The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
GREENHUT REMzNLSCEN7IY
DISCUSSES RAGE SUICIDE
He incidentally Relates How an Unfortunate Draw Alter .
500, 900 Bet Resulted in the Sudden Transmission OF
the. Inheritance of the Bamberg Money.

he Bamberg Money.
/, First thing he done was to get y
couple O short card players I'm .Ienl-
phis up to his house tor u visit am put
en- wise to his little plan. Then he
told Sim am Jim. on'y separate O
! course, as how he had some friends on
a visit an he felt like havin' a little
fun hisself While they was there. So
he says TO Sim. an then TO jim, you
en- bring a friend along With you am
We'll have a little 1ive-handed draw
Well, sim an Jim was agreeable,
so they asst me@Sim did an Jim did,
TO go with 'em-l mean with hin. an
play. AN i went with both on EN-.
Say. You never seen anything more
harmonious like II them poker games
was. l want lookin' for to make no
eNerlastin' fortune outen the game fr
up to an | didn't eek he'd let a heap
get by him, but ! did manage to pick
up enough to keep me outen the poor
house fl a spell. am there wan, no
body then 'peared to begrudge me
What l got 'thouten twas Lipton am
Drake, the two Professionals. But when
l seen they was gettin' some grouchy
l let EN- know. on the quiet. I | knew
somepin' about dealin' my own self an
they cooled Off.
We'll. old T%otmugger. he didn't make
no ptentlons to bein' a player an Sim
an Jim was tryin' to get through with
that Bamberg money an Upton an
Drake Was helpin' EN- best they know
ed. III We're as happy an pleasant as
a prayer meetin'. Fur as l was con-
cernedcerned there want no kick COM
in"
Owen Pepper paused at this point
and busted himself lighting 81 fresh
/ cigar. He WAS so long n nout tbic that
his listeners, who were greatly inter-
csted, became impatient, old man
Greenhut especially so. He f1dgeted
some and at length said:
Don't you reckon we cd maybe get
these here gazaboes over to Arkansas
City for TO finish up that there game?
We uns cd give 'em a good run fr
their money, an pears like it's plumb
sinful for to let two such tinhorns as
them get away with real money"
There amt goin' to be no finish to
that there game. G~reenhut," said MIR.
Pepper, the same bein' by reason OF
it's bein' done finished at the time I
WAS tellin' about.
First night Sim he played enthusiasts
tic. 'Twa'n't long before he found an
excellent way to drop money.
"He'd wait till he got a hand With
nothin' in it an he'd bet big. Then IL
anybody raised him he'd just call. 1t
worked fine. am he dropped about four
thousand that night.
Next night Jim an me come round
an the old man told him about Sim
droppin' four thousand. Then Jim he
frothed at the mouth an gibbered am
squeaied fr a whole minute afore he
cd speak plain, he We're that mad.
BLOWN in my money. is he?' he
spu'tered when he found his tongue.
wait I'LL ] git u chanst o. bettin' some
O. hisn.'
An that POI. misguided victim Of
unreasonable brotllerly detection Jump
cd into that game o. poker so vehement
like. 7 we was playin' $40 ante an
bettin' a hundred at a clip. afore we
knowed where we was.
"J1m's play was different firm Sims.
Pcared like he want satisfied with just
Eettin' a rase or two when he didn'
nave llothin'. an then layin' down.
What he played for was to lose as
much as he could every throw, am he'd
raise an raise till the other feller'd
have TO call. an so get as fur in as he
could.
Consequence was t he lose con-
sid'able more ut a clip n Sim had, hut
he win considerable, too. You see. we
want exactly broke to his style o. play,
an 1t We're some disconcertin' for TO
open a pot fr fifty. say. an nave am
other Teller raise it 500. You'd be liable
for to lay down rather.n to risk 500
'.,Si " ~ ~ sSa MN Nv Il Il EtIItIGl
way what his intentions was.
That away 1T come about 7 Jim
took consid'able many good pots. but
he played so we'll he managed to drop
$4,000 afore old Totmugger got tired out
an stopped the game. He wouldn't let
1t go on 'thouten him being IN it to
watch. same as II he was runnin' a
kitty.
"Sy. I never seen anythtn' I'm my life
was more !nspirin' nor Sims behavior
when he heer'd what'd happened next
lay. When he finished chokin' he says:
money, heyo Well. there ain't nothin.
no comm to him alter tonight. Youth
see
"Accordin' when we begin playin'
that hight. me helm the first dealer am
Sim haNin' the age ne throws in fifty,
saNin' Calls a hundred says to my
SELF 7 here was a good place fr me to
get off, but there's others to hear from
first. so ] looks on.
Drake stays and Totmugeer drons.
The Upton raises 1t five hundred. am
| throws down my cards. havin' orly a
pair o sevens. That brings it back to
Sim. an he never looks at his hand.
but he says, very cool. I raise you>a
hundred thousand
Then old man Totmugser saws.
You amt got no such money left. sim
an more'n that, faint bic. You
know the will says you an Jim amt to
have on'y what's reasonable
well. how much is there left? . saws
Sim. an the old man says there's a
balance of e%ighty-four thousand. L
reckon that's reasonable, Amt it," an.
old Totmugger lows it is.
s Drake he drops an Upton says.
I Amt got that much. out An SirA
says. III lend it to you
But they decides t he can't do that
4 6n1n. 1Q hos all In Sn he oo& ;..,-.:
ent, an says, 'Tl take your i. o. t., So
then Upton calls an l get ready for to
! serve the draw.
Sim says, III play these but he
hasn't looked at his cards. Upton amt
takin' no chances, though, an he draws
two to his three Fights an don't better.
Sim a1nt got nothin' but queen high.
an If ever you seen a man happy he
was hat man.
There was a holy cam on his face
ss he says TO old T%otmusser. There
Amt nothin' comm to that lowdown
brother O. mine when I die. is there"