The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23

i r the customer looked like mar who could be easily in'imUar,l hy 1 rnN uf forrc. The Texan. in tn, art of transferrin. hi~ winnings [, his rocket. would let his eye fal casually upon the cards and ther t2r the first time. apparently. h, would see an "rar" on ouo Of th,
 ards, and would flv mo q rage Sometimes he would half draw from his ulster pocket 2 hig chuky revol F"r This gun Was rfs,ci into 2 soIii mass of metal and it wasu't even loaded. but it was dangerou.
 "nuoh locking to frshtca the ordin arv man half to death.
 Look a that thar kyard." he 'oaId bur out in voice hoarsc &ith menace and passion. Just 'ook a-thar, You wuz tryin' to cheat o'" vuznt you you low down. sneak, ig' hom-da&as' If kaowcd which one Of you cussei Yankees put tha, mark oH that thar kyar4 Id shoot hole in yoah black heart"
 Then. still dealing ont threats and black looks to both of them. indis. crmnately. he would get up and stalk back to the next car. leaving his victim properly ah1shod. thor, oughly silcuced. and. incidentally. trimmed.
 Or. if the fleeeed traveller seemed of T different fiber. the Texan would gather ID the money and get away fs cuickly Is possible. without even <.cpfius outside of bis connterfcitrd shar4tcr= leaNin: the Kentuck:a an
 o.m.ne's as Go@nC2st ana puzzled over the oafeome of the speculation k th" real loser was. If the su k" manifested disposition to make I scene. the Kenruckian would be quick to cheek him with some such warning as this:
 Wal, minute old man. wait a minute. don't say or do anything rash ill We can think this over. might have lost mt pile, too, the same as you did. but I'm not going to make any ION unlil l know where l stand"
 When the excited. grieyins loser had been calmed down rrifle the Ncntuckian would say suddenly, as f ohe thought had jus come 10 him.
 My God, Whether that Texas man Has a diseni-e1 crook or not, il Honlan't do to make kick to the crew of this train or anN@oly else. No matter What yon want 10 call it we've heea gambling. both 0. us md gambling on railloaa train in this state means year in the peni- tcntiary and $1o0o fine"
 That vas ! elincher. And so be-
 2ase shey aeser under any circum- .jana,s hctrlHcd their rcal identi- tns 10 the man they had robbed, he pair were never arrested and were reFer even threatened with ar rest They were able also to work he sane ,aad t'me after time for sey6rl vcass i"steaI Of heinz fore nl 10 seek 2 neN hunting ground .,cr@ liitlc while.
 The members e certain train crews cane 10 know they could ex- peet their share out of every trick lat WIS turned. and the make-be- lievc Tcx4n and keutu akiaa were always welcome passengers. The man who played Inc part of the Tex an he was quit the graft now ,o,d me that in all his experience at playing this thrce-eard monte with the reversed English he male one or two serious mistakes
 The most serious error of judg mplt occurred when the Te%nn at pted his gun play with q mild rred. chinless Southerner, who was on his way to Michigan to settle on arm. But the miideyed one
 han"ca to hnlan@ to feud family in the Kentucky mountains. and at the first motion of the Texan to- ward his side pocket he showed the large. forhtdng mu?. To of biz
 ts'ol into the grafter's face, and, with a deadly intent under his lazy arawl. he said: Mister. give me hack my money" He got it back. When the Texan. badly shaken, had retired 10 the pevt car 10 get his nA~vcs cmiatea. she mountaineer, e'.n believing thoroughly in his neNfound friend. suddenly remem- bc"ed that the other had also lost money. He got mp with glint in his skinned milk eye end started forward
 Where are you eoinG?" asked the 't"rtled grafter.
 I'm going to get your money hatk, too. or kill that fellow" said the mountaineer. quietly. And the con man had to use all his highly developed powers of persuasion to keep him from going-K C. Star. ANOTHER USE FOR FILMS ho,. ubo vac run down hy a