Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-15
A LOW DOWN GAME.

n AON DON ~ uAMI.
"Guess you never knew Ern Fouchec of
Louisville" said an old time Mississippi
river sporting man. ga dead game sport,
Ern was, but, Lord bless the honey bee,
how they did play it on him oncel The
lowest down snap you ever heard of,
though. But it was slick. 1t was played
from the ground up and went through
without misdeal from the go in to the
finish. And you want to know that any
thing had to be slick goods that slid in
ahead of Ern Fouchee. He was quite
smooth himself, you go bet hundred
But they worked him for an angel that
trip. Pull his leg Did they2 Well l
should grunt! But they played it low
down. Lord but it was low down snap!
'Ern ran joint in Louisville. Bang
up place. Principally draw. Regular up
and up game where you could sit in and
drop hundred or two like a gentleman.
I've seen some soul lifting work done
there. Beautiful Do you know draw?
Yes9 You've been to Louisville, then.
No? Then excuse me. You don't know
draw. You think 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 as a
place where they could daily with draw
Us it should be dallied with, but she wasn't
deuce high with Louisville Iraked in
pot of 1000 and 10 niggers at Natchez
one night on jack high. Blufred 'em
square down. Brought the niggers up
over the line and set 'em free. Natchez
Gpa 20 l.,
about draw, but I had studied in Louis
VILE If you've never been to Louisville,
you don't know draw. You think you
do, but you don't.
Zone day Ern Fouchee took run up to
Cincinnati for little recreation. AS he
was getting off the boat 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
SO far, Ern said, that it 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 to spit over
his shoulder, but he couldn't do it, the
people were crowding SO close behind him.
HoodooedP Certainly His play was,
then, to take the first boat right back
home, but he didn't make the play. He
was bull headed enough to 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
quickl
''Ern had been needing stock Of new
chips and cards and things, and it was an
Incidental part of his trip to Cincinnati
that day to buy the outfit. Next morn
ing he went round and picked out his
goods, but he had to tell the house to send
'em to Louisville G. o. D., for the bill
was $50 and more, and it sized his pile.
That was all right, for they knew Ern at
the store, and he could have taken the
things right along If he'd wanted to, but
he didn't. After having a bottle Or two
with some Of the boys, and letting his
mouth go pretty lively in good natured
way about having to hang up his bill for
goods, he started for home. An hour or
SO afterward a couple of nobby looking
ducks dropped in at the store where Ern
had bought his outfit.
"tMr. Fouchee of Louisville bought
some goods here today, didn't hep said
one of 'em to clerk
eyes said the clerk.
"'Didn't make it good, did hep
"sNo.'
"'Well, he's been transacting 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.
"That was all right, and the package
was handed over to the chap, who paid the
bill. And Ern was pretty well along on
his way home by that time. The next day
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 'em. They took turn
at things at Ern's place and dropped a
hundred or two without winking. The
day after these two flip sporty boys turned
up in town an express package was de-
liyered at Ems from the local office. 1t
was the cards and things from Cincinnati.
"'But where's the bill?' said Ern.
"'Ain't any bill, replied the express
man.
"'Didn't this come C. o. Dr.
"'No.'
"'Well, said Ern, there's nothing like
having good credit
"And when the two bandbox gents came
In that night Ern chucked out bran new
clean deck to play with. Ern sat in. They
played. You never see how luck chung
to them two chaps. It just Rugged and
kissed em. They win and they win
Now and then Ern would rake pot, but
luck wouldn't stay by him. And what
did he doS Dropped clean $4,000 in
less than three hours, and them two slicers
walked off with every cent of it All on
account of the cross eyed womanp That's
what Ern thought. That's what we all
thought. Iguess we'd be thinking SO yet
If Ern hadn't gone to Cincinnati again in
week or so and called at the store to set
tie for his goods.
"'Want to pay that bill,' said Ern.
You didn't send 'em G. o. d.
"'Why,' said the clerk, you paid it,
81 paid it9' said Ern.
"'Yes. Sent the money with your
friend, you know, and he took the goods
along said the clerk.
"'My friendl' exclaimed Ern.
"'Yes; the nice looking gent with the
black, curly mustache and the big dia-
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 out:
"'Well, d-n my fool gizzardl'
"The clerk had described the chief one
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