The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29
q million into the place they wouldn't

NO Ceh ~ theW DrOWn chips 0n'y OnCet,
an that was the time when Ed Farley
win his own money into the game like
I'm a-tellin'. Afo' that done 'peared
like Hilton d been some 'xtravagant
layin' In q many chips q what he done.
but they was Q profit into 1t alter all.
Hilton was reckoned . expert player
his own self, an he al'ays set in when
they was . game in his place, keepin'
bank like man nachully would. bein's
the place was hisn. Mon that, he done
had three other men hangin round the
s'loon most O. the time what knOwed
av'rage citizen. They want no man
ner O. doubt but what the game what
was gently played in his back room
was c'nsid'able s'perlor to ordinary. No
body never c'mpaincd o. not gettin'
his moneys with. even II he done lose
out into the game, bein's he done got
. heap Of .edication.
But Ed Farley want no SLOUGH OF q
player his own self. on'y he want no
p'fessional. Feared like ne was some
such kyind Of q man what'll git good
an drunk oncet in a while. an keep
sober other times. when he set In he
sho' was cap'ble, but he wouldn't set in
frequent. an 'peared like he WANT no
ways interested in Buck Hilton's game
To- long time alter he got II goin'.
But bimeb:' they was a c'mittee o
citizens come to Farley an p'inted out
how he was under a moral obligation to
the c'munity To- to set In an swat the
gang unmerciful. We uns Is all been
up ag'in EN- they says, AN been did
up somepin shameful. Pears like they
uns Is too gifted like. an II somepin'
amt did right soon they'm liable 70 to
git all the money In Helena!'
well. Ed listens to 'em an tells 'em
how he's done been feelin' To- a couple
O. days how twas nigh bout time
TO- him to bust loose. SEEM he hadn't
played no poker 70 some months, an
II they Is any SIGH band O. pirates into
the c'munity mebbe he mought set In
with em an learn 'em somepin.' So he
lays in q spectacle sized wad an goes
down to Hilton's saloon an asts 'em II
they il game on. Bein's poker was
princip'ly what Hilton was there for. he
Just nschully tells him they Is. an they
makes up a five hand game immejt. D..
Way Hilton KEEP bank was c'nsid'sble
imposin.' They was a small table long
side o. the one they played on. an they
had the chips all stacked up into II an
place To- the money that was tookened
To- chips. SO IS Z when the box was open.
like he KEEP It open when they was a
playin' the hull roll lay where every
body in the room cd see how II was
there. Feared like they want no ques-
ton O. him havin' enough nigh hand
to pay To- all the chips I was out. It
u.a Int latV .hay hal ~
body have no doubts onto that pint.
well. Farley. he hadn't never saw no
SIGH Of a outfit o. chips afo.' that be!n'
no mon was nachul. bein's they hadn't
never been nothln' like II round Helena
afo.' an he was mighty interested. He
asst Hilton how much they was all
wuth. an when Hilton Explained It 20
him ne says. kyind o. covechous like,
4 hain't never win $4,000 chip. Pears
like II man was to 'cumilate a stack o.
that color he'd ought 70 to be salts
fled, not 'thouten he's a hawg'
Then Hilton. he laughed. good ma
tured like. an ne says. TIL amt nobody
never did II yet, not into my place.
tn amt, but that aint no reason why
1t can't be did. on'y he can't win no
mo- n what's paid into the game. It's
chips 70 money an money TO- chips right
firm the start, an tn amt no law agin
cashin' In any time man piers a dom
of II. o. co'se. II he's a lookin' 70 brown
chips he'll have to buy 'em or win EN-
They amt gave out 70 charity
Then Farley he kyind o. laughs, too,
an he says I reckon II was to buy 'em
I'd just about git a stack O. one. Pears
like it's up to me TO win EN-
Then they were c's!dable laughin'
all round. nobody but Farley not havin
no idee how ne was liable To- to do
nothin' o. that kyind. bein's they hadn't
never been no game o. that size into
the place. an the brown chips bein' re-
garded mo- as ornaments nor they was
useful. But pears. afterwards. how
Farley was dead in earnest
I'm kyind o sprised how yo' uns
a!n't never heard o. that there game
afo' now. It's talked Of a heap in
Helena, bein's It lasted the best part o.
three days an nights an turned out to
be a long ways the biggest game what
was ever played in the town.
They was q heap O. citizens come in
firm time to time to look on. nobody
maxim no Elections. an firm what's
said by them what seen II. pears like
they want nothin' crooked into the
play. Mebbe one reason O. that was
how Farley had the reputation O. bein'
quick with a gun. But anyway Far
ley win firm the start an pushed the
game TO all he knowed. an want till
later on what he found out what was
dddin'.
"They done begin playin some late
OF Wednesday evenin' an long tods