Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-21
BOTH HAD FOURS.
A Stiff Game of Draw Between st.
Louis Doctor and q Broker.

"A SUN tame OF Ora" Det"cch q Gu
Louis Doctor and Broker.
sThey may shut down the public
gambling houses, but they can't stop
gambling, just the same" said we'll
known man about town, who wouldn't
think life worth living if the great
American game of draw poker was ut
terly suppressed.
1.-The gambling instinct is born in
man." he continued, land unless some
Jealous and inventive individual can
devise means for plucking fortunes
forelock out by the roots why men will
continue to gamble just in the old
sweet way as long as the world goes
round. Now, 1 was in a little game the
other evening which possessed more
elements of interest than any one I've
sat in for years. 1t began about ten in
the evening in the private apartments
of the junior member of a big commits
sion firm on the board of trade. Be-
sides the broker there were in the game
a prominent physician, a big criminal
lawyer. a railroad man and myself
1T was the old story-a twenty-five
dollar limit with fifty-dollar on jack
pots to start with. and later on. about
three in the morning, the limit off,
wide-open game for table stakes or col
lateral. Well. it was an eventful con-
test all through. The cards were run
ming lively and the physician was about
one thousand dollars ahead. The broker
had been losing; SO had the railroad man.
The lawyer was little to the good and
was about whole when it became day
light. Let's just play four more jack
nd S,,it :, y,ronoSaI nd
we all acceded The first three left the
physician nearly two thousand dollars
ahead, the broker even, the railroad
man broke and the lawyer and myself
a little in the hole. Then the cards
were dealt for the last.
- Cost a hundred to play" senten.
tiously remarked the broker.
50 Hundred BETTER said the ply
sician.
Out
Out
g Two cards. sa id the broker.
"'Give me a card chimed in the doc.
tor.
bet you So said the broker.
1.-Two hundred harder, from the
medico.
Five hundred better
Zone thousand more than you
"'One thousand harder
'''I'll put in my check if you have no
objections.
"'None. It's good for any amount
with me-
Two thousand better, then
'''Let me see,' said the broker. 4
haven't that amount of cash in bank or
here. Won't you split it?'
"'No. I've a pretty good hand.
Can't you get it,?
81 can after g.
"'All right. We can fix that. My
rules are never to take / o Us even
from friend; but I'll tell you what.
Seal the two hands up in the envelopes
and the stakes in third. Well go down
and leave 'em with the clerk to be put
in the safe and only opened to the
presence of three of this party. Then
you raise the stuff and we'll all meet at
| breakfast at twelve sharp in the cafe,
and the ownership of the pot can be
then decided
"'Agreed; that's fair enough
''Well," continued the gentleman, sit
was done. At noon we all met at break
fast except the railroad man, who had
gone out of town. The lawyer procured
the stakes and the envelopes, the broker
forked over four crisp five hundred-dol-
lar bills to make up his bet, and /
opened the sealed envelopes. The doc
tors was first. 1t contained four kings
and queen. The broker nearly jumped
out of his seat when he saw it, and the
doctor grew pale at his hilarity. The
brokers' envelope was opened and con-
tanned four aces and ten. He paid for
the breakfast, and the bill wasn't
light one, either."-St. Louis Post-Dis
patch.
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