The Somerset reporter., 1894-12-20
BIG POKER STORIES.
THEIR TEXT THE REMARKABLE VA
carries OF LUCK.


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Hahh"od mas been spent on the lf"hilef
he learned the value Of poker hand and
the best way to keep cases as soon as he
learned law, and he was known a. a lin
it. player all over Colorado before his
fame as a lawyer had suread ont.ide If
Denver When rlaving faro he ALWAYS
did and docs vet bet "a much ON tio
tnrn If a card as tha dealer ,cill a1Ia,,
him 70 and when he sits in = ,,l.er
game the other poonlo want IN ka.u
their ewes wide omen and MAY their
cards miphtv close nm ia tb.ir chests
"Wolcott ouco fonud himself in a
game Of poker where three Of the other
nlavers xtera ,la,in., a s,,re ,,.,,,te Tbev
were professionals and were nffflr a bip
bnndlo Of money that me had in his NOS.
II Il Ia fHh
tho fifth nlaver a niuipt, a,.,rator
named Durkin. was known Ia have
Wolcott knew in 90 minutes after fine
first hand was dealt thar tbo intention
WAS To rob him and ,yeariod his wits
irving To find a WAY ont Of fine game
without making tronhlo Int he eaul,n,t
discover "A mean, To save him At last
he was dealt a NAT finish of diamonds
made mn Of the !. : S. q and iael, He
skinned those cards over and did =
mighty piece of thinking Uofelti in his
homes that finish wonld he no account
I'm tho world when If cnno ia a shaxv.
down. Int he cbiuped in and staid IA
draw cards To his sunrise. be wasn't
raised before the draw
"Ue locked over his bright red dia.
monds and concluded to draw a card in
order, if possible. to strengthen the se
ouence. He Wondered a long time bn
tween discardinp the 8 spot or tho mic.
tire and at last tossed away the iael,
and called for card. The dealer looked
surprised at his wanting any. but gave
him the card. Wolcott nicked il mn and
found he had got the q spot of dia-
monds. He never turned a hair. The
betting began. and he nnrsed his Sc
ouenee of diamonds and inst staid
along. letting tho other fellows do the
raising. At last it got down to Woleotr
md one of the DrofessionaIs Finally
there was a call. and the other man
showed four queens. Wolcott laid down
tho 5. 6. :. S and 8 of diamonds and
swept in tho pot. The game STONED
right there. Ireckon that was the great
est piece of luck that any man ever had
in 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 reckoned
it was his deal. "Tbis is a story of luck.
too. +" he remarked. "but of a different
character from that experienced by SEN
ator 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 primi-
tive, consisting Of a single we'll thumbed
deck of steamboat cards, with grains of
corn for chips. My friend was followed
by regular tempest of bad luck, and
his corn was down to q very few grains.
He agitatod his mind for a minute or
two and then suddenly announced that
ho had forgotten to give his horse water
and would have to doit. He went out of
the house, and being familiar with the
premises made 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 he went to the stable, after max
ing big noise at the pump to let the
fellows inside believe he was moistening
his animal, and returned in few min
utes to the house. He sat down and pro-
ceeded 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 whito chips,
with twice that many red. He had man.
aged to find in the dark the only red ear
In the courthouse.
on make a personal confession after
that" said Henry Miller when the
prone now and then to indulge in the
delights of draw, and there was friend
living near me. over in GEORGETOWN.
afflicted with intermittent insanity of
the same sort that visited him at inter
walls coincident with my own. Conse-
ouently we usually hunted the animal
together. Ono night we came over this