The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05

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wei. FSpiiea Ss SSao Z V Hc for
thil hand only cYemiehtr aise the limit 20 i've
dollarD, Just ~toNabbreviate the period a. 1t
we're, that must elapse before victory
porche8 upon my standards. That's the
only way ] can suggest TO make you quit.
itn make you study. anyhow ishan--
And as he said these words. Senator
Dan, bestoWing q most amiable smile upon
me, sitting to the right Of him, opened up his
cards and held them DO that l could see them.
seven and eight Of spades. But. as he held
the cards out that way, ] caught a quick
glance at the pencil mark at the upper end
OF. the seven Or spades.
sHenRt6F Dan had a busted straight flush,
and il was perfectly palpable that he didn't
that Senator Harris had marked to indicate
thatit should be taken as the missing seven
OF diamonds.
Senator Dan Immediately folded his
cards up again. and awaited Senator Harris's
onslaught. II wasn't my funeral, but. i
certainly did feel profoundly sorry for the
kindly old Senator, particularly when Sem
ator Harris replied that he was perfectly
agreeable that the limit should be raised
10 IS FOR that one hand.
They raised each other back and forth.
: at q CLIP, for a long time. and then Senator
AlhtNNn DoHh4 10 bCTullLhbO OCDhtDl Ooli
pretty keenly from beneath his bushy
ATgdon't know so much about this bust
ness. Senator Harris muttered as II to
himself at that stage Of ii. i have been
watching the old boys poker vagaries for q
good many years. and l never saw him act
bust exactly ike this before. He's behaving
like q s~rre-enough ooon dog that's got
something freed. And I'm 90 devilish
strong, now that ! come TO look myself
over, ! might be merely wasting another
good 9 note By requesting him to shoT
Hope. j believe the old boy has them this
time. Ioertainly do. And. II / call him he win
gloat over ine-he is q most unconsoionable
gloater-f he tops me, % l think he does.
/ guess you can a v II, Dan-Inine's only a
queen high straight; and IN view OF your
too far already with papers Of that sort
and he threw his hand into the discard.
There's nc use talking, IRham, broke
out Senator Dan then, his face all wreathed
in smiles, you do show almost human in
right 70 aloat over q hand Ike dis he would
not have the right to rejoice over taking
city Of the plain and with q fine -four
ish he spread his spades out on the table
sNow, I wasn't going to say a word. 1
Of that irregular spade seven would be
rubbing 1t In on Senator Harris and unDece=-
sariiy huHniliattng Senator Dan. But IL
wasn't necessary Tor me to speak.
Senator Harris was already peerfng
at Senator Dams upturned cards over the
tops Of his gold trimmed glasses. Then his
countenanoe took on an air Of actual sadness
as he turned and looked into the face Of Sen
ator Dan, where the smiles were still chasing
other like ripples on q pond
"Daniel. inquired Senator Harris In a
Depulchral voice. did you know 1t. or didn't
Tell me the whole truth and moth
ing but the truth, Did you know it?
NKnow WHAT asked Senator Voorhees,
nobody could mistake the utter inno-
oense OF his expression then.
"No, Daniel; l can see that you didn't
he devil OF 1.-THE man didn't ever know
What he was doing. BE was playing as a
Zulu might play the haFpeiohord, and /
aid down to him.. / am forever shatned.
III remember the shame OF it to the last
lay Of my LIFE
''Dont take 1t TO heart SO. Isham,' said
Dan, gayly.. He wal still utterly
lnaware that he had been sitting behind
hat busted straight flush. Some day.
{ you continue to play long enough. you
Senator Harris saw. as Ibid, that Senator
Dan was stiD " OF the nature of the
,hasm he had been suspended over, mi
'e silently placed a finger on that pencil
seven Of spades add asked the TAN
sycamore:
'"'Dan'l. what do you call that card''
Senator Dan saw IL then, and flushed.
Then he gasped. He tried to say something,
tut he was ~speechless.
'Ill say it for you. Daniel, said Senator
Harris. then. IT was involuntary false
IN your part. that's all. Gen.
lemen.' addressing the other two Of us.
| move that the gentleman from Indiana
- krn.,AkA 80 NkA kaa - kAen -A~o-aAl,a- \
o answer the charge that he is suffering
incipient imbecihty due TO senile
ecay'-and old Isham q. was considerably
lder than Senator Dan, at that.
well, I got the ~coonslins. anyhow,
! got EN- that's my reply to this
ugust assemblage,' said Senator Dan,
weeping the pile OF chips over to his end
Z the table. and Senator Harris was
with that perfectly clear and fair
Of a winner.
But we didn't play any more that night,
Harris seeming to have taken
isllke to the defective deok.s