The Washington times., 1906-09-23


Christian dutF. Now hore's . pore
ignorant WayiaTer Z Wants 90 III mis-
self rr to take prominent part IN ule
gfeat Industries o. tae country. an you
stop an HaeHi-- + Do" wants 20 Iaaru
draw poker If1 a privilege you'd ought
O. be- proud of for u be- Lowell 20 SET
in an l,,p teach hiui' An Joe lowed
maybe twas
so ss,sred as how maybe they
mOuEhJ give IopUietOn a heap o. good
sound edd-cItou an make a ieglJms Je
profit on b., sides seJtin' considerable
amusement oui-u The game u tH-y was
Io W0TK up some o. Tie s,Tuug . .nts %
IA game r his beaeuJ aH thea explain
III 10 nim altsrNard.
wen. The BOYS look nightly IO the
idea, aa. when ToG .-ctou showed up,
Ihe he did day Ur lEO later. Jhry sure
was ready for HIN. / amt sayll but
what they muugHt ha' h-d a tea stunts
framed up ready aa some Lew little
81 ec, Hes OF explanation au p'par,d.
Them that aet u was Jake Niuter-
bottom. on Joe Bassc.t. an Jim blais-
dell. an sam Te4rsau Some o. the
others Yves some desirous o. tskin q
hand. but 'twa.nt recsoued best for 20
have too many al The table.
They bought a hundred apiece n
agreed on table stakes atore BegiHuin
so Il were "a real same III the start.
Pretty soon there came Jackpot Z
was sWeeteued twice. so there was $50
into O. WhaH II come JaEe-s deal Eas-
sett set nest an be oIeued it fr the
size OF il, an Hlaisdcu dropped. Then
ToppIeton. he looAed al his cards kind
@. hesiJatIn an lows he'u take a
chanct. so Pearsau he hIsJs 1t $50
THAT Iet WinterbotJom ont, an Jce
fairly whooned with JOY az he showed
his hull pile I'm the pot Toppleton
looked on HIs cards again sort o mourn
ml an said be reckoued they want
worth So much money which they sure
wa mt. boin' pair o. queens. an he
throws 'em down
so Pe8rs8II he looks at Bassett kind
o. grim like. an says oh. well, Il yeu
feel thatavay about il mebbe I'd better
drop, too An away goes his hand.
So all there was Tr Joe 20 do was 20
show his openers. which he did, tho
same bein' two jacks. an take In the
Dot. which he done likewise.
"The others were smilin' some when
they seen how fa5bergasted Toppleton
was. an Jake WinterbOItOm says. We
was gave u understand. Mr.. Topple-
ton. as how you was looking fr in
structI0n rather more'n you was f'r
amusement IN this. here game. An
. ToupIeton said he'd lowed mebbe that
/ -sas So.
so Jake says. '01e0be I mought ex-
plain one o. the first principles Of poker
right now. What you've just saw was
a good shown o what man en- do
I'm the game If he feels Ike he'd rather
see one man take a pot nor he would
see a other man take Il, Just sposin'
rr minute now. an how sam. bein'
a neighbor o. Rassetts. as havin' con-
sid'a bic likin' for him, had kind o pre-
ferTed TT him 10 take that pot rather'n
YOU. By risin' Il after you coined In
he gives Joe "a chanst o. boostln' 1t so
high I Won want liable to stay no mo-.
The beauty o. that play, Mr., TOpple-
ton. is t you don't have 20 have much
in your hand 10 do the stunt. I would
Mt be more s'priscd. now. T Sam didn't
hold moren a pair o. sevens. How
about It. Sam?'
"PearsaH grinned. but alrs he said
was. I didn't notice as anybody paid
% see my cards They was all some
amused. lUbIElr AtCbtAl AtiiEitAtitl.
an aITs he says was Z instruction
'peared to be torable 'xpensive, bat
likely TIA be wuth the money some day.
"Him tal,in' II the way he did sort o.
cooled the boys of Fr a few minutes,
but when II come round to PeaTsalrs
deal an Winterbottom had put up the
usuaI snte Of two call five, Bassett
come in. an blaisdell made II ten TO
plav. so Toppleton got a 'chanst O.
boostln'. his own self. 'cordin' to the
! stren'th OF his cards an he made it
ten more.
I well. Pearsan, he como IN. an
Winterbottom an Bassett both dropped,
an RIaisdel made il ten more. an Top
pleton went back at him again, an
/ PearsaH stayed again, an Blaisdell
/ lowed nebbe he'd be pushin' in too far
! TO raise any more afore the draw. 50
/ he Just made good.
! where they come tod raw cards.
/ Rlafsden stood pat an Toppleton said he
: couldn't improve his hand none. so
PearsaII 'peared % be consid able dis
/ tressed. but presently he lows he'll
I take two cards
Then BIa!sdeu he bets a fish. an
4 TopDleton shoves his hull stack In the
not so PearsaI can't do no more'n call