The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-11-08
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bluff" said the artisan in the blue
checked jumper, "but if everybody
else was like me,a lot OF us would
change places"
What jer mean:" asked the man
with the slightly dropping lower jaw.
Il mean there's more buffers than
there is people to call EN-. An II
they was called they'd have to climb
down an give a better man what
wasn't a buffer a chance. The trouble
is to get to know when a man is bluff
fin an when he's got ace king. queen.
jack an ten spot of the same suit In
his fist. There's some that has got
he cards m shows 'em, IN some
that's got EN- an slides EN- back in
the pack after they've gathered in the
pot just to keep you guessin'. I'm
afraid o them kind. AS a gen'ral
thing, when a man acts as if he was
tickled to death when he looks at his
and an bets the limit, I'll stay in a
round or two out otcuriosity, but"
Where are you playing"
II amt playin' nowheres," replied
the philosopher in the jumper. There
amt %nowheres I could play. But I
ulster get into a game down on Madi-
son street afore Samblin' got stopped
in Chicago, an I got into the habit O.
calm bluffs if I had anythin' over a
small pair"
Does it cost you anythins?"
Depends on what the feller's got
an what you've got. It's expensive
until you set wise to the signs. You
can get wise after you've played long
enough, but by that time you haven't
got the ante"
You amt broke, are you?"
No, I amt broke, but I'm wise.
I've quit. That's the best way to beat
the game-stay out"
II thought you said you'd got WISE
That's right, but there's Others in
the game gets wise to 'em, too. You
amt the only pebble, you see. You
get SOS you want to make a bluff on
a pair o twins yourself. an by the
time you've got 'em fooled into think
in it's a full house they drop a bean
an fade out an the next hand some
body holds out the aces an you've got
to borrow carfare. But 7 think it does
a man good to play n little. It's good
for his nerve. l hadn't earned to tell
the cards a week when I run agin a
big slob of a Polack that was workin'
over On the other side O. the street
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hart's. I got sore on that guy the first
time l seen him. He was talkin' to
Bob McCurdy, who was tendin' bar,
k he was over in the next block an
hard o hearin'. An when he got his
tub he rolled over to a table with it
an give some Teller that was standin'
in the way a shove that nearly sent
him over.
Il says to Bob, Who's that big
slob? Why didn't you take a crack at
him with the bung-starter an quiet
him DOWN.
I'm young yet. an life is still
sweet says Bob I'll send in a riot
call any time he gets too funny, but 1
don't want to waste no coppers unless
it's necessary
- don't think there'd be no blood
lettin' just because he's got a bass
voice. l says. Never lear of him kill
in anybody
~ can't say that 1 have says Bob,
but he run Il man three blocks last
week an l think he'd have killed him
II ned got his hands on him. He has
Just about got enough drink in him
now to be ugly
Hes maxim too much noise for
me-, lays. If you don't stop him
will
"All right says Bob. You write
him a note an tell him he's got to
keep quiet, an I'll deliver it when he's
not lookin'."
Il don't know as I'd have said any
thin IL it hadn't been for that, but I'd
been lookin' over at the table an sizes
Mr.. Polacker up. I seen a lot O. beef
an heard a lot O rumble, but I'd seen
that kind before once or twice. I
walked up to the table an 1 saws,
Hey, you!'
He locke up at me and for a min
ute l felt like telling him it was good.
but stayed in. Cut it out!' | saws.
Close up that big mouth of yours an
make signs for a While if you've got
anything to say. Shut up or I'll shut
you up so quick it'll make vour head
SWIM An I looked at him like I'd
eat him. Did he shut up? Well. Won
bet he did. e%Nccptin' he kept his mouth
open. You'd have thought somebody
had hit him over the head with a
~slunSshot the way he stared.
That be about all from YOU this
time l says.
Il waited to see if he would saw
anything and then I turned an walked
away. Id got about two steps when
Bob yelled. Watch out!' an heard
a roar an n crach hobi,1 -