The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-25

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well, that there Mccarthy, if his
name was Mccarthy, just sat there and
called every bet that was made after
that for three-quarters of an hour.
never see such a thing before nor since.
Feared like he'd on'y just found out that
he could CALL an he'd been playin' along
afore that on the idee that all the other
Teller had to do to win the pot was to
make bet, an as if he'd got in his
head that calm was all he was lowed
to do under the rules. Whatever his fool
notion was, L don't p'tend to say, but
that's just what he did. Just called
every time it come to him.
Just naturally that looked easy an
l will say for the boys that they didn t
try to play it low down on him for a
good while. All they did was to wait
for pretty strong hand an then bet
1t for what it was worth an wait for q
call AS there was three O. them to one
@ him, they naturally outheld him as a
rule, but somehow or other he man
aged to scoop a pot just about often
enough to keep him even. He'd bought
SEE after he lost his first fifty, so there
was over hundred on the table The
boys wasn't pusllin' him very hard, SO
they only bet ffves an tens an once in a
while he'd show down theSbest hand an
prised to see he2was gettin' ahead Still,
tWan't no game to speak about. They'd
all got the idee t he hadn't got much
Of Wad, an they was playin' more for
the fun O. the thing than to do him
up.
pretty soon Blaisdell he caught a
four flush in a Jackpot an the stranger
he opened it. BIaisdelI stayed an the
others dropped out They each drawed
one card an the stranger he bet ten.
Blaisdell looked at his draw an found
he'd filled ace flush, so he raised
it for his pile, which was $50, am the
stranger called. He showed down a full
house an Blaisdell had to go diggin'.
Next hand Bascom opened the jack on
pat straight, an the stranger he come
in an drawed one card. The others
stayed out an Bascom bet his pile, which
was twenty odd, an the stranger he
called an showed down flush. so
Bascom was obliged to dig.
"Then twas W1nterbottom's turn, as it
happened, an he. opened it on threes.
They was playintJ a jack again on ac-
count O. the hands showed, an I'm blam-
ed If the same thing didn't happen. The
stranger he come in an drawed two
cards. Winterbottom bet his pile, hav-
in three queens. The other two dropped
out an the stranger he called an showed
three kings
''It looked like a most amazin' run o.
luck, but the stranger never turned a
hair. He did call for the drinks all
around, as a sort O. recognition, but he
sot as calm as ever waitin' for his cards,
an lookin' as if he didn't know what to
do with 'em when they come. The others
had bought fifty apiece when they come
back, SO there was money enough on
ba oh To worth while the
bets got stronger. First Winterbot-
tom he bet twenty on two pairs an the
stranger called ION one pair. Then Bas-
Gem he bet ten on a pair of queens an
the stranger called on ace high. Then
BlaisdeH bet twenty-five on three jacks,
Bascom saw it on aces up, Winterbot-
tom stayed out, flavin' nothin, an the
stranger called on nine-high straight.
No matter what he held he wouldn' t
raise
''Blaisden kind 10 got huffy this time,
an seem the stranger was still pretty
we'll to the good, he began cussin' lit
tie an proposed to take off the limit. The
others said they was Willin, an they
asst Mccarthy if he was, an he said
yes. Blamed if it didn't pear like yes
was most the only word he knowed in
the language.
''Well, the bets was heavier after that
an the stranger lost what he had in
front of him in the next three potts. call
in on the most ridiculousest hands you
ever see, but he stayed right along in
for the next deal, so they knowed he
must have more money in his clothes. 1t
were his first say, Bascom havin' the age,
an he dug out two silver dollars, an
come in, the ante bein a dollar. The
others stayed an Mccarthy drawed three
cards. When it come to the bettin he
bet dollar an Winterbottom put up
fifty, havins filled a flush. Blaisden
dropped out an Bascom raised it fifty.
Mccarthy never said word, but he
pulled out his wallet an fished up a
hundred dollar bill Winterbottom
raised it fifty an Bascom raised it fifty
more an the stranger laid down an
other hundred.
1T looked like his finish there for sure
for O. course nobody thought he had
much of hand an the boys thought
all they had to do was to keep raisin'
They knowed he'd keep calm, for he
hadn't done nothin' else for nigh an
hour, an all they had to do was to keep
up the criss-cross an whipsaw him out
OF his pile. Twa'n't- certain whether
Bascom or Winterbottom would win
but one of EN- was sure to an the
money would stay right here.
We'll, the KEEP it up for five minutes,
l reckon, till Bascom come to the end of
his wad. He only, had six or seven hun
dred in his clothes, an Winterbottom
wasn't much stronger. 1t didn't look
worth while for Bascom to send for more
money, for the strangers pocketbook
was empty an he'd 1ished out his last
hundred from onelof his pockets, so Bas-
com just made good when Winterbottom
raised, an the stranger got his chance
to call, nobody supposin that he had
moren perhaps three of a kind, an like
ly not that, he havin' called on every
hand he held whether twas good for
anything or not 10
1t were fatal mistake, an Bascom
seen it as soon as he's done it, for the
stranger dug again an flashed up a
thousand-dollafd bill Stead O. raisin'
Winterbottom. as any other player on
earth would hal done, he just done his
fool act over again an called Then he
showed down four deuces an scooped in
the pot as cools as if twas eight dollars
instead of little over two thousand.
"Bascom sort O gasped, for he seen
what mistake he'd made, but Winter
bottom, he realized that somethin' had
to be did an to be did quick, an he
reached out with one hand for the
money. You never got them deuces
he l,ie