The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1895-04-06
BIG POKER STORIES.
THEIR TEXT THE REMARKABLE VA
CARRIES OF LUCK.

senator Wolcott's Lucky Draw In the
brace" Gamc-The Old Red Ear Story
Retold In Condensed Form--The Person
al Confession of One Of "the Company"
81 suppose Senator Wolcott is one of
the coolest men living when engaged in
game Of chance, said Albert Watson
of Denver. Like most men whose early
manhood has been spent on the frontier,
he learned the value of poker hand and
the best way to keep cases as soon as he
learned law, and he was known as a lin
IT. player all over Colorado before his
fame as a lawyer had spread outside Of
Denver. When playing faro, he always
did and does yet bet as much on tho
turn of a card as the dealer will allow
him to, and when he sits in a poker
game the other people want to KEEP
their eyes wide open and play their
cards mighty close up to their chests.
"Wolcott once found himself in o
game of poker where three of the other
players were playing sure game. They
were professionals and were after big
bundle of money that he had in his pos
session as well as looking for that which
the fifth player, a mining operator
named Durl1in, was known to have
Wolcott knew in 20 minutes after the
first hand was dealt that the intention
was to rob him and wearied his wits
trying to find a way out of the game
without making trouble, but he couldn't
discover means to save him. At last
he was dealt pat flush of diamonds
made up of the ., z, s, 0 and jack. He
skinned those cards over and did a
mighty piece of thinking He felt in bis
bones that flush would be no account
in the world when it came to a show
down, but he 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 card, in
order, if possible, to strengthen the Sc
quence. He pondered a long time be-
tween discarding the spot or the pic
ture, and at last tossed away the jack
and called for a card. The dealer looked
surprised at his wanting any, but gave
him the card. Wolcott picked it up and
found he had got the 6 spot of dia-
monds. He never turned hair. The
betting began. and he nursed his Sc
quence of diamonds and just staid
along, letting the other fellows do the
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
the 3, 6, Z, S and of diamonds and
swept in the pot. The game stopped
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. This is story of luck,
too, " he remarked "but of 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 ct
, corn for chips. My friend was followed
by a regular tempest of bad luck, and
, his corn was down to a very few grains
; He agitated his mind for a 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
, the house, and being familiar with the
! premises made his way to the courthouse,
T 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
3 ing big noise at the pump to let the
fellows inside believe he was moistening
3 his animal, and returned in few min
} utes to tho house. He sat down and pro
/ ceeded to pull out the chips he had
r placed in his pocket when he left, and
which he had substantially added tC
meantime. You can imagine his con.
sternation when he found that he drew
forth his original dozen white chips,
5 with twice that many red. He had man
Z aged to find in the dark the only red cal
e in the Courthouse. -
Q "I'll make personal confession after
I that" said Henry Miller when tn,
e laugh subsidized. "Some years ago wa:
+ prone now and then to indulge in the
] delights of draw, and there was a frienC
b living near me, over in Georgetown,
Q afflicted with intermittent insanity o.
2 the same sort that visited him at inter
: walls coincident with my own. Conse
quently we usually hunted the ANNA
+ together. One night we came over thii
y side Of the creek together and proces6uI