The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-05

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confidence. outhbert was an, uneven PLAYER,
not a cool-headed man at, all: He had no IL
circumstahNcss In The hrst place. he drank too
much, over the, gnme, and, In the second place,
he he tried to play poker ~ intuition suIitdi AZ A. n st ! 81 81
the other fellows forehead. He knew. poker
t%hoTouEhlyy. Of course. and he bad nasshes Of
his, work now. I'd call his poker ragged. uneven
""f on al that. 'GSaSthbert had Lescolette's checks
S %SB st & 3b sS other P 9SSio E Tss isif oS 10 o wt tes the tSS
SsoneThst dcePeped earnestnsss Of manner
ike Il in The hole, After ne had dashed on the
check that put. him that, amount, out. he sent
and their friends spent an hour or SO over the
%eil resume. then !, said Lsscolette. and
pints Of wine to wash down his luncheon, and
t sR6s4 r g nHsSaSFt there esSv Was sT too G mS SS66G ooior IN fSis
cheeks for a SUCCESSFUL poker player. Lesco-
"Outhbert split open a new deck. when play
was resumed, and rlfied them rather uncer-
"'Damp q new deck Of machine FURNISHED
cards. said he, Joe, you timber them up and
"Iescoiette took the deck and rinled Thorn
out ali over the table, tossed them ABOUT every
EaiSn IN Tn q b tH5 E f aiti dt tSSS esSia. s shsp pps sS.
Ing them over to Cuthbert for the cut. dished
""Cuthbcrt vas one, of those poker players
rlbly bad form that. but o9tp6eTt, with RPls
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EemArked: Phil, are you ssreSpE enough to
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az Ivy ,sS% Y SRS ,sSI! $50 { s.tsIIag chip Pd1eE vsp IL t 4 IN mid /
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oes''9 sSp PC Ssa'' s sas 'S 9ESgtSSe n ms st Hin9 ps SlR'p but
steady, 3 make 4 500 more to ply; JSeT
in a yslioW chip to match Guutf6bertfsS.
How menyP asked Lescolette. ready to
""Sone.' said Cuthbert, who looked. queer
and unnatural with his white countenance and
So strong as that on the go-in2' sedd Les
~colette. elevating his eyebrows, You have me
seined: I required a card And he served
" pretended to have a bit of business to at
tend to behind. CuthbeE5s chair so I could
Ssan7SS,t at q6 his b hfPd3 I e. nhd four cs ACES. fo I
hind him. ,Lsscolette, .did9't. make any sign
at the card he had drawn. He looked
up for a bet, for 1t was up TO Cuthbert
"A thousand dollars. make it. Joe." said
- %96 I'm net Ina in 50 deeply deeply that cant pill
aIf6EseS, and S9 re- 800. ltS more gS@; your thousand is
This was precisely what Cpthbert wanted;
sand minor @UrS SC %ossp {SS aaFie. said he Ten thou
""Lessolette Looked up st cuthbeEt suddenly,
tug; SG and hesdi SSaG a as it i Were iP'S " 0'
Joe,' r epR'sd re- Sas HRBs you !f% p1a S9nsld aseo IT fS;
TOO strong. whyG
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any Of your raises; I simply vas consid-
ering my W almost tnvincible strength
s s.3S gstl and you DIRE drew Sh a cs Sd, you
g regard van me Sss a e. = s PttjS5 Sp P, Aslfs in this like
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Eroup Of looE Keep track Of this with a
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u chance into the hSld, OF uncertainty said
Suoeher SIC $751; go! JOE %s III nave to make 1t still
"Lescolette. the more common-sense mar Of
he two. rested bis hands on the table before
IT don't think I want any more of this,
3p moaet III he ih ssi Dot. 'T Il Tou Il P Be id I s fc4 si deal
me OF us to say that we could easily afford to
C Ss our Hnt rfsG gorl ss sh ; r. fas the 1t Pot as , # stands Rds
I'm too well aTed. I haven't had such a hand
~ n 4 a - ~ - .a;5 C,thL..k Ek.-
,uPtlnE. Why not be a sportsman and play
"T T6Is rem 5S%a * p leSas1l ksfGOlS TSs iqst S enough Eh
more talk on his part.
Ten thousand moro than you he said.
mp Sfhen the ffrEfends of the two men began to
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! at2PpinG point. or should be,
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notebooks and began to run over their bank &C;
Both found that they had ABOUT tapped
,hecks. payable to each others. order. for their
respective shares Of the amount in the pot. and
Joe. I Cant let down in this; Icould never
quite iqrSiys myself If I did. Appraise my st,
Iescolette. protested; He had often visited
Juthbert at his beautiful St, James place. He
protested bard; Yet. he wouldn't cali
Juthbert again. Lsscolstte declined to do it.
md Cuthbert appealed to one OF his friends to
"'T should say your g, James plantations
ire worth close to $250.OOO. said this gentle
livery we'll. said Cuthbert. Shall l say,
Zoe. that those three squares OF yours on Canal
street are worth the same amountr
"Iescoiette nodded gTavely.
Rather more than they're worth. / should
Iay.' he remarked.
Well, they'll serve. I approximate their
said .Outhbert, the flush back In his face
again and his eyes burning like goals. 1T Is
plantations; at their appraised value q
II you elect-and we'll show down.
"Lescolette nodded.
"'old man, said Cuthbert. then. you don't
hink ! play 1t low down upon your I couldn't
brow them away you fully understand Joe.
TRULY sald LescoIetts, inauIrinsIy and
+" Cuthbert. confident then that he was tho
yinpeE neSyously PLACED his hand tece up On
very intense stlenoe, the deuce Of heart; face
ke trey e hearts. Then the iSuy Il hearts,
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