Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08
TEN, tenn, fun. ., co'se. AN then VIC seen

'enH iuii' &c, an thcn VIC seen /.
what he hcit.
90 co'sc they want no 'xcusc TO IA
roughhousc. Eassctt havin' gave him
the hand. am him not doin' :othin' ir-
y'lar. but he reeliZcd what tina, ltyind
o. thing couldn't be let 20 no further
so We laid back till the deal come
round To B!aisdcll an p'parcd To- "a sho'
'nouGh KILN.
"'rhcy was II jackpot on the table
an Bassett havin' first say. passed, so
we seen what he want likely 10 take
no part in the p'cccdin'S. not 'thoutcu
lie done passed 70 a play. AN he don't
gently do that. so seen what was IN
to mo when II come my way. TO Win
terbottoin opened the pot, AN the
stranger hc rose it handsome
TNH0wS HIS wAH
noHN ON TiIE TABLE:
81 didn't ,had not1in' 10 play on. bu,
| / knowcd what Blaisdell don; never
pier TO play on his own deal To- the
sake o 'pca:"nces. 50 done tratcd
sos to help Jake along case a. him
necdin' any '.tatance. Then Elaisdcll
AN Rassc;t both passed. so so.u il
was the reg lar thing.
We'll J.i;e n. wen, bari. at The
STRANGER an The stranger ,ru..cd. lie
} mo IS orc r"kcr player. | civ. II Il
@tnnf boost fu' lack, an Jake trailcd
I IL" fear o driyi.i the stranger out.
reckon, am We done had him hooked
| He want swine TO lay down no three
Kings At tina, stage a. the game. bat ho
want FOO enough 80 IL hist It no
mo afo' the draw
Wnter"ottom TOOK two. an the
stranger don" likcwi3c. so o co'Sc
done stood pat, not havin' not!iin' To
draw 10 an givin' Jake mo moral
I spot thata way. b'sidcs 'xplaiuin' my
! raise To the stranger.
Couldn't & been nothin' mo salts
factIy up 10 then. An even alter that
4, F,,'
/ Jake let. the stranger rose il. | trailcd.
Jake rose. the stranger rose, traiicd
an Jake rose onct mo.
Then the stranger reached down in
his jeans AN fetched up the remains Of
/ his wad, with tho rubber band round
it, an ,hrowcd that in the pot. long
with a few bills what was laying" in
front of him. An when he done II he
says, I'm all in
Vol, % co'se when seen that
knOwcd coIldE't do no mo good so
folded. I; was ur to Jake, square
an bcin' Blaisdeil done lo!ed the
I guards they want no manner % doubt
o what was comm. But no.
IF hadn't a knowed Jake = long
= / has. Ia IA rcckoned he mus, "a.
/ been scairt O. somcpin'. They was
money in front OF him. SO he cd a
called 70 what he had even IL twain;
enough TO cover the strangers bet
instead % which he throwcd down his
: mana.
GATHERS Ur POT' AND
FLEES HY BACK DOOR
Come like clap % lightu!n'. | was
that s'spr!s.Ii what l set like a bump
on log. am Jim AN Joe done The
same. while the stranger gathered NJ
the pot am went ont the back do. afo'
anybody cd say Jack Robinson.
I Joe recovered hisscif quick enough
, 10 Are one shot ~ him. AN he ran out
alter him when he seen he'd missed.
bat the pirate got away aho'd "a boat
what was Just pullin' out. He sho
was the quickest thing l ever seen on
two laigs.
we looked at his hand. o co'se. an
he had 70 kings all right Then we
turned Jake's guards over am seen
what he done had TO aces. hut he didn't
say nothin last sat like h. was kyind
q stunned like 70 "A minute or so an
then got up AN done went out. Sho'
was the most mysterious thing what
ever happened IN Arkansas City"
SuCh were the things already refer
red to- Such had been the lamcntablc
lapse On the part OF Mr.. Winterbottom.
No great wonder could he felt that his
associates were not only agSrieved,
but Indignant as we'll
That anybody should have laid down
four aces aEnins; a two-card draw was
such plain evidence Of feeble minded :