The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-04-22
THE GAME WENT on.
BIxBY TELLS AN INTERESTING STORY
WHILE PLAYING POKER.

ScA W tC2A LIS y ILL.,
81 heard first rate story today" he
said. 1T may be old to you boys, but
it was new TO me. Colonel Jim Will
liams Of Kentucky was telling it, and
he got all the points in, of course, much
better than l can. No colonel in Ken
tucky can tell a better story than Will
liams. don't claim to be much of
story teller myself, butt
"You in, Bixby?" asked Butler.
Bixby picked up his hands and played
a pair of aces through to his loss. When
another player began shufling the cards,
Bixby resumed.
''The story was something like this, "
he said. like Doolittle was a private
IN the war. 1t was at the battle of An
tietam. He had grudge against Lieu
tenant Forrest. a shell came along,
and'-
"Are we going to play for anything
this timer" asked Johnson.
"Your ante" said Butler to Bixby.
Bixby anted. "This she'll came
along he said, "and took off Forests
foot. He saw Doolittle near him, and
called to him to take"-
"I'm in, said Walters.
Raise it a couple of reds, said But
Ter.
Bixby picked up three eights and
stood the raise. He drew a fourth and
won the pot. Then it was his deal. He
shuffied leisurely as he said: 1.-The shell,
it seems, took off Forests foot, and he
called to Doolittle to carry him back to
the ambulance. Doolittle lifted him to
his shoulder and''-
81 had three kings to Co." said Will
liams, referring to his previous hand.
81 had a straight four fush," said
Johnson sadly.
"Doolittle lifted him up" continued
Bixby, "and"-
"Going to shuttle the spots off the
cards:" asked Butler.
Bixby started to deal. "Doolittle was
carrying him back" he said, with his
head hanging over his shoulder, when
along come another she'll, and"-
'Give me another stack" said Will
liams He got it. While the hand was
being played Bixby turned to Butler,
who had staid out like himself.
"Just then," said Bixby, "another
shell came along and took off Forests
head. Doolittle didn't see it,
"Where was this?" asked Butler po-
ltely.
SAT Antietam," answered Bixby.
During the war, you knoE. Doolittle
was carrying Forrest back to the ambu-
lance. He said he had his foot shot off.
He was being taken back to the ambu-
lance. He'-
Butler picked up three aces. "I'm in
for a minute" he said. Johnson raised
him ten. He saw it and raised back.
Johnson staid, and they drew. Butler
bet ten and Johnson raised him 90.
Butler hesitated and ran over his cards.
Then he looked long and searchingly at
Johnson. There was a curious tensity
in the silence. Bixby turned to Will
liams
"Doolittle,' he said, didn't know
that Forests head had been shot off. -
"Why didn't he know it," Williams
absently asked, watching the players.
"He didn't see it," explained Bixby.
"He kept on carrying him back toward
the ambulance. Private Garfield came
along and said to Doolittle:
"'What you carrying that for?'
"'It's Lieutenant Forrest, said Doo-
little. I'm taking him back to the am
bulance.
"'What Can they do with him in the
ambulance with his head shot OFF, asked
Private Garfield"
81 call, " said Butler, showing in his
chips. Johnson won, and Bixby picked
up the cards to deal again.
Private Garfield, he said, wanted
to know what they could do with him
there with his head shot off. His head =
shouted Doolittle. The blamed fool
told me twas his foot "
Bixby pounded the table and laughed
heartily. His companions looked at
him wonderingly.
"Who was Doolittle:" asked John
son.
why, be was the fellow that was
carrying Forrest
"Bixby's been telling story" said
Williams.
"What's the point:" asked Butler.
"The point is, said Bixby, THAT
Doolittle thought his foot was shot of
when it was his head. He was carrying
him back at the time, and"-
"I've got six cards, =" said Williams.
cts misdeal," " said Johnson.
$50 on with your story" said Will
liams to Bixby.
Eyes" said two or three others,
"give rs the story
"But I've got through with it, " ex-
nlainpd Rivhv