The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-12

she was told would bring not less than
$4,000.
During the period of five years which
she was required by the government to
remain upon the claim she came in con-
tact with many residents of Superior.
besides hundreds of men employed in
the pine forests surrounding her home.
She learned to play nearly every card
game that was ever invented, and
learned to play them WELL but she never
played for money, because she never had
money to play with. until one evening Il
young woodsman who had received his
pay for a seasons work happened that
way with a number of friends and re-
quested lodging for the night.
Situated as she was on a well-trav-
eled road. in the center. of logging opera
lions, she had made a practice OF sup
plying food and lodging 10 travellers,
and derived considerable of an income
thereby.
This young man in question, With his
friends, was cordially received on a
March night, and to pass away the time
81 game Of cards was played.
1T was poker, for money, and the
young woman was a novice. but she
proved apt scholar and a lucky one.
She won $40 or $50. This gave her a
start, and after that day the fascination
for card playing gained the better OF
her.
Met With Poor Luck.
"At the end of five years she sold her
timber for $4,000, and for a few years
after that she met with very poor luck
in her card manipula tons.
"She became known among the lun.-
bermen as a SUCKER and the lumber
jack who didn't have the money often
borrowed it to get into little game
with Fannie.
They were usually successful, but her
luck began to change finally. and then
came a period of the most extraordinary
success that ever followed poker
player.
Some said she cheated, but they
watched her closely and discovered moth
, ing. Others said she was bewitched. but
all respected her and agreed that she
was great player and an especially
good buffer
"She had accumulated $4,000 at one
time, but there came another change,
and again she was looked upon as Il
sucker
she finally lost every cent of her ac-
cumulations but did not want for back
ers, and in six months thereafter was
worth $4,000.
she was always willing to bet to her
limit, and in one instance was known to
have staked $4,000 on a pair of deuceS.
compelling her opponent to lay down a
full house.
Her fortune grew steadily year after
year, and in the spring of 1898 she was
supposed to be worth about $4,000.
1.-The common wage lumbermen had
almost ceased to call at her home, but
the professional card players of Nil
waukee, Chicago, st. Paul and Other
Western cities had determined to secure
| a slice of her snug little fortune. and
they did succeed in forming combine
| ton that spring in reducing her limit TO
| $1,000.
"A year later she came in contact with
| a party of fashionable fishermen from
| Chicago. They were we'll supplied wi n
money, and the woman succeeded in re-
| lieving them of $4,000 within week S
| time.
."They accused her of cheating, and
| threatened to raid the pace providing
| she did not refund the amount of her
| winnings, but big revolver dextrousiy
| brandished satisfied the men that card
| playing was not the only achievement
invoked by their hostess i'll the matter
| of getting along in the world.
Just why Fannie has pulled he'
freight out of Superior l am unable tc
say-perhaps she and the authorities
who, understand, refuse to countenanee
| gambling, do not agree very WELL