The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-14
WINTERS BIG HAND.
Caught the Three s~harpers at Their own
Game.

"
Caught h Three sharper. at Their Owr
Game.
Not long ago I was a passenger on a
-cross-country railway train that wound
its romantic way among the lakes OF
Wisconsin. said Opie Read the other day.
The day was so soft. the scenery so pic
ture-like. that IL was hard TO conceive
that In this blithe world there was such
a thing as the wicked scheming OF man,
But there was. ID. T.. Kerr of the I'LL
nois College OF Osteopathy of Chicago
N L were sitting together, talking
about fishing. when along came an DID
ish, Misunderstanding chap and grabbed
hold OF Kerr. They shook each other
warmly, having I'm years gone by done
the road for the same commercial
house. i was introduced to MIR. Win
ter. and found him bright and snappy.
with the advanced shrewdness of the
day. a man of the hustling world. But
IL Is said that a sucker is born every
minute. While we were talking along
came three men. They wanted to get
up a harmless game or cards. I didn't
care to play. Neither did Kerr. But
Winter said that he didn't mind taking
a hand. To me the men looked like
sharpers, and so they must have looked
TO Kerr. for he said to his friend:
NtNtT Ininu the cara game. Let's
talk about bic times"
Yes. pretty soon, but / will play a
while first"
One OF the men had a deck OF cards.
but Winter insisted upon buying a new
deck from the n~ewsboy. They began
to play. and their game was without
interest to us until something was said
about turning IL into poker.
Winter can't be caught by that old
chaff." aid Kerr to me.
mo" l replied. but you see he has
agreed"
What! That's n fact. Say. Winter.
I've got a story to tell Leave off
your game a minute"
"Fn see you after a while"
must have quit the o n long
time ago." said /.
No" Kerr replied; 'he is still travel
ing for a Chicago house."
Winter began TO win. He knew that
IL was a bait. Why didn't he have sense
enough to see It? He became excited.
He got up and went to the water cooler.
stopping for a m to talk to the
newsboy. Then, with his back toward
US, he appeared to be taking medicine.
II is a morphine eater, 1 think" /
said to Kerr.
I'm afraid there's something wrong
with him."
~ Itlulntu u tut game. I1ettX
soon there came a new excitement. He
began TO search his clothes for money.
Raise you" he said repeatedly. W.
knew that the decisive ONE had
come, and stood near 20 see the result.
He was not too old TO learn a lesson.
That scoundrel has dealt him four
aces" Kerr whispered to me.
But let him pay for IT," said I. "He
ought to be punished"
sI nnE. thaxy
The betting was fierce. There were
but two battling for the pot-winter
and the evil-eyed fellow who sat next
to the dealer.
An the honey I've got goes" said
Winter. III raise o $50"
rs that all you've got?" asked the
eyil-eyed man.
well. I've got more in my pocket.
but IL doesn't belong to me. A man
sent IL by me to pay a debt"
But IL you think you've got the best
hand, bet II. You ought to be entitled
TO the use OF the money as long as it's
in your possession. Well" continued
the evil-eyed man. "In raise you a hun
dred."
Let me see" aid Winter. sauirming
about in his seat and diving down into
his pockets. you drew two cards. didn't
hundred"
HOW much more goes
Two fifty" said Winter.
Then ! raise you two fifty"
Winter called him. We'll" aid the
evil-eyed. Ito tell o the truth. l start
ed out on a blum. but I've made a
straight flush"
How high" Winter quietly asked.
How High? King high"
How high? King high
he spread out a royal flush.
Then there was n fight. but the sharp
ers saw that IL would have been use
less. not to say disastrous. Winter
raked In the money. and at the next
stop the sharpers got OF.
Beautiful weather" said Winter. re-
Stunning his seat with us.
Say. how i'm the world did you work
that
oh. II was simple enough. OF course.
I knew what was coming You know I
went to the water cooler. Well. I got
a deck 81 cards from the newsboy X
actly like the deck We were playing
with. n I took out a royal rus and
slipped II into my pocket. ! thought he
would select spades. a mere guess. you
know. and I took clubs. Shortly after
I got back. down came three aces. I
opened and he raised. I raised back.
did he. and then we drew. lie fixed
II so hat I would catch my other ace
I'm a one card draw. ! knew this. so 7
drew one. The best I could have sized
him for in a straight game would have
been four kings. In sauirming about
for my money. ] hid my fours and got
out my royal flush. Kerr. I hear you're
doing well in Chicago since you quit the
road. Yes. beautiful weather."-Phila-
delphia Times.