once 10 get quick action. And he got
IT, For 10 a few minutes he hadn a
silver half dollar left Then he went
back and stood behind the bar watch
inC our game from a distance. /
thought ne looked pretty gloomy But
such Impressions slide or boys mem
DRY in an hour or TWO. Il was some
time later when I learned the end OF
the story. Billy Brady was running
that game. as 7 explained before. Just
20 keep Corbett amused. he didn Z
want 10 make any money with l.. ana
least Of all did he want the old Fellow
10 lose his. When the bartender wanted
10 bet, Billy's first inclination was 70
bar him out but ne Jet hin place ms
money. hoping all the time that the old
fellow would have a lucky streak and
win q few dollars.
Returned the Money.
When the rost OF u had gone TO bed
Billy went Up 10 the barkeeper and
asked him a few questions. Il appeared
that the S2o was all he had in the world
Il was nearly a months pay. and a big
loss. So Billy pulled the twenty out OF
his rocket and tried 20 hand Do back
The barkeep. like a good old sport re-
fused 20 take o.. saying that re q had
his chance 20 win or lose, ana was SAT-
isfed But Billy lied q little and told
him that ne gave back al the winnings
and collected from the blys II they won
from him. because the game was Just
little stall 10 amuse COrbett- and that he
hadn't explained al the time because he
didn't want CoTbett 90 get wise So
the old fellow reluctantly took back his
money and cheered UP wonderfully when
ne had it back in his pocket.
Now, that was a very decent thing
for Brady 10 dO-especlally as he didn't
talk about II afterward, and 7 kept IL in
mind
on one Of these last days. 70 90 hack
u my story, Ccrbett and 7 went out IN
the road. and We had another meeting
with FitZsimmOuS. This time j. was
Fitz who encroached or our territory
He drove around Carson and struck of
down our little road that LED back past
the hills His Wif. was with him We
had Just come dow the main road and
had turned into OUI usual track. little
ahead o. him. so there vas no need 70
talk again Corbett - along steadily
az a fast Clip with0U- ia ming his hea5-
ard FitZsiulmOuS. after stopping his
horse 10 get a good look al the man he
was going TO fr1r. whipped up again
and went along abOu, his business Cor
tett was IN a cheerful frame OF mind
VIXEN he came back from that run His