it him a slug in the
ear that curled him up on the floor like a possum. Then I cashed
my checks and set out for a walk. I knocked around for about half
an hour, and got to thinking about how much money I had lost, and
resolved to try my luck again. There was no other bank open, so
I went back to Peritts' game, and there, sprawled out on the floor,
lay the big lubber that I had knocked over, and Roach was kneeling
down by him and rubbing him with ice water and a towel, so I resolved
to take another walk, when Roach, catching sight of me, said:
"Devol, I guess you owe me something for taking care of your patient,
and if that's the way you hit, I don't want you to hit me. I've
been rubbing this fellow ever since you left."

Dick was fond of fun, and had a man who went by the name of Shell
Fairchild, who he thought could throw down or whip anybody, and he
was willing to put up his money on him. One night we were all in
Loops' saloon, when Fairchild and Dick Roach came in. Thurston
and Roach got into an argument about wrestling, and Thurston said,
"I have got a man that can put your man on his back for this fifty-
dollar bill," pulling out the money. Roach covered it in a minute,
and then Thurston asked me if I would wrestle him. "Yes," I said.

We picked out a place, tossed off our coats, and I put him on his
back in a minute. That wasn't satisfactory , so I did it again.

"Satisfied," said Roach, as he handed Thurston the money.

Sherman, poor fellow, bucked the fifty dollars right against the
bank, and then, of course, Roach got it all back again, and Sherman
only regretted that he hadn't stuck Roach for more.

KNOCKED DOWN $300.

Canada Bill and I were on board the steamer _Doubloon_, going up
the Red River on one occasion. Bill was doing the playing, and I
was driving and baiting. We had caught a nice string of fish, and
had about come to the conclusion that there were no more of our
kind left worth fishing for, when a nice looking young man came
swimming up. We thought at first he was too small to angle for;
but you can't sometimes always tell, for we found out that this
one was larger than anything we had caught that evening.

He came right up, and, before we had time to put on fresh bait,
wanted to bet $500 that he could turn the winner.

Bill said, "All right; I'll go you just once," and began counting
out the money.

I caught a glimpse of the sucker's leather, and gave Bill the office
to r