The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-02
BANKS PACKED A FARO GAME.
And as n Result One Of Rcno's Finan-
ciaI Institutions was i.uined.

CHICAGO. Nov. 3O-Another poker
game, or rather the continuation OF one
which began when John Love. Colonel
Reed. Lucky Sanders and Plugger Joe
struck the mining camp, two months De-
fore was on. The 'parlOr' or the Keno
hotel with its side-door opening into the
bar was the scene of the contest. More
than thousand times the little old mar
ble-top table had been fairly covered
with greenbacks. silver and gold, while
seated around IL prosperous miners, Ike
these four had battled with Dame For
tune.
John Love had come to Reno from the
East. Big. Jolly, and good-natured, he
was the brunt Of all the jokes the horde
Of miners I'm the hotel could conceive.
But he was a poker player. win I'VE
cards I'm his hands and high stack OF
yellows and blues, he would back MS
Judgment until the last check had passed
into the bands Of his adversaries and the
last dollar from his pocket. These -FOUR
PLAYED for cash and cash only
Put YOU papah I'm the stove. Gentle
men nevah ask fayors in a gentleman S
pokah game" Colonel Reed had ire
quently observed when paper was offered
I'm lieu OF cash And the colonel was
poker player also. He played with a
calm delDeration which threw his com
panions entirely off guard. Lucky Sand
ers so called because Of his god fortune
at poker. his first name having never
been known to his companions, was a
quick player. \ glance at his five cards
and his draw settled II with him.
Plugger Jones had acquired his Chris
tan name because of his anxiety TO
spend all his waking hours at the Reno
hotel poker table. When Plugger got up
in the morning his first act was TO low"
10 some one that he wouldn't mind sit
tin in" He rarely failed to have quo
rum seated about the marble-top table
before the dinner bell was heard II was
so on this occasion, and Love and the
colonel seemed to have all the .fck.
Thus the game ran until Lucky and
Plugger saw their piles of checks each
representing 800 disappear one after the
other. Lucky was dealing and he asked
Plugger who sat at his right to cut the
cards.
.shucks. Go on. I'll see II can't
dram on something without cuttin'," he
said
The pastehoards were dealt without the
cut. The colonel as usual was in calm
deliberation after picking up his hand.
Jones seemed suddenly TO become serious,
and threw his cards into the discard with
Ottl. LUCKY ptNhfh u AN just %
Love covered the coloneFs ante with 4
$50 raise. Luckys cards followed Plug
gers into the deck. But the colonel came
back at Love with a $50 raise. Love
looked again and raised the pot another
$50. The colonel met the raise and called
for two cards.
You uns are up against tother now,
I guess" Lucky remarked. Love stood
pat and bet a hundred. The colonel
studied the cards a minute and raised
hundred. Love raised a hundred
more. So did the colonel. Plug
ger nearly fell from HIS chair when Love
mae another hundred raise. and suggest
did that "the limit be drapped." The
colonel agreed, and began TO count his
nile. Seven forty-three." he said. as
he pushed Il into the center OF the table.
Here's four seventy-nine. All / got
here. I'm write you an IT. O., u Love
said. pushing his pile into the mass OF
greenbacks and gold
NO gentleman would offah papah.'
tie colonel said. as he had under similar
circumstances a thousand times before.
The remark seemed TO anger Love
.Plugger bum ND ell The cards but our
hands" he ordered, aal P.Gsses gathered