Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-09-04
\OOpOOlNM AND CARDS
somr supGRsrlrlONs or THE GAME
OF DRAW
ut..htnE the Charm u, Rams Head.
~ At,enture VAN Two ~uave
ttsitsns Noo,ioo
sharp.

49, h,ur after NV arrival met Henry
N.,and,f an obi friend whom ! first saw
300 han,a- during the flush 81 the Texas
.aiitr ,lfiNe NJ amber was cattle grower;
t,i d. M. al" Professional Iok"r plav"r,
wh,.-,. iu,in,,. rallci hun =" IN" towns that
.irur iuiu a.tt,c late along Inns Of new
tahrai.
l,d mt h.m IN Dakota when the North
,rn IA, inr tniir,ai wa l-lng built through
that ieriitnN Ngnn I saw him nt Dodge
'H, whrn tie santa H. rad was finished To
that town Iii- husinc~s IN L.advillc was
.tt,tlN professional H. hat hog house 81
thn-. ,,~s r~an-. two tn play IoSer IN. tho
thirl sleeping apartment thni was furnished
Nth to single i-Sis After our greeting he
l.ln,s-i utc II the i--ls n, my disposal. saving
fhrr, D.. -rant Recommendations ~ lTadvIllc
have twn l-sls Non hal i..ttcr sleep in one
~ ,hcn N,n ran h. ,"ur work in 'hr l"d
7 ftaan AMI when Nnu arr through Nuu can
anii-e yourself with watching the games. |
thank~i him gratefully, and brought my
llanh,t, from thu stage ufilor without further
,errmuny
h,~i with Alexander for three days.
/ liver, night after the pam'- closed We drew
nj rhait- i-f,rr the trc nnd talked II the
old times whrn W. drove cattle together and
hun,e.l together on the plains. One night our
talk dri,pi tn the Texas cattle men and the
gambling nj the cattle towns II Kansas, when
Tho lu.inrs q driving loug horned steers to
thr Northern markc, va, highly profitable
/ Ak san,i.r's eyes blnsci with fury when he
n -. A.
hanh high above his head aud struck the table
t,ai stsssi hy ms side savagely. a. he ex-
/ claim~i with a flrrce oath, How ! hate
ihrm'" Then, turning Z" mo he said.
| when lcit YOU ON the Cimmaron
river the day after the buffalo hunt,
I went Ia BAXTER SpringS There | met
thrrs Texans who cnax~. me To- 60 10 Els
worth Ia play poker with the ci,;tl" men, who
hal SID herb. AMI were flush | agreed TO
a. Anh tho, on their part agreed 10 stand
Ia With mo. AMI also Ia protect me in the
gr.ne You 4e. the Texas gentleman you
are playing with Is apt Ia have n partner.
This man. II the game Is going heavily against
his friend. IL liable to step In behind 70 and
blow the top ~ your head of. In the YER
1
callc,i getting the drop on YOU So stood
In With Bill Gooi lie killed young Billy
itobin-,n over pony trade" this Ia recall
hun Ia my mind. "and his brother Asham he
kill~i tho Marshal at Baxter Springs, you
will remember. and have forgotten
ibc name II tho third man. but he killed the
two -cttlerS On Sand Greek because they OBJ
tctei to his hcrlcrs stealing their water
melons yon remember the Incident Some
ani tho sheriff allowed IT was hardly the
thing Ia do" THIS quite seriously.
Tom Clavering." suggested
YES. that l. the man." he said. 'Well,
ths~r ihrec were to see that no one got the
Drip Un m" They were 10 play in the game
N necc~sary We were to divide the winnings.
~ went To- Ellsworth. had fair luck; but
hal not bern able 81 get nj the men who had
made bis sais~. One evening, while was at
snpisr, reviewed note from John Good He
told me 81 come Ia n certain saloon a. soon
~ Ipn-ible, as Hutchinson. n cattle man who
hal just sold herd. was there. and wanted
tn play poker. ! went at once, and was soon
playing with Hutchinson. The cards ran
against me. and speedily lost few hundred
doilar~. Then the luck changed, and made
M my l1ss~ and couple Of hundred dollars
In addi,ion. Hutchinson was apparently
growing angry. lie dealt. Ipicked up four
arcs We had no straight Hushes in those
days ] prc~ed the betting. There were
o. 0o In tho pot before the draw took one
card lie stood Pat II was Hutchinson's
tri hut b-forc he bet 10 much as a chip he
wro,e notc and called q bootblack to him
and told him 10 90 10 another saloon and give
u IA his brother instantly knew he had
dst~rminsd 10 nght for the pot, and had sent
TOE his brother 10 come % him, and TO come
heel~i. ! was not worried I relied on my
Isrtner TO prevent my assassination. So
slammed . fear that was far from feeling.
made my hands tremble, made my legs
shake, and ! tried 20 turn pale; but that
~as not success IIutchinson's brother-a
cpnl. determined man-came in and stood
h~hind him. Then, with an oath and sheer
on hi. face, Hutchinson leaned over the table
amt .aidi 4 b-t 400 and dropped the
eho now had o., sO Of my money In the
trps. siout all the cash had with me- Hutch
in~m drew . notebook out of hi~ pocket and
tssnk three certificates Of deposits, Of q, 600
esrh, cat ~ a. Thcse be- endorsed Then
raising himself from his char, he sat on The
sisie ~ the table and shook the three certi-
hcates over the pot, saying the while L
tst tia,UD He almost dropped them into
the pii. then Withdrew them, AMI sat gsz-
1 s..s.- - I A.. 4 A
J coulj. and watched him as n hawk a
chicken. The click 81 cooking revolver
broke sharply ON my ear. IL was behind me.
Then ] counted two more clicks. both behind
me
II said to myself there isgoing To be trouble
hore. Still ! watched Hutchinson, and
isr'nhlsi away quite checrfully. He leaned
toward me, shook the certificates in nv
fsce, AMI said; The pot is mine
fsh the cold muxzle u SIX shooter
thrust against the back Of my neck
anil another one against my right ear.
s'"sTssi fcisning fear, and began to tremble
In earnest Hutchinson took the pot and de-
iiisrately divided the money had in II into
f'"r pills. He took one. Ny pals each took
cns. They made me stand up and disarmed
me-. They gave me no chance. They ordered
M" Ia leave town within fifteen minutes
left In three, but returned In q couple Of weeks
and squared accounts with the thieving cow
mon. R"t my money hack, and got salts
fsssicn al-o." My friend erased talking. His
yello~,ah grey eyes hlazed with the light Of
hsi'i" n the scrnc II the day arose before
him
"'ur~ the TEXANS how hate them!n he
esrisin,ssi
Alexander lit a fresh cigar. He settled
himself into an easier position in his chair by
series ~ wriggc- Then smoking slowly
b" was apparently lost In thought Soon he
hsh in low tone; Professional gamblers
arr queer lot Many Of us are fatalists.
Alms~' all ~ US are highly supcrstitious.
And all ~ us arr fools at times You know
hr aid. n'ssiisa,ively. that was raised on a
es'i'"n' plantation. Well, I am thoroughly
saturated with tho belief Of the quarters in
African vcriooisin.r
I ssrsish,cn~i myself in my chair and
essssi NJ him In open eyed astonishmont, pre-
Iafstory to uttering n vigorous protest