The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-11

unreasonable DrOtherly detection jump
ed into that game o poker SO vehement
like, It we was playin' $40 ante. an
bettin' a hundred at a clip aforc we
knowed where we was.
"Jim's play was different firm Sims.
'Peared like lie want satisfied with
just gettin. raise or. two when he
didn't have nothin', an then layin'
down. What he played for was to lose
as much as lie could every throw, an
have to call, an SO get as fur In as he
could.
consequence was t he lose con-
sidable more at clip N Sim had, but
he win consid'able, too You see. we
want exactly broke to his style o.
play, an it were some dlsconcertin'
for to open Il pot FIR fifty, say, an
have another Teller raise 1t 800
You'd be liable for to lay down rather'n
to risk 500 more, even IL you knowed
in q general way what his intentions
was.
- That away It come about t jim
took constable many good pots. but
he played so well t he managed TO
drop 900 afore old Totmugger got
Wouldn't letit go on 'thouten him being
| In It to watch. same as If he was
runnin' kitty.
"sy, / never seen anythin' In my life
! was more inspIrin' nor Sims behavior
when he herd what'd happened next
day. When he finished chokin' he says:
1 'Blowed forty-two thousand o my
money, heyr Well, there amt nothin'
mo- coming to him alter tonight.
/ You'll see
"Accordin' when we begin plnyin'
| that night, me bein' the first dealer an
Sim havin' the age, he throws In fifty
sayin' Calls a hundred says to my
,<1n ff,s.
! to get off, but there's others to hear
from first, so looks on.
| Drake stays and Totmugger drops
Then Liptor raises 1t five hundred, an
l T throws down my cards, havin' Only
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 q
i hundred thousand!
1 Then old man Totmugger says. 'Yot
mint got nc such money left Sim. an
more'n that, faint reasonable. Yol
I know the Will says YOU an Jim ain
to have on'y what's reasonable
4 "'wel1, how much is there left?'
says Sim. an the old man says tn ere
a balance of eighty-fohr thousand.
reckon that's reasonable, ain't it?' an
old Totmugger lows 1t Is.
$50 Drake he drops an Lipton SAYS
a T ain't got that much. but An Sin
says I'll lend 1t to you.
but they decides t he can't do that
:, bein' as he's all In. So he gets impa
!, tient, an says. 'Ill take your I. @. U
:. SO then Upton calls an I get read
for to serve the draw.
Sin says, I'll play these but h
4 hasn't looked at his cards Upton ain
!, takn, no chances though. an h
draws two to his three eights an don
better. sim an't got nothin' but quee
high, an IL ever you seen a man happ
!, he was that man.
, "There was a holy cam on his fac
as he says to old Totmugger, Their
amt nothin' comm to that lowdow
!. brother O. mine when ! die, is there
, IAN the old man says there sur
= amt. SO Sim says Then reckon L
' make sure OF 1t now An afore II
. knowed what he was up to- he swa]
= Tered somepin' outen little whit
= paper. an two minutes after he wa
! stone dead
!. This startling finish to Mr.. Pepper
y story took his hearers considerabl
), aback. but Old man Greenhut soon re
!. covered himself. Drawing a Ion
y breath, he said:
:, "Proves what I've always sal
Draw poker's the chosen instruments Il
!. to work out the mysterious ways
!. Providence ',rwa'n't fttin' for the
= two fools to have money, an the none
!, went accordin' to them that knowf
! the game. You was sayin you g
=. some on it, Mr.. Pepper?"
!, And Mr.. Pepper admitted that
< "Well" said old man Greenhu
rhere's a game on In the back room