The sun., 1893-08-20
TOOK IN A YALE PROFESSOR.
Gard Sharperr Make - Few Dollars Out or
lIts Innocence.

From he Nsp Harm Treating ReVHs.
good story Is going the rounds OF the city
with relation to n certain well-known Yale pro-
lessor lie is q young man. and the title OF
professor has rested upon him hut few years.
but his name is withheld for obvious reason s.
On returning from the Worlds Fair recently.
so goes the story. he was approached on the
train by Incorporating man. who asked him
IL he would not flll UP n hand Of whist. as It
needed Just one moro to complete the ia ble
The lalo professor compiled. and was soon
sitting with three nicely dressed and appar-
emily thorough gentlemen. The cards we're
dealt around. when II was discovered that
there was ono card less than the usual NUM-
ter and in this cXigcncy 1t WAS suggested that
nS whist could not b. played they had better
the game etommcnced.
1t had proceeded but 2 short time when
hand. remarked thnt lie wished he Was play
Ing poker MS he had II hand that he would like
to bet on So Just for tho inn Of the thing. the
for u minute and play poker with the hands
they held This was @rcedcd to. AMI small
into the first speakers hand. Euchro was re-
sumed. and t had progressed but u short time
tered into Se II. % rs S a Th" Tc Ina n9 hand
which he would like to bet on, and a. the gan
tleman who had made the first suggestion was
agreeable. the game was again stopped and
thcy bet N oney on their hands
Alter this euchre was resumed when. to the
up one hand that he held thre" aces and a
pair. or. in poker parlance. a full house, !Ie
laughingly remarked that lie had got n hand
Tsns 9 Ms the rad he Ha e9Hd d
game would be stopped and they would play
the game out on poker lines. This was agree
able to the professor. and the two fell to bet
lew minutes when the amount wngered was
about Sl2. OF which half was tn. money Of the
and was astonished to sec his partner against
whom ho had played. lay down four seven
spots. OF course he Lost. but without saying II
word the euchre game was resumed.
After several more hands had ucen played
the ~ ofessor picked up hand to find that he
held four aces. This time no said nothing
euchrc was uninterrupted. A little later. ana
four ton spots also came into his hand. but
this also did not tempt H. i'm to try his luck with
Very soon after this his compa ions became
suddenly tired OF the game. and by mutual
consent tho four quit playing. the Yale profess
think over the incidents of the previous half
hour it suddenly dawned on him all at once
that he came near being taken in as II lamh by
TIN GO sharrers. As he remembered 1t then. the
men did not cut the cnrds. and there dawned
upon his mind other tile discrepancies with re-
gard to card playing which had not attracted his
cluson very quickly that the hand which he
had bet on had been put up against him. and.
furthermore. that tho four aces and tour tens.
which camo into his hand subsequently, was
tempt to draw him IN into losing his money.
II WAS not through any suspici ion at he time
simply because he was dsncIined to break up
the euchre game in that manner.
Since the story has got noised about the pro-
iess9r 9 has m II received conidSrI6le chat nt the
ascertain how 1t got out He ia satisfied. how
ever. that he got out OF it SO easily.