The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-04

him, and now he pushed them slowly
T across the table and,vbegan knocking
the top off into the pot. The theatrical
| man did the same thing with his blues,
and Brown followed suit.
1T seems to be a question of who has
the tallest pile" rs. said, and and I'll bet
( that 1 have -ltfs, 5s.,.ss- -
Il guess, youahave;,s = replied the. oil
man, "and Il that is your deliberate
intention, I'll just save the rest OF
these, for may want to play a little
after dinner"
But the theatrical man held on
First he pushed in few blues. and
then Brown. And SO back and forth it
went until the tall stack of the man
ager was almost gone. He counted the
chIps of Browns last raise and saw
that they were exactly as many as he
had left
Cunning for my pile, are you,
DaVe% he asked with a grim well,
here's where you get chance to take
it," And he showed up the last of his
chips. Il call YOU" he said
The superheated conscience was
f1dgeting about in its chair behind
Brown. very near the point of VOLATILE
cation. With a superhuman effort it
managed to keep from openly address,
ing the cattlemep, but it just simply
had to turn to one of the other on
He's got EN- sure" it said. 'MyI
but that's a corker9'
L thought just about had this one"
remarked Brown, as he spread out his
cards on the table. y
Then wicked fate prompted him to
make the explanation of his draw, that
always cheer the sheart of the winner
and fills the loseri# with three plv four
times normal quddruple expansion
rage. =
Caught two of those Jacks on the
draw he added with the cocksureness
or the sure-thing imbecile Threw
away an ace and got that king. That
settled four kings and four aces. and I
just about guessed there wouldn't he
any four queens out against it."
All this time the opener wasn't saw
ing word. He was just looking at
Brown with a dreamy sort of smile
ana paying out the rope for the hang
ing. But now, as Brown reached for
the pile of chips with the remark that
ne was sorry he hadn't thought to
bring along a scoop shovel. the thaatri-
cal man laid down his hand and said
softly: i % ~
-, wait minute. Perhaps you would
ike to look at these ladies'"
Had the Four Ladies.
He had four queens.
opened on three, you see," he went
on cheerfully, while Brown stared and
stared and then stared some more.
and l drew two cards and caught the
fourth" nc
He began to pile up the blue chips
one Dy one, and Brown turned to call
the steward.
It's time to turn on some bubbles"
SAID the cattleman s'and it's my turn to
hold the nozzle"
say, he remarked in a whisper that
penetrated to the far corner of the
room. If I'd been playing that hand
ID have laid it down right straight
mats too thin. that sort of thing.
Ihey're laying for you, You better get
out now while you have chance.
know about theseIcard sharpers that
travei ON these bigs steamers just to
neece the passengers. You never have
the ghost of show with Them
Brown had been regarding him with
mildly contemplatiVei eyes, and listen
ing solemnly to alb he said. Now he
thought 1t was his turn to play, and he
patted the extra developed conscience
on the arm and said, hopefully:
Would you mind falling off the rail
and drowning yourself? There's a lot
long" mse
The conscience spluttered with in
dignation. 1t was a scandal and an
outrage and shame. and he for one
would do his plain duty and report 1t
to the captain of the snip. That sort
OF thing had got tb4be stopped. 1t was
gambling and nothing else. and he went
off to try to make good.
Then Brown turned to the other
brigadiers and remarked:
That's the first one. Now, cheaters,
whose deal is it? want my chips
back"