The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02

his smile disappenred very sudisniE when
Denham showed down his lulu. with a Jack Of
You take a pretty hefty chance at this
game. don't your incurred Denham good,
T natsr e ,Eo making Dos Ns the p sss%s1 Pr ,I n4ysS S6 TO
that, had CAPTURED the lulu. did ~
Hs3 Where do YOU, get OF on this. anyhow?
You've got a iscE high; AZ H. mine are 4. fon ynii
Gown the pot himself.
~, softly; my boy said d. p SalSI cd mm9;IIon dnf
"'Wha the devil's the lu!u?' INQUIRED the
stranger, this time with u good deal OF testi-
."Denham. and the other two shcepmen ,ex-
planned the lulu - the stranger; and asked him
Rom y lS9F to ne q a nna R SSSsl8 Se' on s"G the sS Wall. With WITH
these words. printed on II;
The lllu beats anything In the deck
We'll, the stranger. after sizing up all three
men with whom he was %plnyinG. and making
certain that they we're not stringinR him, stood
until he threw away his hand 1 thought he
was going to make trouble.
YOU'VE slipped in one on me that didn't
the game. and i've rot, no Kick coming, But
whatever you cali + roker, MS more iike
beam. bag. or tag or bl.ndmnn,s hun. How
even Nio ! ne al ! three ps; S " the he u ih zee pmeSa' Denham
especially. thought It remarkable that any
man who had driited IS far az Sheridan and
frankly that had he known Of The strangers
p iH2raif i to Z" h ,hn' WIEN hen the players We're We're in.
",0h, that's all right said the strangsr. an.
Ing, With. ::nut, iii lay FOR the lulu hereafter
II t f..N'"T res Sl1%"' the the FSms. The
strangers wallet had been considerably de;
creased in size. but i seemed to contain half
p Which the lulu had ,S.a!en him u H needed
II all. however, for II didn't seem as II he could
hands a oS Sft' a III Iitsle T st S teppsa a sSe !, w sim really IL
painful to zee how he got fingered out when
a he rS Srssht ts so%f sniI an T ScTl ai stsy ,Rs S Ei!4 pla dGr
he cauabt a astiuf that induced him TO raise il
the draw raw T FVer7 man mao in %ef The f buHeH appeared r"e,Ped
TO have caught good, nat things that time. and
f Int v e1t on' Eti ffSSf i. MS As slGtG at The trsn TssfT;
suggestion. the limit was taken of before the
draw. and by the time they we're ready TO take
card; III. stranger ,di%G,t even pisk UP ii.
n Nodded ,riH that Tf he Gid IL n need la any yne" 'o"0' ou'
When they got through netting. about half
an hour later. the pot was worth close on 70
81, and every man was still in the game.
~ cali said Denham. because I'm too
much to the good to slaughter you reople after
SuCn a nara winter on inc 1HnEcS, anu 1 We ElL
fourdeuces. The three others stood forthe call.
md the shr,erman mex, to u peddhsm put dow
The other sheepman sighed and showed his
Tat flush. The stranger smiled amiably and
There's something. fascinating about
he started to haul in the big not with both Of
-" Just a second said Denham. You're
beat you see. The lulu's been PLAYED once to,
night. you remember, and therefore your hand
the shespmen-iet's have a look at the other
George Meiisn. the sheepman addressed
wall. took hold II the sign that upheld The lulu
as bsatinR ANYTHING in the deck; and turned It
over. On that side was printed this:
" The lulu can only be played once at a sit
THE stranger no sooner saw this than his
eyes hlazed like a Wildcats in a hollow tree. I
away rcm there. and did So did all the rest
e the lookers,on; had no sooner got outside
It was all over George Mellen came out and
asked us 70 give him a liit With the victims.
The stranger ha1 two ngl let in his let e. shoul-
and bv the time he got out Of the Cheyenne
h2spitsi the lulu had beer SO thorouShly ex,
kinks Of which he was ignorant, Denham had
a bullet, in, his stomach and the other sheen
got well. too. and I've played a lulu with the
two Of them in the game on a number OF occa-
The only case on record Of two lulus being
held on tho same deal happened In Cheyenne
four years ago. 1t was in n game between q
and the assis sp,ntt warden OF the CheSenne jail.
The Sergeant had to call when he had nut in
his last dollar Of his months pay, and he only
a queen. on TOP. The warden had a ten high
lulu. and the top heart took the money"