The times., 1897-05-02

pieces, and quietly called for S100 worth
OF chips As he had been hitting I'D the
wine rather frequently since his entrance
TO the pavilion, the other fellows, know
ing the King pretty well, lit fresh cigars,
with an odd degree of satisfaction, when
he came in.
well, Kalakaua was never In 1t from
the minute he sat down. He was weited By
every one of us. and inside Of an hour ne
had produced the gold for 81 90 more worth
of blues. 1t was tabIe-stake game, and
he was never shy centavo. Although the
other fellows were hitting him right along,
I was fairly pelting MIN. You see, he
hated to be bluffed, and, from watching
my play before he came in, he had it all
arranged 10 his mind thatI was buffer
from Bluffville. Bltfrom theti1ne alakaua
came in began to hold the cards In way
that made me pinch myself. l simply
couldn't get less than two pairs, and 1
just couldn't help but fill them at the most
critical times. / got pat threes four times
in succession, and filled 'em with a pair
twice within fiveninutes. I'd have thought
l was dreaming If it hadn't been for the
broad afternoon and the big stack of the
Kings chips that came over my way on
almost every play. He centered his attack
on me and tried desperately to catch me
asleep with a little pair or bob flush, but,
although he was catching some pretty good
cards himself, mine were better On every
showdown. 1 never had such bull-headed
luck before or since. l simply couldn't be
outdrawn.
fellows saw how phenomenally
the luck was coming my way, and only
had to say twenty more to scare 'em
out of any kind OF pot. But the King
didn't scare at all; he was having the Kan
sas boy pour wine for him, one glass on
top of the other, and, without the slightest
sense of losing his temper, he played with
| the edevil S own recklessness, considering my
stupefying run of luck. Half the time he
and fought it out alone, and didn't have
to make single bluff. I had him topped
every time. Along toward sundown there
came natural jackpot, fifty TO go in,
twenty-five to sweeten. / was next to
the dealer, and when l picked up my first
| two cards, both aces, cracked it open for
hundred. None Of the other fellows had
stayers, and all quit until it got around to
Kalakaua, who was on the dealers right.
He made it another hundred and the dealer
threw down his hand. I pushed in my
chips and then picked up the rest OF my
cards There was another ace I wanted
Kalakaua TO figure it out that | had two
pairs, and SO held up king to my three
aces. / got another king, and looked off
toward the amethyst sea with all the
nonchaiance i could muster, although I
| can't say l felt particularly cool. Kala-
kaua stood pat, but that didn't worry me, y
for he had been doing that right along on
uueea high, and OF course knew had him
beat even if ne had flush.
- tsiaue IL ano.i her hupured. The King
hit me back for two hundred more. /
welteJ him for still another hundred. He
saw me with ali the chips ne had ,and, after
searching around the various pockets of
his white duck suit, he dug out nine $40
/ gold pieces the last money h e had with him,
and raised me $3.50. / saw his $50 with
chips, for was on velvet, and, not under
standing at the time that he was broke,
raised him an even $500 He looked at
me for a moment curiously.
".This IS a table-stake game, said he
finally, 'and l always stick to the rules.
That horse of mine hitched yonder cost me
$500 With your permission, he goes into
the pot for $500, and III call YOU
".That goes, said 7. and laid my ace fun
on the table Kalakaua threw down his
queen high flush of spades, smiled, and
drank a glass OF wine. He was "a game
loser as he wac a good fellow By this
time the sun had dropped into Pearl bar
Dor and we all got up. Ny elaticn over
Yipning the saddle horse Of 2 King was