The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-15
OFF WENT The LIMIT
1 Philipsbur6 Gsntleman's Great Plight
With tho Tiger.


Mr.. Jacob Derring at PhilipsburR rose
with the sun yesterday morning hut he
stool at Cooler 4 Johnson's faro table,
where for IL hours he had been buckinR
the hank in the biggest and most remark
able game OF the season. Mr.. DcrrinR had
come to town the day before with 5000
i'm his inside pocket. He went to the hank
carly in the evening. and desired tn
play not the ordinary $12.O limit game.
but n big, wldc-open game, n game I'm
which he could make or lose something OF
n fortune, in short an old he-Rame. Mr..
Derring made no buster about IL. He 10
q quiet, gentlemanly appearing fellow.
suave and courteous. He Is under 3, OF
the blonde order, of medium stature, we'll
built. and has two firm. blue eyes. He
might he taken for a well-fed, prosperous
young merchant, or a hank cashier.
Mr.. DerrinR gave the proprietors of the
prep AIRED to play the kind of game for
which he had Expressed n desire. HE
pleasure to he able tn accommodate him.
The ~preliminaries were arranged most
satisfactorily to all parties. The obnox-
derstood and agreed thai the game should
he as limitless as space and eternity 1t
was "s- ch asse shn"lS be en sas . each. or double
the customary value. This was done
to simplify the handling of the chips;
a further mark of courtesy to- their distin-
guished customer, and also perhaps
equally for the benefit Of their dealers:and
pianist. to discontinue his soulful nelo-
| Men with thousands of dollars at stake
| prefer il possible To rid their brains of
Waldteufel aud McGinty. Mr.. Derring
sat at the post of honor opposite the
dealer and kept the cases. He invested n
thousand dollars or so in blues and yell
Like wilt-lrc spread the news through
the town that the limit was OF at Cooler
4 Johnson's, and the place was presently
gentlemen Of means joined i'm the game
In addition to Mr.. Derring. but they con-
" asmier retis. "sd even %' a few blues, at no
time rising To the magnitude and majesty
OF yellows. The smail.fry gamblers either
room, or suspended their puny conflicts
with fortune altogether i'm order to watch
the brilliant and mighty contest
Indeed, as the night wore on and the ex-
element incre ssed. all the other banks in
the size of the crowd complete silence and
order were maintained.
The first skirmishing was decidedly adj
and yeiIows vanished like the dew. II
to get hi at the rate OF siOo or more
s f.. sax.I n, II H.. r. $srr,n %id: SHOVE: 3,
the stuff he was made of. There was not
"a cooler head ar more watchful eye around
straight. During tue shuiiiing OF the
cards he chatted ami ably with the dealer
and with one or two PhilipsburH friends
his bets according To any, prearranged
system IL was not apparent. He distrit-
H Bss do his what Sn,f ne i would ~ NJ. DEER Derri sns se saa.si
not tn he able to recover his losses. He
won lightly and lost heavily. Ia short, he
the more supcrstitions OF the spectators
wondered why he didn't. quit on such an
kept his temper and his seat.
At I o'clock in the morning the bank
was sl,5OO ahead. The bankers aud corps
aiternated frequently, couldn't help bu,
look cheerful i'm spite of their sang froid
They had made q large sized hole into
ing the chances were that the bank would
have pretty much, IL not all OF
signs OF quitting. Betwecn , and
5 O'Clock Mr.. Dcrring began To pick
up u little. II was very slow, but the tide
o'clock he had reduced his losses to- 500
His blues and yellows began to increase
down into his pocket for more money Il
1t . "a. m. there was still a large GROVE
around the game. Mr.. Derring kept win
ming and losing apparently in about equa
mount IL was a wonderfully even
Sa,ns; A Mr. mn same 9" tbs bank was srn m nj
Derring was about even. and half an houl
later, being Sl75 ahead and somewha
fatigicd 10y his nights work. he cashed il
his checks, about 81 900 worth. Mr.. Jacl
Bulgc also quit about $40 or 800 ahead
and another gentleman was u winner a
500 or x3OO. Altogether the bank wa,
about $500 or $UO loser OH the night. bu
this %trifine amount does not impair il
financial solidity i'm the slightest.
Mr.. Derring invited all hands tn ths
bar, and for half an hour champaRn,
according to the ~provcrbial similitud,
flowed like water. The gentleman more
over called upon the great and goo<
Crowley for something like "a barrel q
two OF oysters. Ii was a great night ans
there was nothing to maj the pleasure q
the occasiou, the utmost courtesy an,
politeness being manifested all around.