Young Wild West at Forbidden Pass""
attention to the table
u something with the cards, e
wered one of them. "An'
, I'd like to se
lillee tlick," spoke up
uspected that the man was not altogether right, fo
e to make a victim
ick with a deck of cards, and he w
to find that
ut like a fan and held the cards so that
jack of hear
was the
llee samee lemember
e, and in doing it one of them slippe
there was a thin piece of elastic attached to the c
osed, it was the
of hearts, as he needed i
d in his hand and passed
hearts and me allee samee s
e cards and found that the jac
king," he said, with a smile. "That is no
al, putting on a look of surprise.
ping upon his hands and knees, began loo
lipped the card he had in his
at had the elastic attached to it from his sl
he showed it to every one. "
hat the Chinaman was up to something, and he
t did
eve the same as it ha
jack of hearts,"
nd proceeded t
," he said, lo
clared, putting on an injured look. "You ta
angrily. "Do you mean to say that
ee you gottee um card somewhere
ence who I bet with, either. I'll bet you ten dollars that I haven't got th
threw open his coat, to s
ten dollars
a game I am up against; but I do know that I haven't got that card anywhere on
ee l
and went into his pocket a
ninety dollars more a
then, rising to his feet, he moved
nd the jack of hearts anywhere on me the C
Hop, nodding to th
d proceeded to go thr
y of the pockets, so he went o
e pulled out a car
arose and held out the card so all cou
imed Roche, as Hop smiled an
ay," ventured Sedgwick. "C
ow how it was done. He put the card in my boot
ard in ther pack after that. An' I'll swear that he wasn't near en
e to think of it. But he
e card and lo
ompared the backs of the cards w
exclaimed. "But I'll bet another hu
sm
e watchee too m
I would
able by him, and Hop picked
as he ran the cards up his arm in a lon
, and in doing so two or three
es gathering them
lipped a card in the
t caught doin
the trick over again, this time not losing
showed the jack
ther trick again?" the ma
um showee to play um tli
ith the jack of hearts in your hand. Now I'll bet
o he would be entirely clear fr
the jack of hearts, and then he
the table and brought his fist do
ee you hundled dollee you gottee um
ooked down at his feet. "Do
e reply. "Me wantee givee you c
a hundred dollar
!" he exclaime
samee pletty q
olding his arms, he looked at Roch
around. "Here, Sam! He bet that the jack of he
Cap," answer
limbs and gave the man a good chance to make
ing, and, with a look of amaze
it was there; I thought ther Chinee was jest goin' ter let yer git your mon
I'm done with this kind of a game. The hea
there was goin'," spoke up John Sedgwick. "He'
he. "But I do think that some one should have told me
cards, an' doin' them other tricks. You lost your money jest because you thought you was smarter than he was. I happen ter know that a ma