The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-10

In that goes in the same class with
| draw. An as Arkansas City feels a
| proper pride In the scientific character
| of her card pIayin'. it also stands to
| reason that stud poker amt a popular
| pastime
When a dead game sport like BIenk-
| insop, though, talks the way he did, an
owns right UP like a man that he's out
! cIassed in the reel scientific game an
| asks for show at something else il
| stands to reason that he'd oughter have
chance, that is, If there's anybody
| round that thinks he can beat him.
| Anyways, the boys thought they'd
| give him throw for his money an they
started a game of stud, with five in the
game an say, it were the swiftest game
| l ever see played. Somehow the devil
| himself seemed to be in the cards an
ali OF the surprisin hands that e. er
showed up together, them that showed
| that night was the most amazin'
The first clash that came was when
| Jake Winterbottorn had two pairs, kings
| UP, shown with king buried an
Blenktnsop had three tours exposed. It
| were Blenkinsop's bet an he passed the
bet All the others was out.
well just naturally, Jake he bet a
hundred dollars, thinkin' he had the not.
anyhow, an Blenkinsop would call him,
| supposin' he was blufin', but that want
what Blenkinsop did.
| He studied the two hands for a whi1a
as II he was in doubt whether to bluff
or not, an then he raised a thousand.
Jake only had nine hundred in front of
him, an feeling morally certain it were
bluff he called for show for his
money. Then Blenkinsop showed up the
fourth four an Jake was out o. the
game
The very next deal Blaisdeu was
handlin' the cards an three aces showed
In ff1O
held the first, Blenkinsop the second and
Blaisdell the third. George put up IS, an
! HanWay, he was Settin' next, he. chipped
in, hav1n queen shown. BlenlSinsop2an
Hla1sdeh both come in, O. course, havin'
aces. ... ta5 sg-Trr
ON the next round Masters he got a
ten, Hanway got a seven Blcnkinsop a
king an BlaisdelI caught a deuce AS if
turned out, Masters had a ten buried an
Hanway had seven, so when Blenkin-
sop put up $40 they all come in except
Blaisdell. He figgered that he had no
show for another ace, an 'twan't no place
for him.
''On the next round Masters CAUGHT
another ten, Hanway caught queen an
Bfenkinsop a five. It were Hanway's bet
an he put up ten. The others come in
without raisin'.' an BlaisdeH give out the
other cards. Masters got an eight Han.
way trey an Rlenkinsop a six. SO Ham
way had first say.
f'He passed the bet an so did BIenJ1;n
son. an Masters havin' three tens bet a
hundred, Hanway with queens I'D called
| an -BlenHnsop raised it a thousand
again. His four cards in sight was all
clubs, an he was either bluttin' or had a.
| flush.
Masters thought he was a b!ufin' an
he called. [ don't say it was good play.
but three tens look pretty Big aga INST r.
four flush. Anyhow, Hanway was cut o.
the game after that DEAL for he was ten
shy on the thousand dollar raise
THAT left three in the game an there
was four or five deals before there was
any play. Then Blenl1insop was deaIin'
an some more puzzlin' hands showed UP.
Biafsdell had aces an sevens in sieht.
Masters had eight. nine ten. queen, an
Bfenkinsop had three trays, an a nino
spot 1t looked like a place where he
could be froZe out by a. little iudicious
betting. an the boys went for him.
cit We're his bet first, o. course, an
| he put up 100. Both the others raised.
Blatsdcll putting UP 200 and Masters 800,
! Blenlinson studied a while an then saw
the raise. Then BIaisGel1 raised 201 and
Masters 700 more an B,enkinsop did
some more studyfn. Finally he come in,
an they both raised again
"Ry this time there was a good bit o.
money on the sable, an Blenkinsop didn't
stop to study. He just showed his pile
into the pot.
'Tt was too hard for 'en1, an they both
laid down, so we never knowed whether
B.enkinsop had anything more tina ~fffs
three trays. My own belief is that he
hadn't. an I know that Masters had his
straight all right, but I reckon I'd ha'
! laid down just as Masters did against
that play. 1t were good one whether 1t
were Il bluff or not. .-.4i.s7 cd
"Aryiow. BlaisdeH an Masters was
both pretty weak after that hand not
] havfn' more than seven or eight hundred
between EN-, an in twenty minutes more
Bfenkinsop had the hull O. that on show
downs. an Arkansas City was fair beat
on stud poker.
''Twa'nt so bad us If it had been draw,
! for there want the same discredit at
| tachin' to il, as there would ha' been
if it had been the regular game. but It
! was gallin' for fair to have q stranger do
the town up like that even after he'd
! throwed up the sponge like he did on
| drinbin' an draw an We felt sore.
anyways. I don't think he would, an
! he'd most likely ha' got away with HIS
winnin's whenever he made UP his mind
| to leave town If it hadn't happened,
somehow, that he got mixed up IN a fight
inside of the next hour.
/ ~ DON'T know just how it happened
! that tfe fight started. but there sure were
| Il scrap. When the shootin' began L got
behind the bar. havin' heal ny dislike
/ for a sEootin' serape thouten I set the
/ drop first. an someh how or another the
lights was all cut before anybody got
shot much But after the fight was ever
1 an I'd lighted UP again, BE nkinSop was
! the worst licked man I ever see that
want shot nor stabbed.
Il Goctored him up as well Jus I could
!; an ne come TO in abSut half four. but
j he hadn't no money OH his rerson an wo
! never knowed what become of his wad,
only that it didn't leave town when he
/ cid. He borrowed his fare to New Or
lears from me. an sent 1t back about
two weeks later With a letter. say-iu' that
| ne didn't think he'd stack up against
Arkansas City again."