Summary

Jack removes Amelia from the whorehouse and sets her up in the finest hotel in Kansas City. It is very expensive and his roll of cash is dramatically thinning. He needs more money, and he figures the only way to quickly get what he needs is to play poker.

Jack has learned some tricks of the poker player — most of which he doesn’t have the dexterity to apply. He does make himself a mirror ring with which he can surreptitiously view the cards of the other players. When he gets to the saloon, Wild Bill invites him to play. Jack needs the money, but has no desire to be shot, so he does not use his ring. Then he gets down to his last five dollars, and has no choice. He wins Wild Bill’s money—about a hundred dollars—as dawn breaks, and...