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Mr.Ewalt Draws Cards.
Tex Ewalt, cow-puncher, prospector, sometimes a rustler, but always a dude, rode from El Paso in deep disgust at his steady losses at faro and monte.

The pecuniary side of these caused him no worry, for he was flush.

This pleasing opulence was due to his business ability, for he had recently sold a claim for several thousand dollars.

The first operation was simple, being known in Western phraseology as "jumping"; and the second, somewhat more complicated, was known as "salting." The first of the money spent went for a complete new outfit, and he had parted with just three hundred and seventy dollars to feed his vanity.
He desired something contrasty and he procured it.