The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
began joshing me good naturally about
having lost my nerve.
Il took IL all ripht hut aaid.

pcs1h yoshihB me soou hatureoiy "ooo'
having lost my nerve.
Il took 1t all right, but said:
don't know about that. II there's
two or three men around that want to
divide two or three hundred among EN-, l
don't mind giving them chance IN the
draw. ! don't like the way the ball Is roll
Ing. and faro Is too quiet for me-
He said he would see II he couldn't ac-
commodate me, and in about five minutes
four OF US were sitting in back room with
the cards and chips in front Of us.
Might as well make 1t table stakes. 1
hundred to start And threw out the
two centuries that had handy In my vest
pocket.
"Iwanted them to think had more behind
and l guess they thought so. Anyhow,
they each bought two hundred.
i knew the men was with, and knew
! was up against a stih proposition. though
! wasn't afraid OF crooked play. The two
proprietors both sat In, and the fourth
man was high roller named Jarvis, who
was. like myself, as much at home In half
e dozen cities as he was In Chicago. knew
likely to flash two thousand as two hundred.
Jim and Harry, the two partners, we're
good for any amount, and knew the game
was really what 1t purported to be, 2 semi
&c, social one for my special benefit. with un-
Right then and there, l had true bunch.
| didn't hear any mysterious voice whisper
Ing to me, nor ! didn't see any writing onthe
wall but just before the first hand was dealt
/ felt certain that was going to fill the first
four flush that should come to me. 1t was
so strong that even mapped out the way
to play the hand when caught 1t, and de-
cided to lay low till 1t did come.
well, l followed it out. We made the
ante two calls five, SO that the jackpots
were $50 without sweetening You can
III, NJ Mt IN
sort Of game without getting any play at
all, II the cards run away from you, and
was forty in the hole before took in single
jack
Zone or two plays that l made on small
hands in ante pots, kept me going, but the
] couldn't keep even to save myself for
half hour or so, though / didn't make any
very heavy losses.
-Then it came my deal and the second
and third man stayed out, 50 1t was up to
me. had pair Of aces 30 | could proba-
but something told me to pass for jack
and did it.
Nobody got openers for four deals, so
there was thirty-siS dollars in the pot when
the deal came to Jarvis agan, as he sat on
my left.
"Jim opened it for the size of it, under
the guns, and Harry came in without rails
ing. l looked at my cards and found four
spades with ace, queen leading, and l re-
allied that my chance had come.
up, discarded the other, and said, as coollly
as knew how to speak: Something tells
me I'm going to get another spade. |
raise it" And l pushed my pile forward:
Il had Just $751; in all for, as said, l had
lost $40 before that pot came, and as no
body had lost more than that, l had a
chance for three stayers. OF course,
knew Jim and Harry would both stay
against my chance of filling, and I was
hoping that James had enough to warrant
him in staying. for that, | figured. would
give me $40 in all. If got the pot, and that
was just little more than had gone
around for.
well, James didn't have enough That
is, he only had pair Of mines, but as said,
he was plunger, and when he saw what
l was doing. he laughed, and said:
reckon if you can make play like that.
Well said jim, this is the easiest
money I've seen for, some time; and he
came in with smile. And, of course,
Harry trailed.
at all depended on my one card. but l
give you my word had no more doubt OF
It's being a spade than 1 had of the four
that lay in front of me- and, sure enough,
it was the king of that suit.
There WAS a side bet by the, opener,
three dollars left, and Jarvis hadn't bet
tered, so ! raked the pot, three sevens being
the only hand against me.
Il don't think any Of them liked it when
I cashed in, az l did Immediately, but l
hadn't gone there for their amusement.
and l didn't feel concerned. My bunch
had worked, as l felt certa it would when
It came to me, and l used the $500 to ex-
cellent advantage.
"That was case Of genuine bunch, and
I've had few other experiences like It,
though never had another one that did
me quite so much good as that did:
lunches, he will say that ] was just as
likely to get a club as spade in that par
tc,Ilar draw and hat in that caseit wouldn't
have been bunch, but fool notion. That
isn't exactly the way l would put it though.
| would say that if it had been a club that
was coming wouldn't have had the hunch."