Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-22

ueiSt"Hu NJ" tHe SaI could "a sto.s
It, or, rather, would a stood r. ~. $50
that she want no measly. bonv ~
thing, but real strappin'. stron, ~
"Suddiut it occurred to me tbat =.
was n good chance for me IN 80
and settle down. I tole the cir, -
myself and offered If she'd mary .
galoot I'd quit gambIin', put III. NJ.
ey / had In my pocket into stocks,
store and we'd be as happy "a =,
turtledoves. She said IT was 80.
suddint, but seem she didn't r.
what on airth she was gofn, n a.
here she covered her face with :.
handkerchief and blubbered-she ,scs
oned she'd better take up with :,
even If / was stranger. kissed -
and promised to make her a good ~.
band. Then she cried leetle No..
and said such generous man deaer-
ed a wife that would be kind N ~.
and she'd devote the hull Of her M.
to me.
There's somepin I heered abon, :,
ruin passion and I reckon I b,d
one on 'em in them days. I got tirsd
o. lovemakin' after awhile. tis, a,
some married pursons want TO rnrns
home and stop loafin' before the hon.
eymoon has come to an end Hammer.
in to put my hand in my coat POCKET
] felt a pack Of keerds and, takin' 'sn
out, asked the gal If she knowed anv
game. She said she'd never seen snv
keerds before. I allowed I'd teach her
a leetle poker, and, she sittin' on the
back seat and on the front, we made
a table o the middle one. loaned
her some money TO begin on.
"She was so stupid about It and plar.
ed so bad, bettin' when she hadn't
nothin' and layin' down a full hand
that soon won all I'd lent her She
said If I'd try it agin she thort she
could do better, SO 1 loaned her some
more money, and we went on with tile
game. This time she did better al
though she was mighty stupid.
How much is one king wo'th? she
asked.
'Nothin',' answered.
1.-TWO kings?
mot very much
"'Fiye kings?
"'There amt no SIGH thing
"'WeH,' she said, I'm goin' to bluff
this time
Il thort I'd show her that Il didn't
pay to tell she was Coin' TO bluff, and,
havin' three aces, 1 went for her
After she'd exhausted what I'd loaned
her she borryed some more and raised
me and KEEP borryin' and raisin' ill
there was a big pot on the table
When I thort I'd done enough to give
her a good lesson called her.
"D'ye know, that gal held four kings
and cleaned me outen $500 l larfed
and thort I'd show her how easy It
would be to win it all back, and
started in. In an hour she had my
pile in her bag
My dear said, seem I tuck you
into this we're coach out O. the broilin'
sun and paid yer fare and considerin'
that lent you the fust stake, reckon
you'll not refuse to lend me somepin to
start in with to get revenge|
No. she said, Il better not. Seem
you're goin' to be my husband and
I've got 10 reform you, I'd better hold
IN to any cash that comes into ny
hands. Your passion for gambfn'
git the better o. yer in spite o
I'll yer good resolutions
81 don't like to spite yer idee O. this
7er stagecoach romance by tellin' the
est o. 1t, cause it degenerated from
owe affair to a draw, not draw In
;ame O. poker, but a draw after a
;ame o. poker, the difference bein' that
he article drawed wasn't keerd. but
weepon. l was so gol darned dis
.usted with the gal that I tOle her
wouldn't trouble her to keep my cash
s my sweetheart or my wife nuther
nd she could jist turn over the viii
inns.
''She answered that the days wheu
Eimmen knuckled down TO men was
yer and she proposed to stand for her
lights. With that she tux her hand
rom under a jacket she wore. and be
ore l could say Jack Robinson she
ad me covered.
up with yer hands. y measly ga
'ot,' she hollered, or III bore noe
trough that stupid skull O yours
Somehow her voice didn't sound 50
oft as before-fact is, It sounded IKE
mans.
4" Who be you, anyway I asked
Jimmie the Kid
my brain become Illuminated sud'
Int. Jimmie the Kid was despef
10 with a face and voice as son as
gals. He had lots O. ways o dom
rangers, but his favorite one was me
al racket. l knowed that my money
as gone and If l give the Teller an!
IS I'd go up too.
"I reckon you kin walk the rest
e way he said. 'Walkin' was COCO
iough fer me. and its good enough
+ my husband that is TO be. Seen
e wimmen IS gettin' the upper hama
re calculated TO be one OF EN- NY
IL
"openin' the door. he told me TO gr
III l got"