Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

But when the soldier attempted to bluff the
Indian out of a jack pot that the Shoshone
had opened on his own deal, he struck a
SnaS; Charley Daw let him get in very
deep. making very small raises himself in
half-hearted kind of way. The soldier
fancying that the Indian was cnly irving
to protect himself. and would sooner or
later lay down, kept raising it with Sd
bets, until there was about $500 in his not
Then the Sshoshonc. not caring to scare his
man out On the play, called, and spread out
ms queen full The sergeant jammed his
kings UP into the deck with a nervous oath
To ease the soldier up a little, Charley Daw
let him win 800 back on the next few
plays. Then he settled back firmly on his
launches to play poker
Fight to Finish.
The last play was n natural jack, and
1t was the Indians deal Charley Daw was
one of those poker dealers that make men
nervous by covering the whole deck up
with their hands while rifIling the cards
The sergeant was in a pretty ratified frame
of mind. and the only thing that relieved
MS nervousness while the Indian thus
shufHed the cards was that the latter seemed
to be giving no attention to the job. but
kept his gaze fixed dreamly to the top
of the wickieup.
Shuttle the cards on the blanket he
said. however, to the Indian finally
HUH inquired Charley Daw' but he
showed that he had heard the remark all
right by giving the cards an ostentatious
riffiing on the blanket.
With pat ace full, the sergeant, I was
told. looked as if he felt a revival of inter
est in life, and, in order to entice the In
dian in, he only opened the pot for So The
Shoshone studied his hand for a long time.
ana hnaliy heaved 81 gold piece into the
pot with the air of a man who believes he
is making fool of himself. He looked
quite concerned when the soldier stood nat
with a self-satisfed grim and threw one Of
ms cards into the discard with the hasty,
hopeless jerk of a chap who bobs to a
straight or flush. For the first time since
the two had been playing the Indians
countenance assumed a look of disgust
Wien ne saw the card he had dealt himself
and the soldier looked as if he feared he
couldn't make much out of his ace full.
Back and Forth
Fifty dollars, said he, in a bluffv tone
Of voice.
THE Shoshone gaZed at him with the
stolid, injured expression of man of who n
a gross advantage is being taken, and then
his jaws set with an expression that was
probably meant to convey, and did con-
vey. the idea that he didn't intend to be
bluffed right along. Carefully coming his
nand. he raised it Il hundred. This was pie
Tor the sergeant. He saw plainly that the
Indian was tiustered and ratified
rive hundred more said he, reaching
inside his blouse and hauling out his re-
serve bag of coin.
Charley Daw now looked pitiful. He
dropped bis hand of cards on the blanket
and gazed smack into the sergeant's ewes
for fully minute. Then he gave a long
whistle. and inside of half Il minute an
other Indian, Big Ringdove, also Il chief
walked into the wic,lieup. Charley Daw
beckoned TO his tribesman showed him his
hand. and the pair had conference in
Shoshone, which wound up by Big Ringdoye
looking as if he felt ashamed of his brother
chief. The sergeant was the picture of
cornpialsance through it all. but the ord
nance sergeant who was present at the
game told me that the sure-thing nom
commissioned officer somehow lost the finer