The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

the window. Putting his feet on the
window sill, he smoked steadily until
he ha dthe cigar burning we'll and then
said
There amt no fault TO find with
sam play that 1 can see. o. course,
there were a chance that he might be
beat an he were beat acc0rdiu', but
there want no way for him 10 tell z
he were atore the showdown an the
chances looked TO be an his way. His
on'y mistake was In the deal
This here case I'm speakm' of was
different. i amt a-sayiu' but what
most players that had the four kings
that George Lancaster held would ha'
played EN- like sam played his, but
Lancaster were a man that ku0wed the
game, an he was plaElp with man
that knowed it as well as he did, an
they both knOWed each others same
from a To fzzard.
THE way ON il was that Lancaster
had been partners with a man named
Foster for two or three years. an
they'd played together so long they'd
learned all about each other. Then
they Quarreled an sOmethin' Tor other,
not serious, but just enough to sepa-
rate. an they hadn't met up for some
time till they come together on the old
Creole Belle where / was teudin bar
on her when I was youngster
Well there was a stiff game on.
There was q couple o. planters in 1t
with more moneyin was good for EN-,
an two cotton factors I'm New Or
leans that was up the river lOOkin'
into the prospects % crops, an there
were Lancaster that had got i'm with
EN- some way, d0in' of EN- proper
when the boat stopped at Nicksburg,
1T were late at night am they didn't
stop the game, but three or four OF the
passengers that came aboard stopped
to look on at the game an one of 'em
was this here Foster. He stood for
few minutes lOOkin' on an smilin' an
then he asst if there was any objection
to him takin' hand,
'WeI, there wasn't none. I knOWed
him an Lancaster had been pals, an
I kind o. looked for Lancaster to kick,
count Of the quarrel between 'em.
An then when Foster set in, I looked
TO see 'em play together but they
didn't do that, neither.
An finally, I scent they was layin'
fer each other They was playin' for
blood, but L cd see t they'd durn
sight rather win I'm each Othern to
win I'm the strangers.
There was three or four times they
had a right smart tussle an some
times one'd win, and sometimes tOther,
but mostly they'd seem to know when
they was beat by the way the other
teller played They was cracker jacks,
both on EN-
After they'd been playin' three or
four hours, this hand came that I'm
telling about. 1t were d jack pot with
$50 in it, for they was playin' So jacks,
an one o. the cotton factors was deal
in.
1.-THE two planters came next, an
they passed. Then Foster passed, him
settin' next. Then the other factor
passed an it came LaHcaster's turn
He opened it, an they all passed out
but Foster an he come in without
raisin'. That closed the pot, O. course,
an there was nothin' to do but to draw
cards,
"They each took one, an Lancaster
being the opener. had TO speak first.
He didn't bet Just throWed in a white
chip, so Foster bet $50.
Lancaster raised him a hundred, an
Foster went back at him with another
hundred. Then Lancaster threw his
cards down and said.
I've got four kings. but I can't
beat a straight hushl"
AT this the old man stopped in his
story and went on smoking. His hear
ers appeared to be buried ia thought.
Finally Winterbott0m said;
Fears Ike mat We're eltnef mon
str0us good play or powerful bad
one. an faint altogether clear TO me
which. How do you fgger It out,
Greephut2'
'Plain as the nose on your face" re-
turned the old man. "In the first place
Lancaster kn0wed that Foster couldn't
open it. He wasn't passin' blind on
two pairs settiu where be did, third
man from the dealer. o. course, he
might ha' did it if he'd been right un-
der the guns, but not settiu third.
''Then when Lancaster had opened
and Foster come I'm am drawed one
card IL were plain T. ne were drawin'
to straight or a flush. An the bet
tin showed the rest
Mind you. these two men knowed
each others game am they knowed
twasn't no place for neither one on
EN- 20 blur.
when Foster bet his first $50. O.
course he didn't have no way o. tenin,
whether Lancaster had any more than
two pair bat when Lancaster came
back al him with $3.50 more he knowed