Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03
GUS luck no did not often pay the

stayed, the drummer made 1t $12 to
pay 1t was too strong for the doctor
WHO laid down, and the lieutenant did
not care TO re-raiSc, SO he simply made
good, and the old gentlemen trailetl
| The lieutenant took three, tho old
gentleman three and the drummer one.
The lieutenant watched him closely as
he picked up the one card and clearly
perceived Il shadow of disappointment
ON his face.
| lie therefore bet $40 with consider
able coniidcncc-too much, In fact, for
the old gentleman, who threw down
his cards. The drummer. however,
| without hesitation. threw in twenty
dollar bill, and the lieutenant was stag
gcrcd.
He studied IL long time, hut finally
said: 81 can't raise II onc-card draw,
but I'm hanged If | believe you filled.
I'll call you, anyhow. I've got kings
And he showed down his pair, but
the drummer spread his hand ON the
board. and they saw that he had made
pair OF aces in drawing TO four
flush.
don't suppose said the doctor, In
II perfectly even tone. that n man is
really to be blamed for having an over
dose of that sort of luck, but sup
pose it Is thoroughly we'll understood
that nobody can EXPECT to remain very
popular among the others in the COM
munity while il lasts"
81 should say not grOwlcd the lieu
tenant. as he shuiIlcd the cards for his
| deal, but the drummer replied with
more spirit than they had expected.
| 81 reckon there's other ways of get
ting popularity" he said, that's out o.
sight better than winning at poker but
| | notice there amt many mon that
play to lose. If anybody doesn't like
the way play my cards he has per
feet right to play his mp against en-
| for the size Of my pile
| 81 think I'll take n hack at that pro-
| position" said the lieutenant as the
doctor cut tho cards. and before deal
ing he pnt his hand in an inside pocket
and pulled out Il small roll of big bills.
| SHINING OH five 500 bills, he laid
them in front of him AMI resumed his
play.
+ The old, gentleman said nothing. hui,
| looking carefully at his pile, he saw
| that it was considerably under 5000,
and he pulled ont $30n out from his
pocket and declared that in the game.
II reckon I'll worry along on this.
said the doctor. who had been playing
with extra caution since the game had
been made table stakes. and who had
something over his hundred still in
front nf him.
The drummer said nothing. His pile
was growing satisfactorily.
| They all passed out on the lioutcn
ants deal, making another jackpot,
and ii was swcctcncd UP to $40 before
any one opened.
Then the lieutenant caught three
| q f,,r mi
gentleman dropped, and the drummer
the lieutenant, with a savage CLEAN in
raised il $40, the doctor stayed, aud
his eye. made it $50 more.
'rhat'll hold you for little. |
think" he said: but the drummer went
hack nj him with a hundred more. u
was too mich for the doctor, and he
| folded.
Angry MS tho lieutenant now was, he
did not care TO go further before the
draw, So he made good. and called for
two cards. To his intense JOY he
caught the fourth ten. aud when the
! drummer called for one card he did
not wait for him to pick up the draw,
but threw hundred in the pot.
| The drummer looked carefully at
his card before paying any attention to
the play. Then he said, slowly, and
| as II douDtfully:
Il rckon this hand ought to be good.
| I'll tap you
| With that he pushed his entire pile
forward. 1t was larger than the lieu
tenants, but the. latter called him for
what he hatl-about $3.50.
Then. the drummer showed four
Queens.
1t seemed to staggor the lieutenant.
III
as lie went very white about tho lips,
hut he stcadicd himself with an effort,
and pulling out his roll again. he laid
il on tho table without counting it,
AS thcy found ont later there was Il
little over Thousand dollars in 1t. but
| they were all stricken with tho fever
OF the game apparently. and the doc
tor put five hundred more on the table,
| while the others rested.
The hard blow the lieutenant had
Just received proved TO be only the
beginning of bad luck, as sharp as it
was short. He lost two. hundred To the
old gentleman on three scvcnS, three
hundred TO tho drummer on aces mp
agains. three little ones, all in tho
)coursc Of dozen deals.
Then tho old gentleman dealt the
cards, there being jackpot, and the
drummer opened It. Each of the othci
three raised in turn rs it came to him,
SO it cost the drummer $50 moro to
play.
He put MP his $50 very deliberately
and added $50 to 1t, but again each
man raised it as his turn came. so that
it was $50 moro for him to play
lie put 5000 in the pot without n
word. and this seemed to set the
others thinking. They all came in.
hut there was no more raises, so that