The sun., 1897-06-20

man did hold four deuces tho next time II came
Overland Jacks deal. 1t was a jack pot, and
came In and Overland Jack raised 1t fifty. Tho
deuce man raised It nfty more, and nll stayed.
"On tho draw the dcucc man called for one, tho
next man stood pat on "a flush. tho next drew
two cards and didn't MI. the next drew to two
pairs and didn't better, and the dealer took
his expcnsc. You raised it on pair, chi' he
exclaimed We'll, you have nerve, TO be sure.
from II thcy do you have come to good place
without struggle And he showed 500 into
"'Yes, said Overland Jack. coolly. 'Iopcncd
It on pair of queens and he turned them over,
they had fallen, without looking at them him
self. a pair of queens Is good hand TO draw
ence ne to tSo opon OF iii % tho others
There arc more queens in tho pack. suppose.
and may get some Of them .,.,,
I'm not looking for 1t TO happen this evening
dropped out. Then Overland Jack saw the hun
dred and raised 1t hundred, still without look
"The opener skinned through his hand to
make sure that he still had all his dcuccs. and
then said with paternal severity: Young man.
taught something of the rudmonts of this game.
II you are determined to bet, I'll give YOU u
chance, III sec your hundred and raise you two
at was too rich for the man with flush, and
he threw down his cards. Then It was Overland
Jacks turn. He pretended to be greatly pro-
yoked. and said hotly: Il may be n younger man
than you are. sir, but where l came from We call
for J % small bet anyhow. So iii just cover cover Your
two.ffty and bet you the balance of the pile.
the centre OF tho table, still without counting it.
The others were astounded, hut he had mado
the play and there was only the opener to talk;
He counted the money. 1t was eleven hundred
and odd dollars. Then he counted his own. He
had only five hundred with him, and he began
"tIf you'll take a check he began, but Over.
land Jack stopped him.
., No checks he said excitedly. This is table
Well, If you'll wait till I go downstairs
"Oh. yes snecrcd Overland Jack. Go out
of the room and gather up four Of kind. l
| And there was more talk that resulted
the bet for the amount of his pile; He slammed
bis a'qss sas a DID Ua so %nd
,; We'll, / doH't know, drswlsd Overland s nd
turned over two queens and an ace.
49,, ",Eyerybody elso in the room ON saw the point pa
he shouted. You never got that hand honestly.
ON, yes, they're good. said Overland Jack
with with still more Of DIR drawl =. Four % Of a kind is
There was shout, of laughter as the
opener grew purple with rage. and Overland
THAT was only ono of his adventures in thi.
| city. He had number, and naturally made q
| good many enemies, but, as In this case he made
| more friends than foes. so that he was really @
popular man despite the fact that he was known
| to be q sharper.
| Crooked poker and brace faro were his
| favoritc games. but he was also billiard sharp
| who gave pointers well points to the
! many others OF that ilk who made a living
| around the billiard saloons in those days. One
OF the first places where he DISTINGUISHED him
| self was in Chris Conner's place in Fourteenth
| street, where there were always gentlemen o
| leisure ready to play almost anybody for a small
| bet or large one, provided they could settle
| the odds. Overland Jack always had confeder
| ates in the room ready to make side bets while
| he was playing. and he was pretty sure to &C
| one or two himself in addition to the nomina
| stakes OF the game. There young fellow
| who played in Corners place great deal whit
| really played n marvellous game. and was a
| steady as n rock. Conner thought he couldn'
be beaten II the odds were fxed anywhere nea
| right. so Overland Jack studied his play for
couple OF nights and then sailed in himself.
"He acted the usual part OF II fairly skilfu
display his skill and win or lose his money, ant
managed without trouble, to get himself pickc'
up as a sucker by this particular fellow. Come
himself settled the odds after seeing the strange
play. and bet considerable money himself on tn
outside. but Overland Jack won, hands down.
I'm fact, he won at everything he touches
while he was here. but as matter OF course h
soon became known, first class crook Is sur
to. and he was obliged after while to seek ne,
pastures. So it came that the man who cam
and had fun with the New York sports for
season drifted away again without exciting an
regrets by his departure.