The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-17
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aAsus the sound I Has : tofs1 stranger
here. ard began 70 fexi quite Icne.osne-
Oh saturday Wiki sitting in the feAdsnx
hossi here faeiopkinx. welldresxed
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out his knfsd- sAsd why, Winters, you arr
the nsss xew Yorker have met on me eoaxs.
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but the bsys calf me AaieF Jaekson.
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that sss delighted to meet him. and b.
sidee he knew rae, atsa was s'ise had
few MINUTES, he suggested thar we have
small bottle % wine ieeether- consented
reaitily and then opessed bottle. and BE-
fore We had drank the contents, another
rather nice looking young fellow stepped
in, and was introduced 10 tHe - General
CLARK sxked him TO Join rs, bat he de-
eiiued. ssyinr be had come in with his
friend Mr.. Esmond for q s1n;ie ard that
wc should all Join him. ! thought bad
struck Jolly crowd Of fellows and would
have
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Again during my stay in Seattle General
Clark Is son Of one Of orr wraifhsesf
hankern. said Major Jackson 10 me. GA the
sode. and ! am ie~ated Ia Seattle, whese
came 10 bay and sell real estate for my
father. ] got rather fast back East. and
the old man thenghs be would sfraighfen
me out BY sending me 60 the territory.
had little money on my arrival, and by
few ineky deals made quite q stake
This pleased The old man 50 much that he
authorized me draw on him for money to
Speculate on and ! think I'll come ous
with enough 10 10 home ON In about fro
years II can arrange my business !
shall 80 north on the Ancou with you. We
viii have Jolly tine.
WAS GLAD CANE
We had eight or 10 Bottles Of wine and
swell dinner. Finally Mr.. Esmond, one OF
] am very fond of cards, and especially
poker. Int never PLAY in . gambling
hon-c nor with any one bat gentlemen If ] !
know II. and ! told my companions 81 !
They all declared that they never played I
In anything but a geuilemsniy game and
only played for amusement Come up 10 /
my room, said Major Clark. 4 have one of
the beat rooms In the hotel and We can
oHyf ssittiBg there uildissurlsed. We had I
another bottle Of wine aud went up siairs.
Que Of the party borrowed two or three /
decks OF cards a the bar before we started. I
The game Was 10 be 81 25 ante and no I,
limit II wanted to make II 81 ante, but !
some one objected. / Was = winncr from I
the start. and NC kept
RAISING THE ANTE
Till We got II up 30 t1z5o had won $500. ;
aud Thought TO myself that my
trip 10 Alaska woasd not cost me ]
much We sent down stairs for I
more wine. and the game progressed
Finally got queen-fuli before the draw, I
ss So on s sseS s s sss sa sn OUT bot 0
Major Jackson. who. 10 my surprise. raised i
me $50. ! saw his raise. and showed in /
all had before me except &1s ia silver.
EACH oy rs HAD uP <saup,
The greater portion Of laeksoa's being /
represented by cheek ON one OF the Seat
and gold When We .nowed down. he had /
an acefull aud had a auecn-full had /
lost 1900 On the hand, hers1es the 4
$40 which \ han won. Tha. was the 4
largest losing had ever made on one
hand, but II did mol Worry me any. |
asked them to excuse me Zoe few min /
aies until
1 corLb sgr SOME MORE MONEY.
And went down starr. whore I had 1000 4
In the safe. got that and ON iny return l
up stairs. realized for the trsf time that
nay newly made acquaintance were
CONFIDENCE MEN INSTEAD or GENTLEMEN. !
They had stolen the sixteen deliars had 1
left on TIA. table aud disappeared aud ! 1
have never got sight Of one Of them since. L
nDid you report the matter 10 the police.
.-So. mind you. am not saueaIing: nor
do want nay money hack. but ] consider i
myself pretty smart. | have Travelled a
gr~Hf deal and seen maeh Of the world. and 4
Ii therc are men here sharp enough 10 take /
me In, they are sharp enough ~ take in I
youag men who are not 50 able 10 stand 4
their work. They are smart and set they
arr fsois They conii have beat me cut OF I
teaoao just ~ well n $500. had they re
maipcd aud kept the yeitslcmsniy mask on
Hide longer. but ~ soon as left To get
more Nancy. they
FsABRp HAD SySfsCTKD THES
And ficd like towards II j. Illuminating
far ssse 80 make this statemsnt. hui II II 1
should bc the means of protecting sefae
yaaug man from being taken In aud
tieeeesi BY these shsrpers. ! shall gladly
suffer the humiliation which II costs me
shall remain in seattle until me Aneon
sails Tor the north, and IL in the mean
time | should run across snue Of those
shark who took me in. l viii put the
officers onto him. and have him driven
from the town. I would make no efyors TO
xet nay ", 30 hack. but would like 10 see
ths thrce az them sent mp Tor stealing the +
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