Show A MEETS t e 1 Little Gamine at Bridge Seven f id 1 a Pass the Time Away AW Y I IA A J 1 J L J I I NOREN z U U J t ed fn in the Dundin of bridge No 7 l d tM M r com ceM company co pany not only for fir Jays days but for lor weeks and the weeks wee lengthened len into IW month 1 before anything like fike a satisfactory be Je beginning ginning w made to the work ork which was as to bave have been en completed before he fore the theano snow ano should fly b The expense involved wae wu wa the tue least consideration The Tile company compan was wa amply able kb to build a score eoye of web uch bridges without burdening its construction COD ac ae account count unduly The Uon of time however was wan important and nd in the tl ef f fort to hasten a detail that refused ed to be bf b hastened O i OO men had been massed waed edat at a point where re KO 1 were wen expected to remain for fur only enty a yeek or two iwo I It was fifty mLles miles from a town and andas andis andas as is a measure of o economy nomy temporary buildings had bad been erected and a com cn company I IP pany P store established on m the banks of the Ute rivet riI In short a settlement had bad grown up unexpectedly sad and certain to be lie ephemeral Of government there w nothing but the authority of or Ute the er and act of improvements there ivI o necessity ne Bridge Seven as u the came can to be called was wa or derly db enough for a time The men mea ther t th were no women were skilled kIlled workmen who drank little and who eared earea for tor their job joba Such Suck minor dija as arose were easily aU settled by tile the bosses boes with an occasional appeal to t Hk Ge t u t and aDd only twice h bed been area srem eo a bout at fi It MM almost an aD Ideal idi community Red eI Game Came Into Camp CampT T 0 43 T Red fled 0 o ni into te the eA ng one on hors here and an I att au other to a o k for a job He was w a husky dis and iid th the horses were wen good NOll go ones onese e fe M he was WaIf readily Nt V d Catered on the company sell roll as za e Leo Lanwon Whether ether that thai rauw name mu ww was a mere acre legal IM fiction cUon or it rosily really belonged to him ne n one on wae as in 11 In finding adIa out and aNI ae as for fer any aay u ue feeing W mad of it as a ft name while w he t in ja op Pt na 9 n saw V the I It tt w a generally ce accepted a as Si t indisputable fact fac th the moment i he Jae was wg seen that Hod R was alt all the required There may have rea roe reasons roeA A sons aside a from rom his hie personal appear apper appearance ance te for calling him Red fled but t nobody after r looking at Im hk once onee ever stopped to inquire for foto any lID other 1 Red took it t Whether er r he eared cared a or 01 not DOt it ft wee was not n t his cue cueto cueto cueto to make enemies He je worked along Contentedly for two or three e days dy earn enI earning earnI I ing lag the good will wID of the bosses boo by h hl strength th and aMI willingness and of his i motes antes te by br his hs Jollity and cheerful men man manner ner r And he paid paM particular attention at to the way the u men m m amused amu them ht at night 1 a little Card Playing Dg Am ts hem been exacted ex ted he iso there Utere was wu 8 card cant J Net g the men played fox for syne sie d a aM 4 toW toki stories while others V Mid there were r players and 4 bhe s players among them but here ere ang aa an au U in the t th big barracks there was wasA A opp of card eard players and with some seine cr r fe groups the game me was draw Poker DoKer I Red n d recon till tm he be had learned all alt the poker parties and then began watching them till tilt fee be had sized up the came each part ayed What toe M arned warned did not seem to fill AU him with elation tion The heaviest t game be s w jp where among the mon men wes was a It IL cent ent limit with a limit consola consolation thin tion pot at the end nd of the evening enl Jl 1 I r f he had any ay 7 notion notT not of playing poker himself this kind J nd of or a game ame did not sm oen IO to appeal to him for he stood looking on rather