The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
sHERIDAN's POKER GAME.
There Were Others. but senator ConLling and
Sthe Hero OF Winchester Furnished the Pun.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
II was In the game one'night during the win
ter Of 20 when both Conkling' and Sheridan
were players. 1t was a four-handed game, and
John Chamberlin was the other player. This
game at Chamberlin's was always for a So
limit at first, with the understanding that
along toward morning, after q couple of hours
of warming up, anybody could suggest the re-
moval of. the limit If he wanted to. The way
Conkling and Sheridan bluffed each other that
night. was n caution. Both men seemed to
strike out luck altogether as an element in
their good-natured play against each other,
and as both OF them caught fine hands occasions.
ally, when engaged in this tug-of-war of blufiing
neither Of them could get an exact line on the
other. and. it was better than a play to study
their faces ut the show-downs. Conkling was
having all the success during tho latter part of
the night, and it was fun to hear Little Phil
SOFTLY utter d ark and woolly things under his
breath when. time after time, Conkling would
show n hand consisting OF nothing at all after
gcoqs set of;fo9rs Of a ffHIl hand at such times
as Sheridan, deciding that the Senator was
"'Bite him. sheridan, Chamberlin would say,
Saausfd teli G en- sPssi of to go to iih e9 dick shes' and
call for another deck Of cards.
new deck. Sheridan dealt the first mess him
self. and after it had gone around and none of
the three of US could omen IT sheridan opened
~ hiliiDtil -SuullDtTllI U J. u uUy
right to stay. on our hands, and so 1t was left be-
tween sheridan and Conklins. who stayed.
pair into ,threes. Sheridan dished himself out
three cards, and bit his cigar hard when he saw
his hand. He made a s5 bet to draw Conkling
between them with these $25 bets until there
was nearly 5000 in the pot, both men %scrutin-
~ don't know so much about you this time,
said Sonkling finally and think I'll just cali
Both laid their hands down at the same
time. Conkling had three mines, and he looked
at sheridan strangely when ho saw the color of
myself also saw what was wrong at the same
instant, but We only smiled and let the two
on his face and was just about to rake in the
pot. GonklinG was gazing at the little man of
"'Oh, / say, there. Phi, just Wait a minute
said he; DO you really think that pot belongs
'Belougs to mef said Sheridan. Well, it
does II the nose on my face belongs to me-
and again he reached over to hoe in tho pot.
"Conkling ran his hand through his hair and
again stopped Sheridan with a gesture.
~ don't remember ever having seen that
sort See Sc tR MRst 1 sdft 81 h tSin nsif boto ,Ria s ySa' s Rhilt
dan; What in blazes are you talking about,
For reply. Conkling put one finger upon ono
of.Sherldan's aces, and then pointed to another
two Of which happened to be aces of diamonds,'
said Conkling smiling.
on the table before him, and his face became
f%ery:red The CONSERVATION on.his countenance
was really funny.
why said he, after a minute. blamed if I
don't believe I'm nothing better than an invol-
untary swindler. That other ace. you soc, is a
club. i opened the pot on q pair of red aces,
Ind theyswcre, of course. these aces OF diamonds.
Chambcrlin.', turning to tho amused b~oniface. |
turn me out Q, doors as a fraud and a short
card player, will your
And have the army fire a volley over tho |
ruins ,of.my hoqsef replied. Chamberlin. Hard.
" AnvhnW I'd afhar xott anI -lylf-
engage In q rough and tumble fight over the |
thing. Go ahead, the pair of you. Well see
fair play turning to me.
" course. the extra ace of diamonds had |
slipped into the deck accidentally before Il left
the manufacturer hands, but Sheridan. when
he. had In a measure recovered from the sur
prise of the revelation. made O humorous pre-
tension that he had known the whole thing ali
along. and convulsed the three of us by feeling
ly appealing to Conkling TO refrain. from ex.
posing hin lin TO the world fer the sake Of his fam
foul the pot was. of course. divided"