The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-26

| WhinHl : go 10 SWeeten the church
! funds.
II cd see his eyes was a-gIeamin'
! when ] said this, an L knowed I didn't
| have to do no more talkin', 50 ! didn't
/ pay no tention 20 him while ne sput-
| tered an jawed- / just went on fixin'
! the table an chairs an gettin' out the
| cards an chips. an / KEEP a chair for
| the Rev. Eliphalus knobbs. an I count
| ed out stack o chips for him same as
| the rest
when he seen what Id did he sort
! o grOaned. an he says: Mr.. Green
| hut, as l understan' this here case, it s
charity, an the good book says: Char
| lty coVereth a multitude o sins" so I
! reckon maybe I'm justified this once
| If / do stray from the broad an mar
rer path
u reckon You be- L says an he
sets down. 'thouten any more talk.
wei. say, If I'd knowed as much
about how much the Rev. EIiphaIus
knobbs knowed about the game o
draw poker afOTC he set i'm as | kuoWpd
a little while alter he set in I'm free
to say I reckon I'd ha' gone some slow
about ropiu' him in As l was say
IN all this here took place a good
while ago, afOre Arkansas City had
took first place as the real home q
draw poker We hadn't no such reppy-
tation them days as we has now, not
haViu' never done nOthin' to earn ii .
We played "A fair game, some on us
l used TO play myself them days. But
there want no such system then as
has been built UP since. an the local
talent hadn't found out how TO depend
on one another 81,
The Rev Elipbalus knobs had took
500 worth. like the rest o. us, an ne
didn't make no kick about a dollar
ante when we began playin', but ! no
uced he were almighty careful about
comm in. Feared like ne studied
some aIoIe putin up his money, an
Two or three times he thrOWed his
cards away alter he'd studied unite a
spell Looked like he were a timid
player. an bein' as he was chippin'
IN a dollar at time when he had to
an not takin' in nothin', ! reckoned
on his first fifty bein' easy money any
way.
Come a jackpot alter about half a
hour q this. an EIiphalus kuobbs he
set on the dealers left. He looked at
his hand an passed, an 1 settiu' next,
opened 1t on three deuces. There was
two others come in. an then it come
to Eliphalus KnObbs again, an ne
raised 1t 50. We was playin' table
stakes.
wei, I looked at my three deuccs
an tigSered they was worth 81 with
two cards comm in the draw an some
pin like $50 in the pot already, so 7
seen the raise. Wiuterbottom he laid
down, but Bassett-he were the other
man that had come in-hc made good,
SO there was forty in the pot.
Then Eliphalus Knobbs he took one
card an let it lay in front of him. ]
took two an Bassett took three so I
ttgEered he had aces. I looked at my
| two an seen l had a pair o tens, 50
I Clipped in a chip. reckonin' on rails
i'm back when Eliphalus Kuobbs raised,
bein' tolable certain { he would.
80 Pears BaSsett had caught his third
ace. an he raised it ten. Then Eli
phalUS knObbS he didn't say nOthin'
but just showed what chips he had left
right into the pot We counted 'em
an found he'd made a raise O. Sl4.
Beiu as he hadn't looked at his draw
yet, / reckOned il were a good place
for my pile, am ] showed in about $40
but Bassett didn't feel none too strong
an he dropped, SO I had a rakedOWn.
beiu' as / couldn't raise Eliphalus
KnobbS when his chips was all in.
Then that reverend pirate turned
over his draw an showed twas a ten
spot Then he showed his other four
cards, an they was tens up. An even
then / didn't see through his play.
Pedred to me he'd made a almighty
big bluff on two pairs reckonin' I'd
size him up for tours, an as how his
draw'd been nothin' but dumb luck
But after the Rev. Eliphalus Knobbs
had made two or three more plays
as remarkable as that, an had pulled
out o the game with some four hun
dred velvet, Sayin' DIS how his little
fiock'd look on his winnings as a god
send. we t had been playin' set look
in at one another. sort o foolish, an
not knowing whether to go on or not.
They kind o. put it up to me, an
7 says We uus has fell into the hands
q the SpOileT. an he's done spoiled
us. We've got the kitty, though, an
that's enough to git ClO'es for PhiIetus
Fraser which it sure was, there bein'
SO into it. SO the game broke up.
"Philetus Fraser had set by all the
time sayin nothing. but watchin
keen. The others went out one at
time. leavin' me to fix things with the
benefactuary O. the evenin', me havin'
the kitty.
When they'd gone ! says: Now. I'll
divide this fair with you, Mr.. Fraser.
There's SO here. Fifty o that goes to
the house. an here's your twenty-five
Thatd Oughter get you a OUTFIT
He didn't say nothin' till he'd got
his hooks on the twenty-five. Then
he said: Much obliged. ItU get an
outfit. all right, but I'd like to talk
business with you
What kind q business" II SAYS. L
don't sell nothin' but red liquor. I says,
but . course, if You want to go shy
on some o y'r Clo'eS for the sake. O.
necessities l en- serve you to that
But he said no. Feared he didn't
care none about drinkin just then But
he says.
I reckon YOU uns don't know much
about poker round here. That Eli
phalus Knobbs Teller got away with
YOU dead easy
He sure did have good luck,
says.
But PhiIetus Fraser said: Luck
nOthiu'.' heavin' i'm a cUss word for
good measure. He was markiu' the
cards as soon as ne set in. he says
an he knowed half the deck in TWEEN
ty minutes. Didn't you know he
knowed he was EOiu' to git that ten
SPOT he beat YOU out on2'
Then / began to see a white light,
an l says: How come you didn't say
nOthin'?'
But Philetus Fraser. he grinned, an
he says: 1 was interested in the kit
ty. an besides, / don't never inter
fere with no gentleman's play 'thouten
I'm playin' myself. But now look here.
How much o that four hundred do you
want, if 1 go an win il back2 O.
course, you'U have to stake me. This
twenty-five has to go for cIo'es. an I'd
want more than that anyhow to make
a good sized game
d" But how do I know YOU en- win
it back ne says.
How did I know he'd marked the
cards?' says Philetus Fraser. an he
went over to the table an picked UP
the deck we'd been playin' with
Spreadin il out face down. ne began
calm off one card after another an
turnin EN- over as he called en- He