| Show TIlE TUE CAPTAINS STORY Ah Ahi have seen steamboats nil Ah Alt have sent seen lameR genies said mould the old oM I Mississippi l pilot but bu t let me tell you yomi ou Rah Hah nhi the days of or on the th tl I Mississippi are dying And as ile asfor asfor for there thero a game played once n IL yeah front from Ht St Paul to Now New Orleans You Yon tell a IL from n it gentleman In those tho o days b fo tho the wall Hy fly gambler r Ah Alt mean the Iho nina man who wont play fair They dressed well an quietly and their thick were per perfect feet fert Men lien for tor big hi stakes there thoro was IM absolutely no limit Ah Aim have havo lIeen men lose every overy cent celli they had In the tho world und and net get up Ull from the table mull emil mulling emiling ing ingAh Ah Alt have havo In mind n II grime which lI turn out quite that way It was wag sonic come time In iii time tho tOn iDa A who hall hail como comae up to fit St Loupy from to sell l ll Oils his cotton was wan returning home Ho He had In lit a n leather belt strapped his hili clothes Among tim the passengers who got on nt at St lit Louey Loney were three men They value came aboard separately They looked hooked anti and acted like gentlemen One of ot thorn them Introduced himself to tho the and nit I that evening suggested Tho rho fh other two were asked to 10 join which they thoy did The Tho game was In tho thin cabin tumid 1111 1 all nil tho the men nien passengers stool stood around the table watching At 2 In iii tho the morning they thc were still mill till at It the plan pia bit Inh winning but bul losing hosing At 4 he rose roso from the tho table Gentlemen he lie wild stuk my money Is in I gone gene However Ah reason to he my next crop croll ot of cotton will ho bo fully tull as UK good leol ns liS the tho ono omie Ah Jh have Just Juet cold old Is I Is acceptable It was wn though the valuation was WI wa placed at only TIme The game went vent wenton on ont At 6 C the time handed over to tothie Iho thie others orders orden on his next cotton crop ho Ito sail said Ah AIm h have havo on my place seventy Shall wo we say pay they are worth apiece That makes Again time the cords cards were ware dealt Tho The cabin was full tull of tobacco smoke The P hardly ever won now Tho The went the tho same name way tho cotton money hind gone rho fhe hili hi CK cigar ripped grIpped In hl his hili teeth rose rORe Gentlemen Ah Alt must ask one moah monh chance to redeem what whal Ah Ab have hav lost lIe he said You have hav been heen In Ina InI I with me so 10 lab Dear w with me mo a n little t longer Ah have havo a mm house It Is III In ln rood condition nd Will you accept i pt It l u Jt was wal 8 s in III the morning when whon the tho Fo for tor the last lant time Ir Ito Ho had lot lost i tile hili home hom the homo home of f hl his hll family for tor years earll I Ah Alt shall never neler forget his fare face It U was WaR us U as ilK marble marblo amid with na nil expressIon lon his hand trem bled 1 lie was al either n it came game or ern H AJ Ah am tired fed gentlemen nod nd have no moah to lose hose Ah Aim dislike dl to break up tip n II I game gamo has Ion boon pleasant pl to us lIa nil but Aim Ah mUSt go 10 to my state room toll Ho lie te walked slowly to the time door 1001 ot of his stateroom and amid shut himself III In The I three thre men amen left lett at al tho the Mil tIlt ni mr Iu I 1 Ito Ito to go JO when two tin t II n num stepped up lip a t I covered them with 1101 ahR them said to 10 mitt HIP aNI aNIAh apt 11 1 Ah Alt wag a U captain III then i I I l t ant there thee nun ma ac in f want Memphis WOe OVO bon f I I 1 10 their fun nil all now flow u 11 n h going to have havo Toll that f t fIn In tum the tho stateroom he lie tan can hIp hiie hum hIs at f hack back These men macit arc arr sharks Tile Tho men were handi urt d Ah i ird 1 rd Nl for tor the tho stateroom tub hit 1 fore roro Ah At got Rot UK ah Ah Au h hr rd n IL nAh ILA Ah A It found foil itch l him hi nit on UK timi lion 1100 with ii i Iii i I t bIn In Itt bin hlo Ill In Ii what followed Ah Alt had In lT though Ah Alt cannot say lIa All h 11 it I i t c Tho TIme took th thin Iho the tho taInt and threw them the thc nfl m Ah Aim heard their cries for tor men y us es I were carried to the time rail ruil Ah Alt taw raw to V pitch heath head first Into the Iho it b 1 them sink from froll sight N Ah Alt r 0 1 t tRay say Ray Ah Ak was sorry lorry Eib r h Chi hI h T r Journal |
