The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18

AH"l' phh ~ rbNlF'UNNE upfuks ' uldn Z az
all know what l, would he. hut u was dollar
20 d~oughnuts that foshay knew tina, h.
could at an ao' by asking for one card iu
u draw n thcr" was AZ least roomt 10 sup.
fn-r that S~tarkwcat he's had intended that 10
,.'odid know " II he had Intended II,
ll"rc was no question about what he po.
-fushay looked at his cards and opcn,,t,h.
pot fof the riy" Of u. Nhich was ten a. liar.
Tor they WIN, playing fyc-dollRr iackr.
and vtssiher came hack AZ hin with
twenty-iiv" NOR Ioshay lpok.d agnin.
and considered "a moment and then he
said
Mako II anoiI~r hundred
Al that Starkw"athcr pretended To do
a lot 81 thinking, hmt finally he aid N
We'll. | think enough III this hand ~
20 broke on u if you can lrat ~ and be-
showed up all tho CHIPS hr had In frou, 81
BIN u was somewhere near two thousand
do'lars tut | don't know "Nlrilv how much
This mad" f"shay study for u long
time. VI" was "a dolils rat" sort u a Cusr,
ANYHOW n ! could se that ir var puz.
zl'ng a lot mor over S~tarkv,atheI's blum
than he was about his own chance. for |
Mas positive no knew that ace But after
n long time, he aid
IN have to 81 you. and lie covered
the t~t.
How many cards. will YOU la, aid
S~tarkwrather and I noticed that there
WAS q -ort 81 -,nliation IN his voice. a. II
he felt -urr ~ The pot. and a. there vas
no chance 10 let any more. bNcaure he
had only a show down coming. he didn't
feel any Necessity for playing a Part any
more.
To nv Amusement Fo.hay said
I'm take three
lie aid il very deliberately and looked
NJ S'arkwsather when he spoke. az n h.
| was trying 20 80 clear through him That
| made me look, too. and IL there ever was
m .. .srs.L.p Nth asfnpt.kan.as Mail
weather was the man.
1t Was surprising enough to have a
man call a t~wo-thou~and dollar raise on
a single pair. but that ~ i'srlf wasn't
enough 10 bring that look IN his fac- II
! was plain that he had fully exy-scted To
| hear something else. and I made up my
mind on the instant that he knew that
Fo~hav had three aces N his hand already,
or A. least that he believed he had given
him thr-e aces, counting IN his calling
for one after seeing the marked are ready
fur him
Then ! wondered what Foshav had in
mind that mad him throw away an ac-
" Ne really had three Of them. and I realized
that there was only on. Tn--ihla answer
to that question. " must have been done
To spoil Starkwoa'herS draw
However. he had called for his cards and
thar. was nothing else Tor Starkweather
10 do hu' 20 we them to him Then he
thought again for a moment or 80 and In a
very dif"r-n, tone 30 that IN which he had
-,ukau jil.' before, h. laid
IN take one Aud he made his dis
! card and deaf himself me
sOf course there WAS n showdown and
then I understood II all. St~arkvea'her
had a busted flush. hut II was jack. ten.
min" and eight Of clubs. and foshay had
| three aces aud the queen and seven ~
| cluh-
-w1"n I asked Foshav about II after
ward I sad -,
YOU threw away an ace. didn't yoY''
and he told me he had
The way | figured " out. he said,
was that r,shRv had stacked the cards
giving mo 'h,e acrs and t-ing confder,
that would 49, the fourth ACE next. OF
colrsr. b" couldn't DO a 'HiHc iii" that
without putting up = s'ta,gh' hurh for
hirt-.lf against y and ! didn't hrlievc hs
had ~ pa
ne might Just A. wei have taken It
mar. ~ t0ur-p. hut SUPPOSE he thought
Il Would look better To IN ii IN ne draw
ANYHOW. that what ] played d Tor and
tha''s tho W1v n came
Whom ! care to draw ] had 90 stop and
think villa, h" eNJrC'cd me 20 10 u" knew
wuuldn'' s'lnd pat. for 70 va. n show
! loNn alrcady. and ! had nothing 20 gair
tv the hluF hrcau-e his mons VS. al
: He might think. though that Vas
-n-pecti ing -oinathins and that ] would only
| call for one card, knowing II was the ace,
| and 'ha, J might spoil his draw that wny,
:, figured that no had f'ri them 80 that
! 81, her tho -rcpnd. ~ the third card 10 con'
In the draw would beat my four aces. and
I d,ciiRd to cah fur all three 81 them
That would leave w" VIII 'hre" aces
gains, his possible chance NJ making 4
Hl~h ~ a straight vi'ra card'ha' n" hndn
ackoued on. ~ course Ne might ave
nj straight fu-h Is'. and IN hat cas- f'uf
ace. wouldn't y" any ls't.T Than tho-', bu'
a, | >ald. | Didn't 'hiuk he'd dor" T. that
N1v
.'Whan | -aw what no 'Vo ards were
tho ut.,~u and seven e one -utt OF ouursa
knew that he had H." four cards trtv rrn
ON and either . 20 them would have
made ht- -traigh' fush. mi ! know ~
hcs,,n his gan" ThcT" Wa -tin a pos
-ihiluv. q cpur-'. that b." might 60 II cihh
or = ui!s"n or a t"y"n oi -nml" "tl"r -uIi
bat a. YOU ~, y ~" d!dn't ~; either.
4 va- . oa-eof ltor III, of outrS".
AID ls.igh Ia conclusion, 'lu' there "aS
no r.r'icuiEr reason =" "NNt over stark
W.a'lrr. a that he Wa ,1lv doing whR'
Fn.lEv ~ any other professional would d'
Il ~. thoUCht he could DO u without h"'nl
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