The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-29

some show of interest; lust a dream, or
are you on the way to the funny house?"
mo dream. Fact" replied the Hot
Sport. Tell you 1 been busy.
went round to Billy Hover's place
one night. Nothing doing. Bill and me
started a freezeout Fr hundred just to
pass the time till the gang come.
Say, d'you ever watch one o. them
moving pictures SO steady you cd see
it going after they put out the lights?
Well that's me. Say, Jim, what day is
this?"
Thursday
well. it was Thursday we began the
game. Must "a been week ago. Mebbe
two or three weeks-I dunno"
And his voice trailed off to murmur
"Who win the freezeout?' asked Jim.
Nobody. We played along FIR an
hour" said the Hot Sport rousing him
self, AN Dick an George Beebe came
in. SO we let 'em in FIR table stakes. That's
what started 1t.
'T bought once, and George bought
twice, but nobody was accumulatin' till
Harry Bang set in. 'Peared like he
must "a been usin four-leaf clover f'r
breakfast food. Every second deal some
body'd go to the boneyard, an Harry
must a. had near three thousand in front
o. him, when Joe Irish took a hand.
"He must a. busted Harry's luck, f'f
everybody except him begin to win, sud
den, an that three thousand went In
three rounds. N when Nick Wheeler an
Dave Murphy set In the game begin to
get some swift. They was buying five
hundred at crack, an the anty was ten
call twenty.
THAT was when first thought o. quit
tim My roll begin to look like cigar
cite paper an nothin' come my way FIR
more'n seven hands, but Just then every
body come in on a Jackpot me havin' the
last say, SO I took long shot with
nothin' but red queen to pull to, an
I showed up all 1 had left.
"There was some good hands out that
| time. George had opened on a straight,
an he throwed in a white chip, entirely
regular Then Joe, sittin' next, he boosted
1t a hundred, just rr a starter, he said
an Harry seen him an raised 1t two
"BIll said he wouldn't insult his cards
with nothin' less'n a thousand, an I set
like a stoughten bottle with nothin' more
to put up, so never looked at my four
card draw till the showdown. There
must ha' been a million dollars in the pot
by that time, an Bill took mighty all of
it with a ten full; but when turned my
hand over found queen full and raked
down fifteen hundred.
THAT give me fresh start even II 1t
didn't put me quite even, an when Dan
White an Pete Bascom an Larry Whee-
Ter an Jack Hagen came in"
"Say," interrupted Jim, "how many of
you was playln in that game?"
''Oh, there was some of them dropped
out Saturday night" said the Hot Sport.
Harry Bang was the first. He rolled
under the table an we give his chips to
the niger to keep fer him. Then Joe
Irish was took sick, an we give his wad
to the ambulance surgeon.
but they KEEP comm in as fast as
they dropped out. an long about Monday
! morning 1 got that movin' picture eff
feet. Say. what's good to drink when
you feel that way? Gimme some of it.
''Wen, couldn't begin to tell who
didn't set in fore we quit. There was
one chap they said was a district leader
uptown came along with the wad he had
fr m headquarters, an we took that away
firm him in bout six deals. Last I
seen o. him the niger was feedin' him
out o. a bottle.
"Then, just as I was thinkin' o. quittin'
again, bein' somethin like seven thou
to the good, there was a wild-eyed west
erner showed up with a herd o. cattle t
he'd sold in Chicago, an he looked so
easy says to myself I'd better get few
horns an hoofs, so I played right along.
Come to think. mebbe that was cleo
ton night. Was tsere any noise on the
street last night?"
Didn't hear any, said i'm.
"Well, mebbe 1t was the church bells
Sunday. Anyway, you couldn't hear the
cards fall when they was dealt, but laid
that to the way the western man chewed
tobacco.
HE played for a day or two. One
time, I remember, Il boosted him some,
bein' in love with three Jacks t was scat
tered among my hand, an he came back
at me.
"Hed been bluffin fore that. an
built high on them jacks specially when
he took one card; but he filled his flush
an didn't better, so | stayed along to
get even again..
did you get even?' asked Jim.
Yep. II win 30 cents net on the sit
tin. Great game. draw poker. I'd "a
played longer, but there was only five
of us left, an the other four all went to
sleep, so I cashed in.
Gimme little more O. that sleep Juice.
Jim. I'm goin' to take the next train