The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-04

Ills Weakness nat somehow re Taught
the Fourth That Time.
IN the early days Of California. in the
good times before tho fapchmcn and
Judge Sawyer came there with their in
functions 10 put stop to hydraulic
mining and q stopper on the men of the
mountains who first lifted California out
Of the hide and tallOw trade and placed
her IN the GistcrhoOd Of states; in those
days when Che honest miner was digging
his bushels of money ont OF the gulches
and hills. and making life possible and
profitable 90 those on the ranches in the
valleys. gold coin and gold dust were
not held with the ;hrotthng grasp char
actcristic Of this horticultural and bucOlic
era. Then the eager and alert eye Of the
calculating ranchor sought out the min
ors as he descended from the heights Of
the Sierras. and his hand was extended
In welcome. while the man Of nuggets
and 'chispas' was still afar of.
in those days of old, and days Of gold.
Rcddy and Andrews Tom Andrews, a
man known 10 an the old time Pacific
coast sports. found immensely rich
diggings Gt Forest City, Sierra county
They frequently cleaned up from $4,000
10 $4,000 at one time When clean
up was made one of the partners would
take the dust TO the mint IN San Fran
cisco.
HE FOUGHT THE "uGER"
I'm making these trips they generally
took turns Il was before the days Of
tine railroads; was in the old, romantic,
sociablc, happy times Of the steamer
lines On the rivers of the Golden state.
10 was the regular habit of the partners
on getting oil the rolling. humping
mountain coach, 10 stay all night at
Sacramento, taking the boat the next
afternoon for San Francisco When it
was the turn of Andrews 10 go down TO
The bay with the dust he frequently did
battle with the tiger while lying over
at Sacramento, Int Rcddy's strong suit
was poker. Three aces was his big
hand. When he held three aces he would
Dot his bottom dollar and go his liver
and lights blind" This was>so well
known that it had passed into proverb
among the Sacramento sports. On one
occasion, when Rcddy had been playing
AN night with some Sacramento men
and quit $1,000 ahead of the game. II
was concluded 10 follow him up. IN
pursuance of this plan some of the sports
with whom he had spent the night
Charlie Dawson among the number
told Reddy that they had concluded, just
for the fun Of the thing, TO take little
run with him down the bay.
The boat had not proceeded far down
the river before as the most natural
thing in the world, poker game was
started I'm the game were Roddy, Eos
ter. hotel keeper from one of the south
ern counties; Charlie Dawson, and two
other SPORTS a job had been put up 10
raise cold deck and give Rcddy hi8 fa
y0rite hanu of three aces. The game pro
ceedcd. and al tine proper time Dawson
raised the deck The cards were dealt /
and Roddy got his three aces, Dawson /
three kings and the others indifferent /
hands I'm the draw Dawson got the /
other king. and RCddy drew two cards, /
but. having his three aces, he felt strong
enough 10 fight an army, and he did not F.
pick mp or look at the two cards he had
drawn. Betting began and Foster and .
The two sports with Dawson did not come .
in Having four kings. and being conf T.
dent that Roddy had only three aces, f
Dawson went 10 strong, and having his .
three aces, Rcddy felt that nothing could .
whip him. lie WIS 30 sure that he was .
right that lac paid no attention TO the
cards living by his side which he had got /
i'm the draw
DOMINGO JOE's SONG.
The betting very shortly became red .
hot Most of tho lOunger5 about the boat .
were soon gathered around the two men, /
watching Che game with brcathless inter
est Among thc lockers on was Domingo
Joe. q nervous and restless little sport
who was Dawson friend and chum. Joe
"a Portuguese or Spaniard-was kip /
ping back and forth i'm restless way that .
seems characteristic Of underized men .
-malnikins-pccpng over the shoulders
of the two mouat their cards as often as
am opportunity offered, his eyes sparkling
and dancing with excitement.
lie f.lt confident that the cards had
been properly stacked, vet me would /
have eiyon whole handfuls of gold for
single peep 40 those which Reddy had
not vet picked mp. Several thousand
dollars hal already been bet, and finally
as a sumper. Dawson went $1,000 bet
ter Glddy promptly saw the raise and
said. 81 go YOU another So, 1000 better
Quite absent mindodly he then picked uD
the two casls That had all along been
lying mnoticcd at bis side The weasel
eve of Domingo Joe detected the other
ace as the cards were lifted. Instantly
am ashv pailor spread over his weazen
yisage IL seemed as though he had been
stricken by death However, the stroke
paralyzcd him for only moment, and
almost instantly he recovered bis self
possession. and thrusting both hands into
his trousers pockets and assuming an
air. he sheered of from the
party. and carcles5ly sluntering up and
down the boat he sang:
And tle other folks Zen 30. too, boys,
And tAe other l,l iu there too.
That was enough for Dawson The |
words of Domingo Joe's pretended song
came 10 his cars as a death knelL He .
.umod pale. then red, threw down his
cards and said: Take il ALL ! squeal'
As Rcddy akcd down the whole pile
le threw "a glance around the circle of
pale and silent spectators and sang as
though the words Of Domingo Joe just
reached his ears:
And the other fen DO, too, boys,
And The other fcl n thcrc too
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