The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-05

Faith, it's an aizy way o. gettin /
rich. in yer moind. then" said the little i
Irishman. "on'y f'r yer havin' TO paw |
yersilf Sure. it iuks to me loike dhraW !
poker was more satisfyin'.'
$50 it is" said the one-eyed man |
quickly. but you can't play draw |
poker alone. 1 didn't know anybody
played it around here" -.
Sure, we all play ut. at tonnes
said Stumpy. Mostly it's high Gays
and holidays an bonfire nights, when
the glory O. tn drinks is on us But
we play the Brownsville game.
And what's that?' asked the stTans-
er. in some surprise.
sure uts simple. Did yez never play
ut? We play ut FIR chips, an We buys
yer chips. reg'lar. whin We set in, but
as ye have no chips left when the game
is done We don't cash in Meboy yez
wouldn't loike the game
Il reckon T would said the one-eyed
man. looking considerably puzzled
that is. if you play it regular other
ways"
sure we do said Stumpy, with q
fine appearance Of excitement W ud
yez take hand ave we sthart d
Agrees to Set In.
Il would" said the oue-eyed MAI
promptly.
.'Hurroo." exclaimed Stumpy. sure,
we're blue-moulded for want Of excite
ment Come on. bys. Let's have a
game. Same. give us the cards an
chips And he pulled cut $40 ball
from his pocket and handed L 10 sam,
saying. We n'oight 81 me q sthack-
The other leading citizens of Browns
vile REGARDED him for a time as they
might have done had he suddenly
thrown q fl. It was still early III the
! CAV. so they had not attributed his out
/ break to red liquor.
Neither could they persuade them
selves that ne had gone mad on the
moment but that he should without
/ provocation propose to play poker with
d travelling gambler. as they al he
/ lievcd the oue-eyeo man 70 DC was
/ thing that required explanation
When they saw the 1ne-eyed man
pull out d twenty and call for two
[ stacks. however. the projected activity
[ seemed TO take on au aspect Of reality
/ and the chance for some excitement
I reused their iuteTest-nOt2bly that OF
/ Long Mike. who IVES really 1ond on
/ poker and was almost invariably lucky
/ at play.
He was not one to shun excitement
Of any sort and he. too. called for
. chips. Whereupou $ foreman. Cal
. laeher. q part of whose religion il was
to oppose his boss in every way posi-
BILE. also declared his intention OF play
ing. The others, distrustfUl as ever OF
the tinhoru. hung back and elected 10
watch the game rather than FISK their
money.
What they speedily saw served to in
crease the aruazemeut they felt al
Stumpy's strange behavior. since that
Individual usually a cautious player
plunged violently from the very start
of the game.
Catching . pair of aces on his OWL
deal he raised the ante Of - cents
which the one-eyed man had put up by
a whole dollar. and when the One-eyec
man went back az him and the others
laid down lie pushed mp his whole
stack.
But the oue-eypd man had threes and
. saw him. uo further raise being posi-
bic i'm table stake game and rs
Stumpy failed to better IN the draw h,
was driven TO the boneyaTd.
. Right cheerfully, ne bought again
. and W. In equal reCkless0ess pushed
along the next good hand he caught
( Luck favOrfug hiu this time. ne bro%'
4. / Gallagher who also bought asain-
The next deal brought Long Mike am
: the one-eyed man into struggle ant
Long Mike doubled his pile after MI u"
, q flush on the draw. Then for tnre'
successive hands fortune irOWne,
. again on the outsider. and hC. too. wa
y forced to repleniSh his pile.