Forty Years
章节目录
共 219 题- Produced by Ed Ferris
- LoC call number: F353.D4
- ILLUSTRATED.
- FIRST EDITION.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- On the Circuit
- Quick Work
- BOYHOOD DAYS.
- LEAVING HOME.
- PUT ASHORE FOR FIGHTING.
- WAR WITH MEXICO.
- HOME AGAIN.
- THE GAME OF RONDO.
- NOW A GAMBLER.
- MY FIRST KENO.
- INDIANS CAN PLAY POKER.
- A RELIGIOUS CAPTAIN.
- A COLD DECK.
- CAUGHT A SLEEPER.
- TEN THOUSAND IN COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
- BLOWING UP OF THE PRINCESS.
- A WOMAN WITH A GUN.
- THE FRENCHMAN AND THE HORSE HAIR.
- SAVED MY PARTNER'S LIFE.
- LEAP FOR LIFE.
- THE CHICKEN MEN AND THEIR SILVER.
- THE HUNGRY MAN.
- COLLARED THE WRONG MAN.
- MY JEW PARTNER.
- SOLD OUT BY A PARTNER.
- THE BIG CATFISH.
- THE SERMON ON THE (MOUNT) BOAT.
- FIFTY TO THE BARKEEPER.
- LOST HIS WIFE'S DIAMONDS.
- THE MONTE KING.
- THE DAGUERROTYPE BOAT.
- PITTSBURG'S BEST MAN.
- DIDN'T WIN THE BAGS.
- THE BLACK DECK-HAND.
- HARD BOILED EGGS.
- THE JUERGUNSEN WATCH.
- IT MADE A MAN OF HIM.
- THE COTTON MAN.
- TAUGHT A LESSON.
- SINKING OF THE BELLE ZANE.
- JEW VS. JEW.
- BEAT A GOOD HAND.
- THEY PAID THE COSTS.
- MY FIRST LOVE.
- THE BOYS FROM TEXAS.
- MARKED CARDS.
- MY CROOKED PARTNER.
- JUDGE DEVOL.
- MY PARTNER ALEXANDER.
- THE QUADROON GIRL.
- THE CAPTAIN SPOILED THE GAME.
- TOO SICK TO FIGHT.
- THE GAMBLER DISGUISED.
- MARRIED HIS MONEY.
- THE BEST LOOKING SUCKER.
- MY CARDS.
- FIGHT WITH A LONG-SHOREMAN.
- DON'T DYE YOUR WHISKERS.
- CALLED A GAMBLER.
- THE ALLIGATORS.
- CONTROL OVER SUCKERS.
- NIPPED IN THE BUD.
- THE BIG SUCKER.
- THE CRAZY MAN.
- DIDN'T WIN THE KEY.
- WAS IN WITH THE JUDGE.
- THE BRILLIANT STONE.
- LUCKY AT POKER.
- THE HIDDEN HAND.
- CAUGHT AGAIN.
- MY LITTLE PARTNER.
- LACKED THE NERVE.
- THE THREE FIVES.
- SNAKED THE WHEEL.
- THE KILLER.
- CAUGHT A WHALE.
- THE DECK-HAND.
- THE BLACK (LEG) CAVALRY.
- BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS.
- THE PAYMASTER'S $3,500.
- GENERAL BANKS' DETECTIVE.
- THE U. S. DETECTIVE'S BLUFF.
- THE YOUNG MAN FROM NEW YORK.
- BROKE A SNAP GAME.
- STOLEN MONEY.
- SIGNAL SERVICE.
- GOT UP TOO SOON.
- THE YELLOW JEANS.
- HE KNEW MY HAND.
- HER EYES WERE OPENED.
- THE JACK-FISH.
- RED AND BLACK.
- HE NEVER KNEW.
- THE BLACK MAN.
- THE PERSUADER.
- I HAD FRIENDS.
- Borrowing $30 of his partner, he said, "I'll take that bet."
- THE LAP-ROBE.
- THE PREACHER AWAY FROM HOME.
- A SHREWD TRICK.
- Finally looking up, he said, "How much will you turn for?"
- MULES FOR LUCK.
- THE CATTLE BUYER.
- EVEN THE JUDGES DO IT.
- NO PLAY ON THIS BOAT.
