The sun., 1897-02-28

what Happened When she Discarded Fou
Are- with ~. 900 In the Pot.

There have been many interesting stories told
nbou, the game OF poker said the man who
travelled for his health as he cleared his throat
and joined the drummers in the smoking COM
/ par;ucnt, but have never yet heard an
| anccdotc Of the national game that equals the
| one am about 10 tell you. Most poker stories
/ have from one to three professional card sharp.
/ crs in them, six or seven marked decks ot paste
/ boards a rich cotton planter or countryman for
u sucker. and always rcvolycrs and bowic-knives
| concealed in belts or pockets and rcady 10 take
their part at any moment in opcuin jackpot
IL the occasion dem iuds their assistance. In this
story OF mine all these elements are lacking
b There were only two players in the game and
' they were both gentlemen. The amount Of
money M stake was something like $1,000, and
. as one Of the players had only his share Of that
sum between him and starvation, il goes with
ont saying that he nightly interested in
\ the deciding hand.
eft was a rather long voyage from New York to
Rio Janciro on the old Brazilian line, and there
were only nine passengers in The first cabin on
the boat when the game came OH. ! was one of
them Among the others were pale, delicate
and very nervous young man. who was accom-
panied by his sister. and solid, phlcgmatic in
dvdual of about 80 years OF age. About five
days before we reached Rio they got 10 playing
frcczc,out in the smoking cabin. on course. the
Eomc started with dollar stacks, just Ia pass
AWAY the time. but as the nervous young man
lost steadily he wanted chance 10 get even, and
they decided on a SlOlimit. Now, as you all
know. u lot OF coin can 90 across the table in a
SiO-liinit game il the cards keep running the
wrong way: and il ever a man played in hard
i'k IT, ."F%s w|s 'nS E"1mEfr I'M % % th"sr no tW9
man beat him 10y spot or two and the worst Of
4 wes hat his hands wee too GOOD 70 lay down.
lie tliHd queen fall beaten by four fours and
diamonds, it'di4n,S seem to be natural that
cards could run that way IN q straight game. hut
they did The last night out from Rio the nerv-
Gus young man was $1,000 in the hole, and still
The game was ~ honest as If played by two sun
"A crisis j. sure to come sooner or later in
might about IL o'clook' Jack.pots are usually
responsible for trouble in this sort NJ thing. and
n9"oaS was surprised TO see one started at
uutil all the checks were in the middle of the
table; aud stiil neither the nervous young man
nor his stOiid companion could get pair OF
Johns or anything better. The smoking cabin
was up IN the hurricane dock, and about the
plCasantcSt place in the whole ship on those de-
lEhtfuI tropical nights Every one OF the cabin
passengers was inside watching the game, hut not
one knew Just what a state ot anxiety thar ncr.
ne was i@s, about a. as wrought up up as he ' %es @
Ind known that the roll Of hii'is Which he now
pulled trom his poe kcl contained all the money
he hhd IN the world The stolid individual also
produced n wallet tilci with hank notes. and
LAID i, in front Of him ON the table, can't
GGH GGm ramnS m from ,6S S"p M Of S rnIcpp. ps' st
regular intervals, until he checks and money
almost hid the ittlc table from view. and s,il
nobody could open that pot.
II suppose they must have been at II lor n
teen minutes or pcrhnpsa little longer, hn' IL
seemed like AN age, and every body was breath
in- hard and staring NJ the cards ~ though life
and death for the entire passenger list hung in
and he was as cool a. the convent oual cucum-
her and seemed % be perfectly indi incrcnt rs to
swallowed mp in that lack. Finally the Young
man rose from the table AZ his opponents deal;
y, There luck in n new play yCr, I've heard, he
said, II you've no objection, deal this hand To
the Young girl, her face flushed with excite
mcnt, took her brother, seat.
- shall never IL my dying day forget that
moment. One by one, IN the manner OF school
glri IN the parlor AT home, the young lady picked
MG hyr raIdI ana hSld lhGms 50 thai her brother,
body near by could distinctly see them. The
irst card was an ace, the second was AN ace, the
thlrd WAS apueGn, the fourth an ace. and the
fifth an ace. Four aces and II queen and a
thousand dollars in the pot! Open H., wills.
pegcd the nervous man. and play il for all the
money. She npcncd the pot for ten dollars. and
The stohd individual promptly, raised her ten.
lie was raised in return, and The nCrvou, man
suggested that the limit bc taken oN. Tho
% proposition was accepted, and IN less time than
amounting to somclhin like "a thousand dollars.
was IN The centre ut Tho table, together with an
elg,9Hi amount Of hr opGq}!nGnts cash, ,.,...
and 81 the same instant the Young lady, throw.
iplS her nEcs "Apo.cd ON, the laSloi answered
car oh ihr top oi the pack lay in front Of her,
shan never forget the way thar nervous
staggered toward the door for AIR. The word. uT
eruan or gasp, whichever il may be called
srvmcu 90 express Al agony that tuW men would
wish To 1--we thIuu h more than once. | know it
| 10 ne a ttrl that hc hNs never touched a card
rum that day To mis-, No und what - more.
! AN "oniidcut that he never will. But wait a
| minute; You haven't heard the end OF III,
| take 'h" four cards she had callcI
| i"r, ~un said that in her excitement sho
had got Nae game MIXED up with old mtld pnt
a the agcs matched ot course she nld to discard
.hom, This lett her with the queen, and sh,
. seemed 10 feel dr,aaiuly for moment Tor tcui
, SHE would hc An old maid. When she had nm
lrhed cNplatning aud quit playing girl game,
ana realized what she had done, she picked ui
. the four-cards that had hocn dealt 10 her ana
: turncd them over. There were three NOR,
queens among them!
Tho stohd individual held "a small fun and
: | politely passed the muhcy TO her. lhan III,
went out ON decS 10 tnd hcr brother. | rou!d
| hardly believe il until she hanued him thI
@ money, and ! suppose YOU are having the sam,
( difficulty
6 And then the porter was calioA ami ihg o.dos
!. drummer told him to take the orders