, 1896-11-18
was agreed that at l o'clock the game
should be resumed, and it was.

The crowd s~urrnunding rha nIavar,
became excited o+er the STRANGE RIM -
the cards and tbav hegan n woao,
among themselves that certain deals
would bring ~..orepers, IN scmo NJ I'll.
PLAYERS. At last some of the mon he.
came so boisterous ttrnupb +heir in.
~terest in III game aud he exhiIara+ior
of Hobron's toddi..s tha, if was docfdef
10 Law the game over until rho af,or
neon. when if Womb he co,,inua1 sr,r
the point where it was dr., nnod
The cards had been dealt ,2s times
and no man had held ne hfyh &C , mir
Of lacks. The iack-not now had snno-
thing like 81 100 in j.. ora oooh nan,
was auyiaus tn win If
The PLAYERS went IN he'd brp,ed in
the forenoon and at 4 o.clocL !, +bo
afternoon sat down no finish tho ,ora
The story of the mcmillan RIM of tba
cards had snrpad tbrorgbo,, ,ho
neigrborhood. and when the forr mo,
| s?t down to the table the bio room w,s
'"E"'"i win men, many of whom had
r".vcr \ dozen miles IN witness tho
plavirr.
\ rcw pack of cards was demanded
= ~~?vorso, "Ir tbe devils in thai,
pack we had last night " said he "wa,u
! see how quick he can shift"
His satanic majesty onna,rad to no
$50,
after deal was made and NOT = man
was strong enough to omen tho No,
Sumner was brought ia the MIA vars
and they ate If from tho card t,hIo
| After if was over pIovinp was rasum-
ed hut with no chance in tho 81, Of
the cards
Finally Potter suqpested that uo.
IRON he uermitted TO cut the mack He
did. hut il made no difference Tben
different men were called unon tn
.'sllce" the pack hut that bro,gbt no
change.
A.. o'cIocL wbitcomb romorkad
That he feared the devil had started ON,
IN hraok tbam all and than toto tho
" Dlt.lh NAIfll an, anu llltn TAKE llt'
iack-pot himself The dealing con-
tiDued ill 4 O'Clock with no "openers"
ont and then another 1o-hnur adiourn-
mont of the game was taken and tbare
was then in tho ack-not neorIv 60 zoo
Tho crowd was wild rba mon who
had lost money on the da,Is wore ba-
waiting their. hard luck and ,ha mon
who had won ,hair monov waro iuh;,-
ant over their success R,t the one
man who was sunrcmeIv hannv No
m,t,or whether the men yon ar lost
was Jsoac Hohron hecouse his ,oddies
sold unlar any and all circumstances
n; he each.
The game onened in tho ,fternoon ,t
the anpointed hour with the crowd IN
IN change the STYLE If runninp that
,bev had ,donted ,v-, d,vs hefore Tba
low cards were paired but nobody was
ah,o to c,tch two ..nictura cards" of
rho some denomino,ion
For II borrs ,b. cards vere do,lt
and rohodv had h.or obIo ,o onan tho
;,cr-,ot Tho not, had ircroasod in
,o,ro mona ,bor ssoo
rirouv Tr,a,so b,o,,,b, bis fret
down an tho t,b,o with , ,humn and
said.
Grows ,et,s sepd , ~niqge, m MAYS
Iandipg for , n,cL of cards reko,
tb,,u cbonre ON. r,ol
Tho nroposition wos f,vored and =
roo,, w,, dt,,o+oboa , borsohoo,,
tor tho .,,ds II , lone avid todi-
,rs o,r,or !, thoso laws AVID I, r,s
several hours hafor. the negro raturn-
ed tho gamma onc. mora r,verse
sbumod tho cards ora uohror ont
Thorn Eoob r,ovor wrirt,ad biS hror,
drew = LON, hroatb and fling bis cords
into ,h. middle If tho ,ah,a
..rottor tho 4 4 "said po,te, and
po..or,, do,, ..,yharo., tho ,nnor .h,.
,o, ,ho,a aaua, 10 ..,,aa
"1I,,n .,h - a,,,o, 49,. ~, .om
t,o oroud
..Cor horo- ,oa Do,
for
rho ro.ro oouo To us,oro po,to. cot
"1yiss ,hos, oo,ds s,m ,o SOM, ~,
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