Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-22
HOW THE KENTUCKIAN WON,
STORY OF A GAME OF DRAW

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| Stiu UP instantly and took n furtiva -
~ tiie table. as if in fear that somebo5,.
ness s ~ hi 10 sneak look at the gorgeous
breathing rather hard. and tbat tb,r o was
e 80 ,h seemed to be genuine sparkle in he
| :. .t tIIa1 might presage victory. ''
| ileuiy. said Col Pepper 10 Col W.,
| So ta,o's l nate TO hear a man from my oy,,,
| VIII. Speahlhs IN such piking terms MT
itv 8, s your stimulation OF seren
wrench 70 TO give you an actual
IL Sir L blush for von' SIC OF
! tbs more Than you. sir IL only to sbna,
ing o eminent Yankee. Col. Inscrsoll NAV.
| .ts at uis board that we have -
! appreciation OF poker proprietjes, P'f''
s, I'll ihsersoll had maintained \ fine an,
| Aftan W oouehness during this coIl,ouy
he had restsd very very brief look at his cards
hir "u ,ssted Them on the table in front nf
t tb,n. ana he leaned back. twiddIinr bIs
| w. iainer smugly and gazing AT Col
| "a..erson and Col. Pepper. 80 u
ANY person from Eentucl,y, H.
served with a hoarse intrnsiiy - ~
&c, Shlhe near convincing me that no roaii,
rat something. who calls me a Yankee hay
quentiy, is t1 eo !. IN real money. Conse-
wants TO draw papers in this inst n 1870 ", no
more to get them """ured
f,,i senator Harris shuffied his cards care.
.uny, race downward before sn,o -
me margins out sideways for n ,ae,i srh
- C'oseu ms hand, drummed with his an
SIS on the table for a little whiia an,
CRATE. e ''a~ihs logs IN the
And hundred he coughed aro,o
Set,caiy behind his hand and his ,nadaSt
me-be ",as IKE, way of lifting 1t puzzled
ny. ne was wont to exhibit a dra9onnish
sort OF pomposity when he act,iaiiv o, rsi
s sls,ns 70 Drazen something through. I Wss
"ohe AFRAID of him in CONSEQUENCE vas
No", mad two misera HE Iittio ,o,
visnts atop of tours. But for ali tbeir rs,
a. n%Ctlhs at that juncture | had n nrntt,,
kind ~. Oh some previous work of thai
see nv waw Wy ot q IA, an put over l couldn't
- - way OF being drummed out h,, d,
~. Vi norid talk even ii my two MIS- ta
~. paits dld look cheap and ornery.
center !" - mere, satd |. and L went into tho
" meet asi the raises.
With Serene Joy.
Coi "atterson. the opener, looked nost-
livery a-bubble with serene toy.
% am l. and glad 1 am of the dav,
ana he stood the raises
Col Pepper stood the raiso ,,,,L -.
apparent cheerfulness. and Col In,ersou
took his out in looking deem and i,sar',..hri
as he showed in the amount NJ Se u's,p,e
Harris's raise '' vi senator
o. name the number. If any, asked
| to deal p'oheu up Ire deck
Marse Henry beetled his brows at ma
a; lhen smiled as he nodded his head
u, the direction of Col Pepper His con-
uuct was that of a man who wanted 70
stand pat. If possible, without the otbor,
IN the game noticing it, But wben bs
sseI,nd g the e Others looking at him he
seemed 10 suHer considerable embarrass
ment over being caught In tho act"oI
maybe he didn't do it well, i'
ours will be in number -?.Iad-
dressed Col. Pepper "u
Col Pepper was removing snoa,.
.toiH peneath one of his little 0npar
naiiS with a toothpick his cards A. rest
all ' over 5aIie ka in front of him, and looking
won pattle and taken city of the
p t.l he gave the merest insoucia mt nod
IN Ioi. lnsersolfs direction in replv 70
be t dnes.ioh' or course indicating that
Ihere's some sad poker lying going
on around here. 1 said to myself. and
toward Ingersoll. ' ."i US
On, Just give the senator what be
ueeds on the top said Col Ingersou to
~ me, not with any assumed airiness, but
IN the manner of man who knows eY
actly where he stands in the world. - II
li9Pe ne IL not need many, permit me to
ac q. ~, II IN. he does. I'll grieve for him
lnats benevolent hope on vour
part lngersoll,' observed Senator Earris
ana ne waved his hands in my direction
scornlng any more cards.
Some Quick Thinking.
So there were the four of them. with
enough papers. according to them. | was
doing some quick thinking.
II haven't got them all beat now
was saying to myself, and l gave the
best Imitation of a man wholly at his
ease that l could make of it, i've got
enough to have a whole lot of fun with
so gently put the deck aside without
taking any.
Enough for you. too. eh?' genialIy in
CURED Col. Ingersoll.
'1 haven't got anything that If would
do me any good to toss away replied
We all refrained from catching each
others eyes.
oil
Is worth-By the way, Ingersoll you're
crazy over sea food. aren't you? Well
somebody down in New Orleans has sent
me as pretty mess of red snapper as
You ever saw. I'm going to have 'em
broiled tomorrow. and you're in on it.
Glorious fish, red snapper, eh?- Well
suddenly resuming consdera ton of the
game. mines still worth a hundred
That reminds me- observed Col Pep
per. who was next. in his off-hand sort
Of way. that down in Paducah the other
uncle of mine made thirty -four years
ago. and I've got it up here witt1me.
1 want you boys to be sure to remind
me Of it tomorrow-you must SAMPLE it,
mettus that ever tickled my tonsils.
Hundred. did you say. Henry? Sorry.
old boy, but 1 can't profane what I'm
holding with such chckenfeed as that.
And a hundred
'''That abomnable corn of mine pres
ages rain-aches me fendishly. was Col
sation. And I've got to go to Chicago to-
morrow-I hate to travel through the coun-
try when the windows of the cars are all
smeared with rain. Er-uh-you raised
Henry a hundred, i believe, Col. Pepper?
Well. my kismet figure is the symbol for l.
and I'm raising ii hundred and he drum
med brave tattoo the table with his
fingers.
-" And a hundred put in Senator Harris,
with no side talk at all. His busnessike
air continued to keep me a bit wabbly about
him.
1T looked pretty bad for me then even
taking into consideration all of the shock
ing bluffing exposures that had taken place
since the beginning of the seance. And. be-
sides, there was a sort of ring of genuine
ness to the talk of at least two of them
around the board.
well. we have one wilter, anyhow
put in Marse Henry, he saw me wrin-
king my brows over the situation.
Could Not Let 1t Go By.
That's the remark that decided me. I'd
probably never have called if Col. Waiter
son hadn't let 1t slip. But it seemed TO be
a sort of challenge. and l didn't feel as if
could let it go by. So. the spur Of the