The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-02-27
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
A PRETTY POKER PLAYER.
Rochester Democrat.

ROGAetler Democrat
AS the 81. Louis express rolled into Ii,
oepo' last evening, one Of our reporters
WIN grace peculiarly his own, swung
himself On TO the platform Of one Of the
sleepeTs, and as the train came TO a stand.
sui "a brakeman inquired cautiously,
Reporter"
| Yes
well, don't give it away; but something
little GURUS happened in their coming
down from Buffalo, and as he spoke
be motioned toward the in.
SIDE Of the car. Just look here, ="
he continued, and the Bohemian i'm.
mediately followed him inside the door.
The car was not half filled with pass
engers, and, pccring through the glass Of an
inner door, the brakeman SAID
"See that little women on the left, thcreI'
do you mean that slight girl there
dressed in black, with the sad face, looking
out OF the windowln
That's her! She's the boss She took
EN- IN, she did. Oh, she's an innocent
young woman, she is. Perhaps she don't
know a bob.tail flush when she sees
II. Just don't you fool yourself on that
innocent facew
In some surprise the reporter asked what
was meant.
You just 60 in there and talk 10 her
shell tell you about it, mebbe. But
whether she tells you or not, she SCOPE,
N couple Of iel!ets on draw poker ius,
the same, ind don't you forget it,"
The young man promised 10 bear it in
mind, and, with some difference, made his
way 10 the section where the young lady
was sitting. Apo!Ogi2ing for the intrusion.
he mentioned incidentally that he was a
reporter, and expressed the hope that he
did not !ntryde.
"Oh, not a. all, sit down she replied.
and tue youth at once perched upon the
edge OF the cushion. She was elegantly
dressed, ana with tat prevailing expression
OF e"hhaing uusttulness on her face. the
question Of gambling seemed rather deli.
cate matter 10 breach.
"I-gh-that is--wcll was lust told
that You had been playing cards"
ION has some one been telling you that I,
Dreadful. wasn't itf'
The reporter said he didn't know, but
asked how il happened.
"Wcii,now,l will tell you just how it hap
pened. ! live in Cleveland and was on nv
way 10 Albany 10 visit friends. AfteI We
eft Buffalo found that in some way .ad
lost my portmonnaie with all my money
and what to do ! didn't know. | had my
ticket in another pocket and that helped
matters some. When We lett Buffalo, two
gentlemen in the section just ahead of me
commenced playing cards. II was poker
! became quite interested in the game, f,r
you see often play it with my brothers
for corn, and they say play pretty vel.
Pretty soon ! made some remark about
the game, and they asked NE
if | would 70 set in Just for the fun of
the thing ! SAID Yes, and never had
such luck. ! guess they let me win the
first two or three because was a lady but
after that they played for what were worth,
and so did !. And YOU never saw the
equal Of tie cards held They called me
once, and all | had was three aces and two
mines
Is that good hand;'
We'll, should say So 1t was good for
S that time"
How much did you win in alli"
"Oh, somewhere between forty and fifty
dollars. haven't counted yet.
Your brothers taught you how to play"
Yes, that's what | said.
And you lost all your money! What
did you chip in with frsti'
Young man" she remarked irrclevantly,
did you hear Of that awfu! death IN Bufa.
10 to-day"
NO, Great Scott! What was iti"
A woman was talked to death by re.
porter"
oh
"Yes"
Atthis point the "All aboard" of the con.
ductor cut short a conversation that was
promising 10 become interesting. The
newspaper man vanished through the
door, and as he jumped from the moving
train the brakeman called softly after him
Hey, Johnny, did she get into you for
or,,.lipfrr"