Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-22
CITY AND DISTRICT.


During the past week or two several saloon-
keepers have been led into q quiet game OF cards
for beer By three strangers, and on each Occasion
the saioon-keeper finished from so TO 400 out of
pocket The game Is cieveriy PLAYED nv The
strangers and the money Is lost on ..sure,
BETS In each Instance the saloon-keeper be-
ing assisted In the betting by his .nar,-
ner." A middle-aged man rrsI stems IN the
saloon and calls for glass OF beer. He IN.
slsts upon the proprietor taking a drink with him.
Then ne says that he has moved into the neighbor.
hood and VIII be frequent Eisitor, or make some
other statement that wiz leAd the saloon keener
70 believe that he is going TO have a nice thing OF
the mans patronage. After a pleasant talk the
man leaves 70 go home Probably he has a carpet
Half an hour later two elderly men one country
man, enter and call for drinks. The countryman
i,.,n n w IN, 40 10 the depot to take the
or three hours His city friend or relative suggests
az game ol seven-9p 10 pass away the time, but
that II Is much nicer to pass the time away an a
game than II Is TO hang about the depot and they
,,n, came Iney have several drinks, and the
Sountrynan loses each game. Meanwhile the sa-
Ioon-keepers new neighbor returns and stands In
the par chatting with the proprietor. The players
them They also tell him to invite MS friend Win
whom ne Is talking, and so the four men drink TO-
'as linen tne countryman, who has lost every
game, says ne must 20, but his friend calls his at
tenton 10 tine time, and says they had better play
lew more games. He OBJECTS because he has lost
every game, out says that II they VIII make up
Partnership game be Will play. Then the game Is
Hade up the saloon-keeper and his neighDor
paying partners against the two old men. They
nave several rounds OF drinks and the countryman
ouefs 10 make several bets. He soon leaves the
table LOT a minute or two, and curing his absence
ms partner says that he ithe eouaJryman) is a
wealthy STOCK raiser and heavy better; that he
VIII pet on anything. "If he sees q Fly on the
taoie says MS partner, "he Will bet that there Is
w W tnere The counJryman returns and pretty
soon IL Is MS deal He gives himself two sure
points and deals the bartender six trumps. includ-
ing the King and jack. The latter smiles at his
6ooo hand which calls forth a remark from the
countryman- Their hands are discussed anu the
oukeeper OF course Is sure OF two and perhaps
three or four points. The countryman then goIs
excited and oilers 10 bet horse. The barkeeper
mas sure thing OF IL and will bet Cash.
Inc country man puts up and the barkeeper loses
nus money. When he discovers that he Is the VIC
tim OF conspiracy he can do nothing. His money
Ii gone, and II he "kicks" he Will Ue arrested for
permitting gambling In his house. Several saloon
Keepers have lost money In this way. out not a
single complaint has been made. At a saloon on
n street, near the Government Printing ONCE the
men played their game. The proprietor did not
care 10 bet so much money, but his partner looked
az bis hand and added TO the amount OF the bet
This Induced the saloon-keeper TO put up, and his
80 went He, however, got his money back on
The old ~seven-up" hand, but the countrymen as
sured him that learning the new trick was worth
thousands OF dollars 70 him