The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-19

plnycd n hand that could not be beaten
lie opencl the not with n good stlfr
bet. which was .promptly soon nv tho
other plnyers until IL came ,ba turn ~
the gambler. who sat nj tho n,on,er's
right Tn, gambler 81. in n stock OF
yellow cb,ps coch worth soo many
inches I'm height The plapter NJ coursc
saw the bet and raised for MI the mon.
ey ne had beforc him An tho othcr
plnyers throw down thclr cnris excent
tho gambler WIN calling IN n nayr,
nrrter nnd vhtsnerIny II ,v,rd In bts
eor an, In stolid InJifrcrrpco untI tr,
porter rrtnrneI with n heovv stnck of
cold s,encIlod stoooo This hn nrotnp,.
ly showed I. the center of the table.
turning WITH sneering smile 10 the
plnn,cr and rcoucsting him 4, 500 tho
hot mr. lose tho NOT
This vns lust the ploy tho plnnter
hod nntlcinatcJ tho grand r,un which
tho hro,hsrs bnd emnioynd with su,.
cess n, NOR, than one plnce ninu, tho
r,yer for such were IN, ruIcs of
freezeout pokor The lonLv plontcr
neoch,-i do,xn into ,he n,,t,, ~ his
coat NJ n going aftcr n roll M money
Instead h, rnye the prc,onc,r,nd sig.
mai ana came nm with n six shooter.
coc,c1 ooa stghtcd fniriv M ,hc hand
~ tho yop,h,cr Az II hut ,ue mind
con,rni,oJ ,hoIr movements nil the
other nlnyors except the two brothers
nroduroJ In n nnsh long hungry look
inc sIv sbooters
I
sccmcd ,o brcotho. Tho lnplv tLontnr
was tho master of the situation and
no onprcc,o,ad thc fact Without mov.
inc sr,,, bis cont or sbiftir,. IA, aim
Of his murdcrous looI,lu, r,vo,v,r no
cnllnI in fine mon nj thn otb.r tnIlo
oskIrc ~ ,bcv had soon ANYTHING nu,s
tIopoi,lc IN tho nlnv Tv, of tho nlnpt.
orr had soon thc brotbcrs sim cnrds
| from ,hc bo,tom ~ thn d,cl, aud opn
who bnd bcou husiIv counting tho dock
Of cards unon tho tnbl, since tho dc.
pouonopt as unconcern,div NJ n n
trogcdv vos no, In pr,grnss In ,ha
room now onnounced thst tho dock
vos short four cards and that tho four
noes wcro tho missing ones Tho
| brotbor n, ,hot ,ohIc ,v,s sc,rchod
and tho Four missing accs wore found
in n lltt,c noc,tet inside his sloovo
A, tho o,hor fable sevcroI crooI,ed
nlovs bod h.on de,ec,cd A c,osc OK.
animation n, hotb docl,s sbow,d Tim,
/ ,hov ,vorc sl,iIifulIv uortnd and tho
four ncos vnre found IN ba what gnm.
biors tcchnic,iIv call "strInnars"
Each or tho ni,n,nrs nr,,iu,nd ucmo.
rondum hools I'm vhI,a hnd hn.n tcnt
n careful nccount of thnir losses
throughout tbeir nlov on thn bouse.
bont AItorethor these losses totnlcd
s7s ooo leaving the tnblo for II mo.
mont md forcing ono of thc trembling
nogro attendants IN on,u tho blg snfo
ot tho muzzla of bis ravolver tha
lonkv nlont.r r.,urnol IoodoJ dovn
with SACKS of cold md bundIos M
preenbocls This array of wealth he
nIled upon the table nnd apnolntlnp n
grim guard for ench az the pamhlers
carefully sorted ont the money into
niles NJ 81 900 ooch Tban no modo a
reckoning of ench man's Iosses and
maid 10 ench ono tho sum his memo
rondum hool, shoved
After distributing to cach man wha-
was due TO him and carefully counting
ont his own money. something NOR,
than sI5 600 he turned 70 the brothers
now Thoroughly cowed md trembling
fearful of summary punishmont and
delivered 10 them n final message I'm mn
oven cmotIonless voice. He told them
that he never repudiated gambling