The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18

he give 1t another boost. maxim II ten more
TO play.
That made a tol'able good sized pot. an
Carter made out he was studyin' hard, but
he com back with ten more. an Smith
raised it ten.
course that made IL plain enough Z
they had the doctor whipsawed an was
goin' to raise him out, but he put UP the
twenty. just to prove it TO his own satis-
faction. an they both raised again, 30 he
throwed down. Then Carter laid. an
Smith took the pot.
"Whelpley didn't say nothin', but I cd
see a sort O. glitter in his eye I showed
me he was on. n says TO myself Z there be
things a-diddin' soon. 'Twa'n't long afore
there was.
when il come Carter's deal an the Squire
d put up the regular ante. Smith come In.
an Whelpley stayed. havin' aces. Thedoctor
trailed an Carter raised il five.
"The Squire dropped. an Smith raises. 30
Whelpley seen they was goin' to try another
whipsaw. an he sot his jaw kind o frm
like. an hrowed in his ten. wsitin' to see
what the doctor d do.
The doctor want no SLOUGH, an he
seen plain enough what them two Uniforms
was at, but he want no ways sure o. what
Whelp ley was liable fer to do, 20 havin'
three little ones he trailed again.
1T looked pretty good to Carter, 20 he
gives it a boost fr ten. an the Squire beln'
out Of it already, Smith makes it ten more.
Whelpley KEEP on sayin' nothin'. but he put
up his twenty like il was goober peas, an
| the doctor looked kiud o. puzzled.
-'Peared like he must "a bad some kind
Of a fool confidence in the draw, though.
fr he seen the double raise t, an Carter
h'ists it twenty. Then Smith says:
THAT'S my bet,' an it were up to Whelp-
ley 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 tol'able strong to the doctor.
an he seen ned overplayed Already, so he
drops an 1 seen that glitter in Whelpley's
| eye ag'in, 80 l watches.
Garter says. Twenty more An Smith
says, III have to 20 you once more an
! he puts up another forty. Then Carter
says, An three thousand An he peels
| OF three thousand an forty dollars FIN q
wad as big as your wrist. what he had in
some inside pocket.
well, Il tuOukht " wv ~ .
| often their chairs, but they couldn't say
| nothin'. There want no limit. In 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 blum, 90 they laid. ! reckon neither
one on EN- cd "a covered the bet, but o.
course they cd "a called fr what they
had.
"Whelpley told me later on I 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 Z 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 service
able.
Want nothin' diddin' on the next 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 EN-
an I seen t Carter picked 'em up sos
they was the same as before.
Its a old trick now. but want so well
known then. 80 l looked at Whelpley TO
see IL he seen it, too. 'Twa'n't none o. NV
business TO speak. special on account o.
| it's bein' the boss's brother. but I van
overly pleased at bringin' q foreigner in
for TO do up the local talent. an l was fr
Whelpley.
Il needn't "a fretted. Whelpley's eyes
was blazin' this time. ~ ! just stood by.
/ 4 nowed I'd see sutbin'. but O. course l
didn't know what.
Jest nachully. there was some good
hands out. O. course Smith come In. bein'
it was the Squire's ante.
sThen Whelpley 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 wbelpley a pat flush. But
he were too good q player to say anythin'.
an | reckon he must "a thought he'd
bungled it somehow.
The doctor come in. though. not raisin'
fr fear O. drivin' some o. the others out.
him havin' three queens. Then Carter
trailed, havin' his own reasons fr not raisin'
just yet.
THAT put it UP TO the Squire. IN he
! raised. Smith trailed. the doctor raised,
| Carter stayed an the Squire went back with
another raise.
smith seen what was up, even II no
didn't know afore, an he stayed. The
doctor didn't feel like goin' no further. 90
he made good, an then Carter raised.
Him an the Squire had 1t 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.
-On the draw he stood pat. Smith took
two cards an tho doctor two. an Carter
'peared to be studyin'. fore decidin' what
to do. but finally he says he'll take one.
He discards. an deals one to hisself. an
just as he was pickin' it up. Whelpley gives