The sun., 1903-06-21

finding three seven4, conciuoed tney "er'
Torth playing. g hs sav the tnS re,f1 1ith an, n,
more. Cutler hesitated little but saw
the double raise. and Hennessy droppee
| out.
Wharton studied q bit, but finally made
Il ten more to play. and Long Ea Miks snTvss a1 :,
il he knew, as he did, that he was over
playing his hand, but was determined no
Gallagher still had some Atty dollars Il
front OF him, and he pushed that forvarc
eagerly. whereupon Cutler droHpea', %sH ans ans
Mike made a few remarks. @,
| They were profane rather than pertinent
being of the nature OF q reflection on hi'
| own discretion in playing further. but hil
characteristic dislike to being driven ou
the others what they wanted in the draw
| Neither Of them took cards. 80. with con
siderable more bad language. Long Mikt
took two for himself
"I'm all in said Gallagher, and Wharton
threw in white chip carelessllH. l. with haa tht NJ
show and would not see any considerable
bet
To his surprise and disgust, however
Long Mike not only saw his aide bet, bu'
| showed his whole pile forward. II was
clear that he had made fours. or q full. OF
himself had four fves. he felt compelled
to call.
Gallagher had struck his usual luck, ane
Long Mike had found his, for his last care
was the fourth seven. 1t put Gallagher GU, ~,
pocket, and they refused to let him buy ir
again for so little. Wharton, however
took, took anether mot hundred having only few
The next two deals were uneventful, but
uyhA II, L. H. kHnro I,<.tVN
q jack pot on. Long. Mike opened it. The
other two stayed, and again Wharton raised
No one came back at him but they all
stayed, and on the draw they took two
cards apiece. 1t looked like three OF kline
all round.
Long Mike bet chip. Cutler and Hen.
Messy trailed and Wharton raised. Long
Mike stayed and Cutler raised baok.
Hennessy, who had been playing eau
tiously from the beginning. threw down HI,
cards, and Wharton raised again. Still
Long Mike stayed. and Cutler raised once
Once more Wharton went back at him
and though no single raise had been more
than five dollars, Long Mike seemed sud.
denly suspicious He looked from one to
the other keenly, and then studied his hand
carefully. Suddenly he pushed fifty dollars
forward, and 1t was up to Cutler.
That worthy hesitated and looked at
Wharton. Whether 1t was look of inquiry
Is doubtful, but Stumpy chose to consider
1t so. and he violated all poker etiquette
unhesitatingly.
why don't We play yer own hand. ye
omadhoun," he demanded. fercely, "an'
not be lookin' at yer pal for insthructions7"
The uproar came on tho instant. The
players all sprang to their feet, upsetting
the table and Wharton and Cutler both
reached for their guns. Hennessy, however
grabbed Cutler and Stumpy seized Whar-
toms wrist In grip of iron.
Yell not shoot he said. "Ye've kilt
wan man in Brownsville already an that q
enough. We foight different here. Av
ye feel yerself aggrievd, Oiil front ye. man
to man. but therell be no gun in yer hand
Sure saw yez passin signals to yer pal, sc
I'm thinkin' yell play no more poker here
aythe:.'
The hubbub was indescribahle, but when
it became possible to distinguish voices IT
appeared that popular sentiment was on
Stumpy's side. Wharton and Cutler re-
fused to fight with natures weapons and
since they were not allowed possession OF
their pistols again they retired In as good
order as possible to the landing place
where another boat was just coming in.
After they had gone up the river together
Stumpy said confdentially to his dog
Peter:
Sure. saw nothin' out o. way Peter
but yell not mention that same Thin
gamblers is pizen. an tho quickest way o
gettin' rid o. thin was the best"
And Peter barked loudly and wagHed
the remains OF his tail.