The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

ticing him. If No. has got a pat full
house, he shuts up his right eye in
the same way
This. or course. is only preliminary
and 1t only puts me next to what the
marks around the table have got in
their hands before the draw, of course
| drop out Of 1t there and then. But,
II I've got a pretty good fist full N.Y.
sell nnd am as good as any of EN- be-
fore the draw, why, of course draw
TO my hand. Just as quick as all the
Fellows that stay in pick UP the cards
they've drawn, the dog does his little
act all over again and tips me off on
those that have filed their hands.
Makes the game dead easy, don't it?
II l wanted to play the scheme to its
Limit, which would be fool trick and
probably result in that dog getting
himself stuffed and mounted by some
loser getting next to his gag, I'd have
too much money But 1 never went
into 1T too heavy. One day that dog
tore one of my hats all to pieces
fox terriers are worse than
GOATS FOR CHEWING THINGS UP
and I'd given him three or four good
raps over the side Of the head. He
didn't like this a little Bit could see
that. He wouldn't have much to do
with me for the remainder of the af-
ternoon and / couldn't con him into
becoming friendly again, either. He
just looked at me out of the tail of his
eye, es much as to say, I'm going to
throw you the first chance I get, but
OF course l couldn't figure that he'd
carry his sulkiness into the game of
draw that night, when / intended to
begin on my three good things and
crimp up their wallets.
That night | took the mutt with me.
as usual, to the house Of one of the
good things where we PLAYED I
couldn't get the dog to be very chum-
my, even after spending a large part
OF the hfternoon trying to soft SOAP
hlm The licking / had given him still
ranked with him, but l figured that
ne would forget all about it in the ex-
element of the game after we got
along was more than ever conf
cent that he was all right when he
tipped me off right on the first dozen
rounds OF hands, during which | pick
ed out most of the winnings
dealt the thirteenth mess myself
aid when the two beyond the ante
man declined to stay 1 made it a
jackpot, having the buck. l caught
tIiree aces and the pot looked nice for
ne, even without the mutt to toggIe
me along. The man after the dealer
opened 1t, the jay next TO him STAYED
ana so did l, OF course. The dealer
stayed with rush and 1t looked like
a neat jack to win-for it was a, 500
limit game and all Of the three good
thangs Thought they knew how ITO
play poker The dog tipped me off
That the man who opened the pot had
three tours, the chap next to him
two pairs and the dealer a pair of
Kings. l drew to my hand, Of course
and when the guy that opened the pot
stood pat | said to myself. That's a
pretty old bluff that ducks making
standing pat ON his three fours.' The
Mutts tips told me, Of course that
l had EN- all topped and l just lay
back and listened to their bets, knock
ing heaps off my chip piles and rails
ing EN- right along with all the CON
ffdence in the world
L commenced to admire that pot
opener with the three tours who had
stood pat for a bluff when he kent
raised the other two out after it had
gone around a number OF times, and
then that geeZer with the three tours
sat back to bluff me out, as / thought
L wasn't a bit worried by the cool,
confident look on his mug, for 1 knew.
that mutt of mine never made any
mistakes, and l knew that I had him
beat When there was $500 in the
pot / got to the end of my chips, and,
as it was table stakes and we had
arranged that no more chips could be
bought during the playing Of a hand,
l called the pot opener, at the same
time chucl1ing down my three bullets
and was fixing to haul in the pot.
Hold on there a minute, said
the man with the three fours-as /
thought-When he saw me reaching
for the pot, I've got a nice pat
straight, from one to five,' and he
showed the cards up in their order on
the table.
That dust is yours, said I. choking
back lot of cuss words. and just then
I looked behind the chair Of the winner
ard caught the triumph in his eye,
damme! He looked square back at ME
for ten straight seconds. as much as
TO say, You didn't think I'd dish you
in the game, did you? and then lie
walked over in front of the fireplace,
plunked himself down, and that was
the finish Of that four-handed game. [
knew that couldn't get any /
good out Of that dog for the /
rest of that night, and I did
sudden watch studying act. told the
jays OF a forgotten engagement and
got out 1 had expected TO clean up
about $4,000 out OF those three jays,
and burned if I didn't quit more n
81 coo loser on account of that dog. for /
1 had only begun to win back what 1
had let them take away from me when !
the mutt turned me OOWn- Inc mutt /
followed me back to the hotel with
susky eye, as If he expected to be /
dubbed for his little game of crooked |
steering, but you can gamble that
cut out the clubbing so far as he was
concerned for good. I had won him
back inside of a week or so, and he I
never did me dirt on calling the turn
after that.
Me and the dog were covering Kan /
sas CITY St Louis Memphis ard that Z
circuit about three years ago, taking (
il off easy ones in comfortable chunks. /
when / stacked up against a pretty /
wise one. 1t was in Knoxville. where /
/ had got together a playing squad of I
three young ones that looked ripe for /
plueking. / got into 'e-n pretty fairly I
after weeks work, and the mutt (
was in great form. One OF the good /