The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-24

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the gamblers were puzzled, but they were
eager enough to get chance at the jay
pocktbook, and after very few WORDS
he was seated at the table with stack OF
chips and a roll of bills in front OF him
"Of course he won at first, and equally
of course. there was very little money IN
the pots he raked in. The surprising thins
about it was that he really seemed TO De
as ignorant as he pretended. He asked fool
questions about the value of hands ana
made blunders with his chips that were
natural enough for a beginner ana were
skillfully done if he was making a pre-
tense of ignorance l made up my mind
that 1t was a plain case OF fool ana ms
money but there was no law compelling
me to protect him against his will at my
own great peril. So followed my old rule,
and said nothing.
81 sat where could see. his cards for he
held them careIessly, and il didn't take me
long to be convinced that he was really an
ignoramus. OF course the cards were
stacked against him, and he held just what
they wanted him 10 hold, excepting when
it was his deal But he had way of shut
fling them, awkwardly enough, but thor
oughy, which served TO put them straight
when ne held the deck.
and he had the proverbial luck OF the
beginner. If the game had been straight
one l reckon he would have cleaned out
the crowd only for the fact that he didn
know the value of the hands. Then no
ticed the first time he dealt, for he drew TO
an ace, king and jack of spades, and got
two more spades. L looked to see him bet
furiously on an ace flush, for he had bet
up two pairs higher than they were worth
But to my amazement he threw away his
hand without bet. 'Hadn't even pair,
he exclaimed in disgust, and | looked Tor q
speedy end to the game.
TT came, but not in the fashion / tx-
pected On the second or third round aft
er he threw down his flush, it happened
that he caught a pair of aces on his ovr
deal and, drawing to them, ne caught an
other ace and a pair of fours By this
time the gamblers had begun TO squeeze
| him, so that he had lost all he had Or
at first and perhaps a hundred more, anc
| was in frame of mind to plunge little
| 1 was not surprised therefore, when ht
| saw the bet of $40 that the man before
| him made and raised it $50. The age mar
| dropped out, and so did the next and The
next. / thought the fourth one would lay
| down also, but it happened that he alst
| had hand, and after studying bit, h'
| called.
what have you got?' he asked, push
| ing his fifty into the pot
Three aces said the greenhorn
| showing his ace full
! No good said the gambler, coolly
| I've got a straight And he showed IL.
| ACTUALLY the poor devil didn't know
he had won, and, as the gambler reache'
for the pot, he made no motion to CLAIM
| it.
ut was so barefaced a swindle tina
three or four men in the group of lockers
| on gave vent to a smothered exclamation
| Everybody had seen that the greenhor
had no show, but nobody he'd cared to SO,
anything, and it was establishment lathe
| than Indignation that caused the mutter
/ ing,
''The gambler, however, looked up quick
ly and angrily. Has anybody anything I
say about it?' he demanded with snoS
of buster. I reckon the gentleman know
how to play his own game. Don't YOU
he added, turning to his victim.
Yes, / suppose / do he answered,
little confusedly You win the money
don't you? A straights beat three of
Kind, don't it.?
Certainly IL does, said the gambler, an
he was pulling in the money when quiel
determined looking man behind me spok
up.
That's too muchp he exclaimed. 'Yo
give that man the pot Cards talk, an
Odf1I&u IL III BOlh5 W SIc NiiN PCp
fool robbed just because he doesn't kno'
he holds a fun house Drop the money
l say
HE pushed forward to the table as h
spoke, and as ali four of the gamblers ros
from their seats he had a revolver out l
each hand.
Il looked to see some of the four dra'
their pistols, but there was pause. n
one Of them cared to draw the first fire
and the man who had claimed the pot dc
manded, still with some show of blustei
| who are you that feels called on to In
terfere in game Of cards"
I'm Jack Lee said the man with tn
guns, very quietly but clearly.
Evidently the name was knowr
though / was not familiar with IT, for il
for another moment. tnf f
at was broken by the grecnhorn VIII
suddenly exclaimed, as IL great Ugh
had broken in on him. BY gum. doe
them little four spots count, too. though
they was not good when had the dces'
This was too much for the gravity. o
), the crowd and everybody laughed evel
the gamblers, who had been ballsed
Yes, you Internal idotps exclaimed on
of them. Take your money, and go 4
some infant school for few years. Youv
got off dirt cheap this time, thanks L
Mr.. Lee
And he bowed TO the interloper VIII,
put his revovers back in his pockets, an,
actually looked ashamed of himself
q" Hes no friend of mine, he declared
with q strong emphasis, and wouldn'
have thought Of interfering so long al
you kept 20 the game. But u did rlle me
acknowledge. to see that last play. Tn