The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-14

I. lshn Mann's gambling house
- go avenue and Thirty-flrst
<av YoFk clyy. Il was a Jam
- n,sAt. - cold aad bitter cut
- 80 - i believe bait The crowd ~
go - y. t,,sspers a bout the tables Just
hsAt ..-,,sA rather than summon IN
las II ~ long tramp houeWatd
es@ ss,essary by the absence OF
fsss ~eIs chen come "a from the
49, two blocks above, where !
- cat a, faro hahdFcl ena
I. - good. ! had Intended go
~ tsw cases IN lcauuic'N and. in
4 was making MY way 20 the
A.A..n,sst end az the room for that
- vhau attention was arrest
lswk remark from PLAYER at a
ans which / had lust passed.
- said In a low, Intensely
aae. Elm AT VIZ. gentlemen,
vsa can beat this hand IN
heck 90 Annie or the little
rny luck changes"
MY Were sgaggsrers
,,epe and drew close 70 the ,a-
!. seeding 20 see a pretty good
"a dtd. I saw laid down
ne biggest poker hands ever
~knx u an evening.
49, we're six playing and they
- gngnx II pretty well Up for a
- rare. There WAS probably
To- ths table altogether. and the
=. o. we're mixed up IN the pot
~ ra.nw to tell you about had
rssly See punched In the center %
~ essth
rem what I saw and what /
sm-sa afgsrward. Il seems that
| ssrk vas dealing. and when e came
| Z draw cards he made q SIS 20 get
~ m ante man 20 his fwtr RAISED
n hsfare SPARK had fairly got his
~ 81 AZ hls mouth. A stout. rid
49, -sa who sat next 10 the ante.
Keaad ever his hand and told every
~ nat $50 would be required to
ssv nat deal with hlm The third
- from the dealer thought he
| ew9 ay an g little money hy stay
- ~. and 50 he did The same
smxsy II thought was due the
tx-eA msn. fFa announced VI shat he
VI Blinking about and threw down
n zrds
AL caaxrswEsa set ons
~ fifth player. dark. lean in
NsNaaL Just to the right of the
ear. had another way Of looking
aws. and said gn a firm chip
,wr yosce that the five numbers he
iAs we're ali congressman bat one
AT 4 eall3u't make an engagement
n meh people for less than 500
~ fleet ~ this last say was that
n star three players who had
rs 8lckerlng" decided each ore
e. = had a pretty fair iot al
rus hsaHsalf and thereupon made
u mAs IN the centre equal 20 a
sa*s-s4 spot
Tssa hegmn the drawing Poor
iAa.a Shark was dealing. aa said
ksws, The first man wanted two
wrss ard when rs Rgs them ne
rHse orr g'eshv friend who raised
e ~ said ~ bad enough The
~ ss mar on the right % 1ohnnia
assaA ~ rre card. After h. secured
s-srk 9ak ere himself and every
Aoav wste5 DOWN ard tried 60 work
veaw kw face.
LmrTsFythiHx "a Earth ca
Tas raj vha had "a ssed 20 $50 hst
fsv ar grae AZ them with fifty
rsft n sAlrt gentleman raised
- III 4 vas un 20 SPARK. and
" Ia TIE 4 cost q hundred to
a. Per AssHAe had just a hun
efAf 40 tssnfT-saveu dollars -ati
fae Haasy h AaA on earth. He saw
ne hnnarss asa pushed over thA
Fsn2Firs fxgntg- seven. The ante
EHG - - a A. -. A
paysF Saea L came 20 the Iaconlc
49, e ssarks right. ne said 4
80 asas'g tsfo n front Of me. None
~ says Eleh left on The table.
- s5af8 = Ell tn. I'll see the
mts-seYsn False and bet either ~
so iWo al you have on the
~ ante ran showed tn what
80 Are 10 and the red faced
-ss'le nads good for about sTs
- vas that Spark said 'sT'm al
~ ssNenen. and II sou can beat
=. nAAi Il never 20 hack 10 An
~ 5ftle one tan my luck
The poor fellow was
sx He was not a profession
1mSser and besides tha money
4 saa f'sesd IN the centre Of that
FsnreseHted an he had IN the
49, The lnss ~ Il meant the loss
Rene arf happiness
sasAizs csuia Beatft
~ hands were shown The raar
- haa drawn two cards lafa ff0wu
So, So The big and psrspirinx
- ppsesa three aces ard two
60 ~ this tuncture Johnnie
- 49, amos gleefully. and without
4. III ne Indifferent man on
- sid. II have stra l~hf
- al 4 Y clubs, king high" Wait. =
= ~ - gaFn0vsd player. and he laid
- ta.'e = hand that nothing can
~ 80 straight flush IN diamonds.
-. gre vas ? tragedy enacted 81
.ape There were two hearts
49, mat night. a wifa'a and 4
asaaghter's. The father kppt
$3.50 and buttonlng hts thin
~ ~. about him he went out into
X Bitter night '''A'
- anls Spark was an eugraver
AFsed ~ Dempsey q Carroffsa
49, htn street and Rraa avgav TFm
oeen Industrious for q dczer
80. I'D ~ last acquired a modes.
49, " brooklyn. At mast ~ ~
80. paying poker IN the rear ~ =
i, ,ofe IN Myrtle avenue proet
80 re grew fascinated wttb ,be
~. ahd the money I saw hfrr Irae
40. .snt was the last he could
- tet1or'gaginu his Iiftia homo
NJ struggled In Poverty
never vent back ff, Der,n,e,, z.
Il NJ 7. nor dld be ever again work
ess race. His poor young wtfe
pegsr,.. NJ ute baby girl. struggled IN
FrsftY FOR years ~
sfrfek.. sh after ! saw the father
~ - Gown In that uuitfckv game
b ferseIss. Bfooklyn home vas sold
a. ~ y years ago. Last sun
III 49, johnnie Spark at the H0-
hg .-s.t ~ y this city. ] vas talk
~ ~ Chief CLERK More .hfats
gaeasd II weather. when T said I
n9gls e M. M people back In Neg Yorls
sss shililnglg exchange their snnt~
ssgra Tor any Kind ~ puget
nigss ,hospheric condition fhat
iasbsd 4 uumped 10. A nackin-
-. gentleman ubo a. I'm 1a'' ~ I
saa ssta register turned 10 McRae
~ When / left Nag york
hlzzs.ss sek ago they were baving 4
New W. J asked II he were fro,a
born 60 re replied that h. was
IT, sere said the old fown ma
tarsed n y ny birth, too. we ad-