The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
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Gle FROM D7ea. Aiasas., says back Ia
the states they ;e!. cf some big poker
games il INNING oai3 IS end senate
committee rocms or Cham Hsrlaia's.
L IS good b.l IhGl none OF the men
who Diared IN these gar eS ever saw as
=; big a pile C. dust c5a0Ge hands Gu
ore deal Cr s6w one OF the players
cured Of the jiquor hs5i! d: The same
time, as was seen hare las. Thursday.
The majority OF the men who have
! come to This place for tie winter are
hardy pcospectorS who have turned
over every foo: OF ground ou the con,
tipent where it was probable pan OF
dust might be cleaned up. Like all
of theic kind, they divide tbeir time
between panning. irrigation" and
the seductive, modifying inhueIce of
poker, the gentlemans game.
About Two weeks ago I. Sam Curtis,
Ia;e CT Illinois, and Pete NortoE,
known a Forty Mile PETE, also froai
that portion o. the at IS, came 10 Dsta
from the north 10 wait QoHl Spring
would enable Us 10 ship cur c,eaniugs
to tie Frisco nlint a=iora goiGg bzcS
to our claims On Forty Nile creek.
Pete and l were pards AID, il do
say it had cleaned up very nice pile
10 the few weeks we pIacered on the
divide We had picked up e few good
nuggets and felt that even if we lett
the gold fields for coed we could buy
plenty to eat and drink for the res! OF
our lives That was before we met
up with Joe Henderson, known as
Jersey" and Charlie O'Brien, who is
usually hailed as "Klcndike Charlie" "
When we got to Dyea we hired g
shack aud prepared for the locg win
ter. We cast about for some one to
help keep house, and cne night over
in the Nugget we ran into klondike
and jersey. just back from the fields,
ard on the sane err2nd IS ourselves
Well, to make long story short, we
pooled and then hired a Cnipanan to
do our cooking. Fcrty Nile found
the celestial, and was the means u ia
Producing the moon-eyed heathen to
our camp. Forty Mile qai. broke OF
his thirst and dust as the result.
We had not been established long
when Jersey one evening proposed q
quiet game, just to pass the tine, you
know. Here is where K;ondike
showed great head. He shifted his
pipe to the other side OF MS face, took
| it out OF his mouth, blew few rings
into the air, and then took long,
hearty pull at the 5itterS. Then ne
said, with his head on one side:
Which ! holds it ain'G no good
way to DO. Yers is four gents and 2
heather alvin into ths same SHACK.
We al plays into game and we al
gets riled and mixes into fight ef we
loses our dust. Which | mean to say,
low we all better play over to Bills
place
This seemed good advice, and it was
adopted as the rule OF the shack. No
man was permitted to propose game
in the shack as long as we went pard.
ners. So Jersey lifted bis hat aud
strollsd ever to the Nugget and We al!
followed him. He sat IL, and FOR g
time VIE jlst sat around and watched
the play. Bu! VINO ever saw q miaer
vita a stack who could keep ous Of
nice game when he has 2 chaIc22 The
gambling spirit is stronger than the
habit OF irrigatirg. So We three
bough. a stack about !hird-drink tima,
and soon atterward the four pards had
the table to themselves. Il is no good
| thing to play with your pards There
is always something to come eff which
spoils the situation. We found tins
out before daylight that night.
Finally We all went broke excepting
Jersey, who won right along. This
made Elondike and Forty Mile ho:,
and they sent over to the shack to gel
their bags of dust. I also needed some
gold, and we all had our Chinaman
bring in the bags which held our for.
lunes. I had several cans, form erly
of pressed beef, filed with dust. Jet,
sey had al oil can or two. KIondlk
was rich with nuggets ard fat Gel;
and Forty Nile had ar ancient poH.
der can f lied to the limit All told
we could show up almos! $500, 900.
Tnen that heathen waItzed up to the
table. put down fat Bag and says;
Me play too
Wing sat IL and shutll d tae cards
beforo we could make any ohj jaction
Jersey glanced al his bag and tneL
hunched over and let the CELESTIAL take
place. We al had been irrigatins
considerable, and it was sixth drins
time when Wing took the FIST hand
He did not drink any, so he kept s
c)ol head, something those fellows
al ways have. Well, it came to Jersey
to deal. Wing set in a good pile Of
dust as his ante aud Forty Mile, who
sat next, stradiled, klondika, say the
straddte as did, but Jersey tilted i
before tie deal. We had as much d.
| $4,000 on the table aDd not care
dealt yet. Wing skinned his hant
and bel. Forty Nile stayed on: aaC
it went rouad to Jersey. VINO found .
jack.
The game was getting good then
With $50, ,Og0 On the table and the rult
TO open for the pile it msaat soma
mighty good betting to get the pot
Wing passed. Forty Mile did like
wise and then kIonuiks opened hel
for the $4,000. I skinned my hand
and having the making OF full O.
pictures, tilted back. All the other:
stayed in, so that when we discarded
we had in about al we could scrap;
together. Still We had enough to Dc
some fair betting, but a showdown
must come soon. l took one card
KIondike took two, Forty Mile was
satisfied wita one and jersey anc
Wing stood.
Wing bet a few ounces and was tilt
ed by Forty Mile. kyondike mad no
helped and dropped out l was lot
much in to qIit and raised the I'll
with can OF pressed beefed origin
klondike was glowering at the heath
en-. He did no: Ike Chiuamen, any
way, and &c fingered Els guns aLc