The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-17


lights from the rash OF sweat on his
forehead. The bronze of his cheeks
was darkened by the accession Of
blood. His black eyes glittered and
his nostrils were distended and eager.
They were large nostrils, tokening
his defcent from savage ancestors
who had survived by virtue Of deep
lungs and generous air-passages.
Yet, unlike Macdonald, his voice was
firm and cuetomary. and, unlike
Kearns his hand did not trenbLe when
he wrote.
Il call, FOR ten thousand" he gsld
Not that I'm afraid of youAll, Mac
It's that hunch OF Jacks"
Il hump his hunch for rve thousand
Just the same" said Macdonald. II
had the best hand before the draw,
and rtill guess I got IT,"
"Mebbe this 10 4 case where 4
hunoh after the draw n bsttex'n the
bunch before" KearDs remarked;
wherefore duty sayr, LIN her.
Jack, Int her and 90 I'M hss saokA-
er I'VE thousAid."
Daylight leaned back In his chair
and gased up at the ksrossas lAnps
while he computed aloud:
Il WIS In nf1s Thousand before tho
draw, and ! saw and raised eleven
thousand-that makes thirty. I'm ONLY
good for ten more" He lsaa>d for.
ward an1 looked at Ksay~s. ~ oaal
er FIVE thousand"
You can raise II you waa<" Kaarm
answered. Your dogs sps spsi for
five thouSaid IN this ssnA"
Nary dawg. Yo~AYl oaa wdn M
dust and dirt, but nary one u6 my
dawss. trst cali"
The saloon kssper finally sposrs:
IF anybody else wins, thev'n hare
TO take 4 norsSase on the 77volt..
The two other players noAAsl.
80 call. too"
Macdonald added his SIP bsr nve
Thousand. Not one of them siained
the pot, and not one Of them called
the size Of his hand. simukansousiy
and In silsncs they laced their cards
on the table, while a general tiptoe-
ing and ersning of nschs tosk piace
among tAs onlooksFs. DayliCht
showed four queens and m aes; Mac
Donald four Jacks and n soe, and
Kearns four kings and a troy. Ksarns
reached forward with IN encircling
movement of his arm and drsw the
pot in te him, his arm shaking a. he
did 30. Daylight piehed the ace from
his hand and tossed II ovor alongxSe
MacDonaldn ace, saying:
That's what cheered NE sIoo&,
Mac. moved II was only kings that
could beat me, snd no had them
"Whst did yuu-ail havs." hs asksd.
all interest, turning to Campbell.
Straight flush OF four, opsm at
both eDAs-A socd drawing hanA."
you bet! You could a made a
straight, q straight flush n 4 fash oat
Of It."
That's what I thought" Oanpbsll
said, sadly. TT cost me six thousand
before I quit"
II wisht you-aipd drawn" Daylight
laughed. Then I wouldn't n osu8ht
that fourth queen. Now rye got to
take Billy Rawlins' mail contract and
mush for Dyea. What's the Ass Of
the killing, Jack"
kearns attempted TO count the pot.
but was too excited. Daylight drew
1t across TO him, with frm fingers sep
areting and stacking the markers and
I. o. US and with clear brain adding
the sum.
zone hundred and twenty seven
thousand" ho 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-juice, you-ali-
the winner psys!" Daylight called out
loudly to al about him, at the same
time reirg from his chair and catch
ing the Virgin by the arm. Come on
for a reel, you-all dancers. The nights
young yet, and It's Helen Breakfast
and the mail contract for me In the
morning. Here, you-all Rawlins, you
i hereby do take over that same
contract, and start for salt water at
nine a. m.-savvee? Come on, you-all!
Where's that fiddler?"