Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-03
POKER BUNS A BANk.
Games TIA, Brought Disaster 10 an Institution
In Reno.


Another poker game. or rather The
continuation 81 one which began when
Joe Love. Colonel Reed. Luckey San.
dcrs and plugEcr Joe struck the mining
camp, twO months before. was on. The
''parlor" OF ihe Reno hotel, with Its side.
door opening into the bar. was the
scene OF she contest, More than q
thousand times the little Old marblc.top
table had been fairly covered with
Ereenbaekr. silver and gold. while seat
"a around Il prosperous miners. like
these four. had batiled Win Dame
Fortune,
John Love had come TO Reno from the
East, His. JoPy and gooi natured, he
was the brun, OF all Jokes the horde Of
miners In the hotel could conceive. hut
he was poker player. With ave cards
in his hands and q half stack OF yellows
and blu.s, he would back his judgfnen,
until the last check had passed into the
hands Of hls adycraafies. and the las,
dollar from his pocket These four
played for cash. and cash only.
put you papah In the stove. Gem
tlcmcn never ask favors In gentle.
mans poker game" Colonel Reed had
frequently observed when paper was OF.
fercd In lieu ~ cash. And the colonel
was poker player also. lie played
with a calm elaboration which threw
his companions entirely on quart.
Luck Sanders. so called because of his
good fortune az poker. his iirHt name
having never been known to his COM
panlons, was a quick player. A glance
at his fvc cards ana his draw settled OF
with him,
piugger Jones had acquired his Chris.
tlan name because of his anxiety 10
ftend all his waking hours NJ the Reno
hotel poker table. when Piugger 20,
up In the morning his irst act was 90
allow" 10 some one that he wouldn't
mind slttin' In" lie rarely failed 60
ble-top table before the dinner bell was
heard II was 80 on this occasion. and
Love and the colonel secmed\ TO have
all the luck. Thus the game ran until
Lucky and Plugger saw their Piles %
checks each representing 500 disappear
onr after che other, Lucky was deallng
and he asked Pluggef. who sat AZ his
Right. TO cut the cards,
"ahucks, 90 on. IN see II I can't
drap on aome,hln' without euttin'." he
The pas,eboards were dealt without
the cut. The colonel, as usual, was In
calm dellberatinn after picking up his
hand. Jones SEEMED suddenly 10 be-
come serious. AMI threw his cards Into
the discard with an oath. Lucky's cards
followed Pluggers Into the deck. hut
Inc colonel came back AT Love with a
$40 raise. Love looked again and raised
Inc Dot another $50. The colonel met the
raise anl called for two cards.
you uns are up against t'other now.
guess" Lucky remarked. Love stood
p1t ana bet a hundred. The colonel
studded the cards minute and uilsed
a hundred Love raised hundred
more. So ava the coinHd. Plugger
nearly faN slm his chair when Love
made another hundred raise. and sug-
aes,od that "ihe limit b. drapped.'
Tho c1l1n,l agreed aui hogan 90 court
he nile. seven for,y-three," ne said
AZ he pushed % into she center % thu
table"
"Here's four sHveniy-nipe. All ! roi
here. I'm write you an u. o. w." said
lave. pushing hs pilf Into the mass VI
Yreenbacks and sold
"No ghatlemin would offah papah."
the colonel solid az hr mad ppier sinh
lac elrcumsiare'' tg'iasud Dimes be-
fore.
The remark 1,h to anger Love.
"phigrer. burr Ip ull she cards but
our hands" hr firWd, and plugger
gaihersd IN me dlslards and deck and
threw them Into the Npen stove
"Colonel, propose ~ see them c1rds