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NERVY GIRL AND A REVOLVER.The Daughter of the Buncoed rnrmei Near I’arkerMhurgh Took a Hand In , ' the Game and Won.l,AHKEiism uo, W. Va., May 23.—Two v.tF.i dressed strangers appeared at the home of Isaiah Steed, a wealthy farmer residing on Hughes river. They said they desired to lease his farm for oil. The strangers interested Steed in a shell game. He guessed the shell which covered the ball several times, when one of the men offered to bet him a large sum of money that he could not do so again. Steed went to his home and secured the money, telling his 16-year-old daughter his intentions. She secured a pistol and returned with him. He but his inone\ and lost. She drew from under hei apron the gun and, pom ing *• at the sharpers, tired several times. 'I'hey tied, leaving their money an*.. the game behind.
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Maysville Daily Public Ledger

Maysville, Kentucky, US

Tue, May 23, 1899

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