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