Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-06
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else was like ms lot Of us would
change places
What ier mean? asked the man
with the slightly dropping lower Jaw.
Il mean there's more buffers than
there is people to call EN- An IL
they was called they'd have to climb
down an give a better man what
wasn't buffer a chance. The trouble
Is to set 70 know when 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
the cards an shows EN-. an some
that's gut 'em an slides en- back in
the pack after they've gathered In the
pot just 70 keep YOU guessln I'm
afraid O them kind As gen'rai
thing, when man acts as II he was
.tickled 70 death when he looks at his
hand an bets the limit. TN stay in q
round or two out o curiosity butt
Where are you playin z"
= amt playiu nowheres,' replied
the philosopher In the jumper There
amt nowheres / could play But
lister get into game down on Madi-
son street afore gamhlin got stopped
in Chicago. an | got into the habit o.
calm bluffs IL | had anythin over
small pair"
Docs II cost you anything?n
Depends on what the felIer's got
an what you've got. It's expensive
until you get wise to the signs You
can set wise after you've played long
enough, but by that time you haven't
got the ante"
you amt broke, are your
No, | Amt broke, but I'm wise.
I've quit. That's the best way to beat
the game-stay out
4 thought YOU said you'd got wise"
That's right, but there's others In
the game gets wise to EN-, 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 EN- fooled into think
in it's full house they drop bean
an fade ont an the next hand some
body holds out the aces an you've got
to borrow carfare. But think 1t does
a man good TO play little. It's good
for his nerve hadn't learned to tell
the cards a week when | run agin
big slob of a Polack that was workin'
over on the other side O. the street
from me an buyin' his suds at Swim
harris. got sore on that guy the first
time | seen him He was tallsin' to
Bob McCurdy, who was tendin bar.
like he was over in the next block an
hard o. hearin'. An when he got his
tub he rolled over to table with 1t
an give some Teller that was standin'
in the way a shove that nearly sent
him over
II says TO Bob. Who's that big
slob? Why didn't you take crack at
him with the bung-starter an quiet
him DOWN
I'm young yet, an life Is stil1
sweet says Bob. I'll send In riot
call any time he gets too funny, but
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. says, Never hear Of him kill
In anybody?'
i can't say that ! have, says Bob,
but he run man three blocks last
week an ! think he'd have killed him
II he'd 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- says. If you don't stop him
will
"'All right says Bob. You write
him note an tell him he's got to
keep quiet, an I'll deliver 1t when he's
not lookin'."
Il don't know as I'd have said any
thin If 1t hadn't been for that, but I'D
been lookin' over at the table an sizes
Mr.. Polacker up. seen lot o. beef
an heard lot O. rumble, but I'd seen
that kind before once or twice. l
walked up to the table an | says.
Hey, you'll
"He looked up at me and for min
ute felt like telling him 1t was good,
but | stayed in. Cut it Quit ! says.
Close up that big mouth Of yours an
make signs for a while II you've got
anything to say. Shut UP or I'll shut
you up so quick it'll make your head
swiml An / looked at him like I'd
eat him. Did he shut up? Well. you
bet he did. exceptin' he kept his mouth
open. You'd have thought somebody
had hit him over the head with
the way he stared
That'll be about all from you this
time ! says.
Il waited to see II he would say
anything and then turned an walked
away Id got about two steps when
Bob yelled. Watch outl' an ! heard
a roar an crash behind me an saw
him comm. ] hadn't time to get out
of the way, so | dropped an he went
over me with another crash. | was up
first, though, and didn't walt to see
II he was goin 10 make another bluff.
| don't know whether he chased me or
not, either l didn't look around to