The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-21
HAs AcEaUP HIS sLEEvE-PLAT-
oRM FIGHT IN MISSOURI
coNVENTIoN-HoW Ii
sMiGHT BE SETTLED.
QUESTIONS OF ORGANIZATION
I'm MISSOURI AND THE cOuN-
sss TRY AT LARGE.

sStss-Thisshara Parker said&the Old Poli-
8#fician,, stsre me o. Bob Sittle, that
s dStospla poker up around Sioux
EitysIn the sdaysswhen there was a pro-
cessIon o.tin7horn gamblers along the
sMisgourisstha strung cut all the way
ST. Joe clear4Hp to Fort Bentol:.
John B~nckf1asIer the. first sheriff Of
IdaIln9c1l1nt thestime bein' when Ida
s8hoEacountyw a as big as Idaho state
naw.@SMas# ais WY back East, hav=
@inssEshpokth allsaii dust off OF MS
trail fore5ser. He storped OF al SiSi%
sCity,.%fne@Sam bein { piece. Were he
MOVE he could get &. game w1Fhcuf
buttin' IN. John WeIn't io profession
al ,orswhat you'd call 4 gambler, be-
cause he didn't make a business of iL
ian ii he@played he played her as
III asa dice that 'tloaded. BIT
slessrasn. takin' as much bacS Wit!
him as@hestold thesboys before he left
horne|he wasasure to collar out there
@John#was like b most of US, an he
had got disappointed, but he was sure
game, an.sallSti1e way down he swore
LEI make spoon or spoil a horn at
III iouxsCity.S Sc when4we got there he
looks around an strikes the trail o
Bob Sitt1e, a tin-horn for keeps, but al
ways open engagements. an a man
knowe .didn't have nerve enough
Ito tryato rob him if he caught him at
lit AN. il I don't catch him. says
job t me as they stacked up their
chips, SITS because I'm blind an deaf
IAN dumb al o. which he wasn't.
9TH yer at it at 1O:45 P. NJ, in
sNthesso1d Royal, which stood in them
s&days@rightHwhere the Milwaukee de-
pot9stands nov, accordin' 20 the best
recollection. They played along
till after midnight. an nothin' IN
usual happened. Money KEEP d
S.changinShands, but5nobody gettin, the
advantage for luck was a holdin'
them scales about even. an John
#Buckmaster KEEP his eye riveted on
Sittle soSclose, that there was no
2sichstling holdin' out, or workin'
Fin asco1d$deck or shuffin' awkerd, or
dea1inf from the bottom. Bob he com
menced to get uneasy, an John he
commenced to get a little careless
Iike.8an'8 his guard, thinkin' he'u
ratified SO he couldn't do no
IS dirt. there's where he made a
ILLS lie was sISelilS lHdL
sEWay8Bob got an extra ace up his
sleeve. He might use that ace to
makeathrees or four, or he might use
NJ itStoSmake two pair; or he might use
Tito make a fill or flush. There's a
o. uses for an ace in a game
80 draw poker, my boy. But Bob know
81 e d thistle knowed he was settin' i'll
against a man that was watchin' him,
an'8was liable to count the cards in
NJ b deck at n minute, an he know
Led h when Il card was found
#$short there'd be the devil to pay. The
devil was around an waitin' for his
money$as sure as you're born, for it
wasn't five minutes after Bob landed
y that&ace# behind his wrist till he got
three aces:s on Johns own deal. The
next thing to do was to get that other
~one&down again without John seem
him. But he was SO ALFRED scared
to do it, he thought led first see if
he couldn't win on three aces alone.
sE8 e'John Buckmaster, as I told you,
wasn't a professional gambler, an son.
whenever he got a good hand. yol
could see it in his face. He JUS
couldn't help a-showin' that he was
feelin'%good an Bob had found that
out.@So he looked at John hard, az
couldn't make out exactly whether he
holdin' good or bad. His face
didn't show three aces, though, an
Bob had found out that John was liza
bic to bet two pair good an hyard.
Two pair was just what John had got
kings OF jacks; good enough for q
thousand in the hands of a nervy
man So the bettin' commenced a
movin', an you could see two blue
streaks %runnin' up toward the roof.
John had about bowed in his last dol,
lar, determined to go broke or make
a &wfnnin that was worth havin', when
alto a sudden, in raisin' up a little
to take some o. the tor chips off his
Gg pile to keep it from fallin' over, he
looked down an. seen that other ace
in Bob's sleeve, for Bob was SO ner.
vons that he had his arm a-restin' on
the table at the elbow, an his hand
at his chin. John seen hat lard like
aSfiash, an'1ike another flash he had
it out. Is that where you carry you1
extra cards?' say he. I carry mine
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