The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-09
Four of a Kind With Backing
The Kind n rbev PLAYED on mississippi Boat, the old pav.

for TO set in that long with Bangs an
Hawthorne . Bangs bein' the slickest
dealer there was on the river, an
Hawthorne understanding a bluff bet
ter n most. o. course, the two fac
tors bein' gentlemen, played straight,
but they was both on 'em slick enough
to know when Bangs was stackin' the
cards, an they was both on 'em con-
sid able skilled their own sells when
it come to bluff, so they want more n
two or three thousand loser between
em when Ellison come abo'd an Mas
ten seen him comm.
Here comes the man we want he
says, an he calls to Ellison TO come
take a hand. so Ellison he says he's
agreeable, p'vidin' there wanna no OBJ
lection.
Those t was loolin' on. an there
was afayS some I d stand round
watchin' a good game. had been sort
o struck before that, when they seen
the stakes, FIR the ante was two chips
call five every time an the chips was
yellow boys, like I said. Feared like
that was some stiff. but Ellison want
satisfied.
He didn't say nothin', but settin'
next to TIL sge on the first deal after
he set in he straddled, maxim it a
even hundred to draw cards. even if
NOBODY Sh'd raise.
Bangs was dealin'. an Dave had
put up the ante, but when Masten' t
set next to Ellison, seen his hand he
throwed it down. Likely twas too
good to be true. I don't know how
that was, but 1 knew he'd been toi'-
able leary about playin when Bangs
dealt
Hawthorne havin' next band. come
IN thoIten a word, an Bangs studied
a spell an then raised it a hundred
Dave dropped an Ellison raised back
Then Hawthorne trailed and Bangs
made l. still another hundred.
ELLISON looked at him kind o.
sharp an seen the raise 'thouten goin'
no further, an Hawthorne SAYS he
reckons it's time FIR him to be doin'
Somethin'. SO he raises, an Bangs
trails. Then Ellison throws down his
cards
He'd lost four hundred 'thouten a
play, but he want 10 more. concerned
nor II he'd busted a button off'n his
shirt Feared like ned on'y been
Slzn' on EN- up. tc see what they was
liable for to do, an he wd'n't ready to
play ag'in no cross-fire. not vet h.,
want. / don't remember who took
that pot. bein' as everybody knowed it
didn't make no difference between the
two pals.
when Dave dealt Ellison put I'D
the reg lar ante. two calls five, an
KIND o. looks at Masten to see if he'd
straddle, an when he didn't Ellison
looks sort o. disgusted. but he don't
say notnin'. He want no hand t.
talk much.
There want nothin' diddin' on that
deal, al Ellison drawed his ante down
an took the deck FIR a deal That
was the way they played afore Jack
pots was invented. l amt putin up.
TO argument about it. I'm Just teIIir.'
you what was did those DAYS.
We'll, Masten antes, an Hawthorne
straddles, an Ellison gives out cards.
'Peared like he'd done torable we'll
too, for everybody come in round tn
Hawthorne, an he raises it a hundred
an they all come in again, but nobody
raises back.
THAI made even thousand in the
pot afore the draw, an there was con-
sid'able excitement among them I was
lookin on but them t was playin'
was as cool as if they'd ben playin'
FIR marbles.
"On the draw Masten takes one
card. Hawthorne stands pat. Bangs
takes two. an Dave one. Then Ellison
looks round sort o. like he was sizin'
up what they was all liable FIR t.
rave an Inen ne says.
/ reckon a fall amt much COOL
this time, an he takes two cards. dis
rardin' pair of treys, an thrown
EN- face up on the table SOS they co
see 'twa'n't no hot air he was givin'
EN-.
Il hain't never understood rightly
why twas t he didn't raise back afore
the draw with a pat full, but 1 reckon
red mistrusted pat hand an made
up his mind aforehand to split his full
that's what he did. an I've
saw him play pecooliar poker often
90 course twas Hawthorne's first
bet, an he bet the size o. the pot. that
oein', as I said. $1,000. Bangs stayed
, course, bein' as he mought be use
'ul case of another crosscut, but Dave
froOped and Ellison sixint his hand
iown, slow an careful.
Then he reached FIR an inside pock-
It an pulled out a fat wallet an
counted out eleven one thousand dol
ar bills. Spreadin' 'am out smooth or
he table he p'tended to study f'r
pell an thcn laid 'em. mighty DELHI
rate. into the pot. Then Masten
'olded
THAT made just such a play as ]
vas tsllin' about, as ID put thesN
oikrrs t plays now into forty fits
zen he was M against II
'ard ar prc1er, but he never whiro-
nered- He seen t he'd either got &c
cave go o the $1,000 him an Bangs
lad into the pot + else cali ae'in'
What mought he four of a kind. Then
led lose $4,000 more.
He studied a long time an J
.housht he was goin' to lay down. bu-
1nally he says, L don't believe YOU
m he put I'D the money, shown
lush. Then Ellison showed down four
ems. an reached for the pot.
"Afore his hand got to the middle of
ne table, him not mOvin' special fast
1e drawed ii back like lishtnin' an
cached FIR the back of his neck.
gangs sees I him an his nal had
nadeia ser'1us losin' an he smoke nm
r rough house.
Hold on he says. quick and NASTY
one o them tens was on the botton,
, the deck An his gun was ont
While he was sayin' of it.
Ellison never spoke a word. hut HE
land came back with a bowie in n
IN with the one motion he threw If So |
Z Bangs never had but three FIN
;ers on his right Rand after that. He
iropped his gun an ii went off as n |
truck the floor, but there want no
'cdy hurt
Hawthorne had drawed as o,lic- as
Sargs. but before he cd pull trigger /
e was starin' into the open end of n /