The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-20
HARRYGREEN'S WAY
He PLAYED HIS FAvORITE GAME ON
Mr.. SMITH OF CHICAGO.
Four Aces syiil Always Beat 1Our Kf3SS
but In This Case There vs. Another
Hand. Held by an "outsidsr." That was
In at ths Showdown.


do and chance TO meet al old man who
looks ikea stockyaan from Montana, with
money TO burn, just looking for good
tine, don't II you do. you Will be sorry.
a we'll known business man, who ~
one time kept n furniture store on State
street and has retired from business. paid
Si,soo for his experience with the Mon
tana stcckman-
AS every one knows the furniture man.
he may as we'll be called Smith. Mr..
Smith, since he is DOT engaged actively In
business, has been spending n share Of his
time In down town bucket shop every
day. Ono morning while Mr.. Smith
was watching the market and listening TO
the voice Of the caller n stranger who
happened TO sit next him engaged him
in conversation.
Wheat is duh today, isn't it," said the
stranger
Yes" drawlsd Mr.. Smith.
The ice had been broken, and the styan-
ser, whose appearance indicated that he
was a westerner, became communicative.
BE told Mr.. Smith he had just come from
Montana and was taking a little rest. He
declared he had enough money 10 have
some fun and pulled big roll OF hftics
and hundreds out of his pocket TO prove It.
BY gosh, will have a good time, and
IL don 1, won't b no fault o mine"
| said tho Montana man as he got up 20
| take a walk about the room.
Mr. Smith paid little attention To the
| Incident until a man who had Just ertered
and was leaning against the wall. and
who had scon tho stockman display his
money, stepped up 10 him. He asked Mr..
Smith If he knew the ''old fellow" Mr..
Smith said he did not, but the man had
told him he was from Montana aud had o
I good deal Of money.
Yes, / saw it," said stranger No. 2.
"And DO you know | think l could get
it IL we ecould get him into poker gaule3'
| After considerable persuasion MIR. Smith
| condcScended To ask the stoeknan II ha
would play a little poker.
| ''Well, / don't mind" said the stock
| man, and arrangements were made to play
| In down town hotel in the evening.
In the meantime the stranger had
! quiet talk with Mr.. Smith. He told him
he was professional gambler and knew
/ how TO Fix" the cards. They were To gss
the cid mans money and divide the
/ spoils. The plan was as follows: Il deck
was TO b. fixed up in which wero two
| hands. Mr.. Smith was To get four aces
| and the stockman four kings. The hands
( were TO be sprung In the stockman's own
deal. Stranger No. ? fixed the cards and
said: snow, you keep the cards on your
/ lap, and when 1t Is the granger's dear
1 will attract his attention when he giycs
| tho cards to- you to cut, and at that mo
ment you substitute this deck for shc one
he hands you. But we must have another
man. We can't play three handed"
! Mr.. Smith knew a great many men, he
! said, bat they were ali business men, and
/ all of them were too busy to play. AT the
strangers suggestion they started ont To-
! gether 10 look for the fourth man. They
/ dropped into the Saratoga hotel, and
! stranger No. saw man who appeared
much bored sitting near the window.
Perhaps he will play Shall l ask
him''
| Go ahead" said Mr.. Smith.
/ Stranger No. 3 said he played poker, but
/ not for money or with strangers
/ No. . produced the card OF an Iowa
firm. That's my card, " said he
You're all right then," said the
stranger.
Mr.. Smith then said. Tim Mr. Smith.
and every one around here knows ms"
The stranger was still little shy. bu'
finally yielded 10 Mr.. Smith s persuasions
and agreed TO sit In the game. The stock
man was found in tho harroon of the ho.
I tel. The quartet went around To a Mon
roc street hotel, and the game began.
! The game dragged along for awhile
I without incident After an hour or so 10
came the stOckman's s deal He shufiled tho
cards clumsily and handed them 20 Mr..
/ Smith 20 cut. At that moment tho stock
I man was seized with TT of "snecziDg. "
! and stranger No 9 gave Mr.. Smith a sig
/ nal TO run in the "cold deck" lie did is
successfully. In tho deal Mr. Smith goa
/ four aces, according TO programme lie
| made a good bet, and the stockman, as he
| expected, raised him handsomely. Bat %
/ Mr. Smiths surprise and qualification tho
/ Saratoga hotel stranger also staid. No.
J dropped ont, Of course.
! He bet with confidence, and so did the
/ stockmsn, and, 10 Mr. smiths continued
delight, the stranger kept coming In. lie
! didn't raise any bets, but Just staid.
/ The betting was lively and lasted until
I Mr. Smith came 10 the end of his pile and
( had 81, 400 on the table. He was kicking
! because he didn't have moro, but had 10
| call for "a show.
well, / am sorry for you, my friend. $"
SSlQ tDt htDCkulhE. btst bhfe lVHr btH
| kings" and he started % rake In the pot
You needn't feel sorry. old man, Z" eH
claimed Mr. Smith triumphsntly. Il
have four aces. Tho money is Tnins. Did
you think / was blufingf" and he started
to grab the money and checks
"Eold Oh. hold onr' spoke up No. 3.
"Ain't In tkisi I've got a straight finsk- /"
Ii was like voice from the tombs %
Mr.. Smith, and the game broke up.
An adjournnent was taken 70 the bar,
but the straight flush man and the stock
man got AWAY - quickly ~ possible lsav-
ing NJ Smith and bis friend. His friend
procesde,i TO give Mr.. Smith a tsrribis
roasting.
"CoHfound you, " said be, Il thousht
you said you knew how 70 play poker.
You. made a nice meas Of IT. Her. vie
sro broke, and tho nlaksshift that ws
picked up ss1s ali the tn0usy. We nlighs
jUst a. well have had al ths, s.oekruau',
money and the other fellows toot'
Nr. Smiths friend talked IN this ..rsis
until Xr. Smith was oonrtnosd that b.
was double distilled idiot snd ka~~
nothing about the noble American ssrns
Then SIR. Smith friend ba<le bin a soy.
rosFfui and indignant good niskt ard is,,.
leaving blm 20 wonder how the cus..s.ss
got tbe straight iush-
II Mr. smith had only known ths. The
s;ockrasn was Harry Gre@n, che of "a.
srnoo,lsrs. oDaeieBo- raes and gambler,
In tke world, al would hare tsen different
lie hss played that same kind ~ n g.rns
for - years snd IN that time ha< caavLs
r1sny tsh- Stranger No was his Hal