The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05
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did not Know me, " o. ui'n mink no
| did. @
"Ho was 4 particularly decent chap.
without a crooked hair In his head, and
a generous, wholehearted fellow that I
had heard or 4 good many times AZ do
! inR rood turns TO other mon who were
| out OF lick, And 1t came to me that rs
a question between doing this man ana
doing Bannlgan, 1t was up to me 10 do
Bannigan.
"The ramo was hot one from, the
start There was no talk OF limit and
for the party and putting in SO. we nsed
chips for change. OF course, and each
man bought a hundred to start, but we
bet with bills when 1t got beyond the
| hundred, which 1t did right soon
"Bannlgan and 1 had agreed to let tho
others win some at first. and I saw no
reason to interfere with that. excepting
that i took pains not TO lose, but present.
| ~ caught a signal from my pal to be
ready to stand by.
ut was his deal. and ! knew II he
dealt crooked no would give me the vim
ming hand In preference to himself, so
looked at my cards with some curiosity.
Az 1t happened : caught two pairs. aces
up. and az Phelps passed opened the
pot for him.
avoid identif1cation. raised It ten, and
! Bannigan raised him ten. Phelps tralled
and made 1t twenty more. to test Davis.
| "Of course I knew that II he came
back against two raises he must be
strong, and he did, for he threw In fifty.
making raise as big az NINE BY this
time Bannigan had slgnaled me his hand
as three big ones. l thought they would
probably be kings or queens, but the sig
nails didn't work to the extent OF telling
the denominations.
"He made good and Phelps trailed
| again, and pretended to study. but fin
ally raised a hundred. Davis studied
again and then made good thought
/ Banngan would raise again. but he didn't
| and once more Phelps made good, 80 We
/ drew cards.
1T was one card draw all round.
i Phelps, as 1t proved, was drawing to a
straight flush and filled a straight I
caught third ace. but In signalling to
4 Bannigan told him ] had not Bothered.
4 Davis, as It appeared. must have been
/ drawing TO something he didn't fill, prob
ably three OF a kind, so It looked as II
he had overpayed his hand before the
4 draw. And Goslin, holding up seven.
had caught another. and he signalled that
he had a full house.
II bet hundred and Davis laid down.
Bannigan raised mo hundred and
Phelps trailed.
II made 1t q hundred moro and Ban
! nigan did the same and Phelps hesitated
long time, but finally put In his two
4 hundred, 80 / made 1t two hundred more
and Banngan did the same.
| This time Phelps weakened. and bad
| no more money. for had all the Ave
\ hundred and nearly two hundred more
| that I had won. already in the pot, SO !
called for show for my pile. which. OF
course, Bannigan took for mere matter
OF form. He threw down his full house
] face up, and started to gather In the pot.
I Before he could do that, however. !
said very quietly:
/ "'Hold on, there. My full Is bigger
4 than yours and threw mine down.
II was prepared for almost anything
to happen when did It. but counted on
4 his being afraid to say anything, as he
couldn't make any objection without be-
i traying himself. was right, too; for
| although he was llvid with fury for q
/ moment, he collected himself and pushed
| over the money gracefully enough.
4 What he must have thought was that
Il had blundered in my signal. and OF
course he expected the money back after
| the game. He gave me look, though,
4 which understood we'll enough as a
4 warning not to make any more mis-
| takes.
1T wasn't any part OF my plan TO make
| any more-that Is any more than one
so + played along for three or four more
! pots till caught him again In Just the
/ same sort Of way, only got more
money out OF It.
Then, with about 1920 winnings. be-
! sides the $500 had got from him to BIT
! In with, I pushed my chips over to him
| and showed the bills in my pocket, say
Ing:
]. good to last
.I thought for moment he would have
a At. but still he didn't dare to say any
thing in front of the two others. so he
counted out the money, and as startec
out Of the room, after saying good night
he said suddenly. oh. want to spea,
to you a moment, and he followed me
out into the hall. !. !.
and as expected, he put out his hand
i for the money. So we had 1t out right
there. 49,,
blow the game. don't think you wan
i those men In there to know that vol
/ were trying to swindle Them.
"'You can't tell 'em that, he said b,
way OF bluff. without telling them yot
were In It..
l".But wasn't In It, said. ! went
Into the game to do you up. and I've ,don'
i It. And It's up to You to pocket loss.
II "AnQ he ola IL. l-cApoCtoo q S1ootA4A .
scrape OF a hard fight at the least, bu
he had sense enough to see that he hat
nothing to gain and everything TO lose
4 and he gave me a game Of talk thai
4 lasted 80 long that the other two mer
came out in the hall and, Of course
4 stopped the talk. Then started up stair
for my room and they went back 'nse
his.
came down another flight OF stairs ano
took the frst train for New York on
the train / wrote back to the hote! lo'
my baggage, and I also did some hsur-
Ing on the game. a,,d
lust what I had taken from Phelps ano
Davis on those two hands and when
Davis came back home ! hunted him W
and tried to give him tho money.
"He wouldn't take 1t. though. He sag &c
that he and Phelps had won over H'al
from Bannigan after ] left and Wers
perfectly satisfied. IN. Y, Sun.
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