The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

"Of course the word wa soon arounS
the netghborhood that q tendsrfoot has
come from mp the river 70 shoot aGAins
up a pils Of money 70 Boz on ths HON.
man. when I showed the maFkssnan my
gans be vas surprised.
Why he said. 'yOu GOT . better Outti'
than have
I told him I'd wait all no got come
Orleans Cor ne bsat they had there. and
when they arrived the day % the match
was oet. The rnnchorn were IN with theiI
rolls. but Col. Terry passed the word
around that they were not 10 bet on him
This amazed them. hut HIS word was Law
and they held their money.
Whatever fear Of the result he might
have the Colonel Uas game with his Own
money. putting up 81 600 that ho waa
the best markamRn. We stood on AZ far
ne we could soe the target the bottom Of
q tin cup-cleariy. and each fred thirty
one shots at Il. Twenty-six Of Minis
went in the cup and i've loaded the contrs
SOms Of the COlonOl's bullets rot in the
cup but didn't hat centre.
lie was a splendid loser. Turning 10
the crowd he offered to bet his plantation
and every niGger on u that I could heat
any man IN the world shooting. ] could
have made my way shooting. I glleaa.
but Romehow the cards ae9mod To In
more in my line and stuck 10 them.
When the war came on Col. Terry
raised and equipPed a regiment of Com
m%lAe. Ne wss killed AT COefman' .
Springs, waving hi. sword and intrepIsily
leasiinG q charge; dying hke an odd time
knight, juss a. he had lived.
-Direotiy AFTER the war came the happy
days for the river playcrs. swarms %
and other thines. Money flowed briskly
40 the river hself. Public opinion had
not outlaved the game then and players
were to be- found wherever there was
money. which was wherever there were
people moving.
dead level. While Il was No disxrace 90
wager money. was . capital crime
To cheat. The trhvellern- merrhanta
plantation owners, agents and commercial
men of all aOrts nearly all played the
game, bat Il was az gent play IL,
without any marked carda. stacked decks
az sleight Of hand. Whether they won OF
lost they stood the fling ~ fortune calmly
l never run across q welcher in thoao DAYS
or a fellow who whined and ran into
court with his trnuble~:
Below ~. Louis the harvest was much
greater than above, though I've run the
entire length NJ the river and n one time
vas 5000 ahead. What became of ~
Oh. lord, Don't YOU know anv better
than to ask q quest Ion like thatf But an
l was saying. now and then a blacklag
Kot IN among gentlemen and tried 20 steal
their money.
One black. rainy night We were having
LITTLE four hand game i'm the fOr'ard
cabin and things ware going funny hut
u was hard 10 tell just What the natter
was, One Of the players VA q .allo~.
q New Orleans fruit hou-e
when his turn come To deal he seemed
TO handle himself with unusual oont1dence
snd raiscd his bets with an assurance
that was wanting whsn the deal vent
TO somebody else. He WA gvadually
getting all our money. but nevertheless
hc lost n little now and then when the
pOts were small I made up my mind the
fellow was crooked. but Il isn't safe 20
bl;lFt out a thing ~ that kind unIenn you
know. Just then heard this:
Mr.. Garter. 'please tell Mr. Hawkins |
10 stop at Rails landing
For a pass-nGsr 70 ct or
No, Tor passen g"r TO get OF
y looked up and recognized the zap
tain as IN" man who had given the order |
An Otiicer was hurrying toward the pilot !
man. walked over TO the alleged fruit |
saleenan and said
How much did You ct from these
gentlemonT
The man turned livid and started 20
'rgus. but the captain cut u short.
".
and then hand IL hack
With a snati tho Mexican dashed the
money on tho table
The boats stopping for Won 20 get
N, the captain continued r. ever
'atch Won aboard AGAIN IN have Won
hot Then turning Go ms he explained.
wasn't size - him when he got on. buf
lt%r watching his plav a while I knew II
vas aud he gave the name 20 a noted
liver crook He skinned me out Of S5AN
a a.. I
or interrupttng YOU, gentlemen.'
One ~ the biggest plungers l ever
vent against was John Smith. a cotton
buyer for a big New York concern He
ilUays had bushels ~ money about him
'nd Just payed for amusement He
lever l"t the gRm~ interfere with his
'u~ins-- yet he found pIenty ~ time 10
DlAv
'Once he Vas coming up the river With
hree sieambuats heavily loAdesi with
'otton was introduced tn him 10y some
lrny officers who knew his fOndnaaA for
ny sort 81 a game had O. son aud went
9th him from Cairo "a Memphis where
onened faro "a me for his benefit
lie cleaned me ont. broke the bank
Then he offered 10 stake mo again. and
~ the time We reached Napoleon I Eas
y no 10 the good On poker and had paid
,ark what ] borrowed. He was going
s1s' by way u Chicago and knew when
% struck that town he would go Agninst
ne Hrst game he could find after attend
ng 70 has business ! also knew that his
redit was practically unlimited No
got or the boat and went un IN ~ louis
Ihere ] arranged a partnership with Rill
aunders and some other parties. I nut
ing $3.50 in the deal after diaposinR u
ONE Illinois property AZ forced sale
Tben Saunhers and I hurried TO Chi
ago and arrnnged for q faro table there
q show you how careful playeru ar~ about I
'Isneas matters We first hunted uD Ssnith's
ank and inquired for hts account The i
oOkkeepeT told us his cbeck was good Tor !
10000 BY and by Smith came into the
arior. peeled his coat and bought q lot Of
I'd chiT@ at IS apiece. He gave the negro !
orter one u these every time he ran an
rand Tor him. He started in bettinR ,
80 Gases and $50 on doublss We had
s,G % o, champaign handy and every !
smith put $50 In one place and ssO0 in | Z
mother and lost Thsn he net another !,
.0DO and lost. He kept on against his
lck until SBG. OUD nan Rons from niw pocket =
} the ho,nse. Then he got up briaklV,
book hands all around and aaid he'd he
ack again when he had time In a SlAy 4
: two he did come hack fresh and aunillnR !,
. a June rose. and won so, GOO
He played with varying fortune during =
Ia stay IN Chicago. and when hs finally a
nj 10 leave 80 had just sIs.O 0O of HE u
oney and he ssemsd clad to give 10 to ~
= vas gentleman. SURF: there wasn't q Z,
'uch u yellow ia hia blood
One Of the cardinal principles of the y