The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-28

otneI TWO hung out riuaiIy JeniiihBs
said he'd take a hack at 1t for a while. an
Higgins said he reckoned he'd had enough.
He wouldn't stay an interfere with the
others. but 1t were against his principles
to play for big money an he guessed he'd
Now, as said afore, / don't know as
them three was professionals. It's sure
thing that nobody'd think 20 after they
talked like that.
Anyway. Foster an Adams didn't:
They thought they had "A soft snap, an l
don't blame EN- none. but them No'therners
krowed the game all right.
There want much dom for the first
few deals. Feared like they was all kind
o fcslin' their way. Then there came a
Jackpot that was sweetened up. tolable
well, an Adams opens II under the guns,
Jennings havin' the deal
Well Fletcher stayed, an Foster stayed,
an Jennings makes II "A hundred more TO play
| Adams skins down his hand again. an hnds
| he has aces up still in his hand. 50 he stays
An Fletcher stays, an Foster he smells
| a rat an stays out
In the draw Adams takes one card. an
| Fletcher takes one, an the dealer taxes
| three. o. course. IL looked like he'd raised
| on pair Of aces, as he surely had done;
| an II were a sure thing that Adams had
| him beat before the draw
! He had a one-card draw on his left, 10
| he sure, but aces up looked well, even agains!
that, an he decided TO bet. SO he pushed
|
| it five hundred. an Jennings stays.
| -Then it was up to Adams to do some
| reel thnkin' He want none AFRAID o
Jennings for the best he was likely 10 nave.
| 'thouten he was a slick dealer. was aces
up, an Adams's second par was Jacks
but Fletchers play looked like he'd bet
| tered; an If he had he'd most likely got
| the hest hand. Any way, 1t didn't look
| like good place To raise again, an ne
\ didn't like to lay down, no he calied'
/ n,. L.. ~. latn flashes
straight. an Jennings aces an Fights. they
was plavin' straights, so Fletcher VIM
but Adams hadn't no call to suspicion
nothin' more'n a bit o hard luck, An An
anyway. five hundred want no KILN.
even after the hundred or 40 before the
draw. So they played along.
| 1T were Adams deal next, an don't
| know whether twas I he'd lost his temper
| over the last hand, or whether he'd nade
| up his mind To rush things. but, ANYHOW
| the crash come right then. He rifiiod the
cards pretty carefully. hut he always did
that. 80 there want nothin In that 70 make
| talk. an he dealt out some surprisln good
hands.
| Fletcher got three king. an Foster
| got a full house. an Jennings got Tour
| parts of a straight flush, an the dealer got
three aces. just naturally, Fletcher opened
for the size of the pot. an Foster STAYED
| not to scare anybody out, an Jennihgs
took chance, an Adams rails ID 1t. =,
/
| two cards. Adams give him the fourth
| king, an as Foster stood pat. he give Jen-
| nings the maxim $ of a iush but not straight
hush An then he dealt hisself two cards
| He was torable, quick about II; TOO, puI
| Jennings was as quick as he was. He looked
| Il his draw the instant he got u, an watched
| Adams at the same time. Then he said
mighty cool, but as clear an distinct a.
a bell: J., 49,
| ., lanlar uiyna hisS,slf card
or'n the bottom Of the deck. specially
| when it's an ace
swell, O. course. whether he knowed
il or not. him bein' a No'therner, that
meant fight. an he hadn't got the , w9rd,
a gun. But Jennings was Just as quick
| as him Feared he did know.
He didn't move from his chair. but
| he reached out with his left hand an turned
over the last card Adams had dealt, an
| An his right hand hadn't been asleep
] while he was doin' this. Afore Adams
had his gun cooked. the little No ,therner
| had plugged him through the. wrist with
his first shot an had his gun p'nted square
| into his face.
That's enough o. that he says. just
as cool as he had been afore. You sit
down or III shoot again. just naturally
Adams sat down.
| Foster to have somethin' to say, but Fletcher
| had been a. quick with both hands as Jen-
nings, an he had Foster covered with his
gun, an was gatherin' in the pot at the
same time.
this money on he says with grin. when
| the only thing out that'll beat il is a hand
| that's dealt crooked. II either OF you
gentlemen has anything to say about II, l
| reckon we'd better go out on deck an say
il. This is no place for any great amount
! ~ OIL nlay'