disgustedly d the t third I h ho was wan w in when a annul dark man roan came up to h his elbow and Bel v said id without introduction Not much auch A ff a u game t I It It tied looked around TOWI and am down before he could cook locate the speaker for fer be was wag wasa 8 a 5 taU tall uisu himself Then he be raid aid I dont d nt call it a game When W I play I Int wint nt a mans man slated sized sed game Cama Same here iere said mid the UtU little mart man Table stakes id I td became be ame interested Are there any more like you ou around here he e euk asked uk d dO Ou O yes es said RId the little man Only you yin kw k gambling bUD is the r n ne M thin thing th v dont ont allow in camp limit they nay dont doni call gambling and I kon that right But the matter with going out O u Lt of camp then asked Red Nothing that I Kw of or was wan the 1 Wt r only on 1 theres there no place to go 0 Nature X is not net the only thing that M hr a vacuum Whenever there these to is a aci ci crying j ing need for tor almost anything in somebody provide it Thus Th it ft was Mae that within three days das more moreth moreth th rj r was a shack shak perhaps half hall a aU U tie ile away in which there were cards card tL mm I P A table hairs and R Red d Thither r the little dark duk mau ma whose whoa boN name flume proved to be San SaM aa Withers In night Powers Dave Da Black BlackM Blackw M w d and Harry Hany Ban Quinn Red Had Ha he been puid for capping the game he be could not hie Iv ye bf hf ber n r more eager And he it was u wh hu poke pok first tint in narty ascent nt when ben ob rv d d that hered have to be bek bea a kitty kuty k t to him for foi the ei e of providing i nd the theu u Jt The Game Began Matters being satisfactorily 1 adjusted MIl game liCame began etCh each man taking 6 6 o for tor i 3 starter start r It ft looked like Uke a modest easy es vi jon on for a white while and Red was as fig wing siring oil on getting most nOlt no t of his profits fm the kisty kitt il more mere interest develop when suddenly gan to t happen H Ho He looked at his hid Jd cards on Powers teal deal and ad was wu startled to find And finda AndA a pat straight flush nine rune high It was wasa tV wa waa a 8 jackpot and he was u third man to speak peak passed and Quinn opened it for the sise size of the tb pot which wis 12 Red R Re hesitated There wee wae a fe Uv for tor PIng two men out if it he ft t l but tally filially he decided to make m it O to play and to his intense hlen joy Withers and POM Powers era f both came in inQ inQ Q linn p puMi his hole pile forward aj ud d the other three men did the same aan was some mine e odd change coming to Withers stack was w the tallest taU and enI there was waa a little side money but butu tb u pot was about out U When tHe draw name came me each man stood pat JJ t excepting Withers and aad he be took one onea oner v a r d 1 Everybody E being all in it wa was a sho and aed each ach f man of the four sour displayed dl 4 3 straight flush lIum Took Dollars DoUN More Moje After Uter a long pause d daring darin which Red Rt looked from one oae to another in the vain attempt to discover whether there was wag anybody in the party who wIo w was waa Jot cot ot ut astonish as u astonished t n i shed d br be beare drew a long JoB breath and said Mid slowly Y and very distinctly I 1 dont remember rember that I ever seen anything just Joet t like that before o an I dont reckon I 1 ever ev r will again Ill III take i o more The other othera excepting whose hose hand bend bad had been the largest t b also and d the th gJ Ie game e went on Oft For Tor the ne nC quartet quarter of an en hour I Wa ai Then nen ou 01 o i dEal eal it beig a jackpot amin ll 11 Red Bed 4 nod NI the pot Somewhat to his our sur ur I noe r F se e they but no one on raised d dB H B railed called for i crud and threw thre v a white hite chip Ut bi 1 the Tot not without looking locking at t the cs Withes also took one and aDd without with aw cw the he bet het TW P JI JIto v took to k two twe t afifi d te 1 i rfd it ii H 4 4 Blackw tool one ODe and aAd saw new the the theAnd i And