News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-03-14

You make a four card draw and then
try to bluff a pat hand. There are
thirteen kisses coming to ne If I call
you. but 1 guess we can both stand
more than that. SO I'll raise you fifty
dollars"
"Heatwold threw his chips on the
pile in the middle Of the table and.
chuckling merrily, lay back in his
chair.
"T,ll, see that and raise you five more
KISSES" calmly said Martha. That's
twenty-three kisses l owe you if your
hand beats mine, but my advice to you
is to stay out"
ooh. no.. said Heatwold, mot with
this hand. I'd rather kiss you a hum
dred and twenty-three times than
twenty-three. so I'll raise you hum
dred dollars"
well. Heatwold," said Martha,
give given you a god chance to save
your money, and you don't seem to
want to do it; now. if you kiss me
you've got to pay for it. I'll see your
raise and bet you twenty more kisses
that I've got the winning hand"
The prospect of fifty-three kisses
made Heatwold smack his lips, but he
had been up against Martha's luck
before; besides, his 5000 to call, and
he had that amount lacking $40. He
showed $3.50 into the pot and said III
call you, Martha. "I'M $40 shy"
81 don't play shy pots" said Martha;
put up the money if you want to see
my cards"
Honeywell threw ten dollar bill
into the pot for Heatwold, who said
to Martha. "Now what have you got
anything?"
I'm the seventh daughter Of the
seventh daughter" replied Martha, rs
she slowly spread her cards on the
table. 81 held seven spot and drew
three more. There they are"
Heatwold laid down an ace full on
fives, and, referring to his luck in
language more forcible than refined,
left the room. with his five friends
tagging along behind and occasionally
inquiring if Martha's kisses were
above the average in point of price
and sweetness.
The biggest winning that Martha
ever made was fifteen hundred DOL
lar pot, and a seven spot did the
trick It was in the winter of 1856.
The Legislature was in session ana
Ir 11o5 ms
bills that they wanted passed. AS a
consequence the lobbyists and men,
bers of the Assembly had money to
burn" The sessions in the Chamber
of Fate that winter were frequent
and unusually exciting. There was
not much chance for Martha to get
into a game, but the kitty was al
fat one every might. and she was sat-
isfied with her income from that
source.
One rainy night six Of the "stif-
fest" poker players who had the en-
trance to the Chamber of Fate" came
together in a room of Martha's tav-
ern and turn at poker was suggest
ed and Martha was invited to take a
hand. III
Gentlemen she said, ''Ill play II
you say so. but feel unusually lucky,
and l think it will be better if you
leave me out"
Every one OF the others declared
that he felt lucky and insisted that
H. oh oh J, IN ~ ThnU
adjourned to the upstairs room andi
began what was probably the short
est big game ever played.
"Now," said one Of the players be-
fore the cards were dealt. lets ind
out which one of us has the least
money, then We'll make him put it
up Well match his pile and then
play table stakes"
The proposition met with the az
proval of the other players. The man
who had the smallest roll was George
Sinclair, an Essex county man. lie
had three hundred dollars. He spread
the money on the table, and the next
minute there were twenty-oue hun
dred dollars displayed on the boa>d.
3 Henry Whitehead, South Jersey
| Assemblyman, dealth the cards. The
| pot was opened by Miles Graham, who
started the ball rolling with a bet OF
| twenty dollars. The player next to
him raised the bet fifty dollars. Mar
tina saw the seventy dollars, and the
man on her left raised it fifty dollars
more. When it came to the opener to
see all the raises he gave it another
"boost" of fifty dollars. and that was
raised fifty and then a hundred
Meanwhile Martha trailed along.
Graham apparently believed that he
had the best hand, for he raised the
third, fourth and fifty time, and came
to a standstill only when all the mon
ey on the board was stacked in the
middle of it.
"Thats a pretty comfortable look
ing pile" remarked Whitehead, PICK
ing up the pack of cards.
There were six pat hands out. Mar
tina was the only one to draw. "Well
gentlemen" she said, "it's all in thu
draw, after all, and If make my hand
I'll take the money. It's a show
down, so here's my hand" She spread
out the tray, four, five and six Of dia
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