The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

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| Edward Porter Cheney, - years old. OF
Asbury Park, N j., brotner-in.iaw OF
! Horace Greeley II In this tity on ms an
nual visit to 'see. the ELEPHANT as ne ex-
| presses 1t. Mr.. Cheney was born In Litcn-
| field. Conn. In 1876. His younger sister
Mary, married Horace Greeley. ana MT.
| Cheney was one or the printers engaged
| on the Tribune when 1t began.
Mr.. Cheney was found yesterday at
the Mills hotel. No. ]. He IL q man OF me-
dunn height, was dressed neatly m suit
| OF brown, and though he carries a walking
| STICK. makes very little use OF II, as - at
tested by the fact that ne frequently loses
| 1t. Mr.. Cheney was IN pad humor De-
| cause he could find nothing at the hotel to
amuse MIN.
ut hurts my eyes to read very much,
! he said. "and these stupid card players
here don't know how to play anything but
! seven-up and p.nochle. A man gets nve
J trumps In the deal ana there you are.
| That's the end Of that hand, and there's
no money in it. Shuttle the cards and deal
4, again. Now. IL I could get into little
| game of penny-ante."
| The Sun reporter purchased a checker
| board and found quiet corner In the big
| lounging room Of the hotel. The game
| under way, Mr.. Cheney became reminis-
| cent
II left my home In Connecticut" he
| sad. when was only 20. and came to
| this city, where / learned the printers
| trade It's your jump But ] couldn't
| keep quiet anywhere I always liked to
| play poker, and I learned lot about 1t
| right here In New York made up nay
| mind to go south and trust to luck. and
| from the time was % until was mar
| ried, twenty-five years ago, never was
| At this point IN his story the old gentle
| mans checkermen became involved in
| difficulty. and he suspended talking until
| the end of the game which resulted In
| draw.
ION my first trip SOUTH he continued.
| II played poker all through the Gulf
| states to the Mississippi river and spent
| the last year on the river steamers My
| hands weren't so stin then as they are
! now, and could deal from the top or bot
| tom Of the deck equally well. knew all
| the ins and outs of the game, and besides
| that had lot Of luck / remember the
| last game I played before ! came back.
| 1t was In hotel In New Orleons. There
] were six of us playing IS limit game and
| had about $1,000. The game was even
| all the way through when we came to the
| final consolation jackpot. Everybody put
| up 81, and we raised the limit to $40.
| was second from the dealer and passed
| for a play. though ! had aces and skies.
| The man next to me opened for $40 and
| all stayed to the dealer, who raised the
| opener $40. The next man stayed. and as
| thought the dealer had stayed on pairs,
| raised back. Everybody stayed and the
| dealer raised again. That made $40 on my
| aces up, and thought had had enough.
| II saw his raise, and decided not to split
| my pairs, but to draw straight Every
body stayed again. The first man drew
| one card. and l asked for one. The dealer
threw the card carelessly and 1t fell face
! UP on the table. 1t was the six of hearts,
| and would have filled my hand; but ac-
| cord,ng to the rules there couldn't have
| 1t, so turned It over and threw II in the
| discards Two Of the men drew two cards
| each and the fifth man drew one. After
| studying his hand the dealer drew two
| and then gave me my card. shuffied 1t