Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-22

have found any one to play poker with me
for 81 antel Do You know n full house
from a pair OF traysY"
Our respect for truth compelled US to an
swer that we did We also stated that we
had = new deck of cards in our outfit on
the grass at his feet, and that our GRAND
at Lone TREE WAS to play a little game with
the editor OF The Gazette and probably re-
turn home possessed OF his paper cutter.
The stranger invited rs to sit down under
tree and begin business, and he was
liberal enough to lend us IS of our own
money as capital to start on We cannot
deny thAt we had marked those cards SO as
to get the better OF our esteemed Lone
Tree contemporary. On the first hand out
the stranger got two pairs, and we took
three jacks, and we got back our watch
and SO on his call We were willing to
quit then. but he yelled at us:
Yer can't quit! We've only Jest begunl
Gimme them ere keenls till deals,'
We were deeply panied to observe that
on this occasion we got 4 flush, while our
friend had only pair of aces and failed to
strengthen his hand on the draw. We
didn't want him to raise us, but he was an
obstinate man, and the result was that we
got back our other SO and both our guns.
"Whoopi But it's all FOOLS luckr' he
yells at US as we laid down our hands
ANTE up and deal them ERE keerds, and
may the Lord hev mercy on your sOulFf
We didn't want to go on robbing n poor
but respectable highwayman, but he insist
cd, and much against our will we shuffled
him of three jacks and took three queens
ourselE Neither of us got anything in the
draw, but the critter at once wagered one
of his guns. We saw him and raised him a
six shooter. He saw us and laid down his
watch. We saw that and put up $40 in
cash, and he called When he saw our hand.
he jumped up and yelled:
"Whoopee! Whoop! Stranger, who
mought you be, and when Gid you buy this
ere airth to prance around on so Eayly:"
We replied that wewere a humble editor,
willing to let our feeble light shine as far as
it would, and he jumped a foot high and
screamed:
cuss Of an editor. You don't know shucks
about this noble game of Pokerl Gimme
them keerds and sit ready to he riz out O.
this game and over the creekT'
We didn't want to do it, but had to-tbat
Is, we got four aces on the deal and noticed
that he only got two pairs and didn't help
his hand any on the draw. We bet him $40,
and he smiled like a June day as he blandly
said:
"Critter, mebbe you know I'm Black
Dan, the road agent. Here's 500, and here
agin your outfit II you win, III go with
you. If you lose, you'll hev to travel on
foot"
We hesitated. We just felt doggoned
mean to beat horny handed toiler out of
his last dollar and more, but he whooped
and called US a coyote, and we had to do it.
When we laid down our hand, he sat and
looked at us for a couple of minutes with
out saying word. Then he whispered:
"Critter, lead the wayl I'm a reptile as
never breaks my worllr'
We offered him his liberty. being a bit
anxious to continue on to Lone Tree and
tackle our esteemed contemporary, but he
declined it, and we brought him in and
turned him over to the law. That he dug
his way out of the lookup that same night
and escaped is nothing against him. He
was probably seized with fit of homesick-
ness To our subscribers outside of Arizona
we would explain that the game of poker
is simple, humble game, with nothing
wicked about it. 1t is mostly INDUCED in
by editors for its soothing effect on the
mind. and where the ante is a dollar and
there Is no limit the excitement acts like a
tonic TO brace up the weary and exhausted