The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-11

hundred worth O. chips an introduced
Ia did mora n that r. bis brother II he'd
bad one, let alone fsraway cousin, which
was what this stranger let on t he was.
Il was in an out O tho room three or
four times early in the night, an seen
thsy was playin the same 1 s saTne as usual
table stakes. It were tol'abe hot game,
too, r. I seen three or -four on EN- buyin
different times, an there must ha' been
two thousand or more on tho table afore
l took chances on stayin in the room an
lookin' ON t'r q while.
.'Peared I'm what they said t Col. Bum
bottle d had the same old luck drawn
TO Pushes which were his strong pint in
poker, an just naturally he were stayin'
In every time he catched four o one suit,
which was tol'able frequent: It didn't
the betting, nor what it cost him to stay,
he stayed. An every time he stayed he
filed.
-Bimeby this here regularity. kind O.
seemed to git onto T.. Sloculn's nerves,
in ag'fn Bumbottle. He set next TO Bum
bottle on the left. so Bumbottle had the say
ahead o. him, an seen him throw down
his cards two or three times when thought
he was goin' to stay, just because Bumbott.e
stayed.
81 reckon amt got luck enough to
play agin any man as en- fill Pushes all
the time Pears like he cd almost tell
what cards he's goin' to draw: he said one
time when ne throwed down threes.
talk an Bumbottle looked around at him
like he was tryin' to tell whether T. Slocum
was lookin' for TO see whether he was goin'
TO be took UP. So I says to myself there
was likely to be some shootin' did afore long,
an were startn' for the door when Pete
SPOKE up quick.
That's a pecooliarity o. Colonel Bum.
bottles's, he said, very hasty. He en- fill
more Pushes nor any five men in Misss-
sippi,' he says. We're some proud O. the
Colonel, poker, he says, sort O. laughn';
strange for you to be proud Pears to me
I'd be some stuck up myself If cd tell
what | was goin' to draw as we'll as the
Colonel pears to. But as ] was sayin', !
amt got enough luck to play ag'in that
sort of a game.
Now, like to play, an don't mind
losin' some. but I'd heap sight rather play
in game that's somewhcres rear even, an
III tell you what I'd like il it's agreeable.
S'posir' We play straights instead O. Pushes
Don't count fushes at all. an reckon
STRAIGHT with the value Of flush.
"'Pears like that won't ma Ike no great
change in the game hut it II give chanst
o. tellin' whether Col. Bumbottle en- draw
to straights as &C rate as to Pushes
THAT were quite some of speech for a
stranger, but 7. Slocum were tol'able
good talker an had some manners, an
they listened all right, though l cd see as
Col Bumbottle we're some duh ious whether
it were up to him to make objections,
But when T. Slocum got through talkin
there was right smart o, discussion, They
was a good deal talked about them DAYS,
but they hadn't never heen played in Vicks-
burg, an the five friends wa mt none too
favorable to changin' their play for a
stranger; but Pete Slocum, no spoke up
What harmll it dop' he says. rs
on'y f'r one evenin', an when we're enter
tainin' outsider he saws, we mought as
we'll do it proper So they tried the new
hand,
alter the change was made afore Col Bum
bottle he throwed away a card when it come
to the draw an called for one. T. Slocum
he called for two an the others took three
apiece. II were the Judges first bet him
h nS;in oS SRened the pot an he Clipped a
Then Col. Bumbottle had say, an he
throwed in white an a blue, meanin' a
raise O. twenty dollars, an he looked at
7. Slocum with fish eyes.
at. Slocum he looked serious. an he
skun his hand down careful to zee II it was
all there. Then he said:
II dunno. Pears to me like II don't
stand TO reason man en- al'ays ALL every
hand he draws to, an mine amt injured
none by the draw. ] reckon / en- fgger
out about a hundred in sight, hodin' these
here an he hists it hundred.
Col. Bumbottle he looked kind O con-
tented, but he KEEP his eyes tishy as well
as he could, an when the others passed
out he said, L reckon there amt no great
difference tween DRAWN f'r a flush an
DRAWN f'r straight, bein' "a the value
is the same An he shoves his pile into
the pot;
1T. Slocum he reaches over an he count g
the pile findin' closet on to eight hundred
in it, an no says very slow, i reckon you re
bluftin' this time, an as long az it's table
stakes amt got no license to go no furder
n my pile. an all's I've got in front o me
is about three hundred. Afore | call you
though, I'd like to make a proposition
I'll bet you a thousand on the side after
the call an afore we show down
Then Col. Bumbottle's eyes wa mt fishy
no more. He we're as ea ger as a boy with
his first gun, an ais he said was Make
it two thousand an III 60 YOU
Some O. the others started to say
that want no way to play table stakes
but there want no sire neous objection
an they put up the money. Then Col,
Bumbottle he laid down four tours md
r. Slooum looked at 'em an says with kind
O. sigh:
~ do hate almighty bad to make q mis-.
take like that. ] were cooksute you had
a four straight. That's a tol'abl1 good hand
O. youyn, but this one O n,ine locks hear