The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15


In Joke IN town. Fellers would laugh about
esteemed a great piece O. wit for some Teller
70 say, IN bet . thousand to one in tow lots
that Pete wont get . royal flush to-night'
body'd laugh. an. Pete would laugh with 'eIH,,
for he was good.natured. an he'd say, III
get 1t sometime, boys. If l don't tonight,
lonR-continued. persistent ~strugglin' for 1t.
Pete kenney did, an things, fell out about as
he'd, always said they would, II was a pretty
o. crossroads gamblers who had come to town
lookin' for blood. an y happened that there WAS
two planters Just back from New Orleans WITH
s Wss f ioSRin %0 fCTy y, esc them n1'Ae One Of, EN-
knowed Pete an liked him an asked him 70
Join in the game that was started Just about
s shr P fa@s h sasE s q hundred Sn II Hi h lis Clothes aiss Just
II played lucky from tho start. Ithapreued
I @aEs oSs Of iAf Els 70 Pool o Srax, S1 @oS e Hhe once IN
that was fairly good he managed to scoop in
Sides tuwo or g ,bpoop V tbot ba ttooS in M on de,uces
and nerve, or some sich hand.
Anyhow. he had near u thousand In front
iiftg S'I IN y T9 BEFORE sse L w SSm ops q eis ' PETE e ss, n S,st
70 the dealer an he passed havtn. on'y king
Jack an ten o clubs, an Q, course, not no.. bein
P man npsne d { Sp for q fias. IN, tSs ne1s thr rss c 1sae
In. an Pete raised It a hundred, That was his
fool play. Whenever he'd see q show for a
f roy Yea, au 81 E ne Sssa to 90. pla aSe as GOOD q 6 os / ea When II;
Well, II worked pretty well, One Of the
crossroads professionals, dropped out. but the
planters had come In, he raised Pete another
hundred. Pete, came back at him With another
s : ;aO one Of the planter, dropped; !, The .,o other had nd
some reason. didn't raise again. but simply saw
ting raiSs. and there was q 800 IN the pot; ..
clubs bs 'h9 s drsw pe + f fS' a ne esa asf al them aSs cards g.
under the circumstances, I'd a dropped dead
With surprise, but Pete never turned a hair.
T} nSs sn was |, = in sina a. o. q ii dISp d 10 tns ls' th s1ne S 81 as
for a minute, but he gave no other sign. and the
others thought he had three OF a kind at the
most. The planter filled his flush, an so, Pete
as much as any body could exrect; lie bad
about six hundred on the table to bet with. be
sides, and nore'n that. he had resources that
nobody at the table knew about.
The planter sat next TO the opener. who had
dropped out, and rs II was his first bet and he
had q flush he pushed w a hundred. not carin''
stood pat and who had stood the third raise be
fore the d. dram ,Sr.. Tn gambler raised OF course
Things was agoi : pete's way. but he never
grinned, What no had TO do was to make the
others think, be was .bluflng. so he studies hi,
cards careful for a while an, then .ays. sort g
utSlNInlC u an ruuoVt, ~ ctD ilht ~ ~
go you two-ffty better, an he pushes his pile
to the middle OK the table. barrin' fifteen or
TWEEN ~ dollars he had In loose, change.
but did, I raise, an the gambler raised Il five hun
dred. thinking that Pete would drop out. That.
more than your threes are worth, lreckon,,,
him. He studied his cards a while longer ard
then said, pretty slow, j havn't got the cash to
see YOU, but Two got the deeds 10 some prop,
erty here that's pretty. valuable. an, II you'll
take that for security. I'll raise YOU a thousand
He pulled ome law papers Out. Of his pocket
as he spoke and laid them on the table. but the
| buyiu' no property without looking at II, an
money Is the on'y thing that talks w this game
Pete looked at the planter but no shook his
head. I wouldn't mind as far as am concerned
he said. but there Is an objection made. I
don't zee how | can help YOU
Very well. SAYS Pete, pretending to look
time TIL can get some to play with. Sam
he saws TO the Niger that was bringing them
drinks, take. these papers over TO Mr.. Stevens
an AJAX him II he viii loan me a $4,000 on them
Then there was a little ~wrangle, The other
| gambler who had dropped out objected to the
delay, but the two planters spoke up for Pete
Sna wan tSe x Snnoi ta w wa9 R RflI t the i Ssnt heaSe S aot
some more money as he was goin' 70 win II
anyhow, so Sam went over to Mr.. Stevens's
house. Stevens bein' the President Of our
bank an q gentleman with proper sporting
habits. :.
Some Of us that was lookin' on was ~s,ieesin'
for fair. We never knowed o Pete hayin' no
we couldn't see Just how he r%eckoned he could
work Il, or what he. expected to do. l says 70
myself I reckon he's caught that royal fush,
but what this move means Is more than i
know Anyhow, there warn't nothin' to do
but wait, an l waited as all the others did. for
it looked as II there'd be some fun.
Pretty soon Mr.. Stevens came back with
the Niger. an says what's this mean Pete?
The niger says you want to borrow $4,000"
sflNaII' npS SfapanS lyon nm hayn tho
money. on these deeds. of course, II you'll come
to the bank tomorrow. but YOU
81 want il, now says Pete, interruptin', an
table where they had been lying. an holdin''
'em kind o. careless. just so that Stevens could
see I'm. but pretendin' not to notice that they
S'Ohl' SAYS Stevens. you want the money
to play with, dc, you? But certainly you amt
goin' to bit on that hand2'
get 10 a terrible rage. by sayin' nothin' about
my hand. 1t may not be the strongest hand
in the deck, but its the best one out. Besides
The question Is whether you'll iet me have itT
oh yes, says Stevens, I'll let you have 1t
all right. That is. III give you my personal
81 reckon that's good says Pete. an SO
4 was. for everybody on the river knowed
for 4 sh. xa' e sns ns1 ssss PLAY WORTH fv tss s 'Ins sSs se s sss;
on en-. 1t seems that Stevens had come to
know about Pete always playin' for a royal
Pete pretty we'll an likin' him as a man gets
to like a bartender that treats him right, an
Pete had got him TO promise to lend him all
he should get the royal flush. Then when
Stevens came over to lend him the money il
he really had the. cards. him KNOWN that the
Pete we'll enough 20 help him along with his
little remark about not betting on that hand.
o course when they heard that the other
loli,d them along till he cleaned lip $4,000.
Then he quit PLAYING poker for good an a. I
said became a respectable taxpayer. II all
shows what n man can do by stickin' TO his
ideas Of what to do In this world"
CURED or BOHEMIANTSM.