The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-31
BIG POKER STORIES.
THEIR TEXT THE REMARKABLE VA
CARRIES OF LUCK.

al Confession Of One Of "the Company.s
II suppose Senator Wolcott is one Of
the coolest mon living when engaged in
D game Of chance" said Albert Watson
Of Denver. Like most men whose early
manhood has been spent on the frontier,
ho learned the value Of poker hand and
tho best way to keep cases as soon as he
learned law, and he was known as Iim-
It, player oil over Colorado before his
fame as lawyer had spread outside Of
Denver. When playing faro, he always
did and docs yet bet as much on tho
turn of card ns the dealer will allow
him to, and when he sits In poker
gamo tho other people want to keep
their eyes wide open and play their
cards mighty close up to their chests.
"Wolcott onco found himself In n
gamo of poker where three of the other
players were playing sure game. They
wero professionals and wore after big
bundle of money that he had in his pos.
session as we'll as looking for that which
the fifth player, o mining operator
named Durkin, was known to have
Wolcott knew In 90 minutes after the
first hand was dealt that the intention
was to rob him and wedfiod his wits
trying to find way out of tho game
without making trouble, but he couldn't
discover means to save him. At last
no was dealt pat flush Of diamonds
made up Of the 8, z, 8, 0 and jack. He
skinned those cards over and did q
mighty piece of thinking. Ho felt in his
bones that flush would be no account
in the world when it came to show
down, but hc Clipped in and staid to
draw cards. To his surprise. he wasn't
raised before the draw.
"He looked over his bright red dia-
monds and concluded to draw q card, in
order, if possible, to strengthen the So
quence. Ho pondered q long time be-
tween discarding the 8 spot or the pic
trre. and at last tossed away tho Jack
and called for card. The dealer looked
surprised at his wanting any, but gavo
him the card. Wolcott picked it up and
found ho had got tho o spot Of dia-
monds. He never turned hair. The
betting began. and he nursed his Sc
quenco Of diamonds and just staid
along, letting tho other fellows do the
raising. At last it got down to Wolcotr
and one of the professionals. Finally
there was call. and tho other man
showed four queens. Wolcott laid down
tho o, @, z, 8 and Of diamonds and
swept in tho pot. The game stopped
right there. Ircckon that was the great
est piece of luck that any man ever had
il poker game"
When Mr.. Watson had concluded his
interesting recital and the wonderful
draw had been expatiated upon, one of
his listeners remarked that he reckoncd
it was his deal. "This is story Of luck,
too, he remarked, "bus Of different
character from that experienced by Sem
ator Wolcott A friend Of mine who
lives out in Maryland was playing in q
littlo poker gamo not long ago. The
paraphernalia Of tho game was primi-
tive, consisting Of single well thumbed
deck CT steamboat cards, with grains of
corn for chips. My friend was followed
by n regular tempest of bad luck, and
his corn was down to very few grains.
He agitated his mind for minute or
two and then suddenly announced that
no had forgotten to give his horse water
and would have to doit. He went out Of
tho house, and being familiar with the
premises madc his way to the courthouse,
and putting in his hand in the dark got
an ear Of corn and put it in his pocket.
Then no went TO tho stable, after max
ing q big noise ct the pump to let the
fellows inside believe he was moistening
his animal, and returned in q few min
utes to the house. He sat down and pro-
ceeded to pull out tho 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 ho found that he drew
forth bis original dozen whito chips,
with twice that many red. Ho had man-
aged to find in tho dark the only red oar
In tie cornhouse.
''I'll make personal confession after
that, said Horny Miller when the
laugh subsidized. "Somo years ago was
prone now and then to indulge in tho
delights Of draw, and there was a friend
living near me, over III Georgetown,
afflicted with intermittent insanity OF
the Same sort that visited him Mt inter
walls coincident with my own. Conse-
quently we usually hunted the animal
together. Ono night we came over this
side Of the creek together and proceeded
to place Oh Ninth street, whero pub
lilo game, with table stakes, was pretty
popular. Along about III o'clock we
both got broke and concluded to 20
home. Tho nigh. had grown stormy,
and 1t was slceting like sin when wo
left tho club, rs il was called. A search
revealed that we had but orc car ticket
between ue. Tie bobtail cars, without a
conductor, wero then used on the Met
| ropolitan line, and wc conceived tho
highly original idea of splitting that
ticket in half anu dropping tho two
! pieces in tho box. We boarded the last
car oyer and carried out our scbolnc.
You may knock me down ii botn rieccs