The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-09


Of blues from the opener The Philadelphia
merchant had failed to help his hand on
the draw and quit with an audible regret
| that he was not TO DO In at the skinning oil
Brown.
Tom took a shy at it, but there was a
| slight hesitanOy about his way OF showing
up his chips that indicated either very
deep gnils or "A slender hand. Brown TOOK
u good siaed chance. He suspected that
the desire To hit him would lead some one
10 raise, and NO lie merely Clipped IN
TO get the others along as far as he could
before he went out after them, on the prin-
ciple that the longer they stayed in the
furt her they would 70 when he set sail
Jim, however, merely saw tho bets, ana
Brown Thought hs chance was gone, when
the oil man came ill., with whoop ana
boosted the pile hard one, ,
"One more for poor old Dave!" ne saiu'
IA he showed up the chips
"Still another" said the theatrical man,
and piled up another raise.
The onlookers were beginning to buzz
at the size Of the pot, and the superheated
conscience behind Brown was very near
the melting point. A few degrees more
and it would begin 10 go on in thin vapor'
These raises were too many Tor rom
and he threw down his hand, declaring DIS
gust elly that II certainly was a shame me
way some men from the West could handle
the cards. even when they did NOT aeal,
Brown saw that his chance had come and
no gave it a whack that made the others
sit mp and ask themselves now many caTus
he had drawn. Also 'hey asked nm Dut
he only smiled and looked wise, and the
extra developed conscience behind him
couldn't help nudging him not 10 tell.
jim Clipped in again, and then II was
the oil mans turn once more. He had q
fine stack Of blues in front of him, and now
he pushed them slowly across tne aple
and began knocklng the TOP on into Ihe
pot The theatrical man did the same
thing with MS Dlues, ana brown ioho"eo
suit
1T seems 10 DO question Oh VINO mas .ht'
,allest pile, he said, ana III net tha1
have"
Il guess you nave, rePhed the on man
and II that 10 your deliberate intentioh'
I'll Just save the rest or these, Tor may
want TO play littie aiter dinner ,,.
But the theatrlcal man heia on First
Ana 30 back ana forth IT went until the tan
stack OF the manager was almost gone
he counted the chlps OF Browns last RAISE
and saw that they were exactly az many
as ne had lett
cunning Tor my Pile, are you, Dave
ne asked, with grin; wen, mere %here
you get ch&nce 10 take IL. Ana ne shoVeo
up the iast OF MS chips. call yo"' no
said s,...:u.
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aDou. IN aus chalr pen,io nf1 MI very nea'
,he poihI Oh 'o!AIlIiAs1ch "Nn super
human eI9rt IL managed 70 keep from
openly aaoessing tne cat.ensn puI "
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onlookers ana wa& ns Wise mead
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