The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10

1 he seen how things was. 1t was con-
sid'able of a shown, too, e the
stranger had much wad, an the home
talent was after it.
so Bud set in. The ante was one
call two, an he set on the dealers
right Dohbs anted. Harry Virgins
/ came in Harper trailed an Bill Wig
1 gins raised it IS.
Bud never says a word, nor he don't
/ look at his cards, that lay where he got
/ EN-, but he pushes his chips all into
/ the pot. Then Jim Semple I was deal
/ in, he trailed an so did Dobbs an
| Harry Virgins. That brought it back
to Harper. an he made it ten more.
! Everybody bein' in up to this, Of
/ course Bud had a show for thirty dol
/ lars. an they put that one side an
went on with the side betting. Bill
/ Virgins came back with fifty more
| that looked ike a bluff for fair, but
| they all left it to Harper. an he just
! came in.
'On the draw Harper took two cards,
/ having 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
| He finds nOthin' but a four straight
i I'm the four to the seven. so ne calls
for one card an catches an eight Har-
/ per bets a white chip an Bill puts up
a hundred, an Harper calls.
THAT. O. course, gives Bud a stake.
an the others was lookin' to see him
play the game regular. but I seen
that funny loOk in his eye an l stands
by to see sOmepin more It's out O. the
usual run. Sure enough. it come.
''DObbs deals. it bein' a jackpot
| count Of the last hand, an everybody
putin in 81. Harry Virgins opens for
the size of it an Harper puts in his
$12 an raised it s12.
Pill Virgins didn't find enough IN
his hand to justify play, so he folded
an it was up 10 Bud. He'd been Iettin'
his cards lay, same as before, an they
looked for him TO pick 'em up. but
stead o. that he showed his hull stack
for'ard, maxim raise o. 81 blind.
Just nachully there was some of
laugh, an Harper says. good natured,
Looks like yO' 50 amt goin' TO DO
much damage but O. course Bud had
a right 10 play blind if 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 I had dropped already.
That made $152 in the side money t
Bud had a interest in, but o course
he didn't know what cards he had. no
mOre'n the rest on EN- did,
"On the draw Harry Virgins stood
pat an 80 did Harper. Then Bud looks
at his hand an finds three tours. He
takes two cards an spikes a pair O.
tens. Ar Semple an Dobbs takes two
cards apiece an don't better.
Virgins bets a hundred, havin' a
ace high flush. an the others all drops,
so he takes all the money kept the
S152 t goes TO Bud.
90 course 1t were Harry Virgins
deal an they made jackpot again,
beiu as they played jacks on three Of
a kind or better. Nobody didn't get
openers On Harry's deal, nor Harper's.
so il was sweetened twice, maxim S24
in the pot when Bud took the deck
He 'peared 10 deal some better'n
the others. for Semple opened II under
the guns for the size of it, an DObbs
made it $50 to play. That didn't pear
to scare Harry Virgins none, fr he
Dut in his $50 an Harper made 1t 500
That brought il back to Bud, an he
sort o. laughed an says. I'm gOin' 10
back this hand, anyway I reckon I
mought as well put it all on an he
shoves his pile in again.
well, they was some on EN- looked
a little scared when he done 1t. seem
he'd win twice already on that kind of
a play. but Harper laughed, an he
says. I wouldn't like nOthin' better'n
to play agin that kind of d game all
hight ti lilG OtAACAS AcANSAA A'DT
feelin' kind o. sorry for Bud but re-
memberin' the size O. the pot, too. an
hankerin' for t. like a man will in a
game o. poker
so the opener stayed an all the
others come n up to Harper. He had
a small full. an fggurin' I he had
But beat anyhow, an 'twould be good
play to scare the others out, he made
il a hundred more.
20 course that didn't affect Bud
none him bein' all in afore that. but il
scared the others all right an they all
dropped. leavin' 1t between Harper an
Bud for a showdown with 1912 in the
pot
Harper lays his hand down face up.
shown d five full an Bud says,
mighty serious That's a toIable
strong hand for sure. 1 wonder what
I've got And he turned his hand over
o. course there was a draw comm but
there wasn't no object in cOnCeaiin' the
hand no longer, seem there want no
more bettin' to be did.
well. he had a pair O. sevens an
a four flush, an he says, kind o SOL
emn: I reckon I'd "a drawed TO the
flush if you hadn't showed your hand.
fr I'm powerful lucky on Pushes most
gently. But a flush wouldn't be no
good again your full house. so I'll have
10 take a chance or the sevens.' An
he picked up the deck to serve the
draw.
How many cards2" he says to Har-
per very ceremOnious. an Harper
grins, an ne says. I reckon III play
these an Bud says. The dealer takes
three. Then, very slow, he turns over
three cards. First comes the deuce o
spades. t would "a made him a flush
if he'd been takin' one.
There said he. It's lucky ! seen
your hand afore DRAWN
Well says Harper, I don't sees
you're so much better off now But
Bud says, Oh. I don't know an he
turns over another card. 1t were "A
third seven. That looks torable good
to me- he says.
Bet YOU ten to one you don't bet
ter says Harper; but Bud says: Z
amt got no more money or I would
Then Jim Semple says. III go you fifty
to five hundred An Harper says,
Done an they puts up the money.
We'll. Buds next card was deuce,
an Harper got wild. He started in
to say somepin, but Bud spoke up very
quiet an told him he'd blow the top
of his head off if ne didn't shut his
mouth, an he shut up.