Show l POKER YARN OF i 1 THE 1 THE OLD If Peters peters eters Twins Knew How to Play and How HO to Fi tr I j J QUEER QUEER WAY OF DEALING i E- E 1 Ol Card Cardas Was as s Not ot Rut Hut 0 the tlc Pony AVns Wa n nn and Th There Ic Wn a n Sequel ne Q D I I There Thorp was wn yap come com aboard the thc boat a spoil spell ago said id ll Cal Caleb b Mix tx the veteran bartender 1 on the thc Mississippi f i river packet Cl City t of Natchez Natches that i. i sure sur mado made mo me tre tired Camo Came Into the an an fiddled around more n II 2 som some fr Ir r this brand o o 0 whisk whisky an ap an l that afore ho he concluded to take lake loth 7 er yr out four fOUl fn fingers ers when hed he'd c I malo U up his mighty mind an wanted want want- k 1 eed ed t to pay with wih a short hort bit bi I I That Tha want vant want what put me out 0 o e conceit with wih him though stirred fUr stir stir- red rail mo mc up tip was the wa way he ho fa talked lp r about tin Uw river Vant Wanted to know mow what whal there thero was about th tit ol 01 t r t t L was waR different fm iii er an any nih- nih I vr r river CU cause calls hII L' L O So 0 cou course cout tv at no use to explain I j In to Hk like a yap ap that lInt Hut 1 I tried to 10 t toll toil J him hint pin about things s t I tEed i Eed to 10 be did I on the HI boats hoats t likely Jelly i didn't happen eJe j. e on earth ago apo I r a When hien 1 Id I'd been to him a aspell 1 spelt spell I got some somo hot t up count o o 0 the f. f wa way ho had o 0 i everybody an everything everythinG an tol told him J the Peters PIr twins What hat Didn't y y ever vel hear about th the Peters leters twins i Why h I r reckoned everybody e south o 0 Mason la oJ an Dixon that story i Tho Tim Peters twins was t two wo short hort f card i-card players that come aboard the old V q Belle Bele one night about fort forty ort year roar ngo an an to like th the boat so sowell well ehI wel t they stayed aboard mo most t o 0 othe the time after s 's long long s 's the they lived Taft as owned the hl biggest holt halt Gest 0 o the River Belle Belie an nn run her tier his self s lf a was a fair poker player u an hadn't no prejudices her ho hr r wouldn't have no aboard the r boat foat Didn't Ic like to have p hi his saloon Aloon I mussed up nn nn an didn't t like tho the coroners coroner's coron coron- lees ers Investigations like lea they started Marled tO have ha c. after the war every cry time a anun ro nun Inan got shot In a The old man was US though If I an any of his ps passengers wits was hell heH bent on a dispute hed he'd tIe lie tc up the boat fr Cm fr half a hour long side hh to of a sandbar or what whatever er an un put em m ashore I I If It I one on emd ernd come back on time Ume ild hed put 0 off not askin no question I till un If It the they didn't neither on em conic come back hed he'd do the same caine thing wed L i r to to sa say t half a hour was long enough I 4 to lo settle 11 any sort son o of a dispute ani an i I J a boat bOt back longer n a that I was a waste wasCo o o 0 time j i I lIO Quirk Quid hO Peters tWins t dIdn't pear pcr to I IhO if lo tills this rul rule t 0 on otT bell Qin hah hasty an give RV lv lo to tf tho the liable 0 o 4 f r rr 1 r n came theu aboard ot li at nt lr Helena nt Jn n ln fn f but hut y you OU cd tell tel h by 10 lookin 01 n at at cm t 1 they hey was vas m fm mW 1 th W O arle I D The They looked so ranch much alike t l you you couldn't telL loll flu Tl Im I'm Jim even when I they was stand In side aide fhle o o 0 one another I an th they tal talked d alike aIa an un both bOlh on I Iem em had that o n walkin way like a u cat t you oU get when you ou hunt much In th the woods wood but hUl the they hadn't spent their hull huU time huntin Sich poker as tho they lid dill aint did h by nobody nuI no- no I body n n it heap o a practice While they stayed on the River Belle an that were some years can there want vant no other ha had no flO grot show In her saloon aloon They used