Feb 1927 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

OCEAH CUT, H. X, nnsxt, FEBBMB* a, »».
sabin
OOHE BEFOBE
IMS and tfai Pacific
« h
ftmt
reached It, newest
HMMt west" Ben ton. Wyom
BiM town described u "roar-
each new terminus,
was,
••wen, a young man
_ he la In search of
3«d Bcntoa u considered
and dry."
tUtoatoyo. a fellow paaen.
1 -the train from Omaha,
|pr;*lue eya and the style
dually sh« as-
explained, "as you see, ta an m
provenient on the old rondo fo
dbldd
red-blooded people, shall
take a turn, fiih luck?'-
The crowd was eyeing
gyrating balls expectantly,
the balls entered
portels; ths remainder fntn
rest.
"Hondo,'
ni=jhav* fspeti them up. Xow I
• them slowly ^.yeu ran f
h-m. OhM^rvi* riONrly. Th"
n i'ip. tiesaeeh thumb riii'f
gt>r. Th* art 1 ne%l = a".< '"
Aj Ih,. midillB. Th.' nihf
oael. 11 Bill proposed,
•TBJ en," agree the Colonel
"There's the soap. And fob th
honor of tbe grand old Empire
itate ti will let our friend pick
the ace fen us."
I turned up the right-end card
"By the Eternal, bo's done It
lie has an eye Hk* an eagle's,'
praised the dealer, with evident
ehaiirlH, "J las,., one aualri now
Everybody In [his ilni., • },P
gSloerc.i Uli- ranis. "III play
iiraln.t ynu nil, ,hl» gentleman
Included, 1 m afrahi he* »hiiiri,.r
han ai.>, hiir Jr,i g,1ip •*
lie »-a< inn In.~lo
dill not like him.
same time. And sow If you will
recommend a good eating place,
and be my guests at supper, after
that, as I have said, 1 must be
eicused. By the way, while 1
thin* of it," I carelessly added,
"can you direct me how to get
J tbe Bis Tentf"
The Colonel .wrflnl; his fishy
m. hanlonsd upon me a» with
ehti-niu Indignation.
"Sun. jruip are too Innocent! I
•i". by part. nun. that you
a cnppur f«a HIM Infernal
»•!•• h,
«"|miM
i Jack
111, f«r.|
io etcu_*e pi?
jiirk
nouncod thp mar,
with tie short cut nrni deftly dl>i-
rlbuted checlt
•DM,
and coins
Hi.
and h,.
beta, ladle, and ifn
eassembled the balta.
"I prefer not to play air"
responded to the Colonel, -\
furnerf his ban'i, wiifj IV
ffif*.f card* in a MtT, so fhsf a!
might siee, ' T The aee is the win
nirjs card, Ymj are io local*? th\. I
iim going io throw. Who eijl
sot rfie se*-? Watch, everybody.
p se
Ii Ready! Go. 1
Colonel. I oni
here and I cannot afford In up.
lose until 1 am better h
I Win by taking a ".mile
Mf, before breajfast, A
•tells BecKin she bos "snM-"
her nan" to lemon, "•"•'ever jet seen a nun wh
typical western ruffian «""!*. n "I afford to win, though.
ijjhe[knows appareatly well oe » rl >» ie «"> '"*< ••>« «"*'
~^~wes§ impresses the pa#- ing indeed wemen as itt
tsen=to their insenaate fervor
•nd "11111" ' tSI'diah game under
if.iWsJlBIteer to entertain ltltoa ** tBe "ueous, sweating
_ barter,
'ii. s';.";•„_ Of gambling deviceg,
pen of '
The bocks of the cards wer.'
WIUi if
'if niy nimpnny,
•Viiilll «,,,
gini|,.Hi»n,- I p|
ilni.. b.ii nut ni.w I ihhi, i'i
anil in ii.iihp ;,ni! I "in... ,„ ,n
•neehiiiil fol|,,wlnB.'
• »V« (.,,„ , ,.,,(, ,),,„. „,.,,, whJU
••-•re dry." ,!,„ f,,!,,,,,.| ot.j,.,.,,.,,
a« »c n,.,.,.l ,,ff. . ,,„ ,,„ ,|ba|ll
upon
We ««• urginj
nierif. niiich M niy Hi^ia.^te. when
of a * }'..>. Ul- i.ry
^rofp^Hi'insL £yn, 1 eMl TOiJr
Soiiienow j hiin.l! 1
anyway, and | | Kas rl|nll[ ,„ relot, j,o(]y,
• km Mr Brn'l}. whrt likewise
hail ben gl.Tiiiitf ai m,-. HrrmleH
j fiifjrnH,Iy.
• Shi. * »a:(in' for ynii. Vr*ii
'"nn srjiiar" » irh UM laiMr."
Th** blark ri^i'l flffure had ling-
erejl licyonil. rnlpnulbly Baling
inlo a wind, Wilhoui saying
aiinthsr word In ffly rufrlf'i boily
guards 1 Jipproaeh?il h.
"Mndam." I iHipri-d foolishly.
finnJ i'Vf,nir!g."
" You havt'. left ynitr friends?
"Vi-ry willingly."
' And 1 have reifupd ynu?" ahe
strangers! Meanwhile, let me ad
vise you. Vutfit' while you wait,
and become of the country! You
look too much the pilgrim.
tuere la Eastern dust showing
through our Hemon dull, and
that spells of other 'dust' In your
poelletn. Get another hat, a flan-
nel ablrt, some cpnrsor irnuaerB. a
paff of boota, don a gun end a
swagger, say lltlln, rnaku few (Hi.
protuptu frifnds, win anil Inae
without a «Bilie or frown. If you
play (but upon playing I wi:
I shall hope
fk> adloa, sir
A baring mob tramped through
the slreut. with Jangle "Hans
hi in' Hang him! String him up!
I saw flu! a figure bloody,
chested and Inert flat In the dust,
with Btooplng Ogures trying to
raise him; then, beyond, & man
white as death, hustled to and
from from clutching hands and
iuiidenly forced In flrBi grips up
i*e street, walls the mob trailed
after, whooping, cursing, shrieks
ing
Bhopper: "I would lilt, ,„
some iIlBmonda for a* «... ,
Oierkl / "
h!..ldii,| h
Ihs iahle
in the
was no
flnally
- — *=*j tj«aqueiprs fin
wd hsd iatJiirgd before stopped at the simplest apparatus
In raln.li.., soiled shirt or all.
4 who aland- "The spiel game for me, gentle-
'*s eshorting med," gaid the f°Kin***i »^-~- ihsd.
The counsel to Hon a gar.
•Blacking less of the reeenl Ea«i
afruek
"Levii
Llqnora, Groferies and General
Slerrhindlnir I procureil a hat
a flannel shirt, a .ervlceable
ri-ady-madp »u|t, boots, and
revolver
me as sound and at
Mafflmoth Eriiporiuni;
Gi
Mitrfi.
casual acquaintance," I an-
f: """" """ "'•" 'rav..l.
fWf,
-!•> by ih.
H'T fare hrlBhi»nf.l. "They
»rf (l|jiippninti.d In finding yOu
raw method,.,
you will [at
n in ho hooked by such
With ffly bulky parcel I sought
cafe, ate supper and hastened
to He hotel for bath and clianje
of costume,
I had yet time (o array myself,
as an ejperimen! and a lark; and
that I did. hurriedly tossing lily
old garment* upon bed and floor,
In order to Invest with (he new.
The third bed was occupied b
a plump, round-faced, dust-seald
Then you.
•«•«
Her rolti Banjo «n ,o .. mont, Vr
to the a gudgegn, and get the price of
. 1 jantir ror the crowd
p»le aerosi meal. Our friend will join U8
pleased
ten or • doiea sharp He's goi
by-standeri here were sta
ilW teen tnklt alj U^ZIM"^^ 1 ^ ""'
V, «nd Jut as we | had was the snai] ...
propelled all I cheap table wlti" uHilntTv
PT s short and "•—- -• -
plain
lull.
-..o Jacks and the ,
," jh« Colonel I geptlemen. There they are.
"No.
be appealed to
. I'm a Wind
reader. I can t*?Ii by your ey&
They're upen the rlgh!=end card
Aha; Correct!" He tump! up ths
earil and avowed the ace, "You
should have bet. Yatj would have
b^aien m* 5 . sir. Watch the aee.'
I piek up the earrig. Ace flr«t=—
aci^: and ihe jacks. Watch
There you are," He briofly
I the faces of the eania.
Keep your eyes upen the ace.
Ready=gol"
He apread the cards. As he
bad releascJ Be bad lilted iheBi
SlIfBtly, and I clearly saw the
ace lancf. The cards fell in the
Same order M arranged. To that
I would have sworn,
"Five dollars now that aay|
one card is not the ace, he chal
ieng#d. "I shall not touch them-
Promise m; that