Tharupon said Bill rides herd on me down to the Jackson
House an' spreads me on some blankets.
"'It's daylight when I begins to be aware my name's Boggs, an' that
I'm a native of Kentucky, an' little personalities like that; an'
what wakes me up is this Spanish Bill.
"'"See yere," says this hold-up, "I'm goin' to turn in now, an' it's
time you-all is up. Yere's what you do: Thar's five whiskey-checks
on the Tub of Blood, which will he'p you to an appetite. Followin'
of a s'fficient quantity of fire-water, you will return to the
Jackson House an' eat. I pays for it. I won't be outen my blankets
by then; but they knows that Spanish Bill makes good, 'cause I
impresses it on 'em speshul when I comes in.
"'"You-all don't know me," goes on this Spanish Bill, as I sets up
an' blinks at him some foggy an' blurred, "an' I don't know you"--
which we-alls allows, outen p'liteness, is a dead loss to both. "But
my name's Spanish Bill, an' I'm turnin' monte in the Bank Exchange.
I'll be thar at my table by first-drink time this evenin'; an' if
you sa'nters that a-way at that epock, we'll have a drink; an' bein'
as you're busted, of course I stakes you moderate on your way.
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