Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-05-09
STAKED ON A CARD.
A. Poker Game In Which Two Re-
volvers Figured.

sands Of dollars on royal flush, which
he held against another mans foui
jacks Every time the circle OF ancient
and honorable RECRUITERS Of adven'
lures gathered in that corner Of the
club the major was sure to spring one
OF his marvellous poker tales upon the
party, and on this occasion he had
quite outdone himself and likewise un.
done himself, as was evident when the
westerner asked:
what kind Of deck were you U.S.
ing in that game, msjor?"
why, . regular deck, sir, q regu'
lar deck Same as any other poker
deck"
Then either you or the other man
must have had . jack up his sleeve,
was the westernef's conclusion, "for
there were evidently Eve jacks out in
that hand"
A roar OF laughter At the majors ex.
pense greeted this announcement, and
1t was redoubled when that veracious
raconteur got ratified and endeavored
to explain that he meant four tens.
Perhaps 1t was with q view to cover
Ing the majors embarrassment that
the westerner struck In, when the
noise subsidized, with q poker story Of
his own.
II would venture to say" he began,
that no man living ever sat In game
when more was at stake on the turn
Of card than In certain game which
once played in Frisco
Five Of us sat in and we all had
plenty Of money TO stake, but before
the game was over money was . matter
Of secondary interest, for three OF us
had sat back and seen card thrown
on which the life Of one man, and prob
ably Of two, depended.
II say we all had plenty Of money,
but that isn't SO, for young Harry
Randall, who was then cashier OF o
bank, was, as knew at the time, play
ing with money which meant ruin to
him II he lost. Before the game began
l tried to keep him out, but he said to
me.
1--WE got to make a heavy win to-
night orwell, they'll have big head
lines on me In to-morrows papers.
by that knew that he was in
volved too deeply to stop there, and
the game began. Next to Harry, on
his left, sat Mort Henry, a man who
should have been professional gam
bier, for he played better polk er than
any man ever had sat down to a table
with before or since.
"lle was fanatic upon the subject,
and any interruption or irregularity in
the game made him furious and even
dangerous, for Mort was, in a quiet
way, a bad man. and more than one
man had fallen before his revolver.
"Ile was clear nerve all the way
through, and during the week In
which the same five Of us had played
every night he was big winner, tax.
ing chiefly from Harry Randall. l sat
next to him on his left, and next to me
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