The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-04

body passed up to him, an he, lookin'
ut his cards an tnin' ace full o.
sevens, Just naturally opened it for ten
dollars. AS they'd all passed he didn't
expect TO catch more'n one or two suck
ers, an he didn't want to open it for
too much, fear o scarin' 'em out, nor
neither for too little, fear O maxim 'cm
he was strong.
Wei, just naturally he was consider
able surprised when four other players
pot, bein' $50 which he were morally
certain O gettin, for there wasn't no
way o hggerin' out how any one O. the
Iour, not having openers to draw to was
anyways likely to beat an ace full. So
snyder he picked up the deck to help
EN- to cards, with n spirit O. true Chris
uan thankIuinesS an content So far
into his hands
When it come to caIlin' for the draw
II looked still better. Ev'ry man O. the
Tour called for three cards shown thew
h3dnt none OF EN- bettern'n one pair
fWan't likely neither that there was
bettern a pair o tens out. thout some
couldn't be bettern' kings cause Sny
der mad three aces in his full There
couIdn ha' been anything much better,
II ne stacked the cards. which he
h3dh l. cause if he had he'd ha' Dlaved
different afterWard ~
If ever there was a case where a man
W@S wei or that was at that time,
an if Snyder'd only been content to leave
Well enough alone he'd ha' got the fiftv
he was a playin' for an might bas oona
nome reasonable happy. But the demon
OF aYarlce entered into Snyder's soul an
ondoin.' 'Ot9i
=, 1t was this way When he seen all
them four men calm for three cords
ne s0t TO an fingered how 'twould be in
Inc betln'. 1t was plain enough if he
stood pat they wouldn't none of 'em call.
no no matter how much he might bet, an;
thouSh he were cock sure O. WinnIn' tba
pot ne couldn't get no more out of II
IMAM The $50 there was in 1t already am
ieein as he did that that was certain
more out OF it. Course he couldn' draw
cards 'thout Dustin his full house, an,
ne couldn't hang on to his full 'thout
he Il better do. -
The way he carlated was this: They
am tnobody round here IS goin to get
best threes they is in the deck. IF
discard one of my seNens they all Think
l opened on two pair, an if any body
PEI i9 ~ likely get a raise. Any way
! II ne pretty sure to get call an what
ever ! get over an above what's in the
pot now II be velvet. If I discard botb
SeNe4s ltll give away my hand for threes
and L won't be SO likely to get a CALI
II sounded plausible to the iodrottted
fooI own ears, he bein', as I said. nos
Sessed of the demon of avarice an not
cnucked a seven an drew one card
reckon if a tenderfoot was telIin,
TINS TINS story he'd make out that Sam Sny-
Ger draWed a fourth ace an somebOdv
else made a full house. but I don't have
to put any such frills on to a plain tale
o poker playin'. Poker itself is too
mysterious an too full of surprises for
to make it necessary to think up lies to
tell about it. Just the plain. unpainted
truth is strange enough, an points a
moral well enough to make lies onneces-
nl1el angyC-1
fooilshness. What Snyder did was "a
pluck u me2sly four out O. the deck IesTr
IN him with the three of a kind he had
1lgSered on, which in the natural co1lrsa
OF circumstances would ha' been S1,fo
hcient to scoop the pot. But the man
u mat ITS tfe4mpts heaven the way that he did
4sln hlm tooth an toe nail, an fhat.s
Just what happened to Snyder.
Davis and Morland what had drawed
to a pair, didn't better, so when Snvder
put up ten spot for a coaxer. fbey
laid down, quite proper. Anderson sot
next an he'd made three Fights. so he
Just naturally histed it ten. an ESlIison
ne come in with FOOLS luck and histed
it twenty-five. '-7 '''
You see, settin' whore he did he had
a a,o chance nance to come into the jack pot for
haVin the last say he could not be histed.
so he come in on general principles hay
in, nothin but ace, king to draw to. an
I'll be horn swoggled If he didn't catch
straight. is =
We'll. Snyder couldn't do notinn' hut
lay down or call for a show. bavin'
Sl2 or SIS left. If he'd ha' had. sense o.
course he'd ha' laid down. seem three
double rise. but he KEEP on hayin' fool
confidence in his three aces. an conse--
quently dropped out o. the game right
tiien an there broke. If he hadn been
so graspin' he could h3l' laid in-Ieonsid-
cradle winter provisions for the Sny(le.
family on that ace full 80 s.ei