The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28

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I'll ever pay this back or not. but
| want you 20 loan me S. So says l, Sure,
Bud, but S5 won't do much good. Why
don't you take some real money! III take
But no, all he wants Is Ave
Then he goes out, an l trails along, some
curious about h he's goin' to do An
he goes straight up TO the tavern where
there's most gently a game goin' on N the
back room, like they ia here sometimes. an
he walks straight in like he'd useter do a
couple o. year afore.
There was a game on all right, an when
he comes in they made him right welcome.
bein' as Bud was al'ays we'll liked afore he
was married. Jim Semple an Charlie
Dobbs an Bill an Harry Virgins was in
the game an a stranger I'm V~iCksburg that
nobody knowed, but called hisself Dick
Harper. ,.
a hand. Bud? An Bud says he lows he
will IL it's agreeable. So he flashes the I'VE
he Just got from me IN asts for chips.
Then there's a sort o. hush, an Buds
friends look sort y queer, but the stranger,
he laughs an he says, We're playin' table
stakes, my friend, an everybody's bought
two fifty apiece. i reckon we can't lei
you in with no such birdseed IA that
well. Bud colored up painful. an he says.
That let's me out, l reckon; fiye's all iye
got an he turns to go, hut jim Semple
speaks up quick. / o n see no reason, b"
SAYS, why Bud Gilchrist's money amt ac
ROOQ as anYDOuy clst - au - DN' ~"
good enough hisself to play in this game
amt neither
Nor L. saws Charlie Dobbs an Us, too
says the Virgins brothers, an the stranger
give in graceful, when he seen how things
was. Ii was considerable OF a shown. too.
fr the stranger had a much wad' an inc
home talent was after 1t.
$50 Bud set in Tn ante was one call
two, an he set on the dealers right. Dobbs
anted: Harry Virgins came IN Harper
trailed an Bill Virgins raised 1t 50
Bud never says a word, nor ne don't
look at his cards, that lay where he got
'em, but he pushes his chips all into the
pot. Then Jim Semple I was dealin,'
ne traiied, an so did Dobbs an Harry
Virgins. That brought 1t back to Harper
Everybody bein' in up to this, o course
Bud had a show for thirty dollars. an, they
put that one side an went on with the
side betting. Bill Virgins, came back
with fifty more that looked like q blum
for fair, but they all left it TO Harper,
"On the draw Harper took two cards,
havin' three queens, but didn't better.
Then Bill, havin' three aces, drawed two,
but he didn't better. neither an Bud picks
up his cards.
ale finds nothin' but a four straight.
I'm the four to the seven. so he calls for
one card an catches an eight, harper
bets a white chip an Bill puts up hundred.
an Harper calls.
an the others was lookin' to see him play
the game regular. but I seen that funny
look in his eye an I stands by TO see some
pin more It's out o the usual run. sure
enough, it come.
o. the last hand. an everybody, PUTIN IN
81. Harry Virgins opens for the size OF
IL an Harper put in his Sl2 an raised
it sI2 al .,o,r, 4, h,s
hand 1t to j. jusst atty a R.sYi bs SO ne iet aGlr1 his can cards Is
lay, same as before, an they, looked for
him to pick 'em up, but stead o that he
showed his hull stock for'ard. maxim a
raise o. 81 blind.
just nachully there was some OF q laugh,
an Harper says, good natured,. LOOKS
like yo' SIS amt Roin' 10 do much damage
but o. course Bud had a right to play blind
IL he seen fit. an the play went on
-Semple found enough to stand the raise
an Dobbs trails. Then the opener raises
again an they all stay 'ceptin' Bill Z had
dropped Already. That made sl52 in the
side money Z Bud had a interest IN; but o
course he didn't know cards he had.
no more'n the rest on 'em did.
-on the draw Harry Virgins stood pat.
his hand an finds three fours. He takes
two cards an spikes a pair o. tens. An
Semple an Dobbs takes two cards apiece
and don't better.
high Aush. an the others al drops 80 ne
takes all the money 'xcept the si52 I goes
to Bud.
90 course. il were Harry Wiggins's deal.
an they made a jackpot again, bein. as
they played jacks on three OF a kind or
better. Nobody didn't get openers on
Harry's deal, nor Harper's. 40 1t was sweet
ened twice, maxim s24 in the pot when Bud
took the deck.
SHe 'peared 10 deal some bctter'n the
others, for Semple opened it under the
guns for the size Of H.. an Dobbs made it
$50 TO play. That didn't pear 70 scare
Harry Virgins none. f'r he put in his $50,
an Harper made il slO0. That brought IL
back to Bud, an he sort o. laughed an
says: I'm goin' to back this hand anyway;
I reckon I mought as well put 1t all on. an
he shoves his pile in again.
little scared when he done IL. seem he'd
win twice Already on that kind o. a play.
but Harper laughed, an he says: ! wouldnt
like nothin' much better'n 70 play, agin that
kind OF a game all night an the others
laughed. too, feelin' kind o. sorry for Bud
hut r~ememberin' the size o. the pot, too. an
hankerin' for il. like a man will in a game
$50 the opener stayed an all the Others
fniI' an f~iggerin' t he had Bud beat any
how, an 'twould be good play to scare the
others out, he made II a hundred more
so course that didn't affect Bud none.
him bein' all in afore that, but 1t scared the
others all right an they all dropped. leavin'
il betw cen Harper an Bud for a showdown
with 1912 in the pot.
Harper lays his hand down. face up.
shown a five full. an Bud says. mighty
serious. That's a tol'able strong hand: for
sure. wonder what I've got. And he
turned his hand over. o. course there was
a draw comm, but there want no object
in concealin' the hand no longer. seem
there want no more bettin' to be did.
well, he had a pair o. seven an a four
flush. an he says. kim o solemn. i reckon
I'd "a drawed to the flush II you hadn't
showed your hand. fr I'm powerful lucky
on nushee most gen'y. But a flush WOULDN'T
I've no good egin your full house. 50 III have
10 take a chance on h sevens.' An he
picked up the deck to serve the draw.
-'How many cards?' he says to Harper
very c~eremonious, an Harper gr1ns, an ne
saws, I reckon I'll play these, an BUD says
The dealer takes three Then. very slow
he turns over three cards. First come the
deuce o. spades, t would "A made him q
flush IL he'd boon takin' one.
There said he. It's lucky seen YOU
hrnd afore DRAWN
well SAYS Harper. I don't see 9 you're