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Show (? BEAT REDSKIN GAMBLER ? A How bl-White Man's Lucky Draw Le.id Out Champion X Indian Player. J table, and he had three ponies two squaws and five papooses up against my watch and pin. He was getting ready to yell when I showed my hand. His yell died away, and he sat there like a stone man for five long minutes. Then he slowly rose up, gathered his blanket around him, and as he walked out of the place he said: "'Humph! Heap smart white man! Heap ass Injun! ' " "There may be citizens in Deadwood who remember Buck Joseph," said the man with the taper fingers as he permitted per-mitted a smile to lurk around the corners cor-ners ot his mouth. "Buck was a full-fledged full-fledged Sioux Indian, but he had learned a thing or two in his time. One of 'em was how to play poker, and another was how to hold the best hand. He was early on the ground at Deadwood and he was a winner from the start. "There were some pretty slick gamblers hanging out there in the old days. They believed a good deal in luck, but a good deal more in fingering the cards. None of them had Buck Joseph's sleight-of-hand, however. They tried him on time and again, and they worked all the arts known to the profession, but he was still ahead of the game. As a last resort they sent over to Abilene, Kan. for me. I'm not going to say what I was doing over there, but the boys who knew me best were ready to bet 2 to 1 that I downed Buck at his own game. "When T rparhprl Dpndwrtrtrt " pnn. tinued the narrator, "I Lad J800 in cash with me. Old Lo came up smiling smil-ing with an equal amount and we sat down for an all-day tea party. I started start-ed out as square as a dot, depending on luck alone, and I had lost ?500 before be-fore I made a change. Then I went in for nothing less than flushes, and inside of an hour I got my money back. Buck knew I was beating him at his own game, and he laid for me. On one of his deals he got four aces and I knew it. I got king, queen and jack of diamonds, and it was $20 to come in. "I drew a long breath and chipped and drew two cards to his one. My heart thumped as I found a ten and nine of diamonds in my hand a straight flush. Of course, Buck knew there was only one hand higher than his, and he came for me with bets of $50. He had friends to borrow from and so had I, and when he finally called me we had $4,000 in cash on the |