Dd Quite took tot Orp att aird rais r a ai i S 1 JU l at his hir hi 0 AV i 1 v a I LI niao nl nh e spot pst nJ iU r whai be had j i ieh f Kach ach eh of or the others Hd did the was and i I I they all showed down dawn Each Enok man had bad hada Ii Iia I Ia a ho hoSes e sad end P wa an 11 am sea t f full tull I j jApin I Again Apin there thore was a and thy ail it t i looked look at one e another aBOt r ola tr What Whet Whatever whatever i 1 I ever they may 7 have Y thong tc t they th all realised that tbt t tt It was no n tiiA 11 to o be say uy saying saYIng P Pf ing things tJ It fa in altogether th at that I Ino no 10 more vigilant watA wah wa h was 88 ever k kept si JK c con i f on oi the manipulation of the cards tha than t thad had bad been k rpt pt in et t game especially f i i after the first Arst araPI INt bat nobody i had seen neon out of the way or 81 orif t I if anything had been discovered I noth nothing ing IlIA ln had been beeR said about abo t it it j Bought nOl t a aLitt Litt Heavier wier Red Ked set isle his teeth t r r hard and Ud bought more chips c titis time With Wither er era eN and d b and andI again fhe he be same game started start i Again it went west on fW a time thue with Wit without without I out special incident through thil Bed loon loos loosened coed ened up life his hip BOCK po it ones when be he beI looked at his Ms cards and tl found four lour I eights ei ts cold celd It was Withers Withe r deal teal this time and a Jackpot j and anti Red was ful tul fully tuly ly y prepared to see everybody eve el elSe elle flash I f tours fours ur but At passed d around l to him He opened k H and nd they bey aIt ii stayed out so 50 there was waa no can call fr fec the sun StIft After perhaps half An ft hotts though 1 something happened Red ed had J been bren doing rather we weL S n had bad held several good hands icel i l ig the low four eights and two of th e B lilt tt Imd dealt t tto i to lf What h he oo tI o d not very verr I well understand tand was waa that thac no one e came his hie cards arda wh w a n he dealt for forbe he be had some reason to suppose a that t on one OPe cr nore ef t the others awe also had bad fairly m t good cards caros to bet on fl If I oan oa oaut dW dl d d as wI as ac tie these yaps J JI 4 I must roust ha be forgot s m WI ItS wn Wn lit J fa he be thought to him ell But bet it ii as ae if It the yaps ap cete cei to pay on da dahis jj his bis tI W too the happening tense came e s was wn i said Mid It proved 1 to be as much of a sur surprise prise priM either tf qt the events nema and net curiously enogh en It lt wa s 1 I in its It re to the Ute theother theother other two It was dei I G I this time nd a jackpot Each h m mats a ah h biRd bedS d kind kt and ah i malt num a had bad his bi whole pile in lit the pot before g the draw Withers hand band was vas t the highest and ana d dhe he be was wan Just ju t scraping k jis n the t pot who whoRed Red said slowly and ay 7 rt I reckon a Im a farmer fanner all right Iv IVe heM bean keep keeping d tog lag cue cases on you yoU bos bo bo as well a as I f l know how an Ill Til own up Im not E Eit it your cur claw l cIn Theres There a l bettie of ex cx extra g tra tm 18 good goj goo whisky here an the drinks drinke J Jare are on me meThe meThe meThe The others heard him o out t and ad hn ten laughed heartily Youre Bed said wid Id Withers rs and the tho eth echoed ed f the statement s only O ly we took It ft is a great Joke that you OU t i in as 8 if this camp was wae wa a I lr Sh Hew eId There Theres a dozen next nen tried trie It and IJ tM ve all aU been turned just as e ewe we have heye So when we saw lW you corn com lag inc to try t it we thought a awed wed have hae M e a little Utile fun fud with you tf a aall all n nAnd 1 allAnd And yo yen row mean me n it cant be worked 1 asked ed Red Absolutely it cant canU The company comp ny lr wont wet W have it We leave ese tomorrow and a i better go with uS u I a urn Ill Fl do it said Red Ud And Ana limit continued to be Use the extreme e form of f dissipation at t Bridge Seven Chi I I oa o Inter 4 Ocean 41 41 |