The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20

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Sefve th~ draw. I hnowed by thu tins
The was rch'nih' on mo takin' ons ot two
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80 what tho others want, an " there's
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give ms len or thirteen, Mebte I moueht
ind somepln' b%stter'n. I've got hare. Then
again, Dobbe I ~nouRhn't.'
watch on Snead willis I was talkin' thiRkln'
might tell somepin'. by his face, an
reckon ] did. seen be we're q good deal
surprised, but he didn't say nothln'.
Then Peters he made a. good play: He
hesitated considerable, an he says, II you
stand pat | reckon I'll change my draw.
Gimme three o. courre that was TO git
my two, an the one he was Eoin' TO take,
an 80 give Snead the card that wa meant
for him.
that hggsred right, so all / did was to
wait an ses what he'd take. He took two,
an seen I'm his face I somepin had gone
wrong. so I put $500 in the pot 'thouten Q
word, an they both laid down.
Il was kind o. pattin myself on the back
when IL come to PETERS, deal, FIR they made
another jack on my deal. Anyway. / got
nipped for near a hundred on aces up against
three sevens Z Fitch catched In the draw,
standin' two raises afore the draw on a pair
o sevens.
co. course that was queer poker. an I got
moro an more suspicious o. the dealin',
but as Smith was dealin' next, an / sized
him up as bein' straight, I says to myself
Y I'd lay f'r q chance in the next pot.
1T were Snead's age, an he put up the
usual ante, a dollar call two, Fitch stayed
an stayed on a four flush. Peters an
Smith stayed an Snead raised II S.; We all
stayed again, an l filled my flush in the
draw.
1T looked good, an whom Fitch bet IS
! I raised it IS. Peters stayed on q three
card draw. Smith dropped. He'd drawed
one an hadn't filled. Then Snead he come
back at me with $40 more.
He'd took two cards, an raisin a one card
draw like that looked bad, so when Fitoh,
Just made good, I did the same, not thinkin'
much o. Peters. But he come back with
| another $40 raise, an / seen they had me
crossed again. I'd ha' bet my wad against
Peters, but l was afraid Of Snead's two card
draw, an when Snead made II $40 more,
/ seen there want only two things to do.
One was to lay down, an the other was to
bluff like hell
aWhat did you do1r asked Greenhut.
Il laid down. said Bassett. There was
moro deals COMM
ingly. An what did Peters do}'
1He laid down, o. course, so | don't know
for sure whether Snead had q full or not.
l reckon he had, though. cd see, though,
7 I'd have to look out fr a raise I'm
What I had to do was to keep out. or blum
EN- out the next time they tried 1t.
AS it happened, there wa mt no next
time. When the excitement come, was
dom my share o. the raisin' and. wishin'
l had somebody in the game to keep up
the crORscut with me.
at came on Smiths deal again, an as
I said / fggered on him dealin', square:
I reckon he did. 1t was a jackpot an
there was SIS In 1t when snead opened under
at my cards an seen l had the nine, ten,
jack an queen o. hearts. That was good
enough for me to take a chance on, an l
makes 1t $50 to draw cards. Peters stays,
like l reckoned he would, an Smith drops.
Then Snead comes back at me with s25
more, an / seen | was in for a crosscut sure
enough. . m, eaaou,d
as long as they both stayed the chance in
the pot was worth my money, an, l set
somepin' like seven hundred in the pot
when Snead reckoned he'd gone far enough,
an seen Peters's last fifty 'thout givin' 1t
another boost.
a'ter Snead had quit raisin,' so 1 tbrowed
maxim il a thousand to play for if they
both seen 1t, as ! reckoned they would.
That kind o scared EN-, though, an Peters
dropped. Snead looked kind O. anxious.
but he put in his hundred an stood pat.
Il took one card, O. course, an you may
call me q mule II I didn't get the eight o
hearts. Snead grinned when he seen me
draw a card, an no pulled his wad outen
his pocket an throwed it in the pot.
THAT all you gotf l says.
Yes say he.
How much is itf' I asst him, 30 he cunts
It an finds four hundred and twenty.
Il covers it an shows down my straight
flush. That's good, I reckon says I, an
starts to pull IN the pot
Hold on he says; You drawed one
card
Yes I says, I drawed one
s'Then you opened the pot on a four
fush,' he says, AN that don't go. The
pots mine g.
aO' course he reached for his gun while
he wa talkin'. He knowed enough to
know what was comm. o. course l reached
for mine the same time, IN I cd see Peters
an Fitch both in the act @ DRAWN. I
was up against three Of 'em all right. Smith,
he was on his way to the door. I never saw
him again.
well, I never. felt SO provoked in my life