Show BEAT REW REDSKIN kan GAMBLER 9 how a white mone mans lucky draw ledd out champion jv andlen CC there may be citizens la in deadwood who remember buck joseph said the man with the taper fingers as he per matted a emile smile to lark lurk around the corners of his mouth buck was a full fledged sioux indian but he had bad learned a thins thing or two in his time one of em era was bow how to play poker and another was how bow to hold the best hand kand he lie was early on the ground at deadwood and he was a winner from the start there were some pretty slick stick amblers gamblers hanging out there in the old day daya they believed a good deal in I 1 tk c buta but a good deal more in fingering the cards none of them had buck josephs sleight of hand however they tried him on timo 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 Abl lenc anu for me im not going to eay say what I 1 was doing over then theno but the boya boys who knew me best were overe ready to bet 2 to I 1 that I 1 downed buck at bis his own game when I 1 reached deadwood continued the narrator 1 I 1 lad nd 80 in cash with me old bo lo came up smil ine with an ednal amount and we sat dowa for an all day tea party I 1 start ed out aa as square as a dot depending on luck alcue and I 1 had bad lost be tore fore I 1 made a cli change ango then I 1 went in for nothing less than flushes and inside of an hour I 1 got my money back buck knew I 1 was beating him at his own game and he be laid for me on one of his big deals he sot got four aces and I 1 knew it I 1 got king queen and jack of diamonds and it was 20 to come in I 1 1 I drew a long breath and chipped and drew two to his one my heart thumbed an I 1 found a ten and nine of diamonds in my hand band a flush of course buck knew know there was only one hand higher than his and he came for rab u with beta bets oi of 50 60 he lie had friends to borrow from and so had 1 I and when he finally called me we had in cash on the table and he be had three ponies two squaws and five papooses up against my watch and pin he was getting ready to yell when I 1 showed my hand baud his yell died away and he sat there like a atone nan n an for five long minutes then he slowly rose up gathered his blanket around him and as he walked out of the place h aid humph Hump hl heap emart smart white mani maul heap aas a fojut Io In jut junt |