The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
When Greek Meets Greek
Long Mike Gallagher Terrific Encounter Over Measly
Poker Game.

or four times" he said. I've saw the
deck picked up sometimes wild the same
half on top Z was there afOre the cut.
This time 1 couldn't exactly see. but it's
just as well for to not take no chances.
The one-eyed man was no great talk
er, and on this occasion he did not see
fit to make the obvious reply which
would have eliminated either him or
Mccarthy from the game, but he did
cay, "Mebbe if you knowed the sort o.
chances you're takin' you mought not
be so flip"
II Mccarthy was disappointed at the
way the cards fell he gave no hint of it
in manner or speech, but waited till his
time came to play before lifting his
hand from the table, and then after
one quick glance he threw it in the dis
card.
There had been something doing,
however, before it came to him. Long
Mike had put UP the usual ante of a
quarter calls half. and Hennessy had
stayed. Mccarthy had thrown down
his cards, but Gallagher and Hopkins
had both stayed, whereupon Stumpy
had made it 81 to draw cards, and the
one-eyed man saw no justification for
the expenditure.
Long Mike. however. was not easily
driven out of any sort of contest, and
he made good by putting up 70 cents
more, whereupcn Hennessy raised it 81.
This was a danger signal for Gallagher
and Hopkins, but Stumpy looked over
his hand carefully and decided that it
was worth backing, though he did not
raise.
1t was now Long Mikes turn to play
again. but he was apparently sleeping.
Red liquor affected him differently at
different times, and it was impossible
tn 81 VE-h no x-alx II,
two seconds or two hours, but they
waited a little. for no one cared par
ticularly for the job of rousing him.
Presently, however. Gallagher said,
sneeringly, II do be thinkin' maybe
the boss s been takin' a drop too
much" In the words of the song, it
was not what he said, but the nasty
way he said it,
On the instant Long Mike was broad
awake, and, as has been told, he
reached over and seized his sarcastic
foreman by the neck and threw him
out. No one else stirred and no one
spoke. but when he sat down again and
put IS in the pot, thereby raising Hen
messy two, the game went on.
Hennessy came back at him with five
more, and Stumpy, reluctantly throwing
down his cards, said in a discontinued
way It's too sthrong FIR me, but I'm
=
or dog this time"
'Ofm not" said Hennessy briefly.
AN now yer own cards is down there's
no jackass kickin' back at me-"
1t has been said that Stumpy was
Ted-headed. He sprang from his seat,
but even as he arose Long Mikes left
hand fell on his shoulder like a pile
driver, and he sat down again.
Let be-" said the big man. Eye may
/ ro11r1bav him offber b1t
firsht Oi'n have his wad." And he
pushed his entire stack forward. 1t
was a raise OF $50. for luck had been
running that way, and Hennessy had
only $35 left, but he was game, and he
called for what he had.
When Long Mike had drawn down
the Overplus he called for three cards.
making it apparent that he had backed
his luck. and Hennessy laughed aloud
when he called for two. As it proved,
however, he didn't better his three
twos while Long Mike had bought a
third ace.
1t was hard blow for Hennessy for
he was a poor man, whose money
should have gone to his family, but he
was about to try again when Stumpy
interviewed.
yen step outside with me first" he
said. So the two went out in the night
air, just as Gallagher re-entered the
room.
Yell not care about playin' four
handed. Dim thinkin'," he said, quiet
/ ly, as he resumed his seat
There was no comment, and Long
Mike dealt five hands, but as no one
came in on McCarthy's ante they made
a jack pot and Mccarthy dealt
This time there was a brisk play.
Gallagher passed blind and Hopkins
opened. The One-eyed man STAYED.
Long Mike stayed, the dealer dropped
and Gallagher raised it $40.
Hopkins made good. So did the one
| eyed man, without word, but when il