Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-05-11

were playing table stakes-and the
others dropped out. Hyde raised it $50
| and Jones came back at him with $50
| more.
Hyde raised it again and Jones
merely saw the raise. He was a very
conservative player as l said and
| had never known him to go more than
| 5000 behind Of an evening-rarely more
| than $40 or $50, for he really couldn't
afford his losses.
I'm free to say that 1 would have
played his hand harder before the draw
than he did, for he had a queen full
put, but that was his way. On the
draw Hyde seemed to be scared when
Jones refused cards, and after some
self a pair of sevens to his three tens.
He was beautiful dealer.
Jones bet fifty. He naturally want
ed at least a call, and reasoned that
Hyde wouldn't lay down for that
amount, though he might before big
ger bet. But Hyde came back at him
| with all the chips he had in front of
him. and Jones called. That put him
nearly $500 ahead on the one pot.
The next time Hyde dealt Jones
opened it again and again Hyde raised.
The betting was not so hard before the
draw, for Jones had only three mines,
but he stayed on them and as he
caught fourth nine and Hyde stood
pat this time, he naturally bet his pile
on it and Hyde called him with an ace
flush.
THAT doubled Jones pile and put
something like $1,000 in front of him, all
in chips, for, as 1 said, L didn't allow
money or paper in the pot. [ had taken
| Hyde's check for his chips. OF course,
it made no difference to me whether
they We're good or not, for l had the
money from the contractor.
The third play was equally pretty,
for there were two pat hands out,
Jones being an ace full, and, as Hyde
pushed the play to the limit of the $500
more he had bought and had in front
! of him, Jones had to cali with what he
| had. which was over $4,000.
Then he got cold feet. It was just
what l wanted him to do, but ! put up
! q horrible game of fright. Told him
hadn't the ready money with me- but
/ knew the checks Hyde had given
were Q. X. I offered him the checks
with my endorsement but he said, as I
knew he would that he wouldn't take
them, and after beefing badly, he went
away angry.
Next daE / called on him before
noon at his office, and 1 could see that
he was enormously relieved when he
pocketed the $4,000. We chatted a min
Ute or two. and then I asked him point
blank to give my friend those con-
tracts. l reckoned that if they could
1e got by favor that was the best way
| % NJ I'm n a n
be bribed directly.
, 'Of course, it wasn't an entire sur
prise. though it was a disappointment
to me when he refused positively. Ny
S LEGO was gone, and the only thing 1
had to show for it was the chance l
counted on, that he would come back
to the club for more. l sized him up
for the kind of a man Who wanted all
he could get Of a good thing, and [
knew he had never won so much be-
fore.
well, it worked all right. Hyde
played him again twice. The first
evening he won back 81, 600, 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 out OF the game with gat-.
ling guns, and Hyde wiped the floor
with him. He dropped all his winnings
and bought s.. 900 more with his checks
to my order. and I 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. and quit the
game.
Il didn't deposit those checks next
morning. In fact, 1 don't think they
ever were deposited; but my friend.
the contractor, got all the $3.50 con-
tracts he went cunning for While Jones
was in office. There are more way;
than one of whipping the devil round
a STUMP. "-Chicago Inter Ocean.