to 8 say t was ju just t as a a agreeable to them to lo have come aboard a as I 1 for to catch yaps aps We Vc cn make just as much profit prof em as ns we can tho the yaps an most genly more not nol to M say noth- noth In about Its It's Is I's hem a a heap more fun F they'd ther sa say imay n no I reckon fur fm Cm right t. t 1 r 4 4 I or I was sayin as ns how there couldn't P it I nobody tell Bill 11 fm rm Jim count o 0 they hem heln more alike n nn any two men I I ever O seen sen but maybe marbe Jim was a hit hi more so n ii 1 Di Bill Anyway Any I got sot so sofi soI so so- fi I cd most genly tell teH after Id I'd Il L 5 cm em four or 01 live five e 1 years me m bar baron baron on the River Belle Bele them times HUo liko Jim were more likely to in speak first an sort ort o 0 tool took the he lead just a mite in most c everything Bill 1111 Bl he lie stood by But Dut you ou couldn't notice slow about Bill ed like 1 C Bil v he ony stood IJ by Just sos so's to make sure suret t the l two wo on em d do 10 tho the same thing to like tc th they sure did r. r The rhe poker l' l t was wal as played aboard the River lr IU Belle Belie Uele while them two was wn I 1 stoutly steady goin back an an forth Corth fm m m New w Orleans to lO Memphis and fm frn Memphis to ro Nen t. OrN ua J enough to give Si one n u o the s. s re hi-re lui j I I fe chills chis an nn an iH e fever The They I must a n had a a wad b between tween em cm bir j I enough to buy tb th th bo boat boit t No o Gr Game Came T Too Die Big I Thc re h rl wont want no niJ game came t was too ton big blK fr f. Viii I hut the HIP way HIP they Kenly I pl played y 1 when I ih hy y eU eit c catch n a real reul first I hop chop wan wo-s WL a n thousand dol ilni- lars table tAhle stales stakes n a ary arl one ono on em cm emil d il 1 shove how his hits hull hUl stack slack In the pot s 's quick a s 5 hed he'd throw a white chip f C he ito seen scon the other man was nn any way f il doubtful doubtfUl flu Ii t fi ii One night th there rl W was waa two men come conic aboard at Memphis just a M as we WI was WS castin off or an took passage fr tr New C Orleans Orhan I heerd Inter t the they was waR a n couple o n 0 Chicago men t t had some hal rep rep- fV fr ome onie poker I an an I Iwas was vas O over OI I th the chances o 0 the te I river ja gan n Perkins an Foster was ns tho the names they thew 11 give hut but that a n been heen their real names namos fr fer all aJ t l I know P Perkins Per Per- r- r kins were a a little man finn not much bigger big big- ger n ii a minute but hut Fo Foster tel wore were al almost almost nl- nl mo most t UH UM big as a the tho Peters twins ono one I on I J cm pm mean When Shen It conic come to 0 cards though there want vant to lo choose an an I r seen t L t the Peters Peter twins had some of ot ofa ofa ota a a Job cut out when the they tackled these two like the they did othere Jc right after supper They seen It I too n no nI noI I cd see em em er look Jook sideways at each elch other or when they was gottin goUn settled Into the game Later on you couldn't tell teil tel If I they looked at nt each other or not the First off oc lh they was wa some atthe atthe at atthe game How shall we e mako make It I l' l says say's Jim Wo We most genly enly pla plays table stakes for fora a a. thousand a corner corner But Little LItile Litle Perkins he speaks up In a f sort orl of or voice voSCO an hn he hc says as a's I dont don't understand exactly What do o you mean macan by hy table stakes That's a 0 anew now new one uno on 1 me J So Ro Jim he ho says ays It I means you cn alays alYs get a n show f C what what's In front fron of or you an an you cant can't bet het no moron moren you have on the tho table Wo We g genly nI la Hash h a a thousand apiece an m play for tor that hint first nut But Perkins he looks discontented an an he says pays ay I 1 donl dont see ee no sense eme In that that- that Ive I've C 1 got moren a thousand with m me me hut but hit I 1 aint fash