The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-27

from one sE,en 10 tie other. and vsarta Il, r,4l
that nobody can tell which she'll tIlss Iffis hall
% under. The pecuIiartsy Of the game seems
10 be hnafM you 90 not bes You can Tell iust
cannot.
As the evening wanes every tabIs ID sur
rounded by players. The services Of the bar
keeper are In active demand walters rusr
with Haaor to players who are unwilling to
leave their seats, and a lunch stands where
can be- obtained what has been appropriately
called So photograph OF sandwich, 70 we'll
N No sketch Of gambling ID LeadvflIe, III else<
where. for that matter, WoHbS be completes
without allusion to poker. Egerybofy pIayg
poker. and it is not generally penny ante
Tall stories are told OF the raises whieH
rfen and obstinate men have made On one an
other. and how fortunes have changed handle
in an evening. There Was quiet game at
the Clarendon only a few nights ago. Luck
ran pretty evenly for an hour and NOBODY
made or lost mueh.
At last thers came aIarge blind. Two o.
the players went OUT at the earliest oppor-
tuniJy. The other two stayed IN and ele-
waited each other until there WIS $50 Oh the
table. One OF them said. Well This 10 Jo
be money game, guess will raise YOU
$500" The man opposite smiled bl2ndIy, and
observed: "See your $500; go you $500 bet
| ter The first speaker took q long look at
/ his cards and said T call" This hands,
were laid down, when 1t appeared THAT the
an "aes high"
/ An interesting story Is told of a Pfbtsburg
man, Who relates the following experiences.
t after / had been out around LeadyilEe Tor
/ several months, / got to be toserably prosper
| Gus. { had $500 III cash, a $500 horse, al gold
watch and chain, q good pack nuals. rifle,
| two revoIVers, a dog. and naeerschaun pipes
| One day came into town aud drew all my
| money Ia order to pay for part OF claim
| which wanted TO buy. { met a couple OIL
| fellows whom I knew just after { got my eashy
and we resolved to have a quiet little game o.
poker. Well, sir, never struck such a streak
/ ct bad luck as did that afternoon. Is WAS 81
square game, but II anybody Won anything,
/ they naturally meant TO kesp it. The dTst
thing { did was to lose 800 on fouf queens. III
/ was my deal, and gave another fellow fouE
! kings In less than an hour lost every cent
{ had, then my horse, then my watch. then
I my mule, then my rifle, nay revolvar8 and my
! borrow revolver and shoot myself !
ST walked out to the edge ct the town ana
| put my hand into my pocket 20 take ny re.
| revolver. There was no revolver there, DUE
| my raeersehaurn pipe was there. - sooH ~
! felt 5hat pipe gave a yell OF delight, and
| started off on a run for the house Whers tlae
/ boys had won my money Ihey wee etall
4 there. got $40 on my pipe, and SAT aoWn Io
play again. / won a little money, and Ghen
/ INV dog reviewers, rifle watch, mule aAd
horse. At last ] won Sl2oe on one hand. The
II fellow who was betting against me had az
ace, king queen, jack and four.spos .l ns as
and had an ace, king, queen, jack and Hqea
spot flush. When / got np from the gaDia /
was daylight ia the morning, and had S45og
in cash. besides che money and tnlngs
started with. went down to the Boarding.
/ house, borrowed the landladyss BIDies ana
tsWore would never gamble again 20 long 8
! IL lived. I never have since, and neFeI
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