The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23

oid man, ana sort of draping the children
about en- Five dollars pot we made IT,
! $50 behind
Nobody tainted. but the conversation
| shifted.
The Coloneps Poker Game
For after ALL" said a man from the
Chicago factory district, there is nothing
! like poker story. Half a dozen of us
We're in stiff game not long ago, and in
| the course of the play well known colonel
happened into the room, and, though he
was somewhat the worse for drink, he
| insisted on taking a hand.
| "A hundred dollars worth of chips were
handed out to him. and the game COM
menced. Only a few hands had been dealt
when the colonels head sank down on his
breast. his eyelids closed and he was ap-
"On 'he next hand-a jack pot-one of
the players opened on flush. No one
| came in and he was about to rake in the
| stakes when he noticed that the colonel
had not as yet had his say. He reached
over across the table and gave the sleeping
| warrior a dig in the ribs.
| Wake up, he cried Wake up and
'Wha's mar? whas ma'r?' said
Pots opened for IS. Everybody else
The colonel reused up, picked up his
hand in a jumbled, careless fashion, and
g it's only s5 to come in,' corrected the
other. with a jubilant light Of hope in his
Raise"
Then the gentleman with the flush ,;
| raised again. So did the colonel. Finally
every dollar before each had gone TO swell
| a prodigiously big pot.
''Of course the boys hated to see the
| colonel betting his money in such maud
| lin manner. They pitied him. believing
! that he was simply throwing his money
How many cards.? asked the dealer,
| finally.
.Thump! thump! the fists of the two
men hit the table.
then, of course. The drowsy colonel
| spread out upon the table queen full.
"All were stunned. However. the boys
showed him the pot, but the colonel was
! actually too drunk to reach for it. =
The laugh, of course, was on the other
fellow. He said it was the first time he
play his hand, and he swears it VIII be
the last
outwitted the Tin Man
THAT reminds me-" spoke up a man
who was in the tin business, "of a young
| fellow who cleverly outwitted me. Yes.
the manner just related.
I'VE were in a private room of a hotel
one one evening and there 1 met some some
looking youth of the dude persuasion,
whose face was as vacant as pound OF
putty.
powers as a poker player, and had made
the others so mad that they whispered to
me to take the conceit out of him simply
for the fun there was In IL. ! was agree
able, and We began to play.
well, when we began the game I al
lowed the youngster to win; the others
dropped out, and my victim and had the
table to ourselves
"Of course 1 was to give him back
whatever 1 Won from him; that was un-
derstood.
I'VE made the game a quarter ante and
81 limit so that we could use the money
without making any awkward change.
Every time my callow friend won a
pocket. and would chip in the money as
he needed it. After he had won a re-
spectacle sum began to get IN my work,
in my own peculiar way. / soon had his
pile considerably diminished. Occasional
ly let him win, just to keep the fun up.
and don't know but / enjoyed my op-
ponent's innocence as much as did my
friends.
Finally 1 cleaned him out. much to
his surprise, and then my friends could
not keep it in any longer.
4 say, old man. said one. do you
know with whom you have been playing?
Yes, replied the victim. calmly, and
he's good player
This was somewhat of a surprise all
around, but I laughed and handed back
the money / had won.
He wouldn't take it. No, sir. Said
had won 1t; had he won mine he would
have kept it, and under no circumstances
would he take it back; that wasn't his
way of playing poker 1t was was no 7 use for for
me to protest and tell him that l had
deliberately robbed him.
No, no. However, he said he was
sorry he had got in a game with a man
who did not play a square game, but said
1t was his lookout; he ought to have seen
that he was being heeced. and with his
eyes wide open, too; but he was not the
Il tell you felt mean. did not think
1t half so funny as 1 did before. But all
/ could say or do made no impression on
my victim; and, with a dignified bow, he
"'All can do I said to one of my
charitable institution
Then 1 gave one of the bills to the
wa waiter to pay for the wine l had ordered.
i1 He came back with it presently and the
Yes, sir; that guileless youth had won
my good money and run in 500 worth
of paper that wasn't worth a cent a
cards, but poker Is very uncertain game
very uncertain"
The One Eyed Man
'T suppose. gentlemen" Clipped in the
harness man again. you've all heard of
the western saying, there's a one eyed
man in the game'-meaning about the
same thing as look out for a cheat?
well, l have an explanatory story be-
hlnd 1t which perhaps you've never heard
"A little game was in progress In Oma-
ha not long ago. Among the participants
In the game was a one eyed man named
Frasier. He opened a big jack pot on his
own deal. But while he was dealing him
self cards q certain bellicose gentleman
named Olitan thought he detected him in
the act of palming a card.
Quick as flash Olitan whipped out his
revolver and placed it on the table beside
him.
Gentlemen he said, decisively. wen
have fresh deal. This doesn't go'
I'VE were surprised. of course; but as
none of us had bettered our hand save the
opener, who made no sign of disapproyaI.
We willingly consented.
And now that we start on q new
game, pursued the colonel, carelessly tow
ing with the handle of his revolver. let
me announce right here that we are going
to nave a square game--a square game.
understand and with a terrible CLEAN In
his eye. If i catch any son of a gun
cheating I'll shoot his other eve outi
"Of course, / don't need to saw that
there We're no more attempts to cheat in
that game"
Gen. SpinoIa's Mistake
Poker? That recalls to my mind Gen.
SplnOla'S mistake ~ rom a rlxad fta