The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-19

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haach before Ke8rrs remarked:
wherefore duty says. LII her.
Jack. lift her. and 90 hft her ancth-
e. Ave thousaid-"
Daylight leaned back In his sAatS
and gared up At the kerosene lamps
while he computed aloud:
Il was In nine thousand before The
draw. and I saw and raised eleven
thousanc-that makes thirty. I'm only
good for ten more" He leaned for
ward and looked at Ksarns. so call
or Eve thousand"
You can raise IL you want. Rsarns
answered. your dogs are good for
ave shousaid fn this game"
Mary dawg. You-ali can Win my
dust and dirt. but nary one Of my
dawgs. inst call"
The saloon keeper finally spoke:
eff anybody else wins. they'll have
to take q mortgage On the Tfvou
The two other players nodded
so I call. too"
Macdonald added his slip fur I've
thousand. Not one OF them claimed
the pot, and not one Of them called
and in silence they faced their cards
on the table. while a general uptoe-
ing and craning Of necks took place
among the oniookers. Daylight
showed four queens and an ace: Mac
Dona1d four jacks and an ace, and
Kearns four kings and q trey. Ksarns
reached forward with an encircling
movement OF his arm and drew the
pot In to him, his arm shaking as he
did So Daylight picked the ace from
his hand and tossed 1t over alongside
MacDonald's ace. saying:
That's what cheered me along.
Mac I knowed 1t was only kings that
could beat me. and he had them.
What did you-all have?" he asked,
all interest, turning to Campbell.
Straight flush of four, open at
both ends-a good drawing hand"
"You bet! You could a made
straight, a straight flush or a flush out
of it,
That's what I thought" Campbell
said, sadly ct cost me six thousand
before I quit"
81 visit you-alld drawn" Daylight
laughed Then I wouldn't a caught
that fourth queen. Now I've got to
take Billy Rawlins' mail contract and
mush for Dyea. What's the size Of
! the killing, Jack?"
Kearns attempted to count the pot.
but was too excited. Daylight drew
1t across to him, with Arm fingers sep
arating and stacking the markers and
l. o. us and with clear brain adding
the sum.
Zone hundred and twenty-seven
thousand" he announced. "You-all can
sell out now. Jack. and head for
home"
The winner smiled and nodded. but
seemed incapable of speech.
Name your snake-tuice, you-all-
the winner pays" Daylight called out
loudly to all about him. at the same
time rising from his chair and catch
ing the Virgin by the arm. Come on
for a reel, you-a1l dancers. The nights
young yet, and It's Helen Breakfast
and the mail contract for me in the
morning Here, you-all Rawlins. you
Il hereby do take over that same
contract, and start for salt water at
nine q. m.-savvee? Come on, you-all!
Where's that fddlerf'
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