in m my hull wa wad nd till til UJ the time com com CollieS s. s Do you OU mean I cant can't bet anything n I damn lama please p when I get ci cards ds Oh all al right f says Jim Tm an there want wun no more said id about that The They each took a a thou thousand In chips us in yellers for or hundreds an an understood that thai hi hills bills was to be u used d fr r big b bets ts J Attracted i a Crowd Croud It fIt dont don't take tale long for to find ou out outon Ion on a river boat when theres there's a reel reely big game on nn un twant moren a quarter of a hour afore nigh nigh everybody every every- body hory on th the lie boat t cd Cl get Jet there was In th the saloon lookin on nn an there aint aln no 10 queston but hut what llY seen scott REen ara- ara amur Iii In line fine poker These two l 1 I I Northerners sure wa was some sonic skilled but Ih the peters twins hadn't never me met up UI with none better than thun their own selves Delves an an to be he he reckoned t Chicago mend wil iii out when the best players on the river live Just naturally I was waR one o o 0 them t wa was on I T had a boy In the barroom an an I was wm waltin Jon side long o 0 oth oth I th card table fr fJ such orders as asI I get get i l I 1 cd Cl a had the tho bo boy there just as aswell I I well wel hem heln as ns good pla players els didn't drink l none nono to speak o of nt at the tho table but 1 Id I'd c been them thorn Peters Jeters twins a aspell aspell spell an w I h had c in 1 my own Ideas R. R 0 O I course coune twant none o a In my affairs atau to toM M say but r I never found t t n bad bac business bulneR to 0 o know what what's a P tg g rr niron roun l a you ou hoId bo ho hI Id I'd ld round out alit fr tr one thing thing- t t lie tho c ards cards an as fN was as played w h when I u n-u at g i game dhami h u nt the l name iTe cards carris as l nal came cume fm rm m my bar hal when I brought em In Then rhen 1 studied tu I 1 tho ho cards as aR was picked up an long on afore I cd tell eni m h b by the tho i Just hi rI n shen Id I'd Id found out I I that much I looked at nt their dealin deaHn clo close c an an twant long afore I I I seen Ren another another thing Them boys hoys was I t the h slickest l second cond card caril I C d dealers t t evet travelled the river rl I I Them Chicago men had lund yome ome I I I j stunts o a their own They'd sound oun old ohl I fashioned T f I was was- wal waslo lo to tell cm i now but they was as counted slick them days I 1 I never see ce a Crosscut cros cul played 1 like c they he played It I. I not till tm later latel on Its It's Is I's common common com corn 1 I mon flOi nO now but twant then Bill Bi d dealt J the cards card an un Perkins I had put rul up the ante lIve five lve calls I I I ten Jim come In an so o does docs Foster an un an Bill Bi drops Then Perkins makes I I U It ten more morl nn an af Jim he sees a i an some on Bills Bill's Bis Bi's deal I j I he hoots boosts It H twenty I Then Foster r trails Perkins makes I It fifty more Jim shoves ho i In a hundred dollar bill hi an nn n Foster bets n five c 1 hun bun I tired dred lilt Hit were wre a n sort o 0 body bod blow v an nn I made it I look sure enough ou h like Foster had Perkins looks Jook nt at him a lon long time but finally he ho makes cs good a an Jim studios I v llo o oliH liH ns ns Worked His Ils two pairs pairS didn't pear per to be he beI I worth no such mone money an he ho was up i against the two iwo on cm ant Finally tp he lie i 1 settles it il a as hed he'd lcd better bethi forget the I he hf had had in ruther n ii to put lint up 10 SHOO I I I t more an maybe mabe two or nr three thousand thou- thou thousand I sand anc later So he ho drops Imps iI i j i Then TIIu Perkins takes es one card I Foster tn takes two t o nn an het bets huets Then rhen i l Perkins drop drops There couldn't be he no question lon o othe I the play nor no th couldn't be bl no doubt doub t I the two tuio on em enu m had hail done Jim Jima I i together