The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-14

landlord was reaching out for the pot
when suddenly the lawyer exclaimed.
Hold on there That isn't a flush.
Why. you've got six cards in that hand
Then there was a lot OF talk No one
imagined for o moment that the land
lord had intended anything wrong. bur
1t was absolutely certain that he had
shown down six cards and his hand
was, therefore, dead. he did not pre-
tend 10 dispute IL, and the only eX-
PLANTATION he could make was that two
cards must have stuck together
Goes to Jim.
Then the mayor said: The pot be-
longs to me, then. for / had an ace
high straight but he was instantly
asked TO show il. and was. of course,
unable to do so. Not only had he
thrown his hand into the discard, but
the discard pile itself had been dis
turbed after he did it.
SO there was q long discussion as
10 what should be done. but i deter
mined TO say nothing unless a decision
should be reached that / should con-
slider unjust 10 Jim. They finally
agreed, however, that the original pot
belonged 10 Jim, and that the side
money should be divided between the
mayor and the landlord.
Then the mayor said to me; What
do you want TO do? Do you want 20
cash in your partners chips or sit in
and play for him? He may come back,
perhaps
Il knew we'll enough that he would
not come back, but the notion seized
me suddenly that the luck had turned
a the last moment, and that / would
see what / could Go with that 1924. So
took Jim's seat and put in for the
jackpot that was made on his three
Fights.
Was the Lawyers Deal.
at was the lawyers deal and my first
say. 1 caught four tens cold, and was
about to open il when the thought
came that If someone else opened I
would have a chance to raise, so I
passed.
The mayor passed and the doctor
opened it. The Tanchman made 1t S24
to play and the lawyer stayed. the
landlord dropping cut.
This was great luck. I debated
whether to raise again or wait, and I
decided to wait. so I put up $24.
1t worked all right. for the doctor
came back with a $50 raise, and the
others both stayed. Then ] made it $50
more, and, to my great delight, they
all stayed.
of course, I took one card, but the
others all stood pat. II was the doc
tors bet, and he put up 500. The ranch
man studied, but finally made It 5000
THE lawyer only had about SO left,
but he put that in. ] counted my chips
and found S22S: which / pushed forward.
and the others called
There were two Pushes and a fun
house against me, so 1 took in S1.144 in
a single pot, and it was up TO me to
get out of the game as gracefully as
possible I fear it sounded lame, win
Ter's excuse for quitting usually does,
but I said:
Really. 7 don't like to play anoth-
or mans money after a piece of luck
like that. It's too good to last.' And
/ pushed the chips over to the mayor.
He laughed and said: I guess the
boys would rather you'd cashed in be-
fore you played at al But he gave M
the money, and went looking for jim.
He was over at our Office, as ! sus-
Dected he would be, looking over some
papers. When ] entered he said:
I'm trying Is stTaighten things w
as well as I can. We can get west
bound train at midnight. and I reckon
it'll be better than waiting for morn
ing
I cashed in for you after you left.
1 SAID.
'Cashed in for me- he exclaimed.
I thought I was all in on that last pot.
How much was there left? Enough to
take us a few miles farther. I hope
Then = showed him the roll, and I
thought he'd faint. After I got through
telling him about il, L said.
I don't know how it strikes you,
Jim, but it has taught me that a man
never ought to give up, even. after he
has lost his last chance Chicago IN
ter Ocean.