The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-12

nnade welcome in true Western style The
game was already>in progress and, buying
a stack Of chips from Pietro, he sat In;
The stack was $50 and he was. informed
| that the game was table stakes
With $500 In sight that he might win
and the prospect Of considerable more
in the neighborhood, he resolved to play
| carefully for II time and plunge later on
| Therefore. when he found himself with n
| pat flush in his hand after half an hour OF
lineventful play, and Dreyfurth opened
| a jackpot for SIS, he came in without raising
The next man, whom they called Stevens,
| trailed, and the other two laid down. One
| of them, an awkward-looking fellow
| named Nichols, was dealing, and he dealt
! Dreyfurth two cards on the draw. Brady
| stood pat as he had to-, OF course, and
| Stevens took three.
Dreyfurth threw in white chip. and
Brady again came in without raising,
| whereupon Stevens threw down his cards.
| When the showdown came the others
stared. and Brady laughed.
Il could have got more on that hand,
| couldn't ~" he said, carelessly. "Oh, well,
| what's the difference? 1t isn't profess
sional game
The effect seemed to he good, There
| had been no show of suspicion before that,
| but il there had no one would be likely to
| continue suspicious of man who played
such game of poker as that.
|
next and gave out no hands. Dreyfurth's
| deal was equally fruitless, and Brady
| ritfied the cards careessly, it seemed.
4 There were some big hands out on his
| deal, however. Stevens opened it under
| the game on pat straight. Nichols raised
| him on three tens. Simmons tralied
Dreyfurth raised again on aces up and
Brady trailed. 1t was no place for Stevens
| to go back on straight. but he made good.
On the draw Stevens stood pat. Nichols
drew to the strength of his hand and caught
| another ten. Simmons took one and
didn't better. Dreyfurth caught an ace
to his aces up, and Brady stood pat, ,..,
$40. Simmons dropped. Dreyfurth came
back with his pile. Brady stayed. It
seemed as If he knew that Nichols would
force the playing.
Stevens dropped. His straight was too
small to stand two raises and slayer.
And Nichols said:
Its too bad we're playing table stakes.
I'd like to win more on this hand
| Take of the limit if you like" said Drey,,
furth, indifferently, and Nichols looked
at Brady, inquiringly..
Brady appeared to hesitate, but finally
said: well, take it off If you've got
me beat | might as well stop now
and laid hundred-dollar bill in the pot.
Hundred better" he said, after he had
matched Dreyfuth's chips from his own
pile. :, -,
1.-TWO hundred better than you" said
Dreyfurth, producing the money.
| Brady appeared to hesitate. Finally
| he said Il reckon I'll hist you," and he
pulled large roll of twenties and fifties
from his pocket and counted out five
| hundred.
The others were watching him care
fully, but that was natural, and being
| serenely confident in his four queens, he
| thought merely that they were excited
over his play. 1t was, therefore, matter
of considerable surprise TO him to find
himself looking into the mu2zle of bull
dog revolver held by Nichols. who no
| longer looked as awkward as he had, while
| Simmons was carefully examining some
of the bills he had put into the pot.
I'm afraid I'll have to hold you, Mr..
Freeman, till you can tell me where TO
find Jack Brady" drawled Nichols. You
see we've come on from the East to look
| for him, and you seem to have some of
| his goods with you" And Simmons
| nodded.
| Bradys hands had gone up promptly,
and he said nothing while Simmons put
the bracelets on. As they left the house,
| however, he turned to Pietro and said,
| with a snarl
, If this is your doing, Ill kill you for
! it some day"
| But Pietro protested before high heaven
| that he was as much surprised as any one
| could be, and the detectives corroborated
| him. Nevertheless, after the others had
| driven away there was the same sort of
| evil smile on his face that there had been
, the night Brady came to his house.