The representative., 1900-05-17
GETS COLD FEET E!
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS THAT &C.
CUR IN A GAME or POKER.
A Session Of the Fascimafiag Game In
Idah0-Three Shecpmem and q
Stranger Who Had to Catch q
Tra1n-The Sherlock Holmes Way
Out-The BridegroOM's Pleo-An
Imperative Engagenenf.

Out-The Bridegrson's Plea-A.
Imperative Enlargement.
''Some rainy Afternoon when I've got moth.
ing to do but sit indoors and wait fcl
gctng to write a treatise entitltd Poker
Cold Feet From . Pathological and Psycho-
logical Point of View . said Doc Lodd
OF the Cherokee nation. at a Chicago ho-
tel the ether night. Mot that l cherish
the belief that the grisly symptoms CT cold
feet In poker are not fully apprehended
by the whole community of poker players
but 1t seems to me that the nature and
character of cold feet in poker. together
with some general tips as to how and
when to get the same. and perhaps map
OF the United States showing by shaded
sections those parts of the country where
II isn't healthful for a man who's a big
winner suddenly to acquire q case of frigid
pedals in game Of draw, would be a good
thing. and that it ought to sell pretty
well. We're all subject to sudden at
tacks CT frappe underpinnings when we are
to the good in a game of draw. but all of
US don't just exactly know how to get away
with the proposition. The work CT some
OF us when we get that way is pretty
coarse; we are net convincing enough to
make 1t stick. and 1t occasionally happens
that we have real difficulty er enbarrass-
ment at the least in breaking out into
the open with the goods on us. That's
why l think a brochure on the subject
ought to make hit.
i once sat in a game with three sheep
men out In Idaho. l didn't know any of
them very we'll. From the beginning of
the soiree couldn't lose. l was due to
take the midnight train on the U. p. for .
town in Oregon. but hadn't said anything
about that before sitting in the game. And
when went right cut and got their money
dnsf foa1 ~
exactly dead right on my part to mention
IT, At II O'Clock. after three hours play
l had $1.850 Of. their money, and still go
ing easy. yanking down three pots out of
five. In another hour had to make that
train. and l knew that could never do it
with all that gilt Of these sheep men en-
me. Said l to myself, Five hundreds a
good enough winner. 50 I'll just slough of
all but $500 of this bunch, and by that
time it'll be midnight. and l can do a
sudden cash-in. and maybe they'll let me
get away with it,
80 1 began to bluff 'em out Of their
boots. / raised it before the draw and
stood pat on king high and they cussed
asd laid down: I drew to three card 1ushes
and filled them; ia hold out a dead one
to pair, and it seemed to be simply i'm
possible for me to push any portion of
that $1,S50 over to them.
"On the contrary. inside OF another half
hour was $500 more TO the good of them,
making me $2,A50 winner. l knew that 1
couldn't get away with all that-not with
the sheep men en- the other side OF the
table. and l didn't want 'em to render me
porous and leaky with the forty-fives
that they had strapped in plain view around
their waists. Neither did l want to do
any backing and filing and crawhshing. I'd
got their money on the level, and it was
mine; and If l couldn't l-se 1t back to
them deccn.ly aad in order at the same
game at which I'd got 1t away from them
then it was UP to me TO do something else
- The tempers OF the three sheep men
were pretty craggy By this time, and
didn't know what to expect of them. but
ten minutes before the train was DUE just
after I'd hauled in another jackpot worth
$150, l pushed back my chair stretched
my arms yawned quite cavernously and
got up.
My friends. said l. hanging on tight so
~ not to permit my voice to tremble. this
concludes my portion of the entertainment
They all leaned back in their chairs and
looked up at me. and they looked darnsd
ugly. at that.
The devil you say said one OF them.
Yes. said l. still fighting that tendency
OF my voice to wabble on critical occasions
this is where pass out. I'm going To-
Feel draft on your feet, hey?' said the
uglleSt OF the sheep men. surveying me sar-
donically. Subject to chilblains, are you!
Look here podner. that may go all right
away such conduct is viewed with disfavor.
If not with suspicion; and, anyhow, you're
not we'll acquainted enough around this neck
o sage brush to do jack rabbit scramble
OF that sort. You've got to know
Il cleared my throat loudly, took a grip
on the back OF my chair, and cut in right
there.
m up against it. in way, said. and !
don't think there was quaver in my pipes !
tnen, on account or my .neglectfulness. l ;
neglected to state. when l sat into this ;
game, that I'm booked for the west bound
train that creeps in here at midnight; conse- !
Quently, in accordance with the poker code !
that's lived up to in this section, it's prob !
ably not up to me to make that announce i
ment now, when I'm way to the good and |
expect to hike with my winnings. It's COM
ing to me to state. however. that I'm a :
square man, and that l got this bunch in !
strictly on-the-level play. But the busi-
aess that I'm embarking on this midnight
rain for is of whole lot more Importance
70 me than any poker winnings; and I'm
written poker rules or notions that may
arevail up this way. Therefore, for the
AXE OF being agreeable I'll just cash in the
400 worth OF chips bought when sat in,
md you gentlemen may make whatever
livision OF nay winning that best suits you.'
THE three sheep men listened attentiyely
o that spiel. 1t was the only way knew to
,et out OF the predicament. AS tell it now.
may look as Ii showed the miik-white
'lume: but they were three against one.
nd never went a-hunting for that kind Of
'other. When I got through they looked
It each other. Then they all got up.
IS Cash in your hundred, nothing said the
gliest OF the three. looking me straight
a the eye. and right then l figured that
Vhen the shooting began it would be best
or me to drop suddenly to the floor and try
o crawl to one Of the windows. You don't
ash in no hundred here. You cash in every
ahmed chip In your stack. and you get
way with 1t, too. We amt no hogs out
his-a-way, and we don't do the baby act
'hen the game doesn't run our way-not [
ut here in Idaho. we don't; and when a
ian hands me. for one. proper talk like ,
hat one you've just put up. he gets all I
hats a-coming to him. and no trouble to
pillow. You cash In, and you take drink |
nth US. and we'll put you ON the train. &
nd II you ever happen back this-a-way.
1st dig US up and give US another hack at I
ou; II you don't happen back this-a-way. l
- AL right anyhow That's me-
same here. said the other two in !
horus. q
That's how got out of Idaho with 81. 600 (
three sheep mems money, when the best b
was looking for was chance to Jump out
the window and take the sash along with
70. But was just lucky enough to be up '
sa1nst three square men, and I've seen an 4
lactly similar situation come out altogether 1
nerently. This happened in Tucson, about
ght years ago. George McAlpin, an ex- t
'ldier OF the cavalry, regular army, was the |,
an who got the cold feet. McAlpin had S
eaned up all the money drawn from the a
'vernment by three troops Of cavalry dur a
g his fve-year enlistment and when he n
't MS discharge he was several thousand