The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12


and play, but 70 play only o ! snstructed
II he could rsad my mind ven enough,
up AGAINST al tbs time, there didn't soem
TO b. much chance OF him losing. OF course.
II wouldn't do for me 70 play or TO seem TO
know him at all. 90 ! made him Leave tow9
come back TO Denver In a couple Of days
under another name. And, above all. TO
20 to another hotel and not 20 recognize
me whom be met me.
He was pretty Intelligent. even u he was
to me to Be, and I didn't have much trouble
to coach him In his part We ptactised
with q deck Of cards nearly all night. and
then staked him and went to bed.
He turned up all right couple Of nights
later q Camps place. and Y hadn't been
him, he had changed his appearance 90
greatly. And he looked around the room
like q greenhorn and q stranger wonldi
and came over to the poker table - he'd
's They = played lay stud poker At that time a
bling than that ! don't know what i is.
OF course, you can play other games FOR as
much money, but there's nothing ] ever
struck that's iercer than stud poker.
A.. Iins, Va &c. nn 4 nsnxsr we're ~ the
table when be came up. They'd started
on . hundred Apiece, and there was no
objection TO his taking . hand when he
flashed century and invited himself In.
'Of course. was known In the house.
a little way back from the table. looking
on. What I was afraid Of was that the
players would be 80 careful about looking
at their buried cards that wouldn't be
able TO see them, but I got q seat where
! could see two players cards n e. and that
Il had coached Smith never TO come In
under Q jack buried. or q pair back to back,
80 had some knowledge OF his game all
the time. not much. OF course, but enough
to help, and had practised with him enough
that night in his room 70 believe that he
wouldn't make any mistake in reading
what was in my mind about the two hands
well, il worked beautifully. On the
very first deal one Of the men was watoh-
ing caught an ace buried and the other
Smith, as Il happened, caught pair Of
Fights. one buried, and neither Of the others
got a pair on the second card. The ace
man bet dollar for starter. the king man
came in and Smith raised 1t dollar. The
others stayed out and these two made
Tho next round, the ace man-call him
Jones for convenience-caught q seven
spot, making ace, four, seven; and the
king man-call him Brown-made king.
jack; six. Smith got a queen ~,
stayed, and smith stayed. looked to see
him raise II he had pair, but he was play
Ing better than I gave him credit for. and
was willing to wait.
sOn the fourth round Jones caught an
ace, Brown got a six SPOT making a pair
eight. making two In sight. As he was high
man he bet five dollars and Jones raised
him ten. That drove Brown out and Smith
came back with twenty more
II was signalling 2 pair OF aces in my
the signal he was either blufing or he had
at least queens up. ] looked at him closely
and II didn't look like he was bluffing, so
l felt pretty easy. though was naturally
well, Jones was hooked, of course.
He wouldn't drop pair Of aces with card
to come for any twenty dollar bet with
forty-four dollars In the pot. so he stayed.
and on the last round Smith didn't better,
but Jones got another seven. giving him
Il kent the mental signals going, but
Smith was bird. He didn't bat an eye,
but planked fifty dollars up as cool as q
veteran. or course. Jones couldn't raise,
and didn't want to lay down, so after q bit
he called. and Smith had blamed near
doGees b: s On 70, one eo nans Of deal.
and then, getting an ace showing, he
had to bet. and put up the usual dollar for a
starter. Jones had caught SKIES back to
back and he stayed. Brown had a king
buried and ten showing, and he stayed:
Two other men stayed, too, but couldn't
see what they had buried. and got anxious
again. But I signalled the pair Of skies
and the king, and Smith told me afterward
that he could read the signals all right. as
had judged from his play, for he got a
have stayed on ace king il he hadn't caught
nv thought.
aAs it was, he just bet dollar, and when
Jones raised II Ave, he dropped out. The
others stayed. and Jones. getting a second
pair before the deal was out. made q good
two dollars.
well, 1t went on that way for an hour.
Smith played carefully and didn't get
caught for any great amount on any one
deal and Jones and Brown never caught
him once. They couldn't, Of course. him
There was one big pot at the end, when
Brown made a beautiful blur with a pair
OF Fights and q ten and queen showing,
against Smiths pair OF mines and king
and seven showing. The others had
dropped out and there was about seventy
five dollars In the pot.
Smith bet twenty. knowing that Brown
had jack buried, and Brown came back
at him with hundred. II looked dan
gerous. Of course, but was thinking my
message a. hard as ! knew how, and Smith
showed his whole pile into the pot. Then
Brown weakened. and Smith jumped the
game twelve hundred TO the good.
Talk about lead-pipe cinches! We kept
that up for a month, not every night. but
three or four times a week. and cleaned up
over forty thousand dollars before the
month was over. II was fortune TO Smith.
even after he had divided fair and square,
but 1t ruined the game. He drank himself
never found q pal after that who could
work the Same game.
ALASKAN ANIMALS SHOWN.