Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-05
STIFF PNKER GAME.
Old Hands catoh .uog One With Easbsr
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| The game had been going ON very qui.
etlV for come time. Only the occssiOn:i
rattle Of the checks and the soft whirr OF
the cards as they were shr Il ID, or som,
remark made by player calling attention
to the fact that the pot WAS short, were
heard. Old Ike's mou b was puckered
up, and when holding ten full re Il erely
called Three Fingered Dams bet Of E
dollar, which was evidence enough that
for some -eason or other no ody vae
playing his hsads, but merely killing
time. A little interest was excited When
8 j1ck- pot went three times around
the circle without being ops ed,
when the opening and closing
Of the front door down-stsirs
seemed to instantly infuse Lew LIE into
the four players and as ycuug MAI
entered the room, shaking the rain from
ais coat sleeves, one would imsgine that
the game had been st fever heat for hours.
OLD lie merely nodded to the new conner
sDd bent sill his energies upon the q1es-
ZION Of standing back raise on PAIR OF
queens. Doc B1l Sc fiGgered the checks
csrelessl7 pre- psEatoTv to giving the raice
smother boost, while Dan sat wi hope
less look On hls fsce and not einale pair
in his hand. The young man stood
watching the game with gltstenirs eyes
and when Doc showed down flush and
rsked in the pot each player sicok henoa
With the young man and Old Ike Invited
rim to take hand.
In moment he WAS seated at the table,
coat, collar, tie and cuffs 4, hia vest uu-
outt0ned, with two stacks If red chips
and goodly wad Of bills before him,
whose amount furnished old Ika with ma
serial fer pleasant speculation for several
minutes. The came progressed for some
time, until the "suckern r.ised the ante
50 After the other three had come in on
MS blind.
Ea h in turn raiged the pot, ard when
1t come to the young man he eyed up
his hand and studied II carefully. Three
kings and pair Of fourei "Five dollars
more" he esid and he sized up
to toe previous raises ard threw
In new So bill. Three flnEe red
Dan simply lsld down bis ca-ds and rsn
the bach Of his hand in 3 femi circle over
the table, to denote that he had no farther
interest in the pot. Old Ike locked at
hie cards and finding the four sevens still
there, raised the pot 500 Doc passed.
"T1enty d0lIsrs MORE" said the young
msn.
"TweL.y more than you,", responded
Ike, throwing the money in the center OF
the table.
No cards had been drawn vet, and the
young msn now picked /, p his cards and
gszed tnougffully upon his king full.
D &c WAS dealing and must have been q
one card nom ahs pack al d w.s about to
hand 1t to Ice. when tie
young man c.lle for two cards, discard
ing his pair Of T1urs Ike cast s quick
slsi &c at Doc, which That worthy WAS
unEble to answer, being engaged in al
absorbing mental calculation. The young
rnsn looked at the two cards he had
drawn, and then laid his cards fscs down
IN she table. Ike drew one csrd snd the
betting began.
B.ck and forth it went, the 81 snd $40
oils were hesped upon The pue In tne
center Of the taole Ike soon had his
money cs well IS Dams bet, and after he
mad borrowed the last cen. Doc lad, with
sigh ne called for g ght.
"Whss have your" ASKED the young
man.
"Four sevens," responded Ike, show.
ing his hand and preparing to rake in the
pile q: chips and bank bills.
III Id or !" exclaimed the young msn;
"you're to quick. I've got four kinss,n
ana he turned over his cards and swept
Ehe pile from IN front Of Ike over to his
-lde of the table, where he proceeded to
POCKET the bills, and then passed the
chips over to Doc TO cash. LEES face
wss study, and Dsn looked as though
ne was stricken dumb. The game was
sroken up. TAeyouDg man GOT up, put
on his coat ma, wishing all god night,
waikGd daSn stairs. The door closed be-
bind sim, and be Was lost in tie darkness
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