The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-19
THE WICKEDNESS OF THIS WORLD.

was on a train coming out of Chicago some time ago. Dr. Milburn tells the story himself to illustrate the shrewd- ness of some of the sharks around Chi cago who prey upon the unwary.
 "The train was crowded" said pr. Milburn, "and l had just settled myself to enjoy my paper. The train was slow ly moving out of the depot and was touched upon the shoulder. l looked into the face of a Incorporating man who rather impressed me by his man. her. He asked me very courteously II | | would like to join in a game of cards to while away the time on the train. ! "'No sir. I do not care to join in game of cards I replied
 l "The man apologized for the intru- sion, and I followed him with my eyes. He stopped by a elderly gentleman two seats from mine, and I supposed asked | the same question and received an af- | firmative answer, for the old gentleman arose and followed him down the car few seats, where two seats had been turned facing each other and were occu- pied by two gentlemen, one of them young man of refined appearance, r5sem- bling a professional man.
 | q saw introductions made and the four settle themselves for their game and thought no more of the circum- stance till the train was pulling up for l Grand avenue station, when l noticed two men pass hurriedly by my seat out on to the platform and disappear in the crowd. As they left the car I noticed | one of them was the same man who had asked me to join in the game of cards. l q was somewhat surprised at this, as I had inferred that the gentleman was | beginning a long journey, and we had been on the train but twenty minutes, Grand avenue station being only about eight or nine miles out. In fact, we were still in Chicago.
 q looked back to the seats where I l had seen the four settle themselves for their game of cards and saw the young man sitting there alone. He seemed to be in distress. Indeed, it was very ap- parent that he was in deep trouble. 50 pronounced was it in fact that l arose and walked back to him.
 "'You are in trouble, my friend said I, what is it?'
 "I have just been robbed of one hun dred and thirty two dollars said he, py those two men who left the car. l am sure I was robbed
 "He then told me that he had been ap- preached by the two men the same as had been by one of them and had agreed to join in a game of cards to pass away the time. The old gentleman had evi- i dently been called in just to fill up. It was suggested that the four play euchre and have the opposites for partners. The young man was the partner of the man who had approached me. They had played two or three hands when one of the two men, who were evidently to- gether, remarked as he picked up hls hand that he wished they were playing poker, as he had a splendid poker hand The other remarked that he also had 9 good poker hand, and the young man who knew the national game, remarked that he, too. had a good poker hand
 "' I would be willing to bet five dol lars just for fun that my hand is the best said one of the two with laugh
 "I believe my hand is better thar yours,' remarked the other in careless laughing way and will bet you ten dollar note that I have you beaten Maybe my partner has a. poker hand too,' looking across at the young man
 "The young man said he did have remarkably good hand-four aces oi something like that, l believe he toc me-and as he wanted to be sociable ant at the same time show his friends thai he was a man of the world, he said ht would take a hand in the betting ant l I,o will +p -ta tyXranfU 1O1l1 rs that he had both the others beaten
 "'Well, that is a coincdence,' re- marked one of the two. Three good DO ker hands out all in one euchre hand Maybe our other friend here has DO ker hand, too
 'The old gentleman replied with shake of his head that his hand was no even a good euchre hand.
 "'WelI,' said the first speaker with { laugh. this is getting interesting. We are all friends here together, and l will just bet thirty dollars I have you botf beaten.
 By this time each of the three was more or less excited with the fever O. gambling. The second stranger said ht !, would bet fifty dollars and the young
 man with the four aces, seeing, as ht thought, chance to earn his expenses off of two plunging brokers or racehorst men. said he would be willing to stakt seventy-five dollars.
 "The money was pulled out as he sait this, and the others hesitated. They said they didn't think their hands wer' worth that much, but what was ont hundred dollars anyway? So the frs cpeaker said he would just bet the ever hundred The second stranger said h' was not to be bluffed out in any gen tleman's game, and he would bet ont hundred and twenty-five dollars. Tn young man, sure now that he was witt two mere plungers, said he would jus go broke on his hand, and, as he hat ! just one hundred and thirty-two dol lars with him, he would bet that.
 "'Well, I guess you have me beatel this time,' remarked the first speaker but I am going to throw you littl , more money and just call you.'
 "The other man did the same, remark ing that he was going to see the thint through if he spent all his pocket mon ey. There was three hundred and nine i, ty-six dollars on the grip they wer using for a table.
 CT have a king full said the frs speaker. Is that good?'
 , "'No good, said the young man eXci tedlv. I have four aces,'
 King, queen, jack, ten and nine o