The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29

mo stranger Ieosed nom 70 Ehs
other for q moment, and then, aAoln9 that
WtDterbOttom and Pe4fs9if and Orb1nhui
had AZ set their glasses back on the bar
he said, still Roodnaturedly;
We'll. let's liquor firBt, anyway"
No. ObiectiOn was made 20 this. and the
drink was swallowed. Then the stranger
There was three men up to the hotsI
said they plhyed q stick o hicEOry on you
sYou yin have Il. heyi' exclaimed BaaRstt,
stopping forward. but old man 0resnhut
Hold on : minute, JOs' hs said. Thsn.
don't rightly know, stranger, WhSther
/ you'ra loOkin' f'r trouble, but pears Nks
you're liable for 10 End Il 4 You 90 pOddlin'
stories about dynamite round here. was
You lOokin' kr Anythin' special I'm Arh&DeAs
City, Who BE- You, anyway
MY names beasley. Fm up Ilttl0 Rock
way answered tho STRANGER, san / Hurs
did come re- sonlepin' speOal. Thay count
me soma good at draw poker up our way,
an been laytn' fr a ehanst o playin' into
the game In your back room. Last week.
I sold q pleos O. land an not . vad, 90 I
come down. was reukonin' ON NtaOkIn'
up ag'in sOmspin' hard, nut f'm what them
three men said I ah'd--"
: 4 don't know yho . thres msn %
tsPo0ttOm, but I've heoTd enough ab0us
'em. II they play poker an you'll fetCh
'em hero fr a game III Deo'C YOU got q rake
OF. bat don't take no inter'st Ia no mouth
play O. their'n-'
Thon everybody sIss in the room except.
ing the stranger said emphatically: That's
right 80 tbs stranger lo0ked aronnd some
what uuiHziOally and aaid:
Pears hhe you n amt give 10 iokkn'
overmuoh. . YOU don't play draw
poker neither. l reckon I mought ~ web
takA n Arain hOnQ0.e
.'Tain't we'll to hs hAsty,' sAid old man
0rssnhut. -N you're lookin' fr . RAme I
reckon some o. the boys'n play With you
Il told You had q wad. said BsAsley In
without more ado, Blaisdsl, Wtntsrbotsoaa
and BAsnett aitting down With the man
whO vi u dskying fate.
He Oallfd for tsOO In chips and the othera
bought hkewtse. Then, as they vsrs set-
youp'
The others looked at ono another 40 n
puzzled and W-interbottonl seid: -,1Cues
me. pard. but what game 10 thats We inns
why. I'm ssIkEn' 8 poker. said Bsaslsy.
but in table stakss you on On'y bot whars
son. say exclaimed HIaisdelI. II Thought
We was playiD' q grown mans game. ~
it's jaOkstOnes r mImDleeepeg Im Eoln' up
~ sAAg S0t@ S
with the other children. Tell q ma how
much. he O&n Oet!" And he spas on the
moor IN disgust.
very e said neasley' seeing LnAs
the others we're 81 me same mind. -rla{
vide open II you Ike. II suits me. 1
Play wide Open they did. On Winter
bottoms deal 6aAaott anted ten dollars
call twenty, and after blaisdelI and Beaelsy
bad come in W~tnteroottOm raised t NIFTY
and nallaNk eakaaN Il a hYNmANaA NnA0Nfw
saw this last raise and the Sheriff soooped
the pot.
Then blatedeh made q 3mlAAr ante. and
ae beasley dropped wtnteroott0m passed
Also, and basseCt mace ~ . tackpOc. On
SlaisdelI's deal u might have been ex.
ReCeed ma a conssss soJio Scms' o1s
berity on his first deal and after the pot
q been sweetenod the deok passed 20
8easley.,
Possibly ne might not nsve bestowed 20
much care on the stunning Of the cards
before passing them 20 bisisdeil Tor tne
cut II he had Known that the after had
or0ugne two similar dects INTO p room
when they came. only one o. whtcn mas
been seen on the table. ne did not KNOW
peculiar about the quick motion with which
blaisden cut tho CARDS.
Probably he would have Thought IL Inn
po@sible for anybody 20 nuDsntncS one oeck
Tor another IN that single motion without
beng detected, AZ all eycnts. ne was con-
siderably surprised 70 ma nVe hearts In his
when he picked u up and const1erabiy
more surprised on taking q second look to
find that they ran in regular order from the
20 the eight.
IL vas not, Of OOurse. an invincibbO hand u
but IL was n hand 70 bet a fortune on, Ahd he
reflected with great ~sattafaction that he
had dealt b cards himself and that there
fore there vas no reason 20 distrust his
good luck. There being With one sweet
ening an evsn hundred I'm the pot, Winter
bottom opened 1t for the size Of il. Bassstt
stayed, and Blaisdell made II e2OO 20 play.
Il don't want 20 drive you uns OUT said
ReaaIsy, but I wouldn't rsely be doin'
justics TO this here hand 'thOutsn I ria you
All. 4 reckon it'll cost YOU 500 more 10
draw cards."
Well said lake Winterbotsom. sI don't
call to mind an / said anythin' about drawin'
cards. hut I RECKON those here 10 worth the
price.- and he made good.
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