The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-07-19
'QUA|LS when
DRAWS GUN
Rural Visitor Denounced
Bold CheaterS.
Forced to Say He Lied---Even
Deceived Until Detective
Disclosed Plot.

IL seemed qu~r 10 younS Nh"'
tina. the old familiar taxi should -
cur 20 his mind under circumstance
80 incongruous. The gambling room
where he was sitting. playing wha
was by long odds the most desperlt
game Of draw poker in which hehi.
ever engaged. did not in the least sug
yes. the little village church in white.
he had heard the white-haired i'relch
ar rad that particular varse with i'm
pressive Simplicity But somehow ID
suddenly seemed to he listening agar
10 the well-remembered words. AMI
for the first time to appreciate all TINT
they meant
He had not intended TO play for any
such stakes were ON the table that
might. When he had come to tn city
"a wsssk before with a comfortable lit
7le roll of money in his pocket he hal
thought to enjoy himself during a
wall-aarned vacation. and had looked
forward with indifference at the pros
pao; Of going home without the mon
ey. but with store of pleasant mani
ories.
Hut this idea had been replaced by a
very iifferont one. a day az the race
track had proved disastrously for.u-
nate A modest Bat ON one race hat
given him some extra funds to invest.
and a saries of wagers on succeeding
even-s had multiplied his money TIL
he was almost afraid Ia count it all.
AMI it had given him the gambling
few
Stranger though he was in the bi.
town. il had not been difficult for him
even though that was the bast-
guarded place in the CITY An even
Ing @; the faro table had put some
thing Of crimp in his roll. and hal
inspired him with a d-s.rust of that
gam, though it had by no means
cooled the fever. and as he sill had
neN, night. Roulette. was n W to him.
and he watched the wheel with in
terssE. trying to study the game be-
fore riskins his money. but the oGds
b-willered him and he hesitated.
There isn't any game as good as
poke 10 me- he said. when Conroy |
asked him If he thought of playing.
Toy a: home he was reckoned ca
pahls. and rather lucky poker player
And Cnnroy had told him that there
wou,] be poker game on. IA little
latAr, in another room. Moreover. ne
had old him confidentially that there
woula be two men playing who were
easy.
i Expect to trim them some close.
mys@-:." he said. and il you watch the
game and go against them good and
hard whenever you get good cards
there's no reason why you shouldn't :
ge, some of their dough-
And Wilcox didn't suspect He was
still younger than was T, ally good for
him. and Conroy's manner was excl
ent.
II ,rckad as il ne had told the truth.
-oo, alout the two easy players Even
70 young Wilcox, rural as he was him
snl:, Ihey seemed unsophi stic,sted AMI
Lar 1lore bumptio'ls than is becoming
% n.sn who sit in with professional
CANCERS. And they ware awkward
n han Hing the cards. having non. Of
he 1..ished skill of experienced play
~ N rifGing or dealing. And they
Alk-j .ncautiously.
Sma,A and jones they called each
IN ? with an air Of clumsy cunning
hat pHoved the names % be fictitious.
fAers was not d,,lbt of their having
n,n"., for they showed it unnece1-
.4riiy
T2e other player AZ the table, for
i've 81 in, WAS the young fellow wi D
ad --troduo'd Wilcox. and who hat
'oa - confidence by much smooia
ak - which NJ, gave warnings hat
BE- k-sw Wilcox would not heed ani
ons- ssslble advice that might or
lIght not haye been Of value If thare
ad been amy chance OF it being fol- |
,wa1.
They had agraei on table stakes I
Ash ouIyins slo Ia chips at the s,t.art
The game, and as Wilcox had near /
P 400 remaining there was moth
is vary eAcitin. about the propo,i-
on ~ first.
Nuuntr did thare seem 10 be any
LAe lur alarm in the first twenty .
.nuc"s OF 20 OF tn play. smith lost
= ha .ared in the first round AM
'ushg promptly, Then Jones fol-
Nd h.n 10 the bone! and, and they
i;tffe'i each other Inegrily. PROMISING,
a aoastfm fashion 10 lake sI.ssdy