The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-26

and he bet FIVE hundred which was the
| only play | saw that night that seemed
TO me to show poor judgment, seeing that
there was a one-card draw after him.
~Carruthers made it a Thousand more,
and Matthews called. thinking il n blum
Then Camhon studied. and | reckon he
must have concluded that Matthews sus-
pected the bluff and that he was confident
of beating Matthews. Anyhow, he called.
too. SO Carruthers cleaned up over $1,000
in that pot.
"The next two pots were certainly cork
ers. Carru'hers opened a jack pot that
had been made again by default, and all
four men STAYED. the last man. Hslsey
| raising it a hundred.
Again they all stayed. making eight
hundred in tho pot. Carrn'hers drew
three cards and caught third king, where
npon he bet the size Of the pot. Matthews
had made three lacks, and he trailed.
Harding hadn't bettered his aces, and
he dropped. Cambon had caught third
queen and he trnied. Then Halaey, who
had raised on three Fights before the draw,
made it n thousand more. and all three
stayed SO there was about $4,000 more
velvet for Carruthcrs.
IAN told, ii appeared that he had ABOUT
| $1,000. including about $1,000 that he had
AT the beginning of the gone, and on the
next deal 10 showed it all into the pot, or,
rather, all he had left, after he had trailed
along. while Hal,.cy and Cannon were raising
each lher i'll they lad five thousand apiece
in the pot. cnrruthcrs had pat flush
all the time, but AZ Fasey was playing
three tens against Cambon's three queens,
he let them do the betting before the draw.
"Then, after the draw, he, having stood
pat, showed in his pile, as said. II looHcd
like a bluff, and they both called, SO he
had then over ,vOo in front Of him, and
the excitement was nj fever heat.
ut was bv no means strange that tho
visible supply of money, outside Of Car
rutheTss pile, was running short. Men
! carried large sums with them in those days,
but his winnings had depleted the pocket
books Of the others, and they began putting
in L. o. IS.
NO objection was made by anybody,
for here WASH man there who wouldn't
have blown his brains OUT if he had been
unable to meet u debt of honor, I've heard
a lot OF fun poked AZ Southern chivairy, but
il was II very real thing then.
at happened after those five pots, "a il
does often happen after a sensational run
al poker, that the game suddenly became
dull There wcr" no more contests 10 speak
OF for dozen deals, and then the luck set
against Cnrrlthers. He lost no great
amount, for he played carefully, but he
could not win anything and il looked
a. if he might scatter his winnings before
he game ended.
"Pre-rn,ly, however. there came Jack
not which he opened and all the others
excepting tRlnhon dropped out. Cambor
raised and Cnrruthers reised brcl1. ard the
duel Of the evening was on.
After half dozen re iSes back aud forth,
Carrnthcrs said That enough till after
tho draw End he saw Canl"n'I be-.
But neither Of them drew, both having
pat hands, md Carrutlers once more
pushed ha pile into the middle Of the table
II was The largest single bet ever saw.
for there " az over sac, 900 left after prrlin-
jnnry betting, and il set Cambon studying
for fpir. AT last he said
a. ri hcvc to call and he scrubbed his
"Carrnti,erI had u small FIJI againsi his
| ace-higr flush. and t'ambon rose from the
! table. .....-,
That's about enough for one sitting
was ali he NJ ID, and as the others did not
s,cm 10 care 10 play further against such
luck the game broke up.
| II cam" North the next week, and the
| civil war broke ont soon after, 10 ! never
| heard whether Carruthcrs = ~innings helped
him in his matrimonial suit | fancy.
though, from what | SOW of the three rivals.
that he had 10 easy time of il. even after
| he bought back his plantation, which he
did promptly