Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-11-03
WEIRD TALES TOLD DURING
PIPE DREAMS IN SHANGHAI

rations were completed the door was
swung open and all the natives re-
tired to the highest trees to watch the
developments.
The two tigers came rushing out
and Immediately found sheets o.
sticky fly paper clinging to their
paws. In trying to get II off they plac-
tered their ewes and noses with the
same material and rolled over ana
over in their anger until they became
completely enveloped In heavy sheets
OF paper. In this helpless condition
the head shikari's men rushed in and
tied them securely"
The Texan had listened 10 these
stories with all the interest Of a tour
list who II new to the Orient.
That beats any hunting story |
ever heard cowpuncher tell" he
said. and we've got some pretty
good prevaricators out near the bord-
er, too.
But guess you fellows have
never had many man killers out this
way 80 ] am kind OF curiosity be-
cause | belong to that class"
Here he held up big left hand.
and against the light the missionary
and engineer could see that the
third finger was gone.
! was down in San Antonio" con-
tlnued the Texan, lin the early COS,
when things were a good deal more
free and easy than they are now. that
the town has gone into the winter
resort business and doesn't want to
shock It's profitable visitors. But at
That time there were a good many
places where YOU could 90 for n quiet
little game Of poker and feel perfect
~ safe berause the police would look
inevery now and then to see II there
was anv fighting going on.
The sharper Held Four Aces.
Being In the COW business. I play
ed poker, and one night sat down
In n game with a stranger to me. but
a man who was suspected OF being a
little too smooth with the cards. He
sat Just opposite me and we hooked
u occasionally In the early part OF
the game, with varying results.
Finally I had corralled quite q
collection OF chips. when a hand was
dealt me and I skinned back my cards
u poe four kings looking me nj the
face. Naturally opened and this
stranger raised me, then raised a
few times and finally each OF us drew
one card. The way we bet esta hlish-
cd new record around there. and at
ter a few futile efforts everyone else
dropped out and left us In the game
alone
~ felt erfectly confident. had
seen man next TO the stranger dis
card an ace, so knew he couldn't
have me beat on four OF kind. Fin
ally we didn't have ANYTHING left to
bet, and when the show down came
he laid down four aces, Just topping
nv fours knew he had worked an
old game. picking up his confederate's
discarded ace. instead OF the carl
dealt to him from the pack
The only thing could do was to
get out nv artillery, and the strane-
er had the same impulse. The differ
ence in results was that they buried
the stranger the next day and the
doctor trimmed off part OF this fin.
ger.
Put the peculiar part about that
shooting scrape was that when the
witnesses came up n court the next
day they all sworc that only one shot
had been fired and wouldn't believe
otherwise until they were shown my
missing finger and the empty shell In
the strangers gun p"
did you ever have any trouble
with the courts over the shoctlng'"
asked the missionary.
NO" rcrlled the TeNaa, that was
iustlfiable homicide"
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More than 60 per cent OF our
farms are reported owned free OF