The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-14

] evenin' o. the day he come. an they do
says how there were a game o. talk at
/ wixt the two on EN- that was tOl'able
] nigh like the time Jacob rassled the
angel all night. But Haskins couldn't
/ get nary a fall. an similar. he wouldn't
/ give up; so he KEEP at Eaton two or
three days.
Nearly Flooded Haskins. .
/ Pears he found out as Eaton want
I none too good TO take the money, but
! he were too derned careful There was
/ too many people nosin' round. he said,
an he Wa takin' no money without
/ he ed show t he got it legitimate.
Wen, that come nigh fioOrin' Has
/ iins, an he come to Jim Beasley's place
/ that night madder'n a wet hen. Feared
/ like he was ready TO cry. | was tendin'
/ bar for Beasley an 1 heery him talkin'
/ It over with Charley Atkins that run
1 poker-room up over the saloon. So,
/ when Atkins heerd about 1t he laughed,
| an he says. That's dead easy. If he
wants to get his money legitimate, why
/ don't you steer him up into my place
/ an play poker with him? There amt
no more legitimate way I I knows on
4 to get money n TO win It at poker
Then Hasl1ins he seen a great white
/ light n he says: BY gum, III do it,
The next night in he comes with
Eaton, an upstairs they goes. I was
/ interested enough to foller EN- up an
/ hang round for a while, havin' a man
on at the bar. SOS cd be away a spell.
We'll. they begun stud poker freeze
I out for five hundred. I couldn't say for
sure. but I reckon Haskins loaned
| Eaton the first five hundred. Anyway
/ they both knOwed afore how hard it
might be TO lose at poker if a man was
1 TO try to.
''Haskins begin by bettin' furious on
/ his first three cards an then layin'
down, but Eaton was too drunk to see
how TO play. or maybe too scared.
! Feared ike he want really satisfied
/ that Haskins meant 10 lose. Maybe
/ Hasl1ins hadn't told him right out
I recoIlect one hand that would ha'
| settled the freeze-out, fer Haskins was
a hundred behind, but Eaton spoiled it.
He caught a pair o tens back to back.
an Hashins had a king shown an
| jack buried.
Eaton Stayed.
He bet fifty an Eaton stayed. Then
I they each caught a queen an HaSkins
| bet another fifty an Eaton stayed.
Then Haskins caught a seven spot an
Eaton a FIVE. an Haskins bet another
fifty an Eaton stayed Mind you, he
hadn't raised yet on his pair an the
only thing Haskins cd possibly think
( was I he were stayin' on an ace So
] a
caught an ace ffOr the last card he
thought sure he were up against aces
with his pair o jacks an he shOves up
/ his pile
well. it don't sound reasonable. but
Eaton called. You en- see for yourself
I 1t were a toPable tough job to lose
money to a chump like him. Haskius
+ kind o. groaned a little. an grit his
teeth like. but he went back to his work
like q. man. an in about an hour he got
rid of his wad. an jumped UP quick an
shook hands with Eaton an rushed out
of the room an downstairs. He stopped
fer a minute 10 wash his mouth out
with red liquor. saying he had a bad
taste in his teeth. an I never seen him
again But they do say those buildin's
was put up in Tompkins"
" Pears to me" said Joe Bassett.
when this curious talk was concluded,
''as how I'd rather blay poker with
Eaton nor I would with Haskins. even
If -Haskins didn't mind losin'. Mebbe
he was one o. them sports you are tell
4 in about, an then again mebbe he
want. 'Tain't clear to me I'm what
you say Z he'd so all fired unparucular
about lcsin' for a steady thing.
Not Clear to Greenhout.
IS 'Taint clear to me, retorted old
man Greenhut with d whitening en-
phasis, but what you mOught ha' been
almost human by this time. Joe, If your
ancestors had only begun goin' to night
school a few generations back o where
they did begin You en- tell a horse
I'm handsaw now If the hOrse'u only
kick you.
What I was remarkin' was t there
was people as claimed they didn't care
whether they win or lose Pears like
YOU was most too discriminatory TO
lite long when you seen the two things
want Just the same l hev heeTd pee
pie claim they didn't care, just as /
said. but 1 hain't never met none on
'em that didn't RELY care when it came
10 losin' their money
Il have" said Sam Pearsall. briefly.
Old man Greenhut glared at the speak
er as If 20 annihilate him, but Sam
smoked on impcrturbably. It was plain
that somebody would be obliged to ask
him for his story, and he waited. Fin
ally GTeenhut spoke.
People that butts into a friendly
discussion with statements that would
| blister the lips of AnaniaS and Sophia
should ought TO make good somehow
if they can"
1T was on the Creole Belle" said
Pearsall. putting neryOusly at his pipe,
when I was on'y q young Teller, an
want allowed TO set in with my elders,
but I was old enough to hang round
an see what was dOin'. We was com
in up I'm New Orleans just alter Mardi
Gras, an the boat vas full o sports.
Matched Gold Coins.
They matched $50 gold pieces like
the boys match pennies. an they or
dered wine by the case instead o buy
in bottles, an they made bets on
J everything that happened on the boat
/ Feared like they couldn't get excite
ment enough. nor fast enough, till they
got playin poker.
There was one party o five that
was comm up TO Nicksburg, that 1 got
watchin'. They was all young fellers
an rich an they bet their money ike
/ 1t was mud when they got playin'.
There was two or three professionals
would ha' liked 10 set ia with EN-, but
the cap'm he knOwed 'em an he
warned the professionals of.
They en- play all they like among
themselves ne said, but no strangers
amt gOin' 10 set in on this boat
well. them fellers played most all
night an first one would order a case
O. wine an then another, an they'd
bet thousands Of dollars before they'd
see what they held and take a drink
before they'd. take the pot when they'd
win And bimeby it came so they
wouldn't take in half the pots. but
| just leave EN- ia the middle of the
table. An then they all went TO sleep
with their money out in front Of EN-,
and the cap'R came along an picked It
Up 10 take care OF"
We'll" said old man Greenhut. Il
reckon there's two kinds O. PLAYERS that
mebbe don't care whether they wins
or loses Thorn fHa4-u dr,.n1~ 49, 49,