The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-22
This Players Luck Changed When
He Used a Young W0man's Charm.
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This Players Luck Changed When
he Used Young Woman's Charm.
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"I have never been superstitious nor a
great believer In masc0ts when it came
TO gambling" said young man who has
a fancy for quiet game of poker now
and then, but after what happened TO
me the other night I'm not so sure that
there may not be a whole lot jan them.
81 had an engagement to sit in i've
handed game or draw, J0-cenT limit, ana
as the game wasn't scheduled to start
until pretty late. 7 dropped into a res
taurant TO get bite TO eat. II was one
Of those restaurants where people sit
around and drink and listen 10 music,
ST half expected TO find there some one
7 knew. And sure enough j did.
'I was maneuVering for q table when
I noticed a young man who delights in
bright WaIstc0ats and the atmosphere
/ That goes with the glare of the white
l lights motoring TO me 10 come over 10
his table Sitting with my friend was
! a Young woman. charming and joily-two
I traits that seldom 50 together in woma o..
"a cordial invitation to Join them fol-
lowed am Introduction 90 the young Wo-
man. and in a few minutes was slipping
a sort drink. me young woman was
telling her companion what a great IA
NDrite he was with some Institution she
/ referred to as the old ladies home, when
TO save him I casually remarked that I
was going to play a little poker that
night The young woman became inter-
esued at once.
" Nov she said you must win and
am going TO make you win. Harry. she
continued, turning 10 her companion,
I give me q penny
Harry hunted through his clothes with
OUT HA0ius penny. OF a com OF any ue-
nomination he had money, all right but
me didn't have any in change. Inc
young woman was disappointed and she
Vow. Mr.. BIank'-that's not my
name. but IL fits me pretty well when Z
play poker-I want you to let me have a
coin for few minutes. she said.
1T happened that / had lots Of change
ana gave her 5J-cent piece. she fon-
( died o. tossed II about tn her saapeiy
hands ana finally touched it with her
I pretty lips, All this mysutied me, ana,
: 4 may say, greatly amused me
' Now. she SAID very sOlemnlE- j am
+ going 10 toss this coin five times. You
/ must guess eacn time whether 10 Is head
OF TAIL IL you guess right three out of
l five times, yGu'u win tonight You
needn't be afraid TO guess Tor I know
/ mat You viii guess right
I to the proposition. although all the time
I felt that the question Of whether man
| was going 70 win OF lose i'm poker game
/ didn't depend on guessing. match. BuI
I Dc was fun. and I went ahead and guessed
Z Tor all 7 was worth.
well. ON the fourth turn &c was tie.
1 had guessed right twice and wrong
I twice The firm time L guessed heads.
and SO 1t came.
Oh. youN win, sure said the young
woman. gleefuliy. and J looked pleased.
But YOU mustn't spend that 55-ceut piece.
She added returning 30 20 me. You must
keep Be until you find that sou are losing
/ and then you want to put II in the game.
/ luck
/ ''I promised to remember her advice. but
I q second later I gave the young woman a
( cigars with the coin. TIE young woman
, accented nay excuses good uaturediY, and
/ when I started for the game she warned
me not to forget about my mascot.
/ 'Ihe luck I played iu from the start Of
/ that game was enough 20 discourage q
& hardened poker player. / lost hand after
I hand when I thought had a good chance
/ Of winning.
81 had hands that would have won or
I Giuary iackDOts. but each time someone
/ held hand that was just littie better
against that kind Of luck in poker you
/ know how fast his pile goes.
[ 30 hen we ud0 been playing about an
! hour and hair began TO figure out
where ] stood discovered that j was
s2s oHt. We bad decided to play 0nly
+ three hours. and didut see much hope
4 for me TO recover in the last half of the
/ while I was wondering what was
+ going 90 DO. ? suddenly thought Gf that
I Decent piece ] didn't have much faith iu
could burt me ~ that stage of the
game
.For an instant 7 Thought had spent
Some of it for . drink and car fare, bar
no. Do was Ftfu DID my pocket 7 fishcd ii
ont aud tossed it over to the banker.
calling for blue Chi1.r costing - cents.
, had some chips bon front of me and che
banker looked surprised, h3It said noth-
{ iHE MF felloH PLAYERS muttered things
Irom which { gathered that they thought
Z was crazy
essay that coin Was tac reai thing iu
the mascot Hne. T piared chat blue chip
in The first pot that came aions and ]