The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-12
COLLEGE POKER.

put MS LQUl on the Dr1SS ran III AAplt~ u
New York onyx bar, and gazed dream
tly at the coy maiden in OILS VINO ap-
peared looking through picture frame
in search OF the greater paft Oh HeI
clothing.
Jim said nothing, neither did ne make |
any move toward preparing the drink
that was ordered. He placed Lolh nus
hands on the bar. instead. ana looked
long and earnestly at has cusIonefsWItn
an expression of infinite concern
That's what I said. sXclatmeu Inc
Hot Sport little impatientiy when lie
became aware Of the others surprise.
Its my throat. amt it2" he asked
oh yes it's your throat said jim.
'Taint mine That sure. was oilS
"Don't do il. You amt in training.
was the sarcastic rejOinder. You Jugsle
the hagons and leave the intellectual 4
pursuits to the people, that have the ap-
Daratus Is your head clear enough to
remember what 7 called fOr, or have L
got to repeat the order2'
II wouldn't forget it in a THOUSAND
wears" said Jim with emphasis. And ne
busted himself for some moments in the
preparation Of the foamiGg mixture.
When he was ready he stirred in the
sugar and set it out in front Of his Gus
toner who drank it greedily.
After the last drop had disappeared
the two men looked at each other stead
lily for q full minute. Then slow smile
came ON the Hot Sports face ut the 9TH
er's sohcitOus regard.
-Surprised2" he asked.
"N-no." said jim y ans surprised
I'm wondering whether I can find that
little string thatn ring he bel in tha
cemetery Office before it, too late. L N
dead and bun led"
'Wen. the water wagon amt SO swift
an automobile. but it don't blow up
so often. There's nothing like slow
jog through a quiet lane in the country
after you've come under the Wire IN
two. one and three-cuarters. / was out
In an autOmObubble good part OF the
night 1t wasn't any slow thing ike
the bicycle policemen run down IN
Yonkers. Tt was geared up to eight
eighteen. and the tank was filled with
81 fizz after the gasoline gave out.
had ride for my money all right.
1T was all UP and down hill, too L
don't remember a level bit Of the road
after we once bought chips that lasted
more than two pots Once in awhile Ia
hit the side OF a mountain that led up
and up, away over timber lines, and go
soaring off into space. with aces up i'll
one hand and five stacks of blues in the
other, and come bump into small
straight
Then I'd go groveling along on reds
and whites for few minutes. and pick
UP five diamonds thatd give the ma
chine a boost and hoist up into the
small bOughs where the birds of the air
roost nights. 1T wasn't no smooth riding
My pile kept growing and falling so fast
and changed color so often it got ms
graph OF polychrOmatic fountain and a
half million different hands in a poker
deck, but the gazabo that wrote it didn't
know how to count. There's a good
many more"
oh, it was poker. was it," said Jim
with d little sigh.
Yes, 1t was poker, was it, You didn't
think Ii was a pink tea or a Salvation
Army meeting, did yOu2''
No said Jim. Il reckoned maybe
you might have been trying to sell Bost-
wick some pink moneys or something
or pulling silk tassels out of the walls,
NOT having any appreciation of the kind
ness of them that padded them"
1T wasn't that" said the Hot Sport.
II wouldn't have dropped seven cen
turtles in four hours at that game. There
are sports that exercise the nerves as
Inuch as poker does but 1 don't know
any that quite come up to it for swift
action and large opportunities 1t all
depends on Who gets the opportunity"
- Didn't come your wayeh2"
Everything came my way. There
was times when STANDARD oil seemed
slow I'd be making more than a mill
lion a minute. Then all of a sudden
there'd be some hitch in the machinery
ana the whole thing'd blow up, and I'd
ma myself cropping around among the
fragments, trying to scrape up enough
kindling to start another fire. It's lucky
there wasn't anybody trying to umpire
the game. He'd been in the funny house
In eight minutes by the pedometer.
1t came about rather unexpected too
W ash Hguring on playing poker, none
OF us far as I know. but George and /
was down to the track in the afternoon
ana come home rich. We din't have to
PICK the winners All we did was to
snake the tree, and they all fell right in
our mouths. 1t was us for a pTiva ta
room and plate of hash with bottles.
put just as we was fading out of sight
along come Charley Horse and Willie
roy with Harvard money leaking out
through their ears They reeked with if
q n.zff4 a
or them said it would be a slick thine.
70 make a partie Carre' out of it.
don just know what a 'partie carre' is.
out 1 said all right. thinking perhaps
they meant soubrettes I reckon thew
dldn t, though, for they just followed us
IN the room we had, and we kept those
walters doing stunts for about three
The check came to a hundred and a
quarter with the wine, and everybody
wanted 70 pay it, so Charley Horse call
ed for deck of cards and we cut for
IT, low man to pay 1 cut a king so
was out of it. and was thinking what I
could do to square myself, when Willie
BOY picked up the deck and said he felt
he could deal off some pretty good
hands If we was playing poker
say. Dld you ever see match fall
IN a parrel OF gasoline 'Twasn't three
minutes before the game was on.
George.
." What is lfrait?' says Willie Boy
and / spoke up and says I don't know
ana Charley Horse looks sleepy. like
he does mostly, SO George, he says he
recxons he amt particular anyway
and we starts of wide open
Remember them seals that used r.
do stunts with balls and torchs and
things in tehe circus2 Cleverer thar
, Herman, I thought, seeing they had
to do all their sleight Of hand witt
their noses, and I often wondered
what show a plain, ordinary tinhorr
gambler would have with them in {
game OF poker. But. say They'd hav,
lost their slippers and we'd all has
sealsl1in overcoats if they'd set in witt
us last night. If they'd b. been a fire
works show In one corner Of the room
we'd ha, had to liehf matches to s..