The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-09
The Fifth Hand in the Poker Game
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ter laid, an Smith took the pot.
"WhelpIey didn't say nothin', but I
cd see a sort o. glitter in his eye t
I showed me he was on. n l says to
myself Z there be things a-diddin'
soon. 'Twa'n't long afore there was.
when 1t come Carriers deal an the
| Squire d put up the reg Tar ante,
Smith come in, an Whelpley stayed,
havin' aces. The doctor trailed an
Carter raised it five.
THE Squire dropped, an Smith
raises, so Whelpley seen they was go
in to try another whipsaw, an he sot
bis jaw kind O. firm like, an throwed
IN his ten, waitin' to see what the doc
tor d do.
THE doctor want no SLOUGH, an he
seen plain enough what them two tin
horns was at, but he want no ways
sure O. what Whelpley was liable for to
do, so havin' three little ones he trailed
! again.
1T looked pretty good to Carter, so
| he gives il a boost FIR ten, an the
Squire bein' out of 1t already, Smith
makes it ten more. Whelpley KEEP on
sayin' nOthin', but he put up his TWEEN
| ty like it was gOober peas, an the doc
tor looked kind O. puzzled.
Feared like he must "a had some
/ kind Of a fool confidence in the draw,
though, FIR he seen the double raise,
an Carter h'ists it twenty. Then
Smith says:
That's my bet an it were up to
Whelpley to drop or put in forty.
We'll, say, you'd a thought 'twere
forty cents. He never give a sign,
on'y to look tired, like he was waitin'
/ FIR all this foolishness to stop.
1T looked toPable strong to the doc
tor, an he seen he'd oveTplayed
already, so he drops an 1 seen that
glitter in Wnelpley's eye ag'in, SO I
watches.
Garter says. Twenty more An
Smith says, I'll have to go you once
more an he puts UP another forty.
| Then Carter says. An three thou
sand An he peels off three thousand
an forty dollars FIN a wad as big as
your wrist, what he had in some in
side pocket.
We'll, 1 thought those two d "a
| fall often their chairs, but they
couldn't say nothin'. There want no
limit, an neither on 'em havin' much
they didn't feel like putin up ag'in a
man t was strong enough to stand all
their raises afore maxim his own bluff,
so they laid. l reckon neither one on
/ 'em cd "a covered the bet, but o.
course they cd "a called FIR what they
| had.
! "Whelpley told me later on t he
waited till the doctor quit, count O. not
/ wantin' to be the one to bluff him out.
All I he wanted to do just then was
to show them pikers t a crosscut
wouldn't a'lays work.
There was more comm, though, an
| that's where that remarkable weepin'
O. Whelpley's give proof O. bein' some
serviceable.
! B,,t% IT,
/ few deals, but when IT gets round to
Carter again he shuffles 'em some
careful, an gives 'em to the doctor to
| cut. He cut 'em an 1 seen t Carter
picked 'em up so's't they was the same
as before.
It's a old trick now, but want so
well known then, so 1 looked at Whelp-
| ley to see if he seen it, too. 'Twa'n't
none o. my business to speak, special
on account O. its bein' the boss broth
er, but 1 want overly pleased at
/ bringin' a foreigner in for to do up the
local talent, an ! was f'r Whelpley.
| Il needn't "a fretted. WhelpIeys
eyes was blazin' this time, so 1 just
stood by. 1 knowed I'd see suthin',
but o. course 1 didn't know what.
/ Jest nachully, there was some good
hands out. o. course Smith come in,
| helm 1t was the Squires ante.
Then Wbelpley throwed down his
| hand, an l seen Carter give a little
start. like he was monstrous s'prised,
| like he sure was, him havin' gave
| Whelpley pat flush. But he were too
| good a player TO say anythin', an
reckon he must "a thought he'd bun
| gled 1t somehow
The doctor comes in, though, not
raisin' f'r fear O. drivin' some o. the
others out, him havin' three queens
Then Carter trailed. havin' his own
reasons f'r not raisin, just yet.
THAT put it up to the Squire, an
he raised. Smith trailed, the doctor
raised, Carter stayed an the Squire
went back with another raise.
Smith seen what was up, even If he
didn't know afore, an he stayed. The
doctor didn't feel like goin' no further,
so he made good, an then Carter
raised.
Him an the Squire had IT back an
| forth two or three times, the others
! stayin', till there was nigh six hundred
on the table. Then the Squire 'peared
to think that was enough fore the
draw an he just stayed.
ION the draw he stood pat, Smith
took two cards an the doctor two an
Carter 'peared to be studyin, fore de-
cidin' what to do, but finally he says
/ l1C Al ldht OllC-
HE discards, an deals one to his
self, an just as he was pickin' it up,
Whelpley gives a quick swish to that
walkin' stick O. his'n an snaps the lit
tie cap often the pint of 1T. an plinks
1t square through the middle O. the
card Carter was pickin' up, fiippin' ii
outen his hand, like magic.
Then he holds the stick point up in
the air, so s t nobody cd see the face
o. the card, an he says, very quick,
That there cards the ace O. hearts,
an this man dealt 1t to hisself often
the bottom o. the deck. l seen it there.
An he snaps the card often the stick
an II futters down on the table, face
up, SO IS t everybody seen it was the
ace O. hearts.
TT didn't take long fr that card to
fiutter down, but fore II struck the ia
/ BILE there was more diddin' Carter
reaches f'r his gun an hollers That's
lie,' but fore he cd get his gun lev
eled Whelpley's walkin' stick was run
plump through his right eye, back to
where it hit his skull. Course, bein'
On'y wood. 1t didn't go through the
| bone but Carter never knOwed Wheth-