Sandy Tipton thought it was "rough on Sal," and, in the contemplation of her condition, for a moment rose superior to the fact that he had an ace and two bowers in his sleeve.
It will be seen also that the situation was novel.

Deaths were by no means uncommon in Roaring Camp, but a birth was a new thing.

People had been dismissed the camp effectively, finally, and with no possibility of return; but this was the first time that anybody had been introduced AB INITIO.

Hence the excitement.
"You go in there, Stumpy," said a prominent citizen known as "Kentuck," addressing one of the loungers.

"Go in there, and see what you kin do.
You've had experience in them things." Perhaps there was a fitness in the selection.