The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20

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anybody cd have 1t.
Likely that was the reason nobody
never tried to get Roy Whitley into Z
poker game. 'Twa'n't needful to play
for to get his money, an bein' as he didn'
pear to care nothin' f'r the game tn
didn't pear to be nobody what knoweo
whether he knowed how to play.
swell, somehow r other this here Jaoh
Tooker managed to get some thick witt
Roy Just when Roy'd got constable OF 9
wad I'm his dad an was settin' out fei
to blow it, same's he al'ays did. an Tookei
bein' what he was, just naturally p'poseo
for him to set into a poker game. an
Roy. bein' easy an not never sayin' nc
to nobody, greed to play.
"Tooker wouldn't "a had no trouble
gettin' Whitley's money his ownself, bein'
a slick player. like he was, but bein' a
piker, an not havin' no nerve, he hunted
UP q pal o. his'n what wo didn't none on
us know, an he fetched him along. Then,
when them three was startin' to play
two young follers what knowed Roy an
liked him, same's everybody did. Tom
an Jerry Beebe, their names was, they
set in too, bein' as they didn't reckon
1t was noways decent fr an outsider to
pick up a friend o. theirn for a sucker.
that's how Roy Whitley come to play
the only game o. draw poker l ever
knowed him to play.
"'Twa'n't no turrible big game they
started, bein' as the ante was half call
O dollar, but there want NJ talk Of q
limit, an Of course there vas liable for
10 be most anything on the table II they
was to get het up.
This here pal o. lockers, he called
hisself Smith, 'peared to be some slick
his ownself, an I seen, soon as they begin
to play, as him an Tooker cd talk to one
another 'thouten sayin' a word. so I cd
tell well enough as there was trouble
comm for the Beebe boys an Whitley but
'twan't up to me to do no buttin' IN, an
l looked on tol'able curious, bein' as there
want nothin' dom the bar.
Talk about stealth FIN little children!
It sure did seem q shame for to take
whitley's money, fr he didn't pear to
know the difference atween a fiush an
three of a kind.
Sounds steep, don't Il? Well, that
want nothin' to what I seen him do fore
they'd been playtn' twenty minutes.
Come a jackpot with on'y five dollars
In 1t, an Tooker dealt. / seen I'm a look
I he give Smith how he a. goin' to stack
the cards 80 q 7 Smith cd trim Roy. 90
l sneaked round behind Roy, thinkin'
mebbe | cd get q look at his cards.
We'll, WANT no trouble at all. He
helt 'em as keerless al II IL didn't make
no diff renee who looked at EN-. an I'm
the way he played / reckon mebbe 1t
didn't, not that time.
well, he got four treys an a king, an
just naturally he opened the pot. Tom
Beebe set mex to him, an he dropped.
but Jerry stsyed along, havin' q pair O.
queens. Then Smith he boosted, an
Tooker stay ed.
whitley looked at his cards, kind o.
scairt like, an l reckoned he was probly
some puzzled to know how he'd oughter
play such a big hand. but I'm the way it
turned out. pears that want what trou-
bled him. He sort o. braced up in q
minute or 90 an boosted again.
90 course It was up to Beebe to drop
out. him havin' on'y q pair. bat I reckon
III bSCh bottVDth Wus ups al hS III
along. havin' gone n 80 q t he cd help
Whitley. an wantin' to see what the game
was.
Then Smith boosted again. an Tooker
trailed. an Whitley looked scairter n
ever, but alter he'd studied a spell, he
came in again. an Beebe made good.
Il cd see Z Tooker wac lookin' f'r more
Of q play afore the draw, but there was q
tol'able good sized pot as 'twas. an lthinkin'
there'd be more a-diddin' after the draw
he 'peared to be tol'able well satisfied
when he picked UP the deck for to serve
the draw.
Then Whitley he studied an studied,
like he couldn't make up his mind to
nothin'. but bimeby he says. 1 opened on
two pairs, but they're too blame small
for to be good fr anythin'. reckon III
take four cards
San he throwed down his four treys,
face up on the table, shown what he'd
opened the pot regular enough.
1T sure was the most amazin' thing
I ever seen did at poker. As fr Tooker.
/ thought he'd have a flt, but he steadied
hisself in an instant an he says. grave as
a Judge:
An NOBODY else 6alQ nOunln j reckon
they felt like I did. There want nothin'
Il be said.
he'd asst for, an Whitley let EN- lay, like
he was afeared to pick EN- up. Beebe
called fr three, bein' as he couldn't do
nothin' else. an Smith stood pat.
Then Tooker helped hisself to two,
but 1t corne to me in a minute what he'd
been reck min on Whitley either standin'
pat or takin' one. an he hadn't looked for
Beebe to etay alter a raise, anyhow. 30
Whitley mus: "a got the cards he was
reck'nfn' on fr his ownself. 90 / was
monst'ous cur'ous to see what they was.
but I didn't. not for a minute or two.
whitley throwed In o white chip afore
iftin' 'em, an Beebe just trailed. Then
Smith he showed up about $500 an Tooker
stayed along, just fr Appearances sake,
reckon, bein' as there ouldn be no
doubt what was goin' to be did.
90 course It was up TO Whitley to speak
next. but he set. just like he was stunned,
lookin' at the four cards he'd throwed
away.
"Bimeby he says Them was two pair
O. treys, wa'n't fhey2' like he was con-
fused. which ! reckon he was; but Tooker
laughed an he says, That's what they
beT An Whitley says, But four treys
Is a tol'able good hand. amt IL? l was
thinkin' 1t was on'y two pairs. l never
helt fours afore. Say you'd oughten
let me play that over again
But o course even his friends couldn't
say nothin' in favor @ that. an Ticker
sort O. sighed an picked up his draw.
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