The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11

1t for too much, fear o scarin' 'em out
nor mother for too littfe fear o maxim
en- think he was tryin' TO coax 'cm
cause he was strong
We'll. Just naturally. nc was ccnsid-
Grady surprised when four other play
ors come in. That made respectable
sort o pct, beln' $50 which he was moral
~ certain o. getbin for there wasn't
no way o hggerin out how any ono o.
the four. not havin' openers to draw to,
was anyways likely to beat a ace full
SO snyder he picked up the deck to help
EN- To cards, with n spirit o. true Chris
tan thankfulness an content. So far
providence seemed to be a playin right
into ibis hands
When 1T come to calm for the draw
II looked still better. Ev'ry man o. the
four called for three cards shown tbey
hadn't none o. EN- better'n ono pair
Twant likely, neither. that there was
beuter'n n pair o tens out, 'thout some
one had passed openers, an the open.
ers couldn't be better'n kings, cause
Snyder had three aces in his full There
couldn't ha been anything much better
II ned stacked the cards. which he
hadn't cause il he mad he'd ha' played
different afterward
IT ever there was a case where a man
vas we'll off, that was the time, an ~
Snyderd on'y been content to leave we'll
enough alone he'd ha' got tac hfty he
was playin' for an might ha' gone homo
reasonable happy. But the demon o.
avarice entered into Snyder's soul an
carried him away captive TO his teetotni
ondoin'.
1T WAS this way. When he seen all
them four men calm for three cards. he
sot to an iggered how 'twould be in tho
bettin'. IL was plain eIorgh IL he stood
PAT they wouldn't none of 'em call, no
matter how he might bet an though he
were cock sure o winnin the pot. he
couldn't get no more out OF It than the
500 there was In 1t already, an feoin' as
he did that that much was certain, he
went to fggerin' how he could get more
out of 1t. Course he couldn't draw cards
'thout Dustin his full house an he
couldn't hang on to his full 'tbout stand
in pat. an the question was which hed
better do
The way he callated was this: 'rney
amt nobody round hore as is goln' to
get better'n three OF II kind an I've got
me best threes they is In the deck. II
discard one o. my sevens, they'll all
think I opened on two pair. an II any
body betters, III likely get a raise Any
way I'll be pretty sure TO get a call, an
] get over an above what's
In the pot how'll be velvet. II discard
both seYens it'll give away my hand for
ihrees an won't be So likely to get
even a CALL
1T sounded plausible to the FOOLS own
ears. he bein', as said, possessed OF the
demon OF avarice an not KNOWN when
he was well off So he chucked "a seven
an drew one card.
II reckon If a tenderfoot was telln'
This story he'd make out that sam shy
Ter drawed the fourth ace an somebody
else made full house but ! don't have
10 put any such frills onto a plain. tale o.
poker playin Poker Itself is too mys-
-erlous an too full OF surprises for to
make Ii necessary to think up lies 10
ell about It, Just the plain. implanted
ruin Is strange enough an points a
moral well enough to make lies onnec-
'ssary, an unnecessary lie is foolish |
less. What Snyder did was TO pluck
neasly four out o. the deck leavin' HIM |
With the three OF a kind he had hggered |