but I says sS s'S to myself my my- self t Jim d be bo liable Hable for tor to tIe deal dl out some mo strong trong hands hand the deck come to 0 him There was a n good for him to tb do 10 U it it too Joo too bin hlin a as Perkins called IN fr Cr a new nw dec an dealt with wih em m I r dont don't reckon anybody fonn cn Tim Jim I change han that deek fr rI p thal Ilk Another one wh when I he hI tool look it 1 l J know no I r was look In close chose n I couldn't cORI see Ree hut but lh the marks they used I een seen t i th the cards he dealt was WR marked marlN hii hi his way an I know l the Die 1 deel J Id I'd when Perkins called for Cor it I hadn't no marks on ItO itO it O 0 COUr course A I well wel enough l t Jim Jima had bad ini Im m stacked slacked n n JofAn likely like hike 11 I ly changed the deck eck after tho Iho cut so 0 I says to myself there d bo he some omo corkin good goot hands out an there ther was Foster Fosler Foser anted the usual five C call J ten ten an nn Bill Bi comes comeR In Perkins h he rl raised ed It H It an on Jim stayed tae Thou Then hc Foster he lie studied some like he lie hail had a notion to raise hack back hut bill he didn't an nit him himan himan an alt Bill nm stayed Then JORt rosier Foster 1 ho lie hI called fr r one ono card I reckon J Jim had looked for or hi him m to take tale two tso twin heln as he ho had lund throe three king Icings as wo we learned later But nut It tool moren that thai to rattle JimI JimI Jim I r was waR as ns how he c cd deal dell seconds heln That ThatIs Is 1 I never seen een him etche this once He lie give Foster Ills his one an Bill Bl calls fr Im tl two an Perkins stands pat an nn an Jim says say's as a's he hc reckons hell he'll hel take tale two When hen he took em there was a Pst pasty faced stranger as stood with wih a n friend 0 o hl n lookin on spoke up quiet like to his friend an says say's cripes but hut that's the first time I ever seen en a a man deal the thc top lop card I dont don't reckon ibis feller cHer had no Idee I t an anybody hod hut but his friend d hear him fr Cr r he lie sr spoke In a sort ort o 0 whisper an 1 he didn't look IonIc like a n man t was likely to bo lie huntin fr Cr a a hand handy way WY to commit suicide but hut there was moron moren one ono heerd him Jim Jini did fr Cr one an an he lie w speaks pas up r very ery quiet hut distinct The he gentleman lies HeR he says ys pull pull- pul- pul in his JUI gun guli Bills gun was wa as out the same minute minute min mm- ute an an the tho stranger seen he lie was up tip against it i so o ho he didn't make maJe no move fr Cr his own ln gun but hut there want no 10 aHer in Sri him hint if ir hi his facet was WaR patt pasty He HP rP soya just ju r as ns Inlet a as 05 Jim I Youve YoU c got the drop on me but If von vou want to give a I gentleman's satisfaction Ill I'll Il fight you OU fair foil I Not on this boat bOrt you yon wont won't says Tart 1 I one hand on Jims Jim's gun an on one on In Bis Bi's Bills If I theres there's to be did you'll youl go ashore So they fixed It that WO tray It I were made up lT t Jim was to take Bill Bm fr r his sec second an an the tle lle pasty past faced mans man's friend was waR to go with wih him They was urns to lo have a gun apiece an an lr fire al at the thc word as nR fast as ns they I Mil ti Iii t the he wn nn The Th-ca-p Th n pi LIUI nt j-nt pul i COt em n ashore J I tellin I ant em hed he'd walt wait half hair an nn hour for em om an anthey an on anthey th they went Into 1210 the he woods I Twenty minutes later Bill nl an ml an Jim I come back Th They Sai said the tho pa pasty t I faced d mans man friend frienda was a wi to stay ta I with wih the remains wi so IU t they'd r left him him there thel An n the tho boat hoat went on down th the river Sonic Some years ems later latel I met mot that hat friend an ho 0 told old me t I 1 Jim mu bed fired live five fo shots to t the pasty past faced mans man's two but neither on emit em Im was hurt much Then |