At this good augury, and while shuffling the deck, he called to the barkeepers to set up the drinks for the house.

As he dealt the first card to Dan MacDonald, on his left, he called out: "Get down to the ground, you-all, Malemutes, huskies, and Siwash purps! Get down and dig in! Tighten up them traces! Put your weight into the harness and bust the breast-bands! Whoop-la! Yow! We're off and bound for Helen Breakfast! And I tell you-all clear and plain there's goin' to be stiff grades and fast goin' to-night before we win to that same lady.

And somebody's goin' to bump...hard." Once started, it was a quiet game, with little or no conversation, though all about the players the place was a-roar.

Elam Harnish had ignited the spark.

More and more miners dropped in to the Tivoli and remained.