The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-13


started at any hour in Greenhut's back
room.
Gentlemen. ofm wild yez." said
Stumpy- We do be playin' dhraw
poker in Brownsville whites. but it's
more f'r tn spoort We play nor the
money.
Mr.. winterbottom and Mr.. Pearsall
heartily agreed that the game ought
always to be played for sport rather
than for money. In fact. they said,
the game was always played in Green
hutS place for sport. Sometimes,
when the players got warmed up. the
stakes grew rather large. but usually
Il was small game carried on for
amusement and the promotion OF
Greenhuts bar trade.
Has he a bar?" demanded Stumpy-
They assured him that he had an
that they should all three go forthwith
Il Greenhuts. As neither of the others
had any objection they were soon sam
ping Creenhut's liquor.
In paying for the drinks, Stumpy
showed a roll of respectable size con-
tanning at least a few fves and tens,
so no one showed any reluctance IN
joining the game which Stumpy HIM
self proposed, and five players present
ly bought chips in the back room. Bas-
set and Plunldtt joining the two VINO
had invited the stranger in.
One o tn most interestin' stories
in the good book" remarked old man
Greenhut TO the little group that re-
manned with him in the front of the
saloon, lis that there yarn about the
when his brethren pitched him in
Pit. Nobody knowed where them IA
vens come from, but they fetched JO-
seph SO much corn inside o seven years
t him an his family fed on 1t fr seven
years more.
Pears like there's ravens comm
FIN up the river an I'm down the riv-
er, to feed Arkansas City. This here
bird Is triile off color for raven,
but his wad looks good
In the back room things were not
quite satisfactory. A table stakes game
was started and each man bought IS
worth of chips. the local talent con-
sidered this small, but Stumpy said
they always began that way in
Brownsville. and they deferred to his
preference. remembering that it was
always possible to buy more chips and
50 increase the size of the possible
bet
Presently. however, it appeared that
there We're other peculiarities in the
Brownsville game. or at least in the
game Stumpy played. He refused 10
come in. hand after hand, with no APP
parent impotence at the chipping-out
process. even when he was forced 90
buy his second five. Then, suddenly,
he came in without looking at his
hand. and when he was raised, pushed
his whole pile into the pot.
WinterbottOm had three sevens. and
he saw the bet unhesitatingiy. Pear
sail had nothing. but he put in his
money on the theory that his chance
was as good as any mans who had
not looked at his hand. The sheriff,
with one pair considered it a gam
bic, and Piunkitt came INFO be So
cia5le.
On the draw Stumpy stood pat. still
without looking at his cards, which
lay face down in front of him Win
terbOttOm drew two without lettering,
and neither of the others improved his
hand.
As winterbottOm had opened he be-
a blue chip on the side. which the sher-
if called, having kings, and the other
two laid down Stumpy, being all in,
was not affected by the side betting
and let his cards remain on the ia
bic.
winterbottom, being called, showed
his three sevens.
That's good said the sheriff. show
ing his kings. and they all looked at
Srumpy.
sure. OF don't know he said. drol-
y. but OF do be thinkin maybe OTH
bate thin others and he turned his
cards over one at a time.
The first four were diamonds and he
looked at Winterbottom.
Il reckon not" said WinterbOttOm.
"Oi thought maybe ye'd be afther
wantin' 10 shplit tn pot Sure, thin
diamonds is mighty pretty
Go on. said Jake, impatiently-
oh, Very We'll" said Stumpy, and
he turned another diamond.
1t gave him nearly SIC. as against
the SO he had put in. and after count
ing it carefully he said ne guessed he'd
quit.
At this there was a chorus of pro-
test. DO you mean to say you've got
four North American citizens to waste
half an hour for you to win $6?" de-
manded PearsaH.
It's what l call dirty trick said
Plunkitt.
.'Aisy. now: aisy" said Stumpy. "Oi
told yez OF play this game fer spoOrt,
an OTve had all the spoort Oim loikely
to have. Thin things don't happen
twice. Yez needn't look dangerous.
OrIl foight yez, ony wan at a tonne.
Dim Oirish. but Dim not Oirish enough
for that YEN all have another dhrink
with me"
And that was all the Arkansas City
players accomplished with Stumpy-
After he had gone on his hilarious
way old man Greenhut looked after
him Indignantly ana said
I reckon them ravens that fed 10
seph must ha' been some other breed.
They sure want redheaded black
birds. Chicago Inter-Ocean-