The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-11


was different I'm any essential partic0-
lar from the general run of his pro
fessiOn. He dressed as the most OF
them did. with somewhat more OF us
play than was IN strict accord with the
requirements of good taste. He wore
diamonds in several spots His hands
were better cared for than most men $
hands, and there were little angles IN
the outlines of one or two Of his finger
nails, almost fmperceptible to casual
glance. but so situated as 10 be eX-
tremely useful i'm a contingency.
Moreover. he was gifted with much
self-restraint i'm the matter Of useless
speech. though he could be fuently and
fOrcibly pr0fane when the occasion de-
mandcd. and when he did speak he
spoke to the point. For the rest, he
was peaceable enough. as q rule but q
devil Of a fighter when reused. and he
could deal cards far more deity and
accurately than the average citizen.
Manner Was Modified
When George Quinn visited Detroit.
however, &c was noticeable that his
manner and appearance were BOTH
modified considerably. His diamonds
were not in evidence. and there was an
incidentally Quieter air about his
clothes. which appeared TO be due TO
the way he wore them, rather 10 any
change I'm color. cut or texture He
less prone to profanity, and he never
played cards i'm NDetroit. CriOusly
enough, the people in Detroit. many OF
whom knew him MS n neighbor who
was much away from home, never ad-
dressed him as Mr.. Quinn. In fact il
is more than doubtful that the name
Quinn was at all familiar TO pretty lit
Tie Mrs. Osborne, who greeted him as
her husband at such times as ne found
81 convenient to Doe at home
And Mr.. Quinn had great fondness
for being Mr.. Osborne. visiting Detroit
az frequent, though irregular inter
walls, and remaining there often for
weeks at a time. during which ne was
an exemplary citizen aud husband. At
other times ne was travelling for an
Eastern house. and not even Mrs. Os-
borne would know his whereabouts.
Thought it a Hunch.
Tie had been away on one of his trips
FOR little over a week. in the spring
Of the year i'm which a certain notable
game OF poker was played at the Sault
Ste. Marie when he was tOrmented by
feeling of disquiet which he could by
no means explain to himself.
Pears like it's a bunch O. some
sort he Wuttered. as he sat trying
10 get at an understanding or &c; but
I'm blamed If l can tell what it's
about" only he didn't say blessed.
even TO himself
III he could not understand it. neither
rould he shake it Off. and the longer it
continued the more it troubled him, un-
1ii finally he found it was getting on
his nerves to such an extent that It in
terfered with his play. and one notable
instance OF this led To- a sudden deter
minatiOn
There was a game OF stud poker in
progress i'm which he had a hand, and
although ne was not the only profess
sional gentleman in the party, II
seemed likely that there would be
enough profit to divide up handsomely.
Among the non professionals who were
expected to contribute were two cattle
dealers. who had come all the way TO
Chicago to close out an unusually large
deal rather than sen TO agents and who
had carried the deal through so skill
fgly that they suffered from that sud
denly rich feeling They were both
sober. but it did not show I'm their play.
Caught Aces Back to Back.
In the course Of the game it CHANGED
thar Mr. Quinn caught aces back to
back and, making his bet, was greatly
disguised to find thar nobody was will
ing to stay with him except one of
these cattle dealers, who, with a ten
showing, gave him a raise.
II was, of course, barely possible that
the cattleman was making his play on
buried ace. or was bluffing outrage
OUsly. but the only reasonable suppo-
sitiOn was that he mad pair of tens
and Mr.. Qunns duty was plain. The
old maxim. When you have a pot won
keep it Won.' was familiar enough q
him, and he knew that all he had Co
do was to hist the cattleman" sUffi-
GENTLY to make him lay down.
The demon of speculation. however
was whispering TO him. and he chose
40 D. D
Eating a bit, he came in without raising
and drew a king to the other mans
queen. Again ne bet cautiously. and
the other man stayed Then ne got q
trey TO the other mans eight-spot and
bet again, and The other stayed.
A Possible Straight
on the last round ne caught a third
ace and the cattleman got a jack
Possible straight" said the dealer
and Mr. Quinn took an observation.
His own three aces were certainly
large, but the cattleman. just as GER
tainly had an eight. ten. Jack and
queen showing. IF his buried card was
a nine, the three aces We're useless. but
ON the other hand &c seemed incredible
that ne should have made his first raise
Oh "a ten nine Mr.. Quinn therefore
threw $40 into the pot. The game was
not a very large one
The Cattlemdn's answer was to shove
iU q hundred and ten. and Mr.. Quinn
wavCTcd. He knew well enough what
he ought To do, bur that haunting an
prchension of evil that had been with
linn FOR come days was PARTICULARS
strong at the moment, and after Ions
hesitation ne folded his cards.
Then the cattleman sCoODed the Dol
with an ili-manucred whoOp of glee
and turned over his buried card. II
was deuce.
Mr.. Quinn instantly cashed in. ano
rose from the table with as much dig
nifty rs he could muster
when any man. he said. can pul
up a bluff on me, an play it through
as rank as that was played an Tn
sucker enough TO lay down. it's time for
me TO quit" And he left the room
Needed to Lie Of.
Further elaboration Convinced hin
OF the fact that he needed TO lie off fol
a while. and I'm consequence MI. Os-
borne arrived in Detroit the next even
ing. rather late, but some three weeks
before he was eNpected
If he had had that implicit con-
idence i'm his own domestic felicits
which the outward appearance Of his
home seemed to justify, or. perhaps. Il
ar. Quinn had not been haunted fol
some days with what seemed TO be .
preseutment OF evil. Do is likely tina
Mr.. Osborne would have walked boldly
mp his little Eraveied path TO the from
door of his pretty cottage instead o.