The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
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not as a gen'l thing faint, an ,
l don't 'ncourage it. They u liable
70 be things misjudged, an th,ain't
no tellin' what d'sturbants tn may be.
| amt a takin' no chanst.
But them days I want so p'tic'lar.
not havin' had = much experience. like !
said, But haln't eve been sorry
what they was lockers on that night,
mems sam was n on 'em. like /
cone said afo'.
They was the three house players
an three o them planters what I was
tellin' about into the game. One on
I'm was Squire Hapgood what's been
q torable good p'ducer ever sinc't | To-
Gated in Arkansas City. him Twin !
u enough to come to town some
freq'ent, but the others was fm
some'res further up the state. dis
remember their ames but one on EN-
his frierds called shorty, count o.
him not beln' full size.
He was a peppery cuss, though. an
to'ed two guns. Had a way o. pullin'
EN- both to onC't. bein' s he shot left
handed s good = right. T'other one
was a big man, kyind o. slow startin',
nut n holy terror when he got a-goin'.
Come a hand when IL was easy
seen I'm the bettln' afo' the draw what
they'd he things a diddin', an alter
the draw they sho' n serious. Blais-
dell was dealin'. an c'ordin' to what he
said a'terward everythin' d a been all
right II Wlnterbottom d a had mo-
confidence into him. but Jake didn't
know him so we'll s he did late. on,
so that was nachul.
Jake belt a pat straight an To- on
EN- was hearts. but the Jack was a
club. Blaisdell's idee was TO keep him
In afo' the draw, an then let him see
I'm what t'other players took what a
straight want no good. He reckoned
Jake d see what Il WAS up to him to
discydrd the jack an pull one. maxim
a straight flush. but az I said. Jake
didn't know Blaisdell's play IS well s
he come TO know 1t latcr. an he come
nigh upsettin' everythIn'.
1T were a jackpot an Bassett oper ID
under the guns. shorty trailed. havfn'
"A fun house but not wantin' to drive
the others out. Hapgood throwed
down. an the big Teller rose II, havin'
threes. Then Jake Civ II another
boost an Rlaisdell throwed down.
kickin' Bassett in the shins To- him to
stay an help Jake along.
"Bassett understood, an he boosted
agin. not havin' on'y a pair. Then
SHORTY give a whoop an made IL a
hundred mo-. The big man studied a
spell an trGiied. Feared like he over
Played three aces. but he was gently
lucky In the draw. an | reckon he
counted on that.
"WinterbottOm seen what a straight
want 70 hand 10 go 70 further on. but
he trailed an Bassett closed the pot.
makia' somepir' over $4,000 In the
middle O. the table. an | begin to git
worried. didn't had no gre't house
roll them days. an | seen what IL the
house lose | Vas gwine to git some
tore up.
We'll, Bnssett drawed two. not
wantin' To show weakness. an a. co'se
shorty stood pat. That showed Win
tcrbot,om what his straight want
liable to be no good, beir's shorty
wouldn't a played like he done 'thouten
he was better n a straight. but alter
the big man drawed two Jake studied
a spell an finly said what he'd stand.
20 co'sc they want nobody but Blais-
dell knowed what was out. but | seen
I'm his face what somepln' a went
wrong. an / started outside 70 my
bungstarter. but just then that
meracle was did.
They'd been c'nsid'able few new
decks called 70 an the old ones d been
thrown on the flo So they was all
scattered round. an they was a jack
o hearts laid right nigh Pearsall's foot.
III stopped over To tie his shoe. an
the next minute that jack o. hearts
was in Jske's hand. Nobody seen how
1t was did, but twas.
so co'se Jake was s'prised, but he
had presents o. mind enough To keep
his face straight n give his 'tention
to what they was TO- him to do. o.
co'se, that was TO git rid o. that sixth
cyard. TIL on'y way he cd do Il
'thouten bein' saw, was to put II up
his sleeve an he done It.. That'd a
been all right. only later on 1t slipped.
"Afo' that, though. things was did
din some rapid. Bassett bet out.
Shorty rose It. The big Teller dropped
an Jake showed his hull pile in the
pot. Bassett folded an Shorty called.
Jake showed down an reached 70 the
pot.
Then the cyard slipped an Shorty
pulled both his guns. That is. he had
'em half way outen his pockets afo'
Sam Pearsall cd git a holt Of his two
arms I'm behint.
Squire Hapgood done seen every
thin, but bein's he van In II, an him
bein' peaceable nachully. ne done
leaned back an KEEP still. The Squire's
got a heap o. sense. sometimes.
"But they was mo- comm. Feared
like they was a heap o. ~c'nfuston all OF
a suddint. Jake was too busy rakin'
in the pot to be payin' much 'tention,
an they didn't pear to he nOthin'
special for Bassett an Blaisdell to do
seem Sam was holdin' Shorty, but the
big Teller 'peared to wake up onex-
pected, an he breaks loose two or
three ways to oncet. Feared like he
was all over the room, interferin' with
everybody. afo' anybody seen what he
done left his seat.
II seen what somepin' had to be did
quick, and | fetched a swipe at him
with the bungstarter what'd a wiped
him cut II II d a hit, but luckily II
didn't. II mought a made a scandal II
he'd a been kilt. But Sam tripped him
up an he fell. Then Bassett landed
on top OF him an all was yer
Alter that Sam alays played 70
the house."
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