The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18
CONTRACTS won BY A POKER GAME.

seemed to be scared when Jones refused
cards., and after some study he took Two
cards, giving himself a pair Of sevens to;
his three tens. He was a beautiful
dealer.
Zones bet fifty. Ho naturally wanted
at least a. call, and reasoned that Fyde.
wouldn't lay down for that amount
though he might before bigger bet
But Hyde came back at him with SGD,
more, being all he had In front OF him.
and Jones called. That put him nearly
five hundred aheau on the one pot.
The next time Hyde dealt Jones opened
it again and again Hyde raised. me pei
ting was not so hard before the draw. LOT
Jones had only three mines, but he stayed
on them. and as he caught fourth nine
and Hyde stood pat this time, ne natu-.
rally bet his pile on it and Hyde called
with an ace flush.
something like $1,000 in front of him, ali
in chips, for. as said, T didn t allow money
or paper In the pot. I had taken 8Iydes
checks for his chips. OF course, it made
no difference to me whether they were
good or not for I had the money from
the contractor.
1.-The third play was equally pretty,
for there were two pat hands out, Jones
being an ace full, and, as Hyde pusneu
the play to the limit of the s2,5OO more
he had bought and had In front oil him.,
Jones had to call with WHAT ne :'ao.
which was over $1,000.
Then he got cold feet. It was Just
what wanted him to do, but l put up
q horrible game of fright. Told MIN L
hadn't the ready money with me, out
1,at I'd make good in the morning, as
knew the checks Hyde had given were
o. X. 1 offered him the checks with my
endorsement, but he said, as l knew ne
~o:,ld. that he wouldn't take them, and
after beefng badly he went away angry.
Next day 1 called on him before noon
at his office, and ] could see that he was
enormously relieved when he pocketed
he 81 OOO We cha tied a minute or two,
ana then 1 asked him point blank to
give my friend those contracts. reck-
o.. ed that if they could be got by favor
that was the best. way to get them, lor
we all knew he couldn't be brlbed d.
1ectly
"Of course. It wasn't an entire sur
Prise. though it was a disappointment to
me when&he refused positively. My $4,000
was gone. and the only thing I had to
show for it was the chance I counted on,
that he would come back to the club tor
more. I sized him up for the kind OF
man who wanted all he could get OF
good thing, and knew he had never Won
SO much before.
| ..wel. it worked all right. Hyde
,layed him again twice. The first eve
nlng he won back $1,000. and then let
Jones get $1,000 of it again. Then he quit
the game on some excuse, and promised
to play again the next night.
by that time you couldn't have kept
Jones cut Of the game with gatling guns,
and Hyde wiped the floor with him. He
dropped all his winnings and bought $4,000
more with his checks to my order, and
was satisfied by the look In his eye
that he wasn't certain about the last OF
those checks being good. When that
was all gone he seemed almost stunned
ano quit the game.
Il didn't deposit those checks next
171orning In fact, I don't think they ever
we're deposited, but my friend, the con-
tractor, got all the 1899 contracts he went
cunning for while Jones was in Office.
There are more ways than one of whip
ping the devil around stump