The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-19

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patch, and the game went on.
THE pot was $1,000 strong when the
men drew cards. and I want to tell YOU
now of the most remarkable set of
poker hands that 1 ever saw dealt.
Tr% 5ers was dealing. Holcomb called
for n card, Collins took one, Rawson
drew four, and Travers took one. There
was business ahead, everybody saw that.
Travers made a bid for a raise by bet
teing SIS, which was lifted 5000 by Hol-
comb, and Collins raised that 5000, SO
that when it came around to Rawscn it
costS425t to come in. Everybody thought
he would throw down his cards, but he
didn't; he slowly drew a check book out
of his pocket and wrote a check for
$1,000 and showed it up, thus raising
Collins S575.
you could see right away that the
other players thought he was bluffing.
Travers met the raise at once and added
$500 to it. Holcomb saw that, and
raised it another $500. Collins simply
saw the raise and Rawson lifted it an
other thousand.
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eyed Rawson for a minute. You've got
pretty good nerve, old man. he said,
but you can't make me lay down, not
on a four-card draw, anyway Then
he saw Rawson's thousand raise, and
increased it $500.
81 call you,' said Holcomb, showing
in $500.
"I might as well take a chance for
my money said Collins, laying 81, 500 on
the pile. Rawson put down another
check for $500.
"'Well, boys said Travers, I'm sorry
for you. I've got foul queens He threw
them on the table.
THAT beats my four jacks said
Holcomb, and my four tens said Col
Inns; but it doesn't beat my four kings
said Rawson, spreading out his cards.
He held four kings and an ace.
"'Thunderation, what a draw!' ex.
claimed Travers.
"''Twas pretty good said Rawson.
raking in the money; and 1 got them
all in a bunch. 1 held up an ace
"Rawson pulled in $4,000 and 50, $50
of it came put of the pockets of the other
three men. 1t was the biggest pack pot
1 ever saw"
"How about the wedding?" asked a
listener.
"oh, yes, 1 meant to tell you about
that" said the old settler. You see,
the girl that Rawson was going to
marry had a mind of her own, and when
the telegram came saying that he had
missed the train. what did she do but
jump aboard the ears and come up to
Trenton, reaching here about six
o'clock in the evening. Rawson was
mighty glad to see her, too. They went
out and hunted up a minister and got
married. Then they came back to the
hotel, and we all had a mighty nice lay
out. l don't know whether the woman
ever found out why Rawson missed the
train or not, but 1 reckon if she did she
would have more sense than to kick
much, because she seemed to be a
pretty level-headed girl"
Speaking about that being a re-
markable set of poker hands," said an
old-timer, who had been a listener to
the old settlers account of the game,
Il saw a funny set of hands myself
once. It was along about 90, I guess.
1t was while the legislature was in ses-
sion. One night 1 dropped into Charley
Donnelly's place, that was, in those
days, a favorite resort for poker play
ers. There was a big game on between
four South Jerseymen. They had been
playing all the afternoon without n