The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-13
A LOW DOWN GAME.

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I river sporting man. "a dead game sport,
Ern was, but, Lord bless the honey bee,
how they did play IL ON him oncel The
lowest down snap you ever heard of,
though. But il was slick. IL was played
from the ground up aud went through
without a misdeal from the 60 in 20 the
finish. And you want 10 know that any
thing had 60 be slick goods that slid in
ahead OF ErD> Fouchee. He was quite
smooth himself. you go bet hundredi
But they worked him for an angel that
trip. Pull his leg Did theyi Well
should gruntl But they played it low
& down. Lord but it was "a low down snap!
"Ern ran joint IN Louisville. Bang
mp place. Principally draw. Regular up
+ and up game, where you could sit in and
drop n hundred or two like gentleman.
. I've seen some soul lifting work done
there. Beautiful DO you know drawg
[ Yesf You've been 90 Louisville, then.
4 Nor Then excuse me. You don't know
draw. You think you 90, but you don't.
Nobody can know draw right until he's
been 70 Louisville Before the war Nat
chez held her head up pretty high as n
place where they could daily with draw
: as it should be dallied with, but she wasn't
deuce high with Louisville. Iraked in "a
pot OF s3 900 and 10 niggers at Natchez
one night on jack high. Bluffed 'em
square down. Brought the niggers up
over the line and set 'em free. Natchez
I. knew pretty near all there was 20 know
about draw, but l had studied in Louis
vile. If you've never been to Louisville.
you don't know draw. You think you
do, but you don't.
'One day Ern Fouchee took n run up 20
Cincinnati for little recreation. AS he
was getting off the boat lady in front of
him tripped and fell. Ern jumped and
helped her up, and when she turned 10
thank him he almost fell dead. Sho was
looking both ways for Sunday. Cross eyed
so far, Ern said, that it was a toss mp
whether her right eye wasn't on the left
side Of her nose and her left one on the
right. Ern turned his head to spit over
his shoulder, but he couldn't dc it, the
people were crowding SO close behind him.
Hoodooed? Certainly. His play was,
then, to take the first boat right back
home, but no didn't make the play. He
was bull headed enough to take in the Gin
cinnati joints that night and run up
against anything that offered. Why, he
couldn't Ia held four aces and won that
night Went broker OF course. Too
quick
"Ern had been needing n stock Of new
chips and cards and things, and it was an
incidental part of his trip to Cincinnati
that day 70 buy the outfit. Next morn
ing he went round and picked out his
goods, but he had TO tell the house TO send
'em 10 Louisville G. o. d., for the bill
was $50 and more, and it sized his pile.
That was all right, for they knew Ern ut
the store, and he could have taken the
things right along il he'd wanted TO, but
he didn't. After having bottle or two
with some of the boys, and letting his
mouth go pretty lively in good natured
way about having TO hang up his bill for
goods, he started for home. An hour or
so afterward "A couple of nobby looking
ducks dropped In at the store where Ern
had bought his outfit.
"tMr. Fouchee OF louisville bought
some goods here today, didn't hep said
one of 'em to a clerk.
Yes, said the clerk.
"sDidn't make it good, did hep
asNo.'
"tWell, he's been transacting n little
business since he was in here and is sit
ting in luck. He sent me to pay for the
goods and fetch 'em along to him.
"That was all right, and the package
was handed over to the chap, who paid the
bill. And Ern was pretty well along on
his way home by that time. The next day
a couple Of nifty sports made their appear
ance in Louisville. They were strangers,
but opened like good uns, and the boys
fell right in with 'em. They took a turn
at things at Ern's place aud dropped
hundred or two without winking. The
day after these two flip sporty boys turned
up in town an express package was de-
liyered at Ern's from the local Office. 1t
was the cards and things from Cincinnati.
But where's the billf' said Ern.
SAINT any bill. replied the express
man.
"tDidn't this come G. o. D.9
! "sNo.' fa
"sWcll, said Ern, there's nothing like
having good credit
"And when the two bandbox gents came
IN that night Ern chucked out bran new
clean deck TO play with. Ern sat in. They
played. You never see how luck clung
TO them two chaps. 1t just hugged and
kissed 'em- They win and they win.
Now and then Ern would rake pot, but
luck wouldn't stay by him. And what
did he dor Dropped clean $4,000 in
less than three hours, and them two slicers
walked OH with every cent of It'll All on
account of the cross eyed woman9 That's
what Ern thought. That's what we oil
thought. guess we'd be thinking so yet
If Ern hadn't gone TO Cincinnati again in
a week or SO and called at the store to set
tie for his goods.
want to pay that bill,' said Ern. 1
you didn't send 'em c. o. d.
Why said the clerk. you paid it.
Il paid iti' said Ern.
"sYes. Sent the money with your
friend, You know, and he took the goods
along said the clerk.
My friendp exclaimed Ern.
"'Yes; the nice looking gent with the
black, curly mustache and the big dia-
nond horseshoe
"Ern just gave sort OF grab nc bis
throat and stood for minute staring like
a dead open and shut idiot. Pretty soon
he got his senses and whacking the coun-
ter with his fist he blurted out;
We'll, d--n my fool gizzard'
The clerk had described the chief one
OF the nice, clean sports who had cleaned
Ern out with his new deck OF cards. Ern
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