The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-24
BIG POKER STORIES.
THEIR TEXT THE REMARKABLE VA
CARRIES OF LUCK.
Senator wolcotts Lucky Draw In the
"Brnco" Gnmc-Thc Old Red Ear Story
Retoid In Condensed Torm--Tbo Person


nj Confession of One of "ihc Company"
81 suppose Senator Wulcott Is ono Of
tho coolest men living when engaged In
gaine of chance" said Albert Watson
of Denver. Like most mon whose early
manhood has been spent OH the frontier,
he learned the value Of apoker hand and
tho best way to keep cases as soon rs he
learned law, and he was known ~ ~ lin
IT, player all over Colorado before his
fame "a n lawyer had spread outside of
Denver When playing faro, ho always
did aud does yet bet as much on tho
turn of q card as the dealer will allow
him to, and when he sits in poker
game the other people want to keep
their eyes wido open aud play their
cards mighty close up to their chests.
"Wolcott once found himself in n
game of poker where three of the other
players were playing sure game. They
were professionals and were after Il big
bundle of money that he had in his pos
session as well as looking for that which
the fifth player, 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 wearied his wits
trying TO find way out Of the gamo
without making trouble, but ho couldn't
discover means TO save him. At last
he was dcalt pat flush of diamonds
made up of the D. Z, S, . and jack. He
skinned those cards over and did II
mighty piece of thinking He felt i'll bis
bones that flush would bo no account
in tho world when il came to show.
down, but he Clipped in and staid to
draw cards. To his surprise, no wasn't
raised before tho draw.
"Ele looked over his bright red dia.
monds and concluded TO draw card, in
order, If possible, TO strengthen the Sc
quence. He pondered long time be.
tween discarding the spot or the pic
ture, and at last tossed away the jack
and called for card Tho dealer looked
surprised Mt his wanting any, but gave
him the card. Wolcott picked it up and
found he had got the 6 spot of dia-
monds. Ho never turned hair. The
betting began, and he nursed his Sc
quence of diamonds and just staid
along, letting the other fellows do tho
raising. At last it got down TO Wolcott
and one of the professionals. Finally
there was call, and the other man
showed four queens. Wolcott laid down
tho 8, 0, Z, 8 and of diamonds and
swept in the pot Tho game stopped
right there. Ireckon that was tho great
act ,,iopa - Incl shnt ans, ,,,a,, nyor hot
in poker game. ~
When Mr.. Watson had concluded hD
interesting recital and tho wonderful
draw had been expatiated upon, one of
his listeners remarked that ho reckoned
IL was his deal. "This is a story of luck,
too" he remarked "but of q 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 single well thumbed
deck of 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
he had forgotten to give his horse water
and would have TO doit. He went out Of
tho house, and being familiar with the
premises made his way to the courthouse,
and putting in his hand in tho dark got
an ear of corn and put it in his pocket.
Then he went to tho stable, after max
ing big noise at tho pump to let the
fellows inside believe he was moistening
his animal, and returned in few min
utes to tho house. He sat down and pro-
ceeded to pull out the chips ho 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 drow
forth his original dozen white chips
with twice that many red. Ho had man.
aged to find in the dark tho only red ear
in the courthouse. "
'I'll mako personal confession after
that" said Henry Miller when the
laugh subsidized. "Some years ago 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 intermittent insanity of
the same sort that visited him at inter.
walls coincident with my own. Conse-
quently we usually hunted the animal
together. One night we came over this
side Of the creek together and proceeded
to place ON Ninth street, where pub
lie game, with table stakes, was pretty
popular. Along about IL o'clock we
both got broke and concluded to go
home. The night had grown stormy,
and it was sleeting like sin when we
left the club, as it was called. A search
revealed that we had but one car ticket
between u.s. The bobtail cars, without q
conductor, were then used ON the Met
ropolitan line, and we conceived the
highly original idea Of splitting that
ticket in half and dropping the two
pieces in the box. We boarded the last
car over and carried out our scheme.
You may knock me down if both pieces
didn't fall in the box white side up.
The driver glanced at them and then
started to open the door, but we both