The morning times., 1896-05-17

suit, lie can fill. hiSt hand to a certainty
and it gives him an opportunity to bet be-
fore the dra W! Then he takes one card.
If 1t makes his flush or straight he does
not have to iase' tife ace up his sleeve,
but IL the fIohestiy dealt card is OF the
wrong kind Il fnoyeiof the foot serves TO
make an exohh nge for the ace. Frequent
ly, without taking him into his confidence
and explaining just-how the job is done,
the sharper finds il convenient to have
confederate to make the winning. To
outward appearance these men are only
card-room .acqualntapces, the confederate
being generally some broken-down member
OF good family who is anxious to get
money aud not particular as to the means.
To such man the sharper says, Let's
play in together tonight, and divide our
winnings or loSings. One OF us ought to
win sure, aud perhaps we both may The
broken-down gentleman is glad OF the op-
portunity to limit his losses, and when he
makes phenomenal winning his asso-
ciates, bearing in mind his previous bad
luck, are earnest in their congratulatioa.
1t is on occasions of this kind the full ca
pacity OF this deviish machine is shown.
The sharper gets three good-Si2ed cafuS
in the hold-out aud bides his chance.
There is big stake on the table, and his
confederate is trailing along with pair
OF aces and small hopes OF winning. II
and makes no attempt to better it, being
content to let his assistant get the plumber
GAPS THE DECK NEATLY.
The sharper helps everybody honestly
until his confederat turn comes. Ir the
latter has only a pair aud draws three
cards, that handy foot is raised and down
come the three kings or queens, or " Wbat-
ever is wanted, the deck being held so that
they drop neatly into place on top and are
dealt out In the regular way to the coufed-
crate, who gets a fuli-hand aud very likely
rakeS in the pot. 1t is all done so quickly
and clcverly that no one, not even the con-
federate, has any suspicion OF wrong
doing. He goes on getting big hands ut
intervals through the game-the sharper.
In order to make showing, frequently
having quite a tilt with him aud losir
or Winning heavily. After the game they
meet and divide the money, 1t ma y hap
pen that after playing together in this
way for time. the sharper, con ncealing his
kno wledge of the machiGS, will make his
confederate believe he is Il slick matlipu-
lator OF the cards. and a set OF signals
VIII be arranged by which the confederate
makes known exactly the cards he wants
TO help a certain hand.
On the sharper's deal, If the confeder-
ate signs quickly, it is possible Tor TIE
operator TO jerk out the card wanted from
his own hand before he discards. and take
1t up his sleeve with. the machine, there
to be held until the time comes to cap the
deck with it for his confederate. SupIo4e
the confederate signs that he wants club
to make flush. The sharper Skins over
his own hand hurriediy and finds the ace
OF that suit; away II goes up his sleeve,
and he passes out. Then in helping the
cards OH the draw he brings down the ace
OF clubs and serves 1t to his partner, and
the latter has a fine fat flush to fight
for the pot with. In hundred different
ways, and in every known game of cards,
this ingenious machine may be used to
the immense advantage OF the operator,
and knowledge of this fact ought 10 ma se
men careful about playing cards for money
even when they tink they know all the
participants thoroughly
Another deadly Improvement in the
Chicago machine is its arrangement for
use with an ordinary shirt, the mechanism