The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
cooD POKER STORY
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= 49,, a. Party For Two Evenings and SOLD
81. Grocery Store
. story in a paper recently
|sSw - mort at Wizards the other
Old an 'lr yls told how two slick Z, stran-
dy' Nn tne Windy City MIXED a
g., -. a came in an Indiana town and a,l got
's'I yin ali the money in n, it. t.. s Tnas
, ,srn meOf another story Oh ''' '''
aa DI. +De town Of New Harmony are
~ . number Of gentlemen OF great
o'a !. ,nd considerable means For
' NV the mainstay of this crowd was
y !'.ln '1' euchre and whist but this was
sn.llv changed by the arrival OF 1--WE
, ,aa's who organized and .' taught a
,I,,, in poker. The first OF these was
. ~ can Of Frenchman, who lived on
'' Gland down the river His father
y. wortbi in the neighborhood OF $780,
S "S " $500, 900, and he kept his boy
veil supplied with money.
"WeIl, this progressive youth organ
ird a poker game in the peaceful VII
,cs Of New Harmony. There were
.sOut ST, in the party, and it was their
'..,om once week or more to meet at
,hs hotel and indulge in a friendly,
,rist game but one where the only
, limit was the beautiful blue sky. The
Vreuchman played game OF bluff from
e,rt 10 finish. He would pike along in
me pOts until some one thought he had
,sir hand and would open for few
hr,,r.d dollars, when the Frenchman
vOuld shove from 81, 600 to 50, 600 dol
lars into the pot before the draw, and
nina times out of ten the other man
would have to 60 to the pack.
There was another player in the
zane, the hotel keeper, who was also
after the spuds. He was the only one
who could beat the Frenchman. Time
after time the latter would push in his
roll and send the hotel keeper to the
mack But once in awhile the latter
would catch his antagonist mapping and
would come back at him with another
raise, getting back in one pot all he
bad lost during the remainder OF the
evening.
Zone spring day well dressed, quiet
boxing man drifted into town and put
Up at the hotel. In the course of time
be was introduced to all the crowd
shout the hotel, and they found him a
most congenial companion. He was only
amOderate drinker, but liked to gather
sGOwd around him and smoke and tell
stories After a week of this he told the
boys that he intended to locate there
and open fancy grocery store. He
went away for few days, and when he
returned he opened up near the hotel.
Such store as he opened had never
been seen in the place prior to this time.
be kept imported pickles. canned
sAnmps, fine cheeses and everything on
that order, supplemented with stock
q thechoicest wines, liquors and cigars.
living to his congenial habits his store
NCn became the loafng place Of the
POKER playing crowd, and they often
sNnered there of an evening to listen
y MS stories and to drink and smoke.
many invitations were extended to the
quiet man Of business to take q hand in
,negame, but he invariably replied that
~ Knew nothing about playing poker.
~ nad' he admitted, played the game
ana liked it pretty well, but he would
NY You boys have nothing to do to-
lO,row and can afford to stay up all
usus IL you want to. | have my bust
u's 70 attend to and must get around
early to open M.
onenight, however, when the crowd
aaa Oeen drinking more than usual and
w., ieeiins particularly good, they re-
r''u 70 Ake any excuse and insisted
sus' 10 must 60 in with them. He had
.n uinflns himself, and he finally
.., ,n.ed 10 90 to the hotel and take q
manu., lOr awhile In the game tho
n 'a played his same old tricks.
a, une the sterekeeper would poke
uesa out OF his hole the Frenchmsn
waiting for him with a club and
oo,a n nara The game broke up about
m,s ''a IN ths morning, and it was
bon. J. .ast the storekeeper was out
SOu, . ~oeo Was he sore? Well. I
~ Wy ne was. He had told them.
\. ~u' that he didn't want to plav:
n s 81 couldn't play, and that he could
i mid SaOtu ~ 70 lose the money. Finally
IN. ~ ! nave been thinking for some
tos u sI putting clerk in charge of nv
k1s ,o anu am going down to Louis
lava NV to get one. Then will
[n. to n,V ~. TIM. time. to play with you boys.
|nd s. ~ nS word, he went to Louisville.
|nd Won. ai Gays later u man came M
hid bS ~ 70 work in the store. Now,
ndI VA, am ready for a game tonight,
ia O, "m ns you | am going to bring .
baed 70 vaOy with me. am deter.
u TIA, !, WIN back what l lost or lose
Bic Wi, lave y, left, which is consider,
svw a ,o sne gang felt sorry for him.
tbs,a good fellow, they Admitted
t ous had no business nlav;n "an nouar
BY ono an. MS money was as good a,
Asy mus, 'o -, sand If it was in the gam.
sTha S' go ont after it.
sht and lame Iau,,, commenced early thai
gain tho S until Q in the morning
b. but .a : renchman tried his old tao