Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-08
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

are born into the business" said Mr. Walsh,
but L never saw salt water until / was
twenty years old, and then IL was as a
passenger. i went around to California by
the isthmus route 1t needs nerve and de-
cision to be successful pilot. Sometimes
you will get hold of ship whose skipper is
doubtful of your ability to handle IL, and
then you have a mean experience. He is
everlastngly bothering you with questions
and suggestions, until it's wonde- you
dont lose your head altogether, A pilot
VINO knows his business should be as ia
Ihlllar with the reefs, shoals, rocks, cur
rents and air currents in the harbor into
whlch he is bringing a boat a preacher
Is with the Bible, and ought to study them
just DIS hard and steadily. 1t is a danger
GUS ana responsible calling, but then it's
Wen paid, and that makes up for the bur-
gems OF the life. On the Pacific a pilot gets
% loot on the draught of a ship and 4
cents a ton. For instance a / 5OO-ton boat.
drawing ten feet of water would pay "A
pinot sllo for bringing her from the outside
party of the ways who are ALWAYS
hanging around the National Hotel held up
OH carter Bowie, the colored man who has
soid raw oysters from the can for seasons
ihhumerable, on 9Th street yesterday, and
AFTER Chatting bin for awhile on various
questions, touched him in tender spot by
asking him what kind of weather WASH
ington was going to have this winter
Eel yer. honey, yer bettah git yer coal
u, IN putty soon kase days mitely soually
tunes ahead, said Carter. DE ducks ain
febber had ez much down onter day Dresses
ez day Is dis fall since / kin member
Hlt dat thick dat yer cyahnt see de meat
thrr hit nohow OATS er sho' sign dat de
wedder gwinter be turr'ble cole Den de
press bone OBJ a goose whut / seen wuz
dess spotted up like er pinter dogs back,
en- OATS ernudder sign whut don't fale.
hepper En- dars ernudder thing. Ebber
senc- l fust got big huff ter tote listers I
gun see dat when we hab de smallpox ip
oe ran time de winter whut come erlong
after MT is dess de debbil fob cole. HIT
wuz datter way las time, back yander in
atee atey. Yer members dat don't yer
we had de smallpox in de fall an de wed
der was dess laik hit is now, sof' an
sunny, an nit KEEP datter way twell clean
up ter krismus. Den, gennermen, she
commence fur to git cole, an j lay dat ole
Cyarter putty nigh froze en- starve ter
deaf, kase dc ribber got froze ober clean
ter de mouf, an dey wanl't no iseter boat
come up toe de w'arf fob bout six weeks
Yaars, indeedy, fellers, hits ewinter be
Golfer dan de debbil soon de holerdays
comes, en- If emmy OBJ youse is got yo' ober-
cotes in de intrus shop lay yer better git
EN- out quick ez yer kin, kase yerIl need
EN-, honey, yer'll need 'em wussen de
Ticker en- de seegyars yer THROWN yer
mummy erway on in dis yere bright wedder
But dis amt selln' listers. / gotten git sum
mummy time de ribber froze UP ergin, an
keep dem lister boats down on de beds"
II suppose Senator wolcott is one of the
coolest men living when engaged in a game
of chance" said Albert Watson of Denver
who was one of a party of gentlemen at the
Cochran yesterday. Like most men whose
early manhood has been spent on the from
tier. he learned the value of poker hand
and the best way TO keep cases as soon as
he learned law, and he was known as &
limit player all over Colorado before his
fame a lawyer had spread outside of
Denver. When playing faro he always did,
end does yet, bet as much on the turn of a
card the dealer will allow him to, and
when he sits In poker game the other
people want TO keep their eyes wide open
and play their cards mighty close up to
their chests Wolcott once found himself
in a game of poker where three Of the
other players were playing a sure game.
They were professionals, and were after a
big bundle of money that he had in his
possession, as well as looking for that which
the fifth player a mining operator named
Durkin, was known to have. Wolcott knew
in twenty minutes after the first hand was
dealt that the intention was to rob him and
wearied his wits trying to find way to get
out of the game without making trouble
but he couldn't discover a means to save
him. At last he was dealt a pat flush OF
diamonds, made UP of the 8. Z, 8, y and lack
He skinned those cards over and did a
mighty piece of thinking. He felt in his
bones that flush would be no account in
the world when 1t came to a show down,
but he Clipped In and stayed to draw cards
To his surprise he wasn't raised before the
draw. He looked over his bright red dia-
monds again and concluded to draw a card
in order, if possible, to straighten the Sc
Quence. He pondered a long time between
discarding the five spot or the picture, and
at last tossed away the jack and called for
card. The dealer looked surprised at his
wanting any, but gave him the card. VOL
cCtt picked ii up and found he had gotten
the six spot of diamonds. He never turned
hair. The betting began, and he nursed
his sequence of diamonds, and Just STAYED
along, letting the other fellows do the rails
ing. At last il got down to Wolcott and
one of the professionals. Finally there was
call, and the other man showed four
queens. Wolcott laid down the s. O. Z
and of diamonds and swept in the pot.
The game stopped right there. / reckon
that was the greatest piece of luck that any
man ever had in poker game
When Mr.. Watson had concluded his in.
teresting recital and the wonderful draw
had been expatiated upon. another one of
the coterie remarked that he reckoned IL
was his deal. This is a story of luck, too"
he remarked. but of a different character
from that experienced by Senator wolcott.
A friend of mine who lives out in MARYLAND
was playing In a little poker game not long
ago. The paraphernalia of the game was
primitive, consisting of a single, WELL
thumbed deck of steamboat cards, with
grains of corn for chips. My friend was
followed by regular tempest of bad luck.
and pretty soon he had put up his last cent
and his corn was down to a very few
grains. He agitated his mind for a minute
or two and then suddenly announced that
he had forgotten to give his horse water
and would have to do IL. He went out of
the house and, being familiar with the
premises, made his way to the corn house
and, putting in his hand in the dark, got
an ear of corn and put it in his pocket
Then he went to the stable, after making a
big noise at the pump to let the fellows In
side believe he was moistening his animal
and returned in few minutes to the house
He sat down and proceeded to pull out the
chips he had placed in his pocket when he
left, and which he had substantially added
to meantime You can imagine his con-
sternation when he found that he drew
forth his original dozen white chips with
twice that many red He had managed to
find in the dark the only red ear in the
corn house"
"Tn make personal confession after
that" said Henry Miller. when the laugh
subsidized. Some years ago I was prone
now and then to indulge in the delights of
draw, and there was a friend living near
me. over In Georgetown, afflicted with in