The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27

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on WinteFhotton's deal Waters ofened
" Tor The siye ~ n t~afsali dropped N
Peters rRiasd N en- ta@srtt stayed. Winter
bottom dfoptrd and waien~ made Rooi
I'm thu draw Waters fuuk ms cirt. Peters
s,oud pHt and fas~rti took two. having.
as q matter ~ fact thfce foufs, which hn
decided was not = strong enough y n for
a aecDnd rnipe before tho dmw
Waters throw IN a white chip before book.
ing NJ HE draw aud Peters het 500 BasNett
laid down, not having bettered. and Waters
looked ~ his NTH carl. Peters naturally
was watching him closely
without u culver he laid n tSOO bill In tho
pot, and Peters unheaitatlngly threw down
his pat hand, whereupon Waters showed
his hand. II was queen full on kings.
Presently there came q struggle between
the same two players that the others recog-
nized NJ a decisive test Of Peters's skill.
II was on Bassett's deal. and the other
Arkansas City players knew that Bassett.
whatever his ot her merits were a. a player.
always dealt square.
II Ia a jackpot. twice s~weetened. 80
that sa5 lay in the centre Of the table. Win
terbottom passed and Waters opened for
the size Of the pot. Pearsall stayed and
Peters raised II $50.
Bassett found nothing TO stay on, and
Waters made il $50 more TO draw cards.
Pearsall decided that the double raise was
too strong for him and Peters studied a bit.
Finally. however, he made good and Bassett
picked up the deck TO serve the draw.
Waters thereupon skinned down his cards
with a show Of perplexity. II was we'll done.
As a matter Of fact he had two pairs only.
but by pretending to consider whether 20
draw or stand pat he strove to make Peters
think that ne was trying to deceive him
while really holding a complete hand.
At length he said with just the right shade
of ostentatious indifference, Il reckon /
can't improve"
Give me two said Peters, and looked
carefully to sec il he had bettered his three
tens. Finding he had not, he looked at
Waters.
This here land had ought to be worth
a hundred he said, and threw in his
century.
Peters continued to look at him for a
long time. Then he said Make it thikth,'
and raised it $500.
Thousand more thar you said Waters,
putting in the money.
1t was the largest single bet that had
been made. and the others looked conf
IDENTIFY to zee Peters lay down unless, indeed,
he had bettered his threes,
He did not lay down. Instead, he looked
intently at Waters again for a full minute.
Then he said you may have a pat hand.
| %thuppothe | ought not to raithe again,
but III call And after the showdown
there was no longer "A doubt of Mr.. Peters's
standing a. a player.
Then. most unexpectedly, he announced
that he had had enough and would play
no more.
Il came here, gentlemen he said, ito }
find out If you really played ath good a
game ath people thay. dom mind thaying
that ! wath looking, too, to thee if there.
wath anything crooked about it, but there
walnut. | don't play for the money my
theft, but if you had tried any funny buthi-
meth | could have showed you thome
trickth. Now I've had a delightful hour
or two and nobody'th lotht much. If
you'll all join me-, I'd like to tibet EN- up,
1t was true that he had won nothing In
the game, despite the last hand, for he had
made considerable losses before. In any
case, however, he could not easily nave
been forced to play longer, 80 they all adj
journed to the bar.
After Mr.. Peters had spent enough money
TO restore old man Greenhut's equanimity
at least in some degree, he strolled out
alone, apparently fearless and careless.
More than one in the room, however, re-
membered that fat roll, and nothing was
said when one man loosened the pistol In
his belt and started out after him.
There was much silent smoking In the
room for the next twenty minutes. Then
the man who had followed Mr.. Peters came
back with two black eyes inc a slight al
iteration In the contour of his nose. He
offered no explanation, and none was asked
far, but presently old man Greenhut said:
Pears like there might be the makin's
of a good citizen in this here Peters. There's
81 ~
p'centage comm to the Teller up to the
hotel. Serves him right, too. If there's
anything l hate, it's a graspin' disposition
like hisn.'