Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-12
PAID IN HIS OWN COIN.
"The Big Stout Man from OlncyviI'o"
Was Bluff,

Was n Bluff,
al knew q gambler once who wns
troubled by having dishonest partner"
said Boston sporting man to Globe
reporter.
you know, in running faro bank,
or any kind of a gambling game, man
ha, to rely upon his partners honesty o
great deal, for when lie is absent some
one is liable to come in and either win
or lose considerable money. If the
latter, n dishonest man might keep the
money, and his partner would never
hear of it, or he might say that man
won money which he didn't, and he
could then put the money i'll his own
pocket and his partner never be the
wiser This gambler that l refer to,
who ! will call jim Grady, had just
such partner as this, and he got most
beautifully square with him. Tho
partners name was Mike, and the pair
orcncd faro game in Providence.
Jim furnished most of the money. The
game did not pan out well. and as there
seemed to be quite number of players,
jim could not account for it. The
money, or the greater part Of it, that
was lost was lost while he was ont, and
on coming rack he would find tab
card in the drawer with Sl25 on it. or
something little smaller or n little
larger than that figure.
SO he finally Tumble ed that something
was wrong, and on coming back from
dinner one day and finding ono of these
cards for q pretty good amount, he
asked Mike who had won the money.
1T was big, stout red-faced man,
with soft white hat, who lives at
OlneyviIle," said Mike.
Him." said jim, meditatively: 81
don't seem to remember of ever seeing
such man."
ooh, you've seen him lots of times"
returned Mike, and the matter was
dropped
That night when Jim came in from
his supper, there was another tab card
in the drawer and Mike, on being ques-
toned, said that the same man with the
soft, white hat from Olneyyille had
won it.
Hes pretty lucky fellow" re-
marked Jim rs he sat down to deal, but
although he said nothing more he kept
This went on for several days, and
there were tab car Is in the drawer al.
most every time jim went out for an
hour, and tie same man with the soft
white hat from Olneyvillc won almost
ell the big amounts.
Finally Jim lost patience, and he said
to him&clf: I'll fix that fellow" Sc
the next day he did not show up until
quite late, and as he had expected, he
found tab card in the drawer {this
time it was for $3.50, and Mike, on be
ing questioned as usual, said: "Whv,
that stout man with the red face who
wears u soft white hat and lives al
Olnevville, was around here early this
morning, just after | opened up, and
beat me for that money!
"That's bad starter for the day"
said jim, "but I'll try to win it back
while you are gone to dinner"
Mike went tc dinner, and while he
was gone Jim drove all of the players
out, put the entire bank roll (Which
amounted to about $25, 900 in his pocket
and sticking his feet up on the layout
was busy reading a copy of the Boston
GLOBE when Mike reappeared.
whats the mattcr?" exclaimed Mix.
rs soon as he oroned the door. "WhJ
are YOU not dealing?'
For the simple reason," replied Joe
with great nonchalance, that that big,
stout. red faced man with the soft white
hat who lives at Olneyville, was in here
while you were out to dinner and won
the bank roll"
I,Jp, I,