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FORTY YEARS A GAMBLER ON THE MISSISSIPPI
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
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.
"SNAP GAMES."
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.
THE LAP-ROBE.
THE PREACHER AWAY FROM HOME.
A SHREWD TRICK.
MULES FOR LUCK.
THE CATTLE BUYER.
EVEN THE JUDGES DO IT.
NO PLAY ON THIS BOAT.
THE GREEN COW-BOY.
NO MONEY IN LAW.
THE POLICE SIGNAL.
A PAYMASTER'S BLUFF.
"PRANKIN'" WITH A NEW GAME.
CAUGHT A DEFAULTER.
HE'S ONE OF US.
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.
HE'S NOT THAT OLD.
CANADA BILL.
THE NATCHEZ AND THE LEE.
DICKY ROACH AND I.
KNOCKED DOWN $300.
MY VISIT TO OLD BILL.
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
FOOT RACE.
FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
BILL WOULD GAMBLE.
NO GOOD AT SHORT CARDS.
MONUMENTAL GALL.
CLOSE CALLS.
A EUCHRE HAND.
BILL'S PRESENT.
GOOD LUCK.
GOVERNOR PINCHBACK.
A GOOD STAKEHOLDER.
SHE KISSED ME.
THE TRICK KNIFE.
TWO-FORTY ON THE SHELL ROAD.
A MILE DASH.
MULE THIEVES.
AN HONORABLE MAN.
MY PARTNER WON.
HAUNTED.
SALTED DOWN.
THE ARKANSAS KILLERS.
CHEAP JEWELRY.
WON AND LOST.
DETECTIVES AND WATCHES.
FIGHTS.
THE ENGLISHMAN AND HIS GUN.
TRAVELING KENO.
A BULL FIGHT.
IT SHOOK THE CHECKS.
WITH A POKER.
LEFT IN TIME.
ON THE CIRCUIT.
STRATEGEM.
MOBILE.
A DUCK HUNT.
QUICK WORK.
A HARD HEAD.
SAVED BY HIS WIFE.
COLD STEEL.
"RATTLESNAKE JACK."
"SHORT STOPS."
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."
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