The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-02-12
REX BEACH
ADVENTURE
S T O r | E S
Ole Colognizing
of Kansas
Copyright by Rex Beach.
By REX BEACH

l. SeellS am Out OHe way
to beat faro game" said Kink.
land that's with an ak. I've
tried them all. and 1 never had
no success but the oncet."
did you ever break the BANK
Inquired.
II did-with stick of dynamite"
We were putting the final touches
to the last cleanup. blowing and
weighing the gold, Kink drying the
wet dust and removing the black sand
by blowing it in a scoop. while | at
tended to the scales. Mrs. Martin had
gone to town for the mail, so we had
full chance to adventure whittier we
chose. and our fancies led us idly into
the past.
1.-THE play come up like this" he con-
tinued. IL crow-hopS into Tularos one
day. spurning all things sordid and
trivial, for | have S400 of the realm,
eight months of thirst and spirit
ual cordiality for emotion and stimu-
lus. | am that drawed and haggard
with onwee that the bartender re-
marks it.
whats doing in the way of cpl
sodes and distractions of mind ill this
campT says |.
Nothing says he, except faro and
roulette and stud poker
"'Them devices is pUeryle and
meager. | want something vigorous
and mans size, something to turn my
liver over. I've been dead eight
months. Amt you got no opery
house or lynchiugs or ragtime or
feudsT
mo says he This here camp is
sure a sylvan refuge for the jaded.
There amt even been a sheep herder
or a chink massacred since old man
Stubs had the treemors, and now
that he's took the cure the future
looks dark and unengaging. There's
nothing but them mercenary gambling
games
81 nosed around for an hour. but |
never see such a stupefed camp, and,
being that bulged out with hunger for
emergencies. / am forced agin the
green cloth TO save my mental bal
ance.
"'What's the limit TO this snare? |
asks of the invalid in the operating
chair, having found the layout.
"a dollar. says he.
"'Being twenty-eight years old, with
much of my life's work still undone. |
amt got time to dribble along that
away says |. i intend to annex
your bank roll quick and spend 1t be-
Of 10 70 or hn
pictures is wore off of the bills, SO if
you've got a hundred hid out any
where I'll roll you for it all in lump
HE gropes into the drawer, listless
and feeble. but collects a hundred up
into a pile and deals the cards. | lose
the first turn. He's setting sideways
in his chair and don't even onfurl his
legs.
THAT fuke only serves to postpone
the evil day for you says l. Turn
them fer another hundred Again l
lose.
"T had fggered on cleaning you up,
hitting you belt with the surcingle
and letting you go before this, but l
don't begretch the waste Of time. You
dIu W utlp llt SCl oObC ShthNS'0SS
out of life, don't you? / appreciate
your cooperation. Now l got you.
Let her 60
II coppers the bullet and lets the |
FLY run open for hundred each. he
pushes out the top card and the next |
two lays-queen, ace. He drags IN the
hard earned savings of my last four |
months without a symptom of joy In
his eve. Then when l sets back my |
chair he yawns and says:
IF you happen into anything that
will bust this monotony femme know. |
I'm most dead
Naturally | am somewhat para
lived at having my anticipations mire
down this away inside of three min
utes. Yes. am left at the post; and,
being young. | am prone to anger
frisks myself for loose change where
with to continue the carnage. while
my indignities rise up in my nose, but
] am disappointed. | am let out COM
plete. thinks |. till find a lone twen-
ty dollar gold piece in my vest pocket
as goes out the door. ] turns around
"'Herei You overlooked this one,
says L, and throws il at him as haru
as | can. Then | hikes out 70 the rail-
road track and sets on handcar, In
venting synonyms for the worst words
] knowed Talk about blues, ! am the
human wigge stick.
ITS along about dark when ex-
haust all the bad names in three IAN
guages and recall the fact that amt
ct none since morning. I goes back to
the gambling room and braces Mr..
Dealer.
"'Pm as boiler as gun barl.' says
i. He hands out a dollar. looking sour
and grouchy. without even the compll-
ments of the season. The reluctant
way he does It offends me. but ! swal-
lers my pride for an appetizer ana
ambles into grocery store across the
way to buy an ontree Of crackers ana