The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-29
DEALINGS WIflI STRANGERS.
SNORING THtT TWO BOWERs AND AN
ACE DON'T MN ~ EttHRE,
When Your Ace is Not the Trump and Your
Opponent Holds Three Trutups to Take
all hut your Bovers-thn-ing u shark.

,..,- o., -. r 1900.
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al, b", Won, Wourr.-,n..,ur !. sn,yI.
~ go,
Third avenue Ucbos n r.,u,otiou for kc,nin,,
both eyes wide OPEN second to that Of no man
in the upper end OF the Nineteenth Ward. His
rluco Of business il small. but there IL room i'm
,n, ,,' ,,.,'i,,,
front oil inc par ioras small round tIple' at which,
when business sslack he Observation-Disclosures
with cuatomcra in frinnJlv gnmca Of c,nbrr for
a.,.t ~ N"'lo9 y, 'o'
'n' urihhs' Inc custom 'hcre Is usualS 10 us
card the scvens and cghts At about noon on
Tucs,Iay laat n youth with a now Dcrbv hat a
Li,,h piccnIiilv coilar and ii,,,,, s,rin,, o,,,
coat entered the barroom and called for glass
of beer After IL had been served To him he re-
,',o,, tri,,,' :, ,,n o.,, " ''.." ip
for himself. The two drank together Then
tho stranpcr tooL M, , ,ou,a,onor NH s,a,J
,n,, y, ,So onJ -" ,h ,,' NH IT.. '' ru,
INK u" inc emu OF tue Oar with MS Dack
to the door became absorbed in reading
from MS general look that lie WIS one OF
the surveyors in the employ OF tho elevated
railroad company. few minutes aftorwnrd
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two other men entered the barroom. They also
called for beer. After they had drank they sat
down at the table and called for n eucbro decL
W.. W ''N '""'' '"" '"''V' W. ouV"io uooh'
oMahonoy was certain that these two were sur
ooaso ",""y ''p"."o ., ''V,s """ ionn-
s,u'uh,"lS are Employed on tne i'he, one was
tall and wore n souchod black hat with the wide
brim slantcd down over his RIGHT Nv. Ue wnro
n s,,,, no,l,,, ,,,, a., s'.,,a,' ,., la. a.,
en SI s,r.uin , "vcr sr, knot w,m tne
tarbcs ware rn5 WI VII ,ru",; ms nous
sad ~, ME- re-, yuu ms companion wh2 casually
iait, ,, no s waS ~ , nnu nau Deen
Ear lipo on lookout for u bargain In horses.
MAJ brim ad nh hoo mp "',% s sue his
nay NJ W. y, ,.u moon Eulliu GOWN az around.
,. w u"n WIN thls ui"h, we tnI man snlu.
NV, ,ho narhs hhu Deeh hanncnto mem GIVE
VI. vne WIN WIN W. sevsns ana elshis m. W.
~ , Jhe h nr h chimed IN, We don't
u' ri y, W ,il w snVrns anu clRntns ~, LII, ,
=. ms request having been complied with. the
sv ~. n,,n hSkcu Whe'hor 'lcy couluh gct w u
HING mi eane, ne, ~ ,,.,,, ...,,,, A.. n.,..
ba, .aid "ke n, 'h ~, IA, .r man w,' ,nI Derby
,, t r,nv" Nv i,nh osuh 10 re"u II. ne t"p
" ,,h.rr n mo 'aN.n srnts opppsiie n9rh
nI," NJ tbc t,hla rGn ,U p,p rTn, n s
Ply. Il, w u',le, IT, h'h'mckiah sa' on ms
fshI an e Tn WIN }@r w Deroy n2s S 9 ,
49, 80 MS p"i'h'i' l MY Ncrc l" pay ivr 'ho
"'od''Nvsn,,o, 90, ,h, A., ,oo, o,, s,or,, ,,,
Then nnb s g ,r r rs cen ana scored on"
IL, tally iiwo 10 one n favor Of oMahoney's
pd 'ps pom" ' w Eea tGc KE"i'ST M
and then arose to rye lc customer. On his
the seven Of hearts had been turned up for
trump. H. picked up his hand ana SAID iIninc-
digirly.
He held the two bowers. the nine and ten Of
hearts. aud the ace of spades.
Nhnt would YOU say II shout play II alone
against you "" heutu'kihn inquired. cnrc-
lcssly. letting Mahun"y Sc tie king Of spades
WILD was M Top card IN ms hand.
=, nen uiink you must nave pretty good
llsiuL Mhnoney replied.
wen; reckon have. the kentuckian re-
sponded ana II bet On II.
Now. what Will you bet on it, OMahoney
desired 10 be- informed.
n pet you w. the k"ntuckian replied
81 II 60 II. pMahon"y said.
Inc hrhtucklan took out $50 from large roll
OF Erethpaeks, ana - Mhhon"y got $50 from his
IN ney drawer. In" money was laid ON the
Vipl',, uui was al once take up 10y the tall man.
WHO KIN II IN nus mana away from the centre
~ te taple where the cards wer" To be played.
me hrhtucklan discarded, tak ing w the seven
yl nrarts from me PACK. OMahnney led out his
lowers ana captured the seven and eight Then
nr threw out MS ace 81 spades Tor the kentuck-
lah KING OF spades. nut the latter had discard
WIN tne qu"rn ot trumps, and then he followed
inns irai WIN thr ace ana king OF trumps, TAX
i ,nE " Mhhuhcvs mae ana ten. He had thus
1871 , tifs" uieAs. anu won the money.
Mhirh ~" tall man NJ once passed over to him.
!. hai neid every trump except the four in his
~, o i, h.hu' there being nine truinps in
o'NI,So""an,,. w IL, '''h nii cignl, ~,
ner,u"r ,vi,h The 'nnrhmns ~, s,'yi ~
Nm Ia hnd No riH, ."'' ,'u MN MN
HAND he bnS Inn Tia, l,,ct Ma Inn -" oo , tl,,
him He hini-eli H.. mil x,,it bnv n ~ n' ~
rl,,hos ~ his hncl an sn,i . ~ ~ II,.o. w.,
he si,g.,.s,nd ,b,t 1hn irr L q, i,, 80, ~, y W. Ut,
on thn gam. M its nnish ,nisht ~ ...,il ~,