The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-16
William Cullen Bryanfs Poker
Rules.


On the last trip westward of the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse" it will
be recalled. she brought a tremendous
crowd of passengers, both in the cabins
and in the steera ge-and among the
former were many Americans and for :
eigners of note, says the New York
Commercial The Kaiser also
brought along some very stiff games
of poker, and the breaking up of a
certain $4,000 jackpot has never as
yet been satisfactorily explained
ashore.
On the afternoon of the second day
out the sea was particularly smooth
and the weather fine; so nearly all the
women passengers were on deck and
not a few of them, properly escorted
of course, were attracted to the sm0k-
ing-room. where big POKER was on
They stood in circles two or three deep
intently watching the play.
There were six in the game at one
table, and the ante on this particular
deal was so. 1t turned out q natural
jack, with $50 in it, of course, on the
start. Rundlett Hale. cotton factor of
Memphis, opened it for 500 on a pair
of kings. Just behind him stood Mrs.
Emma z. Russell of Boston, a comedy
widow of about 81 with a wealth of
wavy golden hair and weeds deep
enough and heavy enough to stand
alone. She was excitedly interested.
Everybody stayed in, around to the
player on Hale's right, an English
man, who was the dealer. He set it
up another hundred, and Hale went
back at him with another Only one of
the other players stayed in.
On the deal, Hale drew only two
npde b.aId IL
kings, both ON the chance of pulling in
an ace or two and for the evident pur-
pose of deluding the others into a no.
ton that he held three of kind. The
next man took only one card, and the
Englishman, after thoughtfully sur
veying his bunch for fully minute as
If uncertain how TO draw, took one
Also
Hale started the betting with 81 900
The second mamie was a Bostonian
and something in Leather-merely
saw it; the Briton saw" and jumped
it up another thousand. Hale was
plainly feased. He hesitated a mo-
ment, fumbled at his pile of green
backs and then, mumbling in a dis
ccuraged tone: II lay down. he threw
his hand ON the board
The Boston man promptly saw" the
Brfton'S raise, but didn't hoist it. The
Briton looked surprised, and then ex-
tremely sheepish, as he faced up a
fcur-fiush of diamonds, the ten-spot in
which had caught the ten of spades,
making pair below openers. The Bos-
tonian proudly showed up a four-flush
of clubs, in which the queen had been
matched by another, making only a
pair of queens and the winning hand
and he gathered in the fat pot.
Mr.. Hale of Memphis had to expose
his kings in order to show that he had
had openers.
I never would have done 1T, Rund-
lett!" exclaimed a friend of his, who
was standing near. "neveri l wouldn't
lay down kings under those circum-
stances. Come now, would any of
you ?'-and he appealed to the by
ISLANDERS. None of the men vouchsaf-
ing an opinion. the plump widow pro
ceeded to color up a bit as to her
cheeks as she remarked softly:
"Oh, don't know. 1 guess he played
that hand about right. There's excel
lent authority for it. Don't you recall
that passage in Bryant's, 'Thanatop-
sfs7s' 1t begins: Thou shalt lie down
with kings