We took a drink, and then Bill went to his room to take off his
make-up. While he was thus engaged, I walked down on the wharf-
boat, and there was the bull-driver, waiting for a boat that was
just coming in to the landing. I waited for Bill to come down;
but I guess he was feeling bad; so I went up to the stable, and
there he sat, on the same box where he saw the bull-driver counting
his money. I went up to him and said, "Bill, I won $500 and lost
$100 while we were playing that fellow, so I owe you $400."

He said, "That's right, George."

Then I said, "Bill, you only put up $4,200 against his $5,000, but
I called it $5,000."

"That's right, George."

"Well, Bill, do you remember the fellow that put up $3,800 against
the $3,500, and you thought I didn't know it?"

He looked all around the stable as if he was looking for the bull-
driver, but he didn't say a word.

I counted out $4,200 and handed it to him, saying, "Bill, here is
all your money but $300. I wanted to come up and see you; but you
know I like to have some fun at the expense of my friends, and it
cost me just about $300 to rig out the 'bull-driver' to play you
for a sucker."

Bill looked at me for a moment, and then said, "George, I am a
sucker, for I might have known you was up to some of your old
tricks."

BEFORE BREAKFAST.

After settling up with Canada Bill for the "bull-driver" racket,
I said to him, "Well, old boy, you now see that we are all suckers,
and can be caught if the bait is nicely handled."

"You're right, George," he replied.

Then I said, "The faro banks are my diet, and short cards have
landed you many a time, but I must confess that I was a little
fearful that the bait I had fixed up for you would not land a
sucker; but it did, all the same, didn't it Bill?"

"Yes, George," was all he would say.

"Well now, Bill, that we have had our fun, let's shake hands and
be good friends."

He looked at me for an instant, gave one of those old chuckles,
held out his hand and said, "All right, George."

We went over to the bar, and sealed the compact with a ----. He
arranged his business, and we started on the war-path once more,
and were together for two years after that, and made a world of
money; but we were both suckers when our kind of diet was spread
out before us.

At one time, after forming our new partnership, we made our
headquarters at Canton, Miss., and worked the trains up and down
the railroad. We ma