The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-09

looking man in the car but he
yas also the most silent. Scarcely
xord had he uttered since the train left
omaha. excepting to his travelling com
nauion end by the time ogden had
been passed there were several of the
other passengers who had developed
considerable curiosity about him.
It was the long haired man espec-
tally who began to show something akin
20 anxiety about il. 1t would have
taken no great powers of divination
20 determine the theatrical character
Of this mans occupation. even Fl his
language had not loudly and frequently
proclaimed il. But the tall, broad
shOuldered man simply sat in his place
and played "a kind of two-handed whist
with the white haired old gentleman
with whom he was travelling, and kept
his mouth shut while his wits worked.
AT Winnemucca the actor jumped 10
with camera TO try to get some pic
lures Of the blanSeted Indians who
were sitting along the platform. Maybe
the tall man had got his problem all
thought out. or maybe he just thought
it was his come-in. Whatever IT was,
he looked up as the actor started and
called out to him:
You can't get a picture of those In
dians!"
Can't" calculated the actor, in as
constituent, why not?"
1t Had Been Done.
NO" answered the TAN man, any
moren You can make pair of deuces
beat Hush.'
Thr actor stopped and leaned against
the arm on the seat opposite the tail
man.
But that has been done" he said.
81 never happened TO see it," replied
the tall man. 1T was never done to
me"
The acto. looked at him thoughtfully
for a moment There was something
I'm the expression Of the big man, the
way his head was set on his shoulders,
the contour of the jaw, that helped one
to understand that it might not be
Nhealthful to trihe with his feelings.
Yes" continued the actor. Il saw
that done once i'm fact, / did il. That
was my one chance to be rich. and
let it go. Now l s'pose I'll be lucky
il I avoid walking hereafter.
Both the tall man and his partner
looked up with an expression which
plainly demanded the rest Of the story.
You should never show down after
a bluff" said the tall man. IT'S bad
luck sure. Wouldn't they stand for
it2"
"Oh. yes" replied the actor. 1.-THE
other fellow stood for it all right, but it
was the hoodoo that got me. ] admit
that it's bad luck to show up win
ming bluff. Nobody but a chump does
ii. 1t certainly fixed me. all right.
The Texan in the Game.
There were five of us I'm the game.
was playing in Washington that win
ter-it was only a few years ago-th2
show was, 1 mean-and sometimes 1
used to get into a game with some Of
the congressman.
II had heard before that they ran up
some pretty steep games once in 4
while but I had no real notion of the
way they do play or / should never
have taken a hand with any of theme
But the first time I did ] was fairly
lucky. and after that / suppose / got
little dany on il and thought / could
come out of IL as well As the next one,
but some OF those fellows were million
aires and 1 had about as much bust
ness playing poker with them as have
now trying TO fiS. When II comes to an
open game I have observed that a big
pile is "a great assistance to a steady
nerve in making the other side look
for nickels To pay street car fare home
with
There was a man from Texas i'm the
game the night / speak of. and you
wouldn't have TO get out the biugraph-
zeal dictionaries to see who he was if
] should tell you his name. He had been
drawing government salary Tor
spending his winters i'm Washington
most of the time since the war, i guess.
Also. there was a western senator and
colonel from the war department, be-
sides another just plain, common man
and myself.
A Good Run of Luck.
! Queer how luck runs sometimes. You
= couldn't beat me that night with
sledge-hammer ] caughtOem coming
and going.
Every time [ filled it was sure to be
the winning hand Every time ] missed
filling ON the draw il turned out on the
play that / would have been skinned
40 death if / had caught what I want
ed. There's no doing that sort of luck,
and it wasn't 50 very long before 1 be
gan Co pile up the stuff i'm front of me
as if were running the bank at Monte
Ca~lo.
You know how often it happens that
there viii be one man in a game whom
you can beat every hand. 1t never
makes any difference what he holds.
you always have something a little bet
ter.
I've had that happen to me when
was the fellow that was getting left
every time, and it always nearly drives
me crazy. I can stand losing as well
as the next man. I think but To have
u 90 always TO the same man. and to
n a
two better than mine sure puts me on
the iasged edge before long.
We'll. that was what was happening
TO that Texas man the night / am tell
ing you about. He was certainly game
about Il. 7 never saw a man take 3:
run of mean luck better than he did
and he used to come after me when he
got a good hand as if he meant to eat
me up.
Couldn't Beat Him With Club.
4 reckon ne figured after while
that II had got to change before long.
and each time he had something nice
ne thought the change had come. Then
he would so after me TO get it back at
once.
The end OF that sort of play is GER
tain if a man sticks 10 il. There is al
ways a lot Of talk about a change of
luck being bound TO come. but I doubt
il either Of you gentlemen has ever
seen it come during the game.
Il surely never did, and ii did not
come to my friend from Texas that
night He just kept plunging and
plungiug, going harder each time until
at last he went broke.
Il don't mean clear busted. but only
that he had lost all he had with him
that night. and had drawn a couple o.
checks for as much more as ne appar-
emily cared 10 stand for at one time
But the game had such a grin on him
that he couldn't stand TO quit. SO l,e
began 90 put up one thing and anotne-
as markers 10 be redeemed the next
day after he had got into commuDica-
ton with his Texas bank.