The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26

and 1 was willing To white, but | I was about
a. interesting as pickin' up pins
know we played Ill midnight and no.
BODY won or lost over eight dollars. know
Jim lost his three dollars and then won 'rm
back again with Two or three more and
made more cacklo about it than a rooster
after his pct hen lays au egg, but I was
Nayin,, To myself that ii things wen, on the
way they was going it vas a case o walkin'
homo with no place TO walk
lh"y all seemed TO enjoy II but me,
though, anu the next dav they started il
again. did;if SO" rnuch good ia it. but
there vas Ho h'.Ig else doing. and -at iu
hoping that somebody el>a'd get in the
game.
Sure enough, "" hadn't played twenty
minutes when man cam" into tho smok-
rug room and looked OF for a while il," he'd
enjoy Oeiu' asked - TAX" n hand
knew him H." mimi" saw him, though
! hadn't known h"f"rr that h" was ON hoard. !
lie waS an English crooh that had found
New York too hot for him.
I'd seen him pui out Of Canheld'- one !
night and got his pedigree from one 81 the ,
dealers, and knew that he WAS a slcl, short
| card man, bur too crouked 10 stand even ia
any sort of "a deal He'd throw hi. pal
down ~ quick as anybody else, and nobody
had any llse for him
Il knew we'll enough that he'd got into
th" gam" If h" could, and had my pipe-
laid inside of minute when caught sight
of him.
SURE enough, he spoke mp. after he'd
looked on for a few minutes aud asked if
anybody had any objections to his taking d
hand in the game Nobody had, and he
Introduced himself ts a riyii -uGue"r M, med
Maih""S, that had been to the States Oh
business. aad wa going hou".
he '..d II well, and ] seem right away
that all ! had To DO was 10 let hi'n make ,h"
pace lie played straight enough for may
be half an hour, and lost = lit L. money.
Then h" began losing harder an pro-
posed 10 raise the lrni. Tic oilers had
got Interested IN tho game 10y this time aud
"" made At dollar limit. All | sand Nd,
That was agreeable 10 auytlilg.
We'll, after "A time, h. .,o' The Limit up
20 two dollars and sti! p" Wa. behind
| watched hl- play carefully and could
see he was playing 10 lose. reckoning
) OF course. On the next evenings pay to
, get his fin" work m
He was a good one and 10 worked ~,
| tie excitement 50 that whom hc projlos ii
! a iiyc-dullar jackpot FOR u COZ ISOLATION at tn.
! end OF the ~ lng, nobody nIohrd
! / wasn't far from even and had some
| notion q maxim play tor that pot my
| self, thinkm' 1t would do Tor a starter.
! but on second Thoughts, concluded 20
! let II go his way and keep tabs. Il WAS
! his deal. so that was perhaps al. could
do, but anyhow did it, and it turned out
! right.
"tarruthers was a pretty good PLAYER.
| and could see that h. had some -urt Of
a notion that Mathews would bear watch-
| ing, but he didn't peep, and when Mathews
dealt himself a card or the bottom in the
draw, aud showed down all aor full, SCOOP
ing the pot, could see that Carruthers
| was on.
II expected row right there. and was
! all ready to back up Carru'Eers. but he
was a. mum as a hitchin post. and the
| game broke up without anything being
! said
Next morning was on deck and Car
| rutheTs came up Ia me.
I think its only right he SAYS. 20 let
you know why I don't propose To play
any more poker on this trip. Anyhow
| he saws, I don't play with Mathews any
| more.
r pretended to be surprised, and he
IF 7 knew positively, Of course, I'd
f, make row. hut all can say is I'm susTic-
ious. don't think Mathews plays straight
and won't play with him. cant make
any charges, but wan you. a. I have
warned the others In the party, 10 look
out Tor him If you play with him again.
thing "a the others 1t was coming my
| way with n rush.
Say, | never ought to have loft the
stage ! WAS shocked all over, an ! says
mir. Carr,ther.. I'm greatly obliged to
vou. but don't You think the farest way
would he 20 sit in again and lay for this
duck; II he's really crooked W. can catch
| him and report him 70 III" captain. and II
he isn't why ~ course. you'd be ;he last
| back
We'll caught him Ho wa. as atraigh,
as string, an he'd really been worried
to know jus' what led ought 80 do, not
, being certain. 70 il didn't take any time al
all To make him see things as | wanted him
too, him b"u' "A Young man without as
| much experience "a be- had later on, and
| he did inst what I said.
"MOro'n that, he was sort ~ leann' on
| me. just az tho others did. when lie ex-
| planned things TO EN-, and when Mathews
| proposed 10 make II table stakes game
! a he did when We sat down thai afternoon,
they all looked 10 see what ID do, and J
| said all right. 50 all Clipped in SIS
apiece and We had real game at last
| Il will say that Mat hews, a. he called him
| self. was "A slick one. His stronghold was
| dealing, but when he saw that We wouldn't
play against him on his deal he tried hold
| ing out cards
| II spotted him. and made the scene, and
as the others all backed me UP when | coin
| planned TO the captain. Mr.. Mathew $ stayed
| in his stateroom for the rest Of III" trip.
| Well say, YOU know how easy Ills TO
eat watermelon after it has been raised
! and we'll ripened, and brought TO market,
! and bought and kept on ic" for a couple ~
DAYS. and sliced up and put on the table
! in front OF you
| Jim and | got pretty we'll acquainted
| before the trip was over, though We want
| intimate, so o speak outside of the sinok-
| ing room. But we played poker pretty
| much all the time I'LL We landed. and won
and lost a good deal Of money to each other
| on the way.
| And. incidentally, the others lost con-
siderable 1t made a very nice little su'n-
mer exclusion, but We never took IT up Tor
| a business,
"You amt So likely to get seasick on
Broadway as YOU are on board ship, and
| somehow there don't seem ~ ba the same
sense of security when you don't kno"
how to get next. "rain't easy to ssywLa,n