Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22
Did he Get EVEN? OH, YES!
Sleepy Man Tells of Thirty Cents Won
at Draw Poker.
GAME BEGAN AS FREEzEOUT
Dick and George and Harry aud
Others and Last of All n Wild
Eyed westerner just
Dropped In.

"say, Jim" said the hot sport Of Long
Acre Square, as he stepped YEARLY toward
the gorgeous slab Of onyx on which Jim
serves LIQUID refreshments to any and all
who are able and willing to pay for onyx
on the side. Say, JIM, did you hear any
thing about an election the other day."
And he bowed his head toward the slab
as one suffering either from sudden access
of reverence or strong yearning for slum-
Der.
Nav" said Jim, ever alert for kidding
''Wot election?"
Dunno" said the hot sport vaguely.
s'seems like the last 1 heard was Z some
body named Taft was runnin against
Bryan. But 1 been busy. Did anything
drop7"
He didn't run against him. He run over
him." observed Jim thoughtfully. But
how is 1t you sobered up so sudden? You
look almost rational"
THAT reminds me- was the dreamy re-
Spouse. II cam in for a drink. Haven't
had one fr a week. so you better make it
a bath"
What is it." demanded Jim with some
show OF interest, ,'just a dream or are you
on the way to the funny house?"
mo dream. Fact" replied the hot sport.
"Tell you, l been busy.
wen round to Billy Hovey's place one
night. Nothing doing. Bill and me started
a freezeout FIR a hundred just to pass
time till the gang come.
Pursued by Moving Pictures.
Say, d'you ever watch one O. them
moving pictures SO steady you cd see It
goln' after they put out the fights? Well,
that's me. Say, Jim, what day is this?"
Thursday"
well, it was Thursday we begin the
game. Must "a been a week ago. Mebbe
two or three weeks, l dunno" Aud his
voice trailed OFF to a murmur.
''Who win the freezeout?" asked Jim.
Nobody. We played along FIR an hour. -
said the hot sport, rousing himself, IAN
Dick an George Beebe came in, 80 we let
'em in fr 'em In fr table stakes. That's
what started 1t.
IT bought once an George bought twice,
but nobody was accumulatin' till Harry
Bang set in. Feared like he must a'been
usin' four-leaf clover FIR breakfast food.
Every second deal somebody'd so to the
bone yard, 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, fl
everybody except him begin to win, sud
den, an that three thousand went in three
rounds. IN when Nick Wheeler an Dave
Murphy set in the game begin to get some
swift. They was buy1n' five hundred at q
crack. an the ante was ten call twenty
THAT was when I first thought O. quit.
tin My roll begin to look like a ciga.
rette paper an nothin' come my way fl
more'n seven hands, but just then every
body come In on a Jackpot, me havin' the
last say, 80 / took a long shot with npthin
but q red queen to pull to an 1 showed vi
all I had left.
some Good Hands.
"Thers was some good hands out tina
time. George had opened on a straight
an he throwed in a white chip. %entirel!
regular. Then Joe, sittin' next, he boosted
1t a hundred just fr a starter, he said, al
Harry seen him an raised 1t two.
"Bll said he wouldn't insult his cardi
with nothln' less'n a thousand, an 1 Sc
like a stoughten bottle with nothin' NOR
to put up, so I never looked at my foul
card draw till the show down. There mus
ha' been q million dollars In the pot BY
that time, an Bill took mighty all Of 1
with q ten full. but when I turned m!
hand over / found a queen full an rakeC
down fifteen hundred.
THAT give me a fresh start even II 1
didn't put me quite even, an when Dal
White an Pete Bascom an Larry Wheele
An Jack Hagen came into the game
Say interrupted Jim. show many o
you was playin' In that game o. poker?'
"Oh. thsre was some Of 'em dropped GU
Saturday night" said the Hot Sport
rHarry Bang for the first. He rolleC