The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21

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minutes after the suggestion WAS made. with
cards and chips and the rest Of the layout.
we didn't Teaily Ike TO start q game in " Which
easy. sgwo asked him how much he knew
~. S,S;.l sa si1o he, ! !. played he game Jam 2 BIT ,s on
matter. Il know the hands and the swing Of
the game. which Is ! SUPPOSE, about as, much
as any one knows about it.. Let's begin
pretty vabbIy andunsteady in his. seat. but he
rified the cnrds all right no style about II to
that we felt very uneasy IN advance about taking
Q single piece Of his yellow. az we were certain
Very old. We three together had got ali Of our
travelling money exchanged from gold TO- cur;
G Tsn P1t a do S@s ! s i.SSG to sS match tSs IEan aRh SaSn e :
pile in gold OF an equal amount. for II was TO be
The first hand dealt by the Englishman was
go-oh; Idealt. Ny friend on my left opened
and even when the Jagged young Englishmsp.
who was making herote efforts to hold himself
thought they looked pretty good. Ny two
friends thought their hands were good enough.
s%S; en my tPhs hama deG S1t fa sye eftse slso' th l,aidnt the the
be mPds Il mother stTs6.. NJ i've friend" also
So'I think he ,s had 8 q ' boS ap Piiy; or soG stT rsGIgbfe Or y" a
three tens and n pair of deuces. My two friends
had threes, both OF them Of a small variety,
and the Britisher lurched over the table and
more than $500 ip il. | actually believe the
We'll. we had a few words ali around about
the stiffness OF, the play. which none OF us
thought desirable, considering that we were
only trying to kill time. and we decided to go a
little slower at il. But even with from So to
$50 bets-,very few higher than that-the lad Of
taking a big Eaa!!P e whisky every ten minutes
had about $1,000 Of our money. He was
yet l am telling you the plain truth when / say
the boy was positively and undenin6ly
like chucking the game, the young fell
low y vas hs so U EaIEsH n,f ET S I; but ut " , hen en- nwes suggest g =
went ahead. When We knocked of about 5
O'Clock in the afternoon for a bite to eat down
the table stakes-that is. $1,000 from each OF
us. You are not TO suppose that we didn't
he started in on his perpetual winning streak.
Il was perfectly on the level. and on the whole
poke iS1 With RiRRi mo- s rat lights Se or Shades pHsfe Al II WSs ali
pure bull -head luck. He'd draw to a shoestring
and get z house end lot: lou never saw any;
and go into a big jackpot and beat the opener
Of the pot out easily on the cards be would
be a Jack, he threw away four OF his cards and
placed the one he held face up AZ on the table.
hardness, and the three Of us said 30 in SO
stuff e m nGs T Sast e9S srdsss e tiU on SG Il my IF ffls this
want TO play poker for; it. and / want You TO
a mans opened it and Is, only going to draw
dish EN- said the Englishman. No Of
plsSinS it; Four saFas; - -. manu-, anu ~
Well ne got bis four cards. and the betting
P BEGAN he ny Set tF saSl II His my Pa4 rsat had next SPe to h tine
raised him $50. Then We all looked at the
young EnElishman euriously. to see what he
~ See the raise said he. Hundred more
We all threw our cards down a little impa-
My boy, said / to the English lad. you're
playing cards with square people. and we
70 do you out OF a sou, big winner as you are.
blum yourself out Of what luck has brought
"EYog heard what I said. didn't you p STAN
mered the boy Hundred more,
yourself. here goes. I've got you beat-I can
beat any man that draws four cards TO a deuce.
or III go out oil business. firaise you a hum
Then there was a general call. in which the
probably quit playing. thihktnE Pm a paretic.
II raised her again. So l call
He had caught three more on the draw. That
was the finish OF those table stakes. and we
went de sHrb b : S,g to o eat; The et E RfIehTba r ABB
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kind. too. and iced. at Mojave. which struck US
as. wonderful-at the meal that he was out for
slowed away the money he had won from us.
together with what he had Of his own. The
three OF US were still providing around about
midnight. when the young chap of an English
man came downstairs from his bedroom. He
was perfectly sober. il a little shaky. He wanted
TO get at his grip in order TO find a brush and
comb. We produced the valise. that held all of
his winnings. and he took 1t upstairs. After a
few minutes he came down again. brushed up
and trim looking. But there was a puzzled
look on his face.
say. you fellows said he. addressing the
three OF us, weren't We in some sort OF gam
Of chawnce this afternoon
- bit OF a poker game we told him.
But. / say, how the devil did l get all OF
this Queer-lookinR monpy-or Is 1t money 2 |
and he pulled out the Zig bundle OF currency
that had belonged to the three Of US earlier in
the day.
Won 1t from u.s. we told him.
blank look. Well. Pm bowed! Do you know. |
I've got the gauZiest kind Of recollection Of the
business; don't remember much Of any |
thing after We stopped here this morning. You
fellowsll have to take this stun back. you
but We didn't, and when he left us at Kan
sas City he was still insisting upon our accept
ing it from him"