- THE GREEN COW-BOY.
- He mixed them up and observed, "I'll go you a dram."
- I felt very sorry for him.
- NO MONEY IN LAW.
- THE POLICE SIGNAL.
- A PAYMASTER'S BLUFF.
- I asked him if they got all his money.
- CAUGHT A DEFAULTER.
- HE'S ONE OF US.
- He said, "I will bet five dollars."
- Tripp then said, "I believe my hand is worth a call."
- POSING AS NIC. LONGWORTH'S SON.
- THE GOOD DEACON.
- NARROW ESCAPES.
- A CRAZY MAN.
- EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AGAINST A PISTOL.
- IT WAS COLD.
- HOW I WAS BEAT.
- SETTLED OUR HASH.
- I RAISED THE LIMIT.
- GOT OFF BETWEEN STATIONS.
- A GOOD NIGHT'S WORK.
- The conductor said, "All right, sir."
- HE'S NOT THAT OLD.
- CANADA BILL.
- THE NATCHEZ AND THE LEE.
- DICKY ROACH AND I.
- KNOCKED DOWN $300.
- Bill then said, "I'll just raise you $3,000 if it breaks me."
- He replied, "I made a mistake. Give him the money."
- He replied, "It's all right, but I thought I had a sure thing."
- I said, "Bill, that fellow put up $3,800."
- MY VISIT TO OLD BILL.
- So I said, "Come up and join us in a drink; we are just taking one."
- Bill said, "Hold on, that's one rub on me. Try it again."
- He said, "That's right, George."
- BEFORE BREAKFAST.
- FOOT RACE.
- FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
- BILL WOULD GAMBLE.
- NO GOOD AT SHORT CARDS.
- MONUMENTAL GALL.
- The priest spoke up, "I'll bet you $200 in gold that I can do it."
- CLOSE CALLS.
- A EUCHRE HAND.
- BILL'S PRESENT.
- GOOD LUCK.
- GOVERNOR PINCHBACK.
- A GOOD STAKEHOLDER.
- SHE KISSED ME.
- THE TRICK KNIFE.
- The owner of the knife would then say, "Yes, it can be opened."
- TWO-FORTY ON THE SHELL ROAD.
- A MILE DASH.
- He said, "Put her up."
- MULE THIEVES.
- AN HONORABLE MAN.
- MY PARTNER WON.
- Laughingly I replied, "Yes."
- HAUNTED.
- SALTED DOWN.
- I set the package on the stove again, and replied:
- I replied, "I will not bet less than $500."
- THE ARKANSAS KILLERS.
- CHEAP JEWELRY.
- WON AND LOST.
- DETECTIVES AND WATCHES.
- FIGHTS.
- He replied, "I can buy my own drinks, and you can go to h--l."
- He replied, "I don't drink with such fellows as you."
- THE ENGLISHMAN AND HIS GUN.
- TRAVELING KENO.
- He replied: "You are not man enough to whip me."
- A BULL FIGHT.
- IT SHOOK THE CHECKS.
- WITH A POKER.
- LEFT IN TIME.
- ON THE CIRCUIT.
- STRATEGEM.
- MOBILE.
- I replied: "Which $25 do you mean?"
- A DUCK HUNT.
- QUICK WORK.
- A HARD HEAD.
- SAVED BY HIS WIFE.
- COLD STEEL.
- I then asked Jack where he was bound for, and he replied;
- My friend said, "Why, Devol, he has been playing three-card monte."
- Old Jack said: "Wall, I don't care if I do."
- I told him to put up. I turned and lost again.
- I then offered to make another bet.
- Old Jack said: "I'll bet $10 this time."
- I told him to put up, and he did. Then I replied:
- He replied: "Yes; and I'm going to have some of it myself."
- I told him to turn the card, as he had up the most.
- I had a sharp knife that I loaned him.
- I would bet with him if I was the old gent, for he had but $4,600.
- I handed Jack the $100 and the twelve-pound Tommy.
- KICKERS.
- WILLIAM JONES. (CANADA BILL.)
- THE TWO JUDGES.
- TAPPED THE TILL.
- A SQUARE GAME.
- A COWARD.
- REDUCED THE PRICE.
- GENERAL REMARKS.
- ANCIENT GAMBLING.
- GEORGE--"THE BUTTER."