Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
NO FOUL IN THIS FIGHT

that is, in the army of the provisional
government of the Hawaiian Islands. The
corporal was q weil-buit. smooth faced
young man from Albion, Mich. He was
Known among his swaddies as an eX-soldier
OF the United States regular army, and a
quiet. weh-behaved man withal The sailor,
as the name of his ship on his cap ribbon
showed, was one of the bluejackets of the
United States cruiser Philadelphia. which
mad slipped into Honolulu lfarhor a few
Gays previously. He was a brawny. tough
looking chap, this sailor with the second
class bo's'n's mates rating badge on his
mus tering shirt, and his noisiness was in
noFlceable contrast to the quiet. decent be-
havior of the soldier sitting at the other
SIDE OF the table. The soldier and the sail
or played along at their game of 10-cent
ante and 50-cent limit for an hour or So
with the luck switching first to one and
then to the other. when. after the deal
haa passed a number of times. the safior
opened a Jackpot The soldier stayed for
hve lo-cent chips and drew one card. The
sailor took two cards. The sailor bet the
unit ana was in turn raised the limit by
me corporal. The raise passed back and
1ofth a number of times until there was
ABOUT SlS or $40 in the center of the table
While the raise was going back and forth
another of the Philadelphia's sailors sauu-
tered into the room alone. He was squat
chunky, bul-necked and powerful looking
ana the sleeve of the port arm OF his mus
terfng shirt was decorated with the eagle
deV1ce OF a master-at-arms. second class
he stood few feet away from the table
taxing In the game. He was the only man
IN the room except the two players.
When there was about SIS or $50 in the
pot, and the sailor had plurked the last of
MS chips therein. he called the corporal
Both man placed their hands down. face
upon the table.
I've got three fves." said the sailor
Nv hat you got?'
corporal. quietly,
"A what?'' asked the sailor, loudly
straight? We don't play them things on
the coast. Straights don't 60"
w ell We play tn m down here" said the
corporal. coolly. Il don't know much about
coast poker, but straights are played all
over the United States back of the coast
l win.
The HI you do,' shouted the bos'n's
mate. How do you win Wen L tells you
that straights don't go?'
There was nothing said about straights
not going before W, began play" calmly
replied the soldier. However, if you're 60
ing to take 1t to heart 80, why, we can
divide the pot. AS long as We didn't make
any agreement about the value of the
hahdS, I've got as much right to stick to
my same-in which strashts are Legitimate
as you have to say that straights don't
go. Well divide the pot
No, we won't" exclaimed the sailor
Jumping up. The pots mine
Il guess not" replied the soldier, rising
slowly himself, and putting one hand over
the bank, which was keeping ITSELF as he
did so. Stand clear We're going to divide
this pot
No, you amt" said the sailor who had
been looking on at the game-the SQUAT
man with thu bull housekeeping forward
Me shipmate wins that bunch. Take your
hand off'n It,"
The soldier surveyed the interloper coolly
Il don't know who YOU are nor where
YOU cut in this he said ftar
But, not giving you short answer I'll
be id II take my hand off of this bank
III split the pot and that's enough. My
poker Is Honolulu poker. and it goes down
here. Therefore. according to the way the
games played on these islands l win this
pot. But, as / say, I'm willing to compro-
mise by splitting thA pot, simply as a sop
to you peoples Ignorance of the genuina
game Of poker
Ignorant. hey?' shouted the sailor VINO
claimed the pot, and he made a pass across
the table at the soldiers face The pass
fell short, and in q trifie less than no time
the strapping corporal had leaped around
the table and given the man he had been
playing poker with a hard, straight jab
right on the point of the jaw. The bo's'ns
mate went down like a log, and remained
there. 1t was a weli-aimcd blow and he
out.
Then the lnlll-necked master-at-arms. sec
ord class, rushed at the corporal of the
p. G. army, feinting like a skilled boxer
and then sending in Il straight left for the
pit of the soldiers stomach. The blow was
stopped scientifically, and the corporal led
with his long right arm and found the bull
necked sailor on the forehead The report
of the blow was like the muftied shot of a
gun and the sailor went down heavily. He
reganed his feet instantly, and, with a face
blood-red with rage, made again at the self
possessed corporal. He was met this time
with straight blow in the chest. and again
he went to the floor The bartender and a
couple of citizens stood in the doorway
watching the performance, with interest,".
Again the astonished man-o-war's man
picked himself up and rushed at the strap
ping corporal with both hands elevated in
regular puglistic style. For the third time
he was met squarely by the soldier, who
knew the game himself The corporal
Tented for a few seconds, leaping back at
the feints of the thoroughly enraged sailor,
and then he shot out lightning blow for
the bull-necked tar'S face. The blow landed
on the sailors left eye, and he went down
in heap, daZed, but not entirely out. The
soldier looked down for half IA minute a
the PROSTATE forms of the two sailors of
the Phiadelphia's crew. Then he walked
over to the table, where the poker game
had been going on. cashed in his chips and
half of the chips in the Jackpot. leaving
the remainder of the money in the bank.
which was a cigar box without cover,
and them casting another look al the pair
of man-owar's men on the floor he walked
cut the side door of the saloon
He had been gone for fully half minute
before Sharkey, the bull-necked master-at-
arms of the Philadelphia more recently
heard from In connection with q question
able prize fight. slowly arose from the
floor looked around wonderingly and began
m.nstering to his knocked-out shipmate
SparrOws Fight Like Game Cocks.
SparroWs are the most determined fight