Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-05-10

rad, and l thousand better Cd ! d credit, !!
At this stasss Of the game The third hand
returned, and seeing at q glance how mat.
ters stood, requested % look Il Huhbatd..s 4
cards. s.No.sir!',. intsrposed t--wsdu nstsi
play your oson hand di''--st ths sasqe time
motioning my opponent to lay down has
cards AZ | had laid down mine. The car
pet began to suffer at about. this time--the
spit-box was disregafdsd. The excile,nsn,
among the passengers was great; and my
ears received many whisper that was
clicked" Hubbard took long and earn.
est look into my eyes, and said slowly
but confidently, 81 co ,lr--Axp-cALt
rou." Il suppose I'm beat" said I,
lhypocrite that | wasl dis'nt think any
thing Of the kind, ssbut turn over your
papers and let US see what you've got. =
With one hand he gracefully turned over
four Kings and Z Jack, and with the other
itremblt.gly 'raked down" the pile Of
bank notes, gold and silver; while groan
burst from the spectators, who all seemed
to regret my bad luck. "You are as
lucky as q jailor," remarked, as my
friend began to smooth down the VS., Ks.
LIS, and C's. "By y-the-by," he enqnired,
again resorting 10 the srit-box, and look.
ing over patronizingly At me, 'sI forgot to
ask what you hads" "Well," replied
calmly. II think you might as wen see my
cards" ala! ha l. Oh, reckon rou're
beat, my FRIEND" he answered. ,"but let's
SEE yo,ir hand at. all events" tsHcrs are
the documents " replied there's mn
hand!' and turned over my cards, one
by one--there's an AcE-and there's an
other !' "a pretty good hand, young
man" remarked Hubbard-"three Aces
What else have you?' "What elsc?" asked
every body. ".fnother AcE!-TOtR
ACES!!! / looked over the
table and discovered the face of my la.e-
'ly-elated FRIEND had lost all color-lhe
tobacco Juice was running ont Of the cor
ners Of his mculh--the VS. KS, and C's,
were dropped, and amazement and s,upe-
faction were strongly imprinted on his fea-
lures. A shout went up from the by
standers, and all hands were invited to
take champagne at my expense.
1t is scarcely necessary 10 say, that the
money bet on a credit was never paid-nor
was it ever erpec ed to be paid. NV friend
Hubbard recollected he h d urgent business
at Vicksburgh, and left The boat. It SC
hoppenei that the stranger who had played
with us, also disembarked at the same
burgh, where they met with singular
accident-being hung, few days after
wards, by mob! Hubbard died game
and spot upon the excited populate.
About month after the adventure above
rotated. / met gentleman in Cincinnati,
whom INSTANTLY recognized as one Of my
fellow passengers on the Warren" All.
ter enquiring the state Of each others
health, he asked me if I had played any al
the game Of poker lately? "Not Since the
great game you witnessed on board the
"Warren, ." / replied. "Do not play any
tnote," said he, assuming serious dir
"you are liable to be feeced; saw yor,
were IN the hands Of swindlers," be con
tinucd-aand when one Of the fellows left
the table, I noticed that he laid pack ol
cards he had been shutting, near your ad-
versary's elbow. AS an experiment,
(passing by at the moment, J took The TOP
card from The pick, and shoved i under tie
bottom, BY which means, you got the four
aces intended for his partner, while he got
the four kings intended for you; and thus
the sporting gentlemen were caught in
their own trap!p Il
MoasL.-Poker is decidedly danger
ous game to play at-particularly With
strangers; but when yon find yourself in
possession Of four ACES, 60 IT wIrH PEI-
Feet RrsH!