Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-16
A LOW DOWN GAME

how they did play II on him oncel Inc
lowest down snap you ever heard OF,
though But IL was slick. 1t was played
from the ground up and went through
without n misdeal from the 20 in TO the
finish. And you want 10 know that any
thing had To be slick goods that slid In
ahead Of Ern Fouchee. lie was quite
smooth himself, you ~ bet n hundredi
But they worked him for an angel that
trip. Pull his legl Did theyt Well
should grunti But they played 1t low
down. Lord but IL was IA low down snapi
"Ern ran IA joint in Louisville. Bang
mp place. Principally draw. Regular up
and up game, where you could sit In ana
drop "A hundred or two like gentleman.
I've seen some soul lifting work done
there. Beautiful DO you know draw
Yesf You've been TO Louisville, then.
Nor Then excuse me. You don't know
draw. You Hlink you do, but you don't.
Nobody can know draw right until he's
been TO Louisville. Before the war Nat
chez held her head up pretty high N
place where they could daily with draw
as it should be dallied with, but she wasn't
deuce high with Louisville. lraked In
pot OF g.. 900 and ~ niggers ut Matches
Uns night on jack high. Bluffed 'em
over the line and act 'em free. Natchez
knew pretty near all there was 10 know
about draw. but ! had studied In Louis
Vile. II you 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 to
Cincinnati for little recreation. AZ he
was getting off the boat "A lady In front OF
him tripped and fell. Ern jumped and
helped her up, and when she turned to
thank him he almost fell dead. She was
looking both ways for Sunday. Cross eyed
% far, Ern said, that IL was toss up
whether her right eye wasn't on the left
side Of her nose and her left one on the
right. Ern turned his head 10 spit over
his shoulder, but lie couldn't do IL, the
people were crowding 80 close behind him.
HoodooedP Certainly. His play was,
then, TO take the irst boat right back
home, but he didn't make the play. lie
was bull headed enough 10 take in the Gin
cinnati joints that night and run up
against anything that offered. Why, he
couldn't "a held four aces and won that
night Went broker OF course. Too
quick
"Ern had been needing stock OF new
chips and cards and things, and il was an
incidental part of his trip To Cincinnati
that day 10 buy the outfit. Next morn
Ing he went round and picked out his
goods, but he had to tell the house 10 send
'em 20 Louisville c. o. d., for the bill
was ESQ and more, and 1t sized his pile.
That was all right, for they knew Ern ut
the store, and he could have taken the
thicvs fright along if 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 "a good natured
way about having To hang up his bill for
goods, he started for home. An hour or
20 afterward couple Of nobby looking
ducks dropped in at the store where Ern
bad bought his outfit.
"'Mr. Fouchee Of Louisville boughL
some goods here today, didn't hei' said
one of 'em 10 "A clerk.
"'Yes,' said the clerk.
"'Didn I make it good. did her
"No.'
"'Well, he's been transacting a 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.
"ThGt was all right, and the package
was handed over 10 the chap, who paid the
bill. And Lrn 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 m. They took turn
at things at Ern's place ard dropped
hundred or two without winking The
day after thesetwo flip sporty boys turned
up in town an express package was de
liver, at Ern s from the local office. II
was the cards and things from Cincinnati.
"'But where's the billy said Ern.
"'Ain't any bill. replied the express
man.
"Didn't this come c. o. D.r
"No.'
"'Well, said Ern, there's nothing like
having good credit
"And when the two bandhox gents came
in that night Ern chucked out bran new
clean deck 10 play with. Ern sat IN. They
played. You never see how luck clung
20 them two chaps. IL just hugged and
kissed 'em. They win and they win.
Now and then Ern would rake n pot, bat
luck wouldn't stay by him. And what
did he dor Dropped a clean $1,000 in
less than three hours, and them two sicers
walked of with every cent Of il All on
account Of the cross eyed woman' That's
Niul NubuEul. lndl "ldI We
thought. guess we'd be thinking so yet
If Ern hadn't gone TO Cincinnati again In
week or 40 aud called at the store to set
TIE for his goods
"'Waht TO pay that bill,' said Ern
You didn't send 'em &. o. D.
"'Why,' said the clerk, you paid it,
al paid it'' said Ern.
"'Yes Sent the money with your
friend, you know, and he took the goods
along said the clerk.
my frieudp exclaimed Frn.
"'Yes; the nice looking gent with the
black, curly mustachs and the big dis-
mond horseshoe
"Ern just gave sort OF a grab at his
throat and stood for minute staring like
dead open and shut idiot. Pretty soon
he got his senses and whacking the coun-
ter with his fist he blurted outs
"'Well, d--n my fool gizzardr
1.-THE clerk had described the chief one
OF the nice, clean sports who had cleaned
Ern out with his new deck Of cards. Ern
| got back home ~ soon ~ he could make
II. He took II good squint at the cards
They were marked, every one of 'eml
Say, there amt any use. got to say
IL. Them two chaps were slick. They
| played It from III. ground up. But Il was
q low down trick, wasn't itt"--Ed Mott