he cow-boy wouldn't have it. My friend made a snatch at what
he supposed was the boy card, and--lost.

I felt very sorry for him.

The fellow with the black whiskers was Holly Chappell, the cow-boy
was Tom Brown. Both were my partners. The cow-boy invited us all
to the bar. My friend and I retired to our state-rooms for the
night.

NO MONEY IN LAW.

A man by the name of Levy (of course he was a Jew) and myself were
once traveling on the Jackson Railroad, amusing ourselves playing
in the smoking car, when along came a horseman from New Orleans,
and dropped in, thinking he could pick up the right card. I was
doing the playing, and I asked the horseman if he thought he could
pick out the card with the baby on. He said that was just what he
could do for $300.

"Put her up," I said, and in a twinkling I covered his $300. He
turned the card, and lost. Then he studied for a moment and
remarked: "I am going to try that once more." So he planked down
his watch, which was a fine Howard movement, worth about $200. He
lost, got mad, and kicked by telegraphing ahead to arrest a couple
of gamblers on the train who had been robbing a man. We were then
a few miles below the Sixty-two Mile Siding, and I knew there were
no officers there; so we got off at the Siding, and on the down
train we spied an officer who was coming from Winona after us.
Then we took to the hills, and kept a sharp lookout, where we could
see and not be seen. The officer asked where we had gone, and the
railroad people told them down the road. They returned to Winona,
and he offered a reward of fifty dollars for the watch, and $100
for the return of the watch and money.

Bad news travels fast, and I soon heard of this, and I decided not
to go so high up on the road. At last, however, I went to the
town, though before I reached the depot I handed my money to a
gentleman who resided there, who was a good friend of mine; and
sure enough, as I expected, the constable served his warrant on me
immediately. My friend at once stepped up and said that we would
not go to jail, and forthwith furnished bail. We gave the officer
the laugh, who only got mad and telegraphed to New Orleans that he
had the party who had won the watch and money belonging to the
horseman. On the first train, up he came. When the case was called
for trial, I asked the Judge for a continuance on account of the
absence of a material witness. He granted me one of three days