The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-05-17
POKER ON THE EAST COAST.
A Peculiarly of the Game that Pleased q
Drummer Who Ran Against Four Skies.

Down on the east coast, at a cosy
little hostelry. whose halls are filled
with fishing poles and corners with
guns, and which has every other char
acteristic of being a sportsmen's club,
they play poker very peculiarly The
other night an exceedingly exciting
game was going on. The players were
mostly old gentlemen, who opened a
jack pot on pair of jacks and stood
limit race with all the reckless abandon
of young bloods with millions.
The limit, by the way, was red
chip, and the ante was white chip.
They didn't pay any money for them
until the game was overt was gen.
tleman's game; but for every red chip
purchased the banker made memo
randum of $40 and likewise memo
randum of 81 for white chip.
A tenderfoot drummer had just ar
rived at the hotel that night, and he
strolled into the green room and looked
on the game for some time.
"What picnic!" said he to neigh
boring spectator.
"Perhaps some of you gentlemen
would like to come in-make it inter
esting. The more the merrier," sug-
gested one of the players an old gem
tleman bronzed and fringed after the
style of the lone fisherman.
"Why, yes," said the fat drummer
from the East, "if the other gentlemen
do not object"
They made way for him and he took
a seat, drew out his pocketbook, and,
drawing out crisp 800 bill, asked for
$50 in chips.
etOl 4L
banker. Haven't got any change.
Pay up after the game. Here's your
chips"
A few hands passed without any re-
markable sensation. Then came a
jack pot. It was the drummer's deal.
He looked at his cards. and found two
aces and pair of threes. The next
man to him passed, and the next man
epened it for big red chip.
"It's opened; ten dollars" said he.
verybody stayed. The drummer
raised it red chip. The opener saw
it red and raised it ditto. The drum
pler stayed.
@Gosh!" said he to himself, "but
they have got nerve"
The opeaer drew two cards, the
others three, and the drummer one.
He Squeezed" and 10! there was an
ace full.
@What a picnic, he remarked again,
as he assumed bobtail-tiush smile.
The opening man bet red check.
The drummer had red check and a
white check in front of him. He saw
the red check and raised it five. The
opening mantle lone fsherman-saw
the five and raised it ten. All the
others dropped out.
"But," said the drummer aIn have
to show downsfor the outside"
"Oh, no; not having anything in
front makes no difference. Buy some
more and bet."
The drummer was delighted. His
ace full was invincible. He bought
fifty more.
Il raise you $1o," said he.
"Ten BETTER"
"And ten better than you"
sTen better"
"Ten more"
"Well, I'll call it," said the old man
with the fsherman's whiskers, "I've
got two pair SKIES up and skies down"
The cold perspiration poured out on
the drummer's brow.
"Great Scott! and I've an ace full, ,,
said he with a voice almost suffocated
with woe.
He had changed his mind about
having picnic, and was contemplate
ing how he could pay his poker debt,
his board bill. and get to the next sta
tion on hundred dollar bill and $3
besides.
"Well, that's enough for me-" and
he handed over his hundred dollar bill
TO the banker with @That's what I
owe you"
"Oh, no. said the banker, awe cash
up for one per cent, !" and a great throb
of gladness suffused the entire anato.
my of the fat drummer from the effete
East, while the other players caught
on and laughed tremendous roar.
OF course the drummer called for the
drinks and stayed in the game. Flor
ida Times linton.