North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-02
A Game OF Seven.Up.

A Game OF seven.Up
"Take drink stranger? p inquired a
dminutive. gray-eyed individual, address
| ing b mself to me. as we sat at the centre
| table in cabin Of lake steamer. He
continued dodggedly to stir the punch
which the steward bad just, banded him,
and repeated his invitation. declined.
Having disposed of second asher, y
be tried me again.
"Busy, stranger?'
| moved to him.
'''Take a hand at seven up. sir
| assented to this proposition, to kill a
dreary hour or so, and my challenger i'm
mediately drew from his coat pocket the
| necessary documents for bout at old
sledge lie had evidently calculated upon
"pigeonine" me. and plainly supposing
me verdant, he coolly deposited under the
candlestick five dollar note upon one of
the Western wild Cat" inst tutions. l
itnmedately covered it with V upon the
"Lum hermen's'' Bank, which some black
guard or other had put upon me. in my
travels, for good one. The cards were
dealt, brace of hpds were played, and l
won his Red Dog shinplaster.
ID ,uhe it, str niger p
'As you please" said I, carelessly, and
he placed very respectable looking Y
upon the stakes.
held the ace, deuce and ten of trumps,
boarded with a simultaneous call upon
somebody to 'd-n such luck and u on
the steward to br NJ him another punch
| In the next hand, | made three points.
an beat the game, moved towards the
money. but he prevented my raising it, by
covering it with a t,centy spot, whereupon
he gulped down the balance of his third
punch, and dea the cards again.
The liquor by this time had commenced
to operate upon his irrahility, and | soon
discovered him to he pugnacious custom
sr. had seen ugly men before, however.
and being pretty well acquainted with the
game, having nothing at stake, and con.
irving to keep perfectly cool, thus far
| had my gentleman at odds.
was in luck held all the cards, and
made four points. In the second hand of
the third game, made high, low, game'
and "skunkei' him outright again.
The play had now become somewhat in>
teresting-seyeral spectators had gathered
around the table. My opponent insisted
that the money should lie, and he counted
out his forty dollars. lie was getting ex
cited.
| The fourth round was more fluctuating.
I had made hut three points. my adversary
five. lie dealt me an excellent hand, ups
on which l begged" however because
as he turned his cards. he volunteered the
remark. s'that he would fix me this time p
"Give you one by Cdr
"That scores me four" Iadded quietly
-Four to my FIVE. he answered. -"Stew-
ard another punch on this T.
He held the queen, knave, and five ol
trumps. l had a low side card, upon
which he placed ten ''ler game" lie
returned with an ace. which ! gave him.
He "swung" with his queen, which | took
with nay king, and following with my ace
of trumps, had his knave again.
played the four for SLOW" which scored
me three ,,pon this hand, and gift made
me seven. to his score and game, which
counted him but six
As he dashed his fist vi lently upon the
table with d-n, again moved towards
the pile which had now swelled to eighty
dollars-most of which was in good money
hut he motioned me back with.
"Once more, if you please, by G-stran-
gerW
"IIave it your own way" l replied +;
and he planked his eighty dollars on the
other, which was snugly slowed beneath
! the foot of the candlestick.
Again the cards were dealt, and in the
FIRST hand he made three points to my giGA