The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22

any % the variations Ia the game. We play
straights. don't VIZ. and straight fushesF
oh, yes. says Bassrtt.
And sirsigiits bea, three Of a kind,
don't theyy
Well. yes -av. Bas-ett.' they com
monty do, when YOU get en-
And blazens. do We play them, aud
jumpsrsl And do We play with a jokerF
-Bas-eft was puzzled for a monHrnt. an
before he could get started Wintcrboitom
busted loo.e. No. he hollercd. Just like
he werc mad. No, w don't play with a
Joker, MOI big an little casino. nor night
n left bower. nor his noh-, nor his hs-rb
bis.sr- nor jumpers. because we don't
know what they are and We don't care
a darn. We wouldn't play them II we
did know -.
well. weil.' save Hspsood. that's all
right. | only asked because they're In The
book. andiwe have to know. you know. be-
fore we play. you know
Wen. we know growled Jake and I've
started to deal again. While he WAS deal
ing Bas-ett put up his ante an Hapgood,
who set next be say,; \ 2 ,s an
10 play. an Blaisdell he throws down his
cards. Pearsall comes IN an - does Win
terbottom. Bassett makes good an Hap
good raises IL eight. They wal pisyin
tahle stakes.
-Pearaail, havin' next say. he says.
4 raise you eight an shoves up his chips.
-'OhT says Hapgood. speskin' up quick
Then you don't play the doublin gamer
What in thunder Is the doublin' gamer
why YOU can't raise les. thar double
what the last bet was. says Hapgood.
-'ls that in tho book asked bsrset'
sudden like.
Yes says Hapgood.
Then we play IT,. says Bassett very de-
We'll. -ays Pear.all, I raise you six
teen chips.
-winterbottom he studies for n minute
n he says, IN come In but he says u
Kind o. slow.
1T were Bassett's turn next an he says
i raise IL thirty-two chips
.Things was gettin' intere-tin' about
then. II were quick poker even for Arkan-
sa- City an | looked TO $50 some laNin
down. but they all had pretty good cards
a. Il happened an they all made good
In the draw Baseett took one card, HAP.
good took two. Pearsall stood pat an
Wintsrbottom took two.
Then they all waited for a minute or 40.
an finally Winterbottom says To hapgood'
It's your bet
oh; 10 says HapsOod'' it isn't my bot
well. what in blue blazes has hat got
90 do with itY' says Pearsall.
why, II | straddled | get the age, says
Hapgood. a n the boys was struck dumb
for a minute or So.
Finally. Bsssett he caught his breath,
an he says, Is that In the book
why certainly says Hapgood, an
lust then his keeper come IN with the book
in his hand. II wa a INDUSTRIOUS pretty
little red book, too. with a fancy cover an
gilt edges on the leaves. .
We'll. Bassett he were gettin sort O.
weak 10y this time. but no manager TO say.
I amt doubtin' your word, stranger, but
this here h kind o. strong liquor for US.
We amt used To IL. Don't you think re
mistaken DO you think that any man
thai knowcd enough about poker to write a
book about II would put that in'
well, it's right here. SAYS Hapgood.
opening the book It's law ~ In the
international code. You'll see Il on page
100. IL SAYS: The straddle transfers the
age from the ante man 10 the
and he read Il and showed II.
Tho BOYS looked at one another Tor n
little a. II nobody could say anything. an
| reckon they couldn't right away. but
finally Bassett he spoke up, an he SAYS:
We've started 60 play this here arnc ac-
cordin' TO the rules. an ] reckon we'd better
$40 II through for one deal. anyhow. Pear
sail, it's your bet
-P~arsall he looked monstrou- weak, but
he throwed ia q chip, an Winterbottom
seed IL. an Bassstt he come In, an Hapgood
he raisrd u ten. Then the boys sen their
duty, an they done u for fair. The chips
Was q dollar. an Pearsall he raised II twenty,
an Winterbottom he raised II forty, an
Rss@rtt he raised II eighty, maxim about
half million dollars on the table. Hapgood
he throwed down his cards. an Pearsall
an Winterbottom did likewise. 70 nobody
found out what anybody had.
The next deal was about the same story,
on'y they all come in, an after theyd coaxed
Hspgood along till he'd put up a fair--ized
stake they double upon him four times
instead Of three an he throwed down again.
That brought 1t up 20 Hapgood's deal.
an ! reckon he must ha been n little ratified,
acein' how he want likely TO get much Of
a show. for instead o. dealin' cards to all
five players he on'y dealt out four hands.
o. cour-e, they all -en what he was dom,
hut they kind q watched him To so ~ u
want some new sort OF n trick out othat
book o. his'n, an when he finished nobody
moved 10 pick up his cards. An still Hap
good didn't sem TO notice nothin' out o.
the way, ~ Bas~ett spoke up very mild an
subdued like. Amt that "a mi-deal,
stranger You haven't dealt Ninterbottom
any cards. He's in the game, amt her
Then HRpgood sren h he'd done an
picked up tho deck again. oh no. he says,
IL amt a misdeal. I'll give him a hand,
and he dealt him one card on the top OF the
deck. another on the bottom, the next ON
the top. the next on the bottom. and the
next and last on the top. i
Then Wintrrbottom turned TO me an
avs 1Grccnhut, | wish you'd bring me a
drink O red liquor. ] think TN going TO
faint ! brought II to him quick, Tor he
did look pale. an he amt as young AS he
was. After he'd swallowed II he says TO
Hapgood What In blue blazes is that sort
a. monkey business you was just putin
up l. there anything in that ertraordi-
nary thing you call a book that says for
you TO do a thing like thatp
Why. certainly -Ry- Hapgood. You'll
find IL in law - of tin international code,
on page o.. II too few and have been
dealt or a PLAYER has been omitted. the
dealer shall supply the omission 10y dealing
the necessary number Of cards alternately
from the top and bottom OF the pack
There Il l.. You can read Il for yourself
-And he handed the book to Jake. Jake
took II and looked at II C~uriou-ly while
the rest of u- looked over his shoulders.
The rule was there and ~ were the other
things he told lis about. And the book
was published by some firm In London
and another firm In New York. II looked
like a sure enough book. IL even had the
authors name printed as Templar. l
almost stunned. I couldn't hin
ANYTHING To say. Neither could the
81 the boys for a few minutes, but
finally Jake handed the book back To Hap
good an he saws. mighty serious like.
I don't find no faul, with you, stranger.
You mean well. an I don't reckon you're
the man that wrote his book, but ] want
10 give YOU a little good advice. II you're
thinkin' o playin' poker much whin you ~