The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-27
IT LOOKED SUSPICIOUS.
why q Travelling Man Gave Up Playing
Poker with 81 rangers.

why q Travelling Man Gave Up Playing
Poker with ST fangers.
al don't play cards with strangers"
said a quiet looking man on the Pullman
In response to an invitation from the
drummer 70 join them in a little game
of poker. The drummer flushed mp and
was about to say something.
Hold on" remarked the quiet man,
'.and I'll explain. Sit down here a min
ute or two and let me tell YOU"
The drummer being an obliging person
sat down. ~
about five years ago." began the
quiet man, 81 was out in the west coun-
try at a wild town, and night, being
| fond of cards and q pretty fair player, /
| asked four or five cowboys at the tavern
where I was stopping to play cards with
me. l didn't know them, and they didn't
know me, but they took it for granted
I was all right, and they went to my
ROOM, where I had two or three decks Of
cards. We started the game at q quar-
ter the ante with q % limit, and it
wasn't long until l was winning nicely;
for, as / said before, / was a good player.
After some time we took another deck
of cards, and as usual / had a goodhand.
my winnings had made my new
found acquaintance rather suspicious,
but as / was perfectly honest didn't pay
much attention to that. / remember
very distinctly l had an ace of diamonds
in my hand, and when it came around to
show down I knew the pot was mine,
but just as / laid down my hand the man
opposite me whipped out his revolver
and jabbed it into my face, and on the
instant out came all the other mems
guns, and I was scared almost to death
/ couldn't say a word, for I thought my
time had come, but nobody shot.
"'Look here! CALCULATED the man whe
had first pulled his gun, applying severa
disagreeable epithets in addition, and HI
took an ace Of diamonds out Of hi
!, hand. This restored my consciousness
somewhat, and after waiting until eacl
| man had expressed his opinion of me
and the final decision had been reache,
that I was to give up sall I had won ant
probably be shot later, / got in q word.
Gentlemen I said, appearances ar
. against me, but / am honest. j don
: know how that extra C got in the pack
= but if You will look in my valise Their
g you will find a pack exactly like this on
lying loose in it, and the cards mus
!, have got mixed in there. I'm sure
t didn't do it, One of the men took til
8 cards out of the valise and ran thei
r over, and the ace was missing. Ths
o much was in my favor, but it did nj
restore confidence.
y "'Send down stairs | said next, 4
the clerk and have him come up. E
s. was playing here this afternoon
Is ''Then they sent for the clerk, and
n said that he and a party Of friends ha
10 played with those cards during the at
ernoon, and farther, that they had use
two packs to do some tricks with. E
ID also stood bond for my honesty, and at
er an hour or 90 of terrific strain on II
10 my friends concluded I was all RICH
+ Then, to establish good fellowship fir
~, I insisted on their taking their mont
back. They set up the drinks all aroup
and I left them at last with q soleu
"a vow registered that when I played pok
ID again / must know everybody in Al
ID game, and everybody must KNOWN
y Don't you think n experience hketh
N is enough for an honest man of aui
st temperament to go through?-Detrt
10 Free Press. b