The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11

hand Fceney took q big. hunk out Of his rival
He, had three deuces face up and Cnrmod,
eepdo three 6Ifes i i =, on TOP rI,,v Fe enHJon began r., t9 c be-
mody decided that his compatrioi was adopt.
Ing new tactics in hluflnR; and, quite natural.
sight. he moi only stood every raise. but raised
back the limit every time.
stractedly to himself. when there was nigh
onto $4,000 in chips in tile centre OF the balze
This Harp. from C9nnemara across the table
can't turn two OF these tricks one right after
the other, The percentage of the game Is
against such a thing as thut, And, he's Just
his 'nrst exhibited system OF. bluhang. Tim,
another 500, II you want TO. feast your Multi.
gan blue eyes on this other knave of mine in
And s,loo.' said Teenev. with all the con-
STLus they went on for fully fifteen min
utes. until the proportions ofthe not were
really alarming. considering that neither OF
There was S7,2OO in the middle OF tho table
his wilt on philanthropic grounds, -,
" With n drink or two in you. Tim he said.
you're an. %incnutious and an unwise citizen
for a mar humping along toward 80 yenrs Of
look that. And dSIM Mrs t'G Feen "s" I Been Sn" telling
my wife FOR the past twelve years that she's
SSs sn maS to ,f fHHe d g l9GE rs i halSmsse la too t@: but SSSr t4 fSf
the journey. So. / won't be the means of cast
ing gloom around your household, Tim: see
your S1VO. and what's the color. Of that cheap
"Feeney turned over his fourth deuce ana
Carmody''s nerve and he had to have several
big drinks Of the hard stuff TO set him right
again. 1g r.. W he was drinking Eeeney took Sok
How much do you figure you'll pull down
IRON those two contracts. DAMP he asked his
:, ". ,1StsS : sT 55!:1,9 sAs qnp1sSTe;sd GGS1 Corn Tt. quick dS;s:
fire has been worth to you. eh. Timg'
WHATS the use of depicting tho capital that
you've plrendy got in bank asked Teeney with
900. and I'm good for that II I'm good for q
already out s11.U00 in this poker game. and
he wanted that money back The idea Of play.
rather ~appealed to his Imagination, which was
not less active. on account Of the huge quantity
""S!@SF el IT, III PfS ae! IS You q VITAE iii do to give you a
start In, ,n ne nv Tim amso, said ID g GiaIrmmG01dy finally.
ing you call those two contracts worth SO.
GOO. return me those checks for S11,O00. and
say sn that j. the I've st co n I've got in my
III give you a chance to take, as big a fall out
Of the contracts as you think YOU can,
by to bee lGs% de sSI1se a nssRey f The 1 two sn sont sso9a
we're pushed into the centre OF the table by
bb asinSsss.' b Snd ie T deai IN ad 10 make n nate OF Of my my
Ghanging value OF the contracts as the game
well the game continued to go Feeney's
way; and Carmody Just looked at his contracts
as Feeney began to edge them nearer and
w nfaFsr he to f sls end that Of t tns od 5nSls; cS verne ~
much velvet. didn't look happy when Feeney
picked $4,000 more out of them. leaving their
he played on in the hope of better luck. Fin
ally E queer Iwo hand ca a arSa,r o nna Carmody
did Feeney. This thing fn made enc Garm aeSY|, mad
OF all the niQRerfng out 1 ever saw. he
exclaimed; this is the worst. but It's about
tine hn1i ! ! n9dd the heb best oft when it comes to pure
so he bet he limit that he had a better
eeaarrdi IN in the hole than sl Feeney, Feeney cam
sSsllSdsi proba ids % Sp' soPry t they RSsr gone 81 'h into
s9e ,n5ne tS he ne said t MneG Rn 5ee f Fbey, da Ss s came
and went right ahead.
This is surrey the hottest case Of a stand.
.Feeney, and 1 shouldn't be surprised IL we
had 70 split the pot when the showdown comes.
But I'm as good as YOU. Carmody. on the four
going to keep II, up that long
When my tab, Of the shifting, value Of the
contracts showed that CasEJmnoSd nn interest
Looked up at the ceiling of the cardroom and re-
Here he said, Is where I get my contracts
s%'g those sss.o Saiid}ns H'' at : T hey bsiles: f Fs'sS%'ff
"Feeney turned over a six SPOT. Carmody's
card In the. hole was a FIVE. Feeney was the
q Of E 4 ha n, Interest eSd IN ,hS Gsssr%P mod fine
pened that these two builders. who had al
ways gone It singly and alone. built up The
t Raiats m at paE The balles T work f Eat at tRree 50 ye Msis
alter they went into a general contracting part
nership and they've been getting rich ever
Dailes boat that induced me to Conclude that
old-fashioned draw was good enough for me-"