The Jasper news., 1908-05-14
TWO GOOD EXCUSES
WHERE MEN HAD RIGHT TO QUIT
POKER GAME.
Player Now Is Wise to the Fact That
Other Causes Beside "Cold Feet"
May Make Gamblers Throw
Up Their Cards.

Sometimes you're liable to imagine
that the fellow playing opposite you In
a poker game has cold feet when he
hasn't" said a man from Cheynne. Il
sat in four.handed game in a hotel
room in Denver one night few years
ago. / knew two of the players, but
the other was a stranger to all three
of us.
Wed been introduced to him by
somebody or other in the lobby Of the
hotel, and when we said we were 60
ing upstairs to play little draw ne
asked to be allowed to sit in. He was
guileless sort Of young fellow and
was, we understood, the manager of
big wholesale grocery firm in Denver.
I'VE hadn't started the game. till
after midnight, and before we knew 1t
the light of dawn began to dribble In
at the windows. BY that time the
young man who managed the whole.
sale grocery was into the three OF us
to the tune of of about $500 all told.
when he saw the daylight creeping
in he announced that 1t was pretty
nigh all off so far as he was concerned.
Entirely without justification all
three Of us set up the cold-feet holler.
Whats the matter-chilblains?" we
asked him, sarcastically. Feel
draught on your tootsies? It's a won
der you wouldn't see a chiropodist for
what ails you! Here it is just the
shank of the even-the morning, and
you're running off like "a"
"'Gosh blame it all! I'm going to be
married at II o'clock this morning
only two hours from now-and I've
got to skate home and get into my
weddin' togs, haven't ~
Il got into little game with a
sheriff I knew in southwestern Colo
RADIO, and after we were well under
way big, weather-bronzed chap,
wearing rather a serious countenance.
as it struck me at the time, poked his
head in at the door of the sheriff's.
which was inside tie JAIL where we
were playing.
"'Come on in, jeff said the sheriff,
geod naturedly. Want to slam into
this?'
JEFF didn't mind If he did. he said.
and he disappeared for minute and
returned presently with sack filled
with gold money. He bought 500
worth of chips, and the cards began to
filter his way at once.
along toward two o'clock in the
morning jeff looked up at the clock
and said he reckoned he'd drop out
that he had few letters to write and
such like trifling excuses. / felt like
being real rude to Jeff, and / was just
about to tell him that two o'clock In
the morning was mighty untoward
hour for a man to pry himself loose
from game in which he was such
big winner, when my friend the
sheriff gave me kick on the leg under
the table.
80 l didn't say anything while
JEFF cashed. And when jeff took me
by the hand bade me good-by with 6
good deal more fervor than the cir
cumstances appeared to call for,
wondered heap just what kind of ,
proposition jeff was anyhow. HI
stuffed his winnings into the bag HI
had brought into the office with hin
and moseyed out.
WELL l said to my friend tn,
sheriff then. you took that good ant
easy, didn't you? l figured that you't
let out one little roar, anyhow, owe
that fellows hiking away with s,
much of your good dough in his gun
nysack-not to mention mine-bu
you didn't seem to-
Steady, there, podner.' said tn,
sheriff, splitting reflectively at tn,
stove. Maybe l would "a called JET
some, but you see I'm a-goin' to ham
Jeff at 1880 this mornin, and / reckon
he wants to git ready for his little pa
rade across the border
The "BreWers, Church,