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Show FREEBOOTER GETS EASY HBHEY ' ' ' '''' 1 ' " . ' " ' A mild sensation was caused at llighland iBoy shortly after midnight , Mimday when a masked man wi'.ii a biAgan entered a pool room wliero a Uttls gambling was taking place on i,lteiide and persuaded th players to couglk up their cash. According to accounts of the iifiair OughAup on the tt.reets a nice little , gamo of "21" was well under way in which iiney had changed humis rath-r,Xre. rath-r,Xre. l Everything was lovely until the man'Vith the mask and gun came on the'tge of action. He decided that thqre was a nice little sum of money i the crowd and he called all hands for a show-down, not even overlooking the dealer. ; r Th strange man with the gun had the right Idea. There was something ovef J500 around the table. The fellows fel-lows gathered about, the little table were brave men, but as money looks cheap to a man facing an ugly pistol, i they meekly and vithout resistance turned over their cash to the stranger, so anxious were they to please and gratify the wishes or the man with the gun. Of course as soon as the stranger had thanked them for .the generosity, wished them happy dreams, bade theni good night and departed "from their presence, empty handed as they were, they felt exceedingly sore over the un-cermonlous un-cermonlous manner in which they had been called upon for a contribution. But under the circumstances they did not feel like calling an officer to chase down, this bad, bold man because the Same of "ai- is a slight infraction of the state law, and the seeking of satis, faction in that line might be like Jumping Jump-ing from the frying pan into the fire. So the gcmesters decided that it was better to endure the miseries they already al-ready had than to fly to others they, knew not of. With this end in vlewi they recited the Incident of their mis-! fortune only to a few trusted friends, and they in turn told the story to every man they met. and that's-the way the story leaked out. . , 1.. ' .i |