Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-16
CHAPTER i.-contlnued.

IT still got that hunch." Kearns
fingered his cards a long time. And
I'll play It, but you've got to know
how | stand. There's my steamer. the
Bella-worth twenty thousand II she's
worth an ounce. There's Sixty.Mile
with five thousand In stock on the
shelves. And you know | got a saw.
mill coming In. It's at Linderman
now, and the scow. Is building. Am !
good?"
dig in: you're sure good" was
Daylight's nswer '"And while we're
about 1t. | may mention casual that
] got twenty thousand In Macs safe.
there. and there's twenty thousand
more In the ground on Moosehide
You know the ground. Campbell. Is
they that.all in the dirt?"
There sure Is. Daylight"
How much does 1t cost now?'
Kearns asked.
1.-TWO thousand to see"
Wei sure hump you II you.all
come in" Daylight warned him.
tits an almighty good bunch"
kearns said. adding his slip to the
growing heap Il can feel her crawl
In up and down nv back"
II amt got a bunch. but | got a toll
cradle good hand" Campbell an
nounced. as he slid in his slip; but
It's not a raising hand"
Mine Is" Daylight paused and
wrote 81 see that thousand and raise
her the same old thousand"
The Virgin. standing behind him..
then did what a mans best friend was
not privileged to do Reaching over
Daylight's shoulder, she picked up his
hand and read II. at the same time
shielding the faces OF the cards close
TO his chest What she saw were
three queens and a pair of Fights, but
nobody guessed what she saw
Every players eyes were on her face
as she scanned the cards, but no sign
did she give She laid the hand face
down again on the table and slowly
the lingering eyes withdrew from her.
having learned nothing
Macdonald smiled benevolently. II
see you Daylight. and | hump this
time for two thousand, fiow's that
bunch, Jack7"
Still a.crawling, Mac. You got me
now. but that bunch is a rip-snorter
my plain duty to ride II. call for
three thousand. And | got another
bunch: Daylight's going to call. too"
"He sure u.s." Daylight agreed. after
Campbell had thrown up his hand,
HE knows when he's up against It.
and he plays accordin'. see that
two thousand. and then III see the
draw"
In a dead silence. save for the low
voices of the three players, the draw
was made. Thirty.four thousand dol
lars were already In the pot, and the
play possibly not half over. To the
Virgins %amazement. Daylight held up
his three queens, discarding his eights
and calling for two cards, And this
time not even she dared look at what
he had drawn. She knew her limit
Of control. Nor did he look. The two
ley cards lay face down on the table
where they had been dealt to him.
Got enough..was the reply.
You can draw II you want to. you
know" Kearns warned him.
Nope: this'll do me"
Kearns himself drew two cards, bu,
did not look at them. Still Harnish lei
his cards lie,
u never bet In the teeth OF a pa,
hand" he said slowly. looking at the
saloon keeper "You-all start her roll
ing, Mac"
Macdonald counted his cards care
fully. to make doubly sure II was no,
q foul hand. wrote a sum on a papel
slip, and slid II into the pot, with tn.
simple u%tterance:
Five thousand"
Kearns. with every eye upon him
looked at his two-card draw. counted
the other three to dispel any doubt o
holding more than five cards, uns
wrote on a betting slip.
Il zee you, Mac" he said, and
raise her a little thousand Just SO "a I,
keep Daylight out"
The concentrated gaze shifted I,
Daylight lie likewise examined hL
draw and counted bis Ave cards.
II, see that six thousand. and | rats,
her i've thousand Just to u!
and keep you out. Jack"
And ! raise you i've thousand Jus