The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
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\ FOUR KINGS J
\ AND A BRIDE. \
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Let the Bride Wait. :

REMEMBER" said the old set
tier, when, away back in the SOS,
wedding WAS postponed on account Of
jackpot in which the prospective
bridegroom was deeply interested.
"In those days poker was more COM
monty played at the state capital than
il is to-day, and there were some pretty
stiff games pulled of in the hotels and
star chambers around town when the
legislature was in session. One of the
hardest players with which the regulars
had to deal was young Jim Rawson, of
Egg Harbor. He ran a general mer-
chandise store down there, and was
mixed up in the oyster trade, SO that he
always had money to burn AZ the boys
say nowadays.
I'm the winter Of "a Rawson came to
Trenton to help push bill in which he
was interested through the legislature,
and one evening he got mixed up in
game of poker In the United States hotel
with Sol Travers. Jerry Holcomb and
Dick Collins, three of the gamiest play
ers that ever drew cards. The game was
innocent enough when it started, but
along about three o'clock the next
morning II had assumed proportions
calculated to make an ordinary player
gasp when the bets were made. Raw
son was the youngest man at the table
and had probably played poker less than
any Of the others, but he had money
and nerve, and the way he used both of
them made the other three keep their
eyes open. There wasn't much diff
ference in the mems winnings up to
breakfast time, but all of a sudden the
cards got freakish, as they will some
times, and began to run against Raw
son.
The players wouldn't give up the
game and had breakfast brought to
them. They laid down the cards long
enough to eat, and then went ut it again.
hawson's hard luck kept up. He turned
MS hat around, crossed his legs, got up
and walked around his chair, rung in
new packs of cards, and did everything
that the superstitious poker player does
10 change his luck, but II wouldn't
change. His money kept drifting away
until ten o'clock in the forenoon, when
ne counted up his assets and found that
ne had 5000 left. He had fed about 81, 800
10 the tiger, and naturally felt u little
sore. AT last jackpot was started
about haIf-past ten o'clock. and the
cards were dealt around dozen times
and nobody got openers.
Hurry up, boys, and open it, said
lawson. I've got to catch that 11:45
traln. I'm going to be married to-
night, and I must be in by Ave o'clock.
dressed for the OCCASION
But the boys didn't seem to be able
10 hurry. They dealt and dealt, but
somehow the right kind of openers
wouldn't fall, and finally there was a
snug little pot of about $500 on the
liable. At 1880 Travers opened the pot
Tor 500. Holcomb and Collins stayed.
I feel Just a. II was going to win
mat pot said Rawson, writing some
ngures on piece of paper and throwing
u on the center of the table with what
money he had left. I'm shy $50, boys,
out guess I'm good for IT.
Your check is as good as your
money said Travers.
:. Every bit,' said Holcomb and Col
Inns.
But you'll never catch that train
remarked Travers.
by thunderi' explained Rawson, Il
forgot all about that, He looked at his
watch and found that he had three
mi in which to get to the station.
there's no use trying to make II now.
ne said, 'they'n have 10 postpone the
Wedding. III telegraph that i've missed
'ne train. Al 1l:ts : messenger was