Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-30
A POKER FAIRY TALE
QUEER CLIMAX OF THE WIND UP
JACK POT OF THE GAME.

Manly Displayed Wonderful Powers
the Pool and Saved His Opponent
the Amount of the Last Raise.
Manly was one of the best poker
players / ever saw. He was a good
winner and a good loser. He played
his cards all the time for everything
they We're worth and then some more.
and he played game that was simply
insoluble"
The board of trade man leaned back
in his chair and smiled reminiscently.
"ManXy not only had Hoyle down SO
that he could recite the poker rules
backward and say sir after each
word, but he rose TO the higher science
Of the game. He made a careful study
Of every man around the board. and he
never played il card but what he darted
keen, sweeping glance at every play
er and drew his conclusions as to what
they were about TO do. If player had
any little tricks or habits that asserted
themselves in spite OF efforts to repress
them. Manxy knew them by heart.
Il viii never forget the night he took
Garter into camp. Carter was a good.
cool, nerVy player too. He was an old
player and possessed splendid judg-
nlent. One night we had been playing
several hours, and as it was getting to-
ward daylight we agreed to have one
more round of jack pots and then go
home We had our round of jack pots.
three of which Carter won, and then
decided on one last consolation lack
pot, with no limit but the roof and S.
to come in. Carter raised the come in
to $50, and everybody dropped out ex-
cept Manly and one other player.
Manly called for three cards, showing
that lie had only one pair or nothing at
all; the other man took two cards, indi-
eating that he must have threes of a
kind, or else he wouldn't have paid $40
for the privilege of playing any longer,
and Carter stood pat.
THAT looked bad. Carter had never
been known to stand pat on anything
but something that was worth while
He must have had something pretty
good to raise the come in to 500 and
his standing pat argued that he either
had tours or else straight or a flush
He had betrayed a nervous start when
he first picked up his hand, and it
argued that he had seen something aw-
fully good Now, Manly had seen the
start that Carter gave and knew his
style of play well enough to argue that
n Ttn no I,
than straight or flush, and that was
d straight flush, something that comes
once in great, long while in a poker
game. In fact, Manly came to the
conclusion that Carter had a straight
flush, and the fact of the matter was
that a straight flush in spades, king
high, was just exactly what Carter had
seen in his five cards when he picked
them up.
Manly deliberated a long time be-
fore he came in with his 500, but he |
was out $75 or 500 on the game, and |
as it was the last pot he determined to |
stand a good bit of money in the hopes
of making a recOup. He drew to a pair |
of tens and caught one more Manly
started the betting with "A $40 bill The
other man dropped out, and Carter saw |
the SO and raised $50. That looked as
though Manxy's surmiSe about the |
flush which he thought Carter
was holding was good. He deliberated |
for some time. Then he said:
+" Carter 1 think and everybody |
around here thinks you've got some
thing better than tours. l was playing |
you for that. But now I'll tell you, |
Carter, what I'm going to do. I've no.
tfced that your eyeSight is bad and that |
tobacco smoke when it is right in front |
of your face always interfereS for a !
or two with your vision. Just |
as you picked up your cards l noticed |
that you puffed a great cloud of smoke |
out of your mouth and that the cloud |
of smoke was in your eyes when you |
looked at your cards. Now 1 believe |
that you think you have a straight |
flush, but don't believe that you read |
your cards correctly l am going to do |
that may seem to be awfully |
bad poker, considering the hand l have, |
but | am going to play you for your |
poor eyesight. / see your bet of $50 |
and raise it 500 more on the ground |
that your eyes deceived you. You'd |
better study your cards before you see
my raise
1--WE all waited in breathIess silence |
for a moment, then Carter quietly |
threw his cards face upward on the
table.
You're right he said quietly. Il
thought [ had a spade straight flush,
king high, in my hand. What thought
was nine of spades was Il nine of
clubs. / lose "-Chicago Tribune.
Wade HampUOn's oIrTnuay.
COLUMBIA, S. c., March 29.-Wade
Hampton chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy, celebrated General Hamp-
toms eighty third birthday. There was
q prayer, singing, reading of specially
prepared papers and appropriate resolu-
tons adopted.
Chill to BE Represented.
SANTIAGO DE chill, March 29-The
CHILEAN commission to the Buffalo expo
sition have started for the United
States. 1t is said that the CHILEAN gov
eminent will be represented at the Pan
American exposition.