The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13

ack IN any oa-.. bui anvhov he ttd ""
had uf#nT4l no. I-lt tut si2S, and t.allaghet.
whU We no. "uIy OTIS To- STAY. had inad',
" ga, - lIN',u ulnts " ssSp morc, and
Gallagher gpt tark IT. him with $50
~ | say ihi- wa the first 1T N" hig
play 20 - 'hruUgl IN" hruNls-i let ls'-
ior" thar had l--u $50. and | hadn't --n
that tIt two go thr-. t.u.-.
Ai"r 'iai u Wa ,Imuluu Hiyton dtdnt
h'tt"r hi~ 'hr'~- ard. uf ,pGrrs, lost ~"
pot, % ttat started him Gallagher waS
,ut for llu'd, arNhuw ard ~" others when
III" Iac' wa fairly 49,, were lager enough
IN following
And he hard. g,t better. r. IL curious
how ~" carts all lend themselves some
ti'n'- tu III" hum'I q the players ard some
times viii l." uirtiuat"ly munotOuour IA
refusing 70 cuuI". ! isVr --.n tut then
everybody Who Las plsycd poker knows
that
Well, they all s..rm~l {" hold goodhands
for a while, ard that. Il c,,ur-r. has,"icd
Vi" betting | vast hong before lIiNtnn
had play'S! away All 'hc muiey he had with
him. which Wa ',vr fifteen huu,usi, aftd
had PLAYED ~ a cheek for a thousand more.
Men CdfTi,sl .arg" -um- with them NOR"
commonly then than they do now. ] think,
hut uulsiV was likely 20 have any such
money a. that gam" Callci for ] rerkon,
,huugh. that there wpuldn' have been
any question rai~-l at.ut anvtOdy's cheek
IN that party. for they al knew one another
we'll, excepting HiN'"u'- friend, and Hirton
who was easily worth a gIartct ~ "a million,
Nouched for him
y It harpenesi hat Gallagher and Pe'ric
werr the only ones who didn't play In cbeSk-.
Gallagher wa- winner and rrtrie not far
from even.
-palrvmplc Wa the one who caught IL
the hardest. and nohady thought 81 ques-
tioning his pare, for b" had the reputation
of hclng rich He struck a streak IL the
hardest sort IT luck after "A time, for h."
I.Uf uUfffNIu AfF.I IuHHa and having
them hCai"l, and 'faf viii beat any PLAYER
On earth A. one tim. he lad two nushe~
ard n ten full beaten inside 81 twenty
mute
But the climax cam" IN he caught
four deuc,s cold and oJsned "A jackpot on
1t. Gallagher wa dealing and to this day
Two Away had my -uspic1pp-, though he
had the nam" - t~'iug a perfectly squar.
gambler, and ! hadn't seen anything IN
the play that looked the least biz queer.
| had hs~n watching for ", tao. not hecauS'
| had any reason - ~-usT-sct anyhody in the
game. but because ] had played enough
on the river 10 learn 10 i- suspicious.
-So far a. | could $3.50. however this was
~ straight a play a. was ever made. Dali
rympl. -ar under "a. guns and Opened the
pot for the siIr 81 ~. which sa- lV" r,dr.
"HiNton dropped, but his friend. whom
he called Fuller never saw him before
or siu0'-hah "A pat full. and naturally
RAISED IL, Petri" laid down, but Gallagher
ttai'rd 80 lfuN"d' ne Ian th' .,
!" kt"s ~ " 'h
al
1t goes without saving that II he knew
N"a' 'aIuS WI oul 's'u "a. WI" y"unn.k
y. ~ nav w NIh uanmS any 'nr
a u ~. =, =. ni'~.n "n
'nah'" MAJ nips. lnen Mou'u biay w.
wrong him by -u-t-ctlng, but he was a
Professional. and ! never trust professionals
Nn~l " come, 20 = Iues'lnh pi w" uea
+, N"''IalN parN'hpf' u.uo"i u'r 'sie",
~ y"Isim 90 - VIII Iouh unusrs, So
49, run. W - skrn
80 u" a rukni 49,
again. and Iarythplo lster " a thou-ahu
i'lars tu'lei nlau' go, uut uiur ,"
again ana one" NOR uaiiaaier uhiru;
IN w" ara" one fuliet'
OF ours; 1907 Ia', anu t,aIasn"' 80
on" Ina, il' 'h"iil VI " CHaHN" 20 su'~S'
,"' " "uh 49, mum k'",S w 49,
,tat udlryinptc had i"urs re "punuh
,"Nr pTh uA'lN uo quay ~ Ils"W !" u"i
T.n' on w" IanS " rT 49, ny, 81.
ruH"r "~- no '.hneh. upn "nn yu,
'N' ~ aiHd 80 n"n = "II
-" that lac wa- up assin-, H. and he laid
duMn hir tull hpu-r IKE a mar.
f"r balrHtupi" Pun up ,houeano or
~ '.'. Iulf'r "a" J., a'I 'anatIsI rh
lIiI w" 'hou-aiFp. Inn! I"' ar '"'A
VIZ ~ H'"I', alu Y" n,
gallagher MAJ" " nv" l'Hu't ehu I'aI-
r'i,nIt, aittr a l'le s'nhF ',u'u. iheh
Gallagher showed 'hs' ne h"d 'aush' h'S
-'Ialght nlSh u
hh 'td,u IN" saine' l"i ruI'I 81, y
saving nat b" had l"~t enough, ,h3ush u"
hadn't teen mi nearly a. hAId a. peufmpte
'dtl, ana u" Na4h'i o"I Vo lhc N'irhpN
ana "~Nriai','l WIN r,ine suln an
iA" weather tai clehr'Ni ana !, w n nho
m"-'nllFh' night IN I'M hlNtnh aIeo
ru>" from ~" am" ana SAIL he was going
hufn"
nav I''' my uhrt~ iHHNfr ahu 'e'rr
lnir7uAi'N s'ud tIht ~" S"uu Iu, 70
] think u" ~rraliz'Si maj No gam" h.l snh"
To- Tar iui The soor M ths nous" NhSho~
20" guii -
! was curious 70 $50 whether ~UynIll
would want Ia, continue ~ nm" ,na.
,'illas'' N"''h' "''"hil,' ~ -
lid, .u' h" -'~in'd ""r' o' ihn',l, aNn -n'Nr.
how ! Ct ~" IMPRESSION INA, ne SS w.
hurt than Pee uught t1 -. ,r.uSh w" h"'
gwen 'hrkS Tor nearly si"""
However, n" ~Hhd h"'inht "t-u' ~.
oven male a hTaN" a'u'ihll lIh' ",''",'
'u'N u wa- ilhlil enough '''N.k"' 10
'h" lnE" Wa nan -i'hf''i AZ" Ut" ''''''
-ali 'nfN h''"
Gallagher calth 'nr. '','uIhsh"' hhu
P''r." -'N " hlin~'H WI. W N'"'l"
: MT !7'"n from :, Paw ~ 'h,r'd nurfy'