Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-15
LoNsDAAn A coon LOSER,
Story or Life ON II Trnns-A'iaDIlo
Steamer,

steamer
sNld % Washington man who does
n lot Of LrlnsaI,anlic yoyagngi NO
plan Gun PAT himself on the BACK ana
may to b.m,E.t tlI.E he ~ 10 wise 70
he done by cand SHARPE I'VE sleh
some prGiy clever mGn get theirs ~
cards ON the ocean liners One OF them
WIS Lord LoRsllie, about rs clever mn
al around man a9 ever climbed ever
uhe glWgway Of II ship, and nobody
would ever have fanc,d thOt he'd
prove himself "a mark for proIeSSlJn'
al gamblers,
AT the time l.onsd1'c frs, came 10
the l'nit9d SlWCs he WA In ne l'lll
eide lf h,srard career, AMID the up
rear over b., landing IN ih.3 county
the fac. 4 n not ,ulk ont THAT lonsIlle
WAS puckrU Ct $1,000 On the TRIP over
BIZ George Sampson, one Of the NEST
r.Hblr Of The older clique Of St,uul.
SHIP card aharp,r,-he has since dlcd
tn au.u''a ! believe,
"J.u.lG rUmYgou had II In mInd to
do yDply LrN,dNc when hd got
aboard a l.Ncrp.ol, Sampson had
been wording the steamers for fifteen
years, and 1900 this time he was % mm
Of forty or thcrc3bouts, The two men
struck 4 friendship from The very aust
day az thc voyage, and 10 was LGnsdalr
himself who lirsD suggested-as he AZ
terwurd acknowledged, for he was n
manly young chap--ihe game Of draw,
l.fGydnlc had only recently learned
the hands at poker and he had The
poker tGGIagp's enthusiasm for The
game to gn exaggerated extent. l'r-
fcre going any iuI,her ought TO say
that Sampson always molntl.ned at
erward lnat in his play with Lonsdale
he was peri ctly on the level
"Lonsdale and Sampson started the
game on the first day out, and KEEP
III going upomst unit the steamer plCw-
ed past Sandy Hook, or course Simp-
son beat him right along, lie made
no effort to lit young IIonsdulc win
from him ut frsN lie simply played
poker and raked In the young maa's
money and checks, A lot IL MS aboard
knew Sampson, and those Of MS who
had met young LonSdale In England
gut him aside ON the second day 1nt
and automatically put NJ 10 him that
he was engaged In III pretty dIiIicult
encountcr-that, in brief, Sampson
was Il professional player of cards
For our pains we were toH that we
were too conNoundcdly oil'ic'ous,
"At any rate when the steamer was
drawing near the shore Lonsdale de-
Cded that he had had enough. Sew
cral OF us were in the Cardroom when
VOhe last hand WAS played. sampson
took the pct and Lonsdale scrubbed II
check on his American banker for the
nmount he had lest AT the sitting.
Then he locked up at Sampson for a
moment and sald'
"'Some of my friends here estimate
you ~ b. unkindly, Mir, Sampson
"'How th2t?" inquired Sampson
ccOlly--he was % man who never be-
trayed surprise,
"Well,' GGtd LOredale, "thcy main
tilin that your s".l ut cards affords
you s1mdthing better than liyelI-
hood
"'I never denied thaIt,' replied Samp-
son calmly,
Elm playing with me on this voy-
age you have employed skill alonc?"
inquired Lcpsr,Dle courteously.
"'Al your suggestion rcpied Somp-
son, with careful emphasis, i have
played draw poker with you Tor seven
days, / understand the game OF draw
poker, and | have $4,000 OF your mon
ey. 10 you want II back.
"'l'hat was % magnificent bluff on
SIMPSONS pal'h Ncu perceive, The
young chap he well knew woud not
squeNl.
"Oh, N yu elect to be tnsuting--'
snld Lonsdnle flushing hCty, and he
rose from the card liable and lett the
room.
"Well, a couple of elderly English.
men on beard who knew Lonsllale and
MS father before him went to the
Young fellow and told him that II
would be perfectly proper and right
for him to stop payment on the checks
he had given Sampsn, who, they told
him In so many words, was nothing
mere than n swndler,
"You will be good enough to MIND
your owD---business,' replied, the
hotSpur, 'INl do nothing Of the sort,
And that was the end of it,"--Wash,
ington Fest,