The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-23

70 say I'm going 10 tnrO" sou ths
first chance 1 get but OF course
couldn't figure thai he'd carry his sui
kiness into the game or draw nat
night. when I intended to begin on my
three good things and crimp up their
wallets.
That night I took the mutt with me.
as usual: to the house OF one OF ths
good things. where we played. 4
couldn't get the dog TO be very
with me-. though. even after
a large part of the afternoon trying TO
soft soap him. The licking mad given
him still rankled within him.. but 1
figured that he would forget all about
II in the excitement of the game after
we got going. i was more than ever
confident that he was all right when ne
tipped me on right on the nrst dozen
rounds of hands. during which 1 picked
out most OF the winnings.
IT dealt the 18th mess myseif, ana
when h two beyond the ante man de-
clined to stay. / made II a jackpot, hav-
ing the buck. ] caught three aces ana
the pot looked nice for me. even with
out the mutt to joggle me along. Inc
man after the dealer opened IL. the jay
next to him stayed and SO did i. OF
course. The dealer stayed with a rush
and IL looked like n nice. neat jack TO
win-for IL was a 800 limit game and
all of the three good things thought
they knew how to play poker. Inc oos
tipped me of hat the man VINO opened
the pot had three tours. the CHAP next
to him two pairs and the dealer a pair
OF kings. drew TO my hand, OF
course and when the guy thai opened
the pot TODD pat ! said 10 mysem.
That's n pretty cold BLUM mat DUCKS
making, standing pat on ms three
fours.' The NUTS tip toid me. OF
course, that I had 'em all topped ana
Just lay back and listened to their pets;
-zt-- A-.-. - ,aU chin niles ana
raising 'em right along with all the
confidence in the world,
II commenced TO admire hat pot
opener with the three Tours VINO mao
stood pat for a bluff when ne kept rais,
ing it the limit. Between us we raised
the other two out after IL mao gone
around a number of times, n then
that geezer with the three fours sat
back to bluff me out as / thought. 1
wasn't a bit worried by the cool. con-
fdent look on his mug. for knew mat
that mutt Of mine never made any mis-
takes, and I knew that had MIN peat;
When there was $500 In the pot L
got to the end of my chips. md. as II
was table stakes and we had arranged
that no more chips could be bought
during the playing of a hand, 1 called
the Dot opener, at the same time chuck
ing down my three bullets, and was
fixing to haul In the pot.
Hold or there a minute SAID the
man with the three fours-as 1 though
when he saw me reaching for the pot,
I'VE got a nice, pat straight, from one
to FIVE and h showed the cards up
I'm their order on the table.
1.-The dust is yours said i, choking
back a lot of cuss words, and Just then
/ looked behind the chair OF the win
ner and caught the eye OF that dog.
IL there wasn't a CLEAN Of triumph In
hNa ANra "A Veapanf Hn lnnkR6 GnlI1Ee
back at me for 10 straight seconds. as
much as to say, You didn't think I'd
dish you I'm the game. did you" and
then he walked yer I'm 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 the dog for the rest of that
night. and I did a sudden watch-study-
ing act. told the jays about a forgotten
engagement and got out. / had ex-
pected to clean up about SIC. 1000 out OF
those three Jays, and burned IL i didn't
mutt more'n s., 900 loser on account OF
that dog. for I had only begin to win
back what / had let them take away
from me when the mutt turned me
down. The mutt followed me back to
the hotel with a sulky eye. as IL he ex-
pected TO be dubbed for his little game
OF crooked steering. but you car bet
that / cut out the clubbing so far as
he was concerned for good. | had won
him back inside of a week or so n he
never did me dirt on calling the turn
after that.
ME and the dog were covering Kan
sas city. st. Louis, Memphis n that
circuit abouts three years ago, taking
II off easy ones I'm comfortable hunks,
when | stacked up against a pretty
wise one. IL was in Knoxville. where
l had got together "A playing squad of
| 49, 80 80 NknN lAnlraI rfNA for
plucking. I got into 'em pretty fairly
after a weeks work.. and the mutt was
in good form. one of the good things
the one that | had got into the hole
worse than any of the others-seemed
to take a great interest in the mutt
after he had been stacking up. a bad
loser. against our game for 10 days or
so. but there wasn't a pin of suspicion
in his face. He Just seemed to like
the dogs rubber neck antics, and n
night, when he was dropping slathers
to me. he studied the moves of the dog
with unusual intentness.
You ought to teach that poodle
how to play draw said he to me. and /
was beginning to fear he was getting
next. But he kept on looking as NOON
faced and easy as usual and losing
right along. though | couldn't help no
ticing how carefully he watched the
moves of the mutt.
The next night, when we again sat
down at the game, I again noticed that
the young geezer had his eye on the
dogs moves behind the chairs. l also
noticed that he generally stayed when 1
fell out after the draw. IN that when
he did stay, with me out, he very often
took big hunks out of the other two
young fellows. ! couldn't quite get next
10 this, the duck looked such a Rube.
Finally a big jack came around. and l.,
only having eight high, kept out of IL.
One of the other young fellows opened
the pot, the man mex TO hin stayed.
and the moon-faced RUDE. who had
been watching my dog so carefully. rails
ed the both OF 'em before the draw. Ii
was a good, stif raise he gave 'em. at
that. They stood 1t and stayed In. They
bet around for Is minutes, and then
the slob who had been the