But there was no escape, and carrying it off amiably we shook hands.

It is needless to say that then and there we dropped our groundless feud and remained the rest of his life very good friends.
In this connection still another poker story.

Sam Bugg, the Nashville gambler, was on a Mississippi steamer bound for New Orleans.

He came upon a party of Tennesseeans whom a famous card sharp had inveigled and was flagrantly robbing.

Sam went away, obtained a pack of cards, and stacked them to give the gambler four kings and the brightest one of the Nashville boys four aces.