The sun., 1897-10-03
KATE STORK'S HARD GAME.
NOTHING IN THE VEST TO BEAT
HER SHORT POKER.
Vet n Common Cheat. but an Artist with an
R,r to Appropriate Accessorieu-Her Ceic-
errtrd Enroupter with Byron NicGrcEor in
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hato Storks maiden name was Mahoney.
ne ia'her was hiRh-ciass lrishman ana one OF
the original ArRonauts' lie married Span-
ish woman OF goou tamly ut one OF the
boutnern california missions, ana hato
was orousht up In convent hear santa
Barbara. Whom she was IL years old Jack
stork, the worst blackguard OF short car
player that ever worked the state OF California,
came along and Kate Mahoney married him out
OF hand within month after her first meeting
with him. He died year after tho marriage
but the year he spent with his young wife served
TO make her utterly reckless and immoral, and
more accomplished card swindler than her hus-
band had been besides. She was very hand
some woman and spoke with slight Spanish
accent, rs was natural after the life she had
spent in the Spanish nunnery.
She began operations Mt professional card
swindiing soon after tho completion OF the
Pacific railroads. l think she was tho first
gambler man or woman, to work those roads.
Sine started out as n three'card monte worker.
Her method OF enticng her victims was de-
hghtfully simple. and yet almost invariably sue
ccssful She would take the train from San
Francisco for Ogden, Utah, for instance. and
she would take her place in sleeper in which
some man who looked promising was travelling.
Most OF her early gulls were elderly men, whom
She selected on account OF the complaisance
they usually exhibited. for the sake OF peace,
when they discovered they had been swindlcd.
After the train was under way Kate would finally
select her man. and begin to arouse his inter.
est and curiosity by her twinkling eve. She
would not do this in any brazcn way. but with u
coy, fetching manner she had acquired by prac-
ticc. When she saw that she had her victim 8
curiosity sufficiently stirred she would cease
TO regard him altogether. but would yawn
weary behind her hand and dig into her trav-
Cling bag. From the bag she would produce a
tiny pack Of cards, beautifully embossed, and
: about quarter OF the ordinary size, and as II
TO relieve the monotony OF the journey, begin
to play game Of solitaire on her lap. She
would keep at this for some time
and finally mutter petulant little excla
nations over tho difficulty Of getting the game
right. After repeated efforts she would finally y
sigh drearily and rest her chin in her hand, as
IL in deep thought, and naturally her eyes would
thus meet those of her victim. Just as nat
urally the victim, sympathizing with the per
plexity OF the pretty. Spanish-looking girl, and
perhaps with other motives. would approach
her and gallantly offer to help her out OF her
difficulty with the solitaire game. Kate would
accept the offer. and the vic tim, IL he did not
have a very long head, indeed-and men were
not distinguished for lovelheadedness in the
Western country in those days-was well on
'ne way 10 .os's o",d eooH part o n'S ,h to.
VI course ne "ouiu uhra'ei inc solita'ts
puzzle. which was always OF the simplest. In
the course of a few attempts. Then Kate would
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muSneH DICK w 'h,oo VI het .'ny 1aius
usually aces, and inquire in kind Of absent
minded tone.
".wbn, ia that funny nuzzline oams wifi
"h"t IS tha' iuhn!. p""Nii"s game Will
three cards that my brothers were showing mt
in San Francisco the other dayl oh, know
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lou 'hro" inc three c"'us uo"n' one. l"o
them. and then YOU make somebody guess .
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"The victim would generally smile knowingly
and ,av.
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oh' tnat the game vi 'n'ee,caro monte
o,,. .s thot,ond so n, and an an ,i,h IN,
s"m' aS ma an1 W. "''1 ~ 'A' win Wv
usuai imoecilty OF Vlctims.
'"oh. but want to learn it," Kate would say
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The man would sho" her now monte wa
playcd-tho thing was craze like plgsnclove
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throw the three cards after fasnIon-ant
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