Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-02
THE KID FROM yrR.r~tA.
He Was Young. and IN. Gambler Wa. SER,
Cor Him

fF7tn the Chicago Tines
foor Billy MAYER. the bookm.k.r. ,,bo
pencils liberal odds aEains, the ponies 4, a.--
thorne these chilly November Aav.. 1. in a ii..
oonsolAie mood. Billy stood s,cp. An front a.
'he Palmer House one evening Ia, - ,,a
'he earele-s manner in which IA. hand. x-r.
'hfnsi INTO his packet. ana the .,ouasa ..,,-~t
o. has usual jovinl brow. VERY clea,lv indie, .a
'hH' something unusual had occurred Al ,h-ov
,hi,n into An unhappy state OF nina
MS boon companion. Eddie I.ock.- canine
up remarked to li;ile AZ Fi.b.r a., -
chAhee laiiy had Hand un Rr.tp.t -. -,
auhs that dAy. while al" an,~ca ,h.,
ma oc old Green Morris had maAe a n, l,a'
,be vs,',.i ~ nis goo un-. ana thereby rafaed
What are you lookiuv =, ,,,,,... .,-....,..
ilS nc, ONE hdd.e 'eniared 10 inquire
=, Oh' hoihing In Particular .sro,,.a
ohiN' Wa thinking how i,t a ~.
~ - .o' done up bv a nineteen v.ar old
Aia lss' night How Vas ~ Well IN IN -,
He was the siickest kid ever ms - -
ne comes rom down an Virginia and 4. -.
nineteen; bui Oh. how smart, ma, ,o,,.., -
can he taught any new tricks AZ ali. nj 81,
you. VIZ
Hes been around race trurk. fo- v..-. -,
KNOWS more shout horses than We ever all A
sort OF second nature with him. I yi.,,..-, "a
more man that. he's one % IN. finest ~,
writers ever saw. Well oue Of nv ho,. =
siok ana sent Tor the kid one day las, So
70 90 some work Tor me. lie came last y sht-
ana wish be hadn't When he .u,er.l 80,
rooms AZ the hotel THE rest of the rar,y ~np,,.a
green kid - '''"'
There were four Of u. beside. IN. vo,n,-
e,e,, ana some one suggested = game IT ,ir..
-. ~ .iii,it NJ 81 Us agreed, and the chips
Were produced forthwith
=, At 'his point the kii wanted ,o com. in
ne showed up vad of bills containing s200
cihat's- lie hsdn much use for She M. ney
i ne said aud IL any Of us were hank-ring after
IT. Nhs' We were perfectly welcome 90 ~
We an thought u shame 90 take his
money. Int knew II We liin't ,hs, ,h,.. a,ne
WOULD certainly show M and hit NV boob n,xt
ishly 'peu' 1""i-
We'll, the upshot 4 it was We allowed HIM n
:; ~. ~ "5rih OF chips and the game was soon
The Md PLAYED HE cards close for = ,b1.
al~i ,ilen came a IS Jackpot. Fveryboiy am.
IN Inc pot WAS hoisied twice. and "a. n
pretty good+i;cd one. sinvea IN on a uair
~ "Os'' but didn better myself on the draw.
stood pat $40 "'
wen. SIR he just lifted tina, 20, for all 4,
va worth. ana ~ We had all sized him up for a
hu-h or straight. We Just lad down. he
la . ia the Dot. containing over ESQ. and
high. that vas all
We were disgustod lot. can ten Won.
when he showed down his hand
=, II was "intry dHy for the crowd when
they ran against that Young man. and no ms.
Take. lie PLAYED az awful lick game. and shen
q. az na az la' he had Increased his OF igina wnd
TO $1,000 and the fanny part Of Il va. thai
near. an OF 1t wac my money. too.
'ehtIemen. he said on having 4 les rned
~ pa! poker while page down IN the Virginia
legislature Ar any o. you want points 81, the
game lust go down there. aud YOU n be sure 20
get them ~
n.,, max what the matter with ma. [" obs. rived
ne skinned by kid in knee
breaches, Come lets have a ariuk
And they went. MAYER meantime cuut,,..i,.
LocAe and Fisher that IL they gave the .torS
"ut TO toe ring there would be trouble, and
,ne "bookies at Hawthorne still wonder WIN
Mayer never smiles As of wore.