Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-09

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hoped that ali OF the Old Ladies' and the
Safe Players would dust the Cracked
Ice out of their Laps and get Busy.
He said if they tried hard they could
get Action for their Money on some
thing less than Threes.
OF course, they had agreed to chop
on at Eleven. but they could no. play
Gutter on their Host while he wa SC
deep in the Hole, so they all came down
to their Shirt Sleeves and got ready for
rough Work. They began to Edge
with the Colored Beans and Friendship
ceased. A had a Run of Luck and he
crowded it like a Shylock. Every time
he sunk his First Set and found it prom
Using, he raised them out of their
Chairs. 1t wasa Half Dollar per Throw
and somebody wal thrown every Deal.
Before long he had them Buying, and
B had opened a Tab with the Bank.
A begun to hum a Popular Air, just
to show that he could Gamble without
losing his Temper. He had All Kinds
corded up in front OF him, and he was
exceeding 1.-the. He said he was going
to buy some nice Etchings for his Room
and put in an Ice-Box and have every
thing Right in case a few Friends
dropped in like this. Then he glanced
up at the Clock. and said that probably
they had better make it Midnight. At
this the other three let out a Roar
that would have been a Credit to Mia
CARA. They said they were going to
Hang On until they got Revenge. He
explained tnat somebody had to quit
Loser and besides, they couldn't sit up
all Night. The Doctor had told him to
get plenty of Sleep. They scoffed at
him and told him to get a Hot Brick
and put his Feet on it.
B arose and removed his Powered
Waistcoat, rolled up his Sleeves and
said they would let UP on Pooling and
begin in Earnest. They would play
nothing but Jacks and it would cost
One Dollar to Associate. With that
closed in and every man was playing
so neal to his Shirt Bosom that he had
to back off to read his Hand. The
Light Conversation had died away. 1t
was now a case of getting the Hearts
Blood. They talked in low, sick-room
Whispers and eyed each other stealthily.
Each of the four wondered if the Game
was absolutely on the Square.
Along about 2 o'clock after the Luck
had been see saving. B had four Trays
and refused to take Cards. Two Full
Hands came out against him and that
was what led up to the Slaughter.
When a Person stands Pat, it is the
crafty Supposition that he has a Flush
or a Straight. To hold the Extra Card
as a Blind for Fours is justly regard
ed as an Act of Low Cunning. When
the Smoke and Dust cleared away, B
had everything in Sight and was begin
ming to Yawn slightly and look at his
Watch. The others were drawing on
the Bank and telling what they might
have done if the Cards hadn't come
just as they did.
A had been Cleaned properly and he
was so Mad he was breathing through
his Nose. Vie produced his Bank-Book
to show that he was Good for any
Amount, and when he abolished the
Limit and announced that he was out
for Gore and would show no Quarter.
Then the Game settled down to the
Kind in which somebody lays $14 on a
Pair of Sevens and gets whooped 50 by
some other Desperate holding Mines,
and nobody bats an Eyelash.
AT 4 o'clock b., who was still intrench-
ed behind his Earnings, suggested that
they play one Round OF Jack Pots for
Five Bucks and then settle up. This
was re ~luctantly agreed to. In this
Grand Finale some tall Hands were
dealt, and they didn't do a thing to B..
SO he called for just one more Round,
| and everybody locked Horns and be-
gan all over again.
At 6 o'clock, when the Hot Sunlight
fell athwart the Table the Room look
ed like a Reustabout Bar Room that
had been hit by a Cyclone. -Four Hag-
gard Beings, scantily Clad, sat at the
Table and weakly e~ndeavored to Bump
one another. A was out a Months
Salary and was Dead on his Feet. B had
worked like a Dog all night and had
nothing to show for it except a Hand
and a Debit of $500. C had most of the
Chips, but he would have given a Thou
sand to get out of going Home and fac
ing Pet. . D had been running the Bank
and he never will know how he came
out. He had two Envelopes covered
with Marks, and after the others Cash
ed In, he didn't have any Money with
which to redeem his own Checks. He
asked what he had better do, and no
one answered. They had Treublese of
their own.
After they left and A put his Head
! under the Faucet. he said he was going
| to swear off on making his Room a
Hang-Out for Sharks. And when
| they were safely outside, they agreed
/ that Men and Homes ought to keep
away from the Rounder Element. And
everybody said Never Again"
MORAL: Play Muggins and then you
will be glad to Quit at any time,
MR.. DOOLEY REVIEWS THE SU-