The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26

laughable. 1t was a big game, and the
kid" caught it hard from the flrst
hand. The drinks came fast n the
boy got SO palpably drunk that all OF
us felt sorry for him and let him on
light; all except a well-known mining
man-IIl call him E~dwards-who
played cool and calmly and raked the
youngster fore and aft.
cit had been suggested that we play
a round of jack-pots and quit, n the
last hand had been dealt when the
sucker got in his work. The mar next
to the dealer opened the pot for $40;
the kid" who was next around, with
his head hanging down and miserably
maudlin drunk, raised him $40; the next
man dropped out, and the miner raised
it SIS. I was dealing n laid down,
and the opener thought awhile and
threw UP his hand. 1t was up to the
kid" then, and my heart bled for him
when he raised Edwards a century.
The miner was ready and sent it back
topped by fifty, and again the kid"
raised him. Between each bet the boy
would take a big drink of whisky, and
at last was almost too drunk to Keep
his eyes open. Finally the miner saw
his last raise and stopped, evidently
| puzzled, and the kid called for four
cards. I was dumbfounded and angry,
but had nothing left to do but deal.
Edwards drew one card, with a Dol
of supreme satisfaction on his face, but
the boy never saw it. He raised his
head, with his eyes bloodshot and his
face white as a sheet.
"'Betcher every damned cent you
got, he hiccoughed, n showed his
wad over in the center of he table.
"Ill call you, said Edwards, and
counted out his last penny, $1,000 in all,
then glanced at his opponent. The
kid" was dead to the world; his head
was on the table and he was in drunk
en- stupor that nothing could disturb.
One of the men held him up while [
turned over the cards that he had
crumpled in his hands. First came the
ace of hearts, and then the king of the
same suit; but Edwards was smiling
grimly and undisturbed. The queen of
hearts followed, and my heart was
humping wildly as I turned over the
| jack of hearts next, While Edwards
rose in his seat and glared like a wolf
as 1 reached for the last card.
Wait" he interrupted. THE boys
drunk, and I'll just divide the pot"
I'll be - if you do broke in an
other and the biggest member of the
party. 1t was all right for a minute,
and it's all right now There was a
ring in the voice hat meant business.
and l turned the last card slowly, and
almost shouted for joy when l saw the
ten of hearts. The boy had made a
royal lush on a four-card draw, and
Edwards had gone in on four sevens,
pat. We put the kid to bed with his
money, and h next morning he was
oblivious of everything but the begin
ming of the game and had no recollec-
ton of the most remarkable draw 1
ever heard of, and I've seen a good
MANY games of DOker."
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This is the story of a delayed cable
gram. 1t was told yesterday by a mar
from the south who stopped over for
a. day on his way to San Francisco.
You know, gentlemen" he said. Ito
heah you all talkin' about yo' salt lake
out heah makes me think about a
bathin' episode in nv native state of
GaWga." He poured out a little bour-
bon and continued: There were two
| young fellows down there who lived
in Savannah. They were perfec' gen
tlemen and great society men-ve'y
| popular with the ladies, and the men,
too. for that mattah. Well. one of
them decided to take a trip, and started
for Japan, to be gone a yeah or noah,
and the las thing he said When he
BODIED the train was that he would
send his friend back somethin' from
Japan.
I'm due cose of time, heah comes a
big bundle from John in Japan to his
friend Jack in Savannah, and among
other things were a dozen voluminous
garments marked .bathin' suits Jack
was tickled to death and invited six
girls and five boys to join him in q
beach party over at Tybee island, with
q. little supper afterwards. They We're
delighted, of cose, for Jack was a
prince among entertainers, an it was
| quite a Sociable honah to be invited to