stranger arrived – we all, except the woman – collected for a game of Poker. That game sometimes lasted two or three days. If someone got tired, he lay down and slept, if hungry, a meal was cooked for all.
Stakes ran high and at one time I was over (300 [pounds]) $1500.00 ahead, but I had lost half of it before I left the Post when the boat came along in July.
After the long long night the days began to come again and I can remember the day a ray of sunshine rested on the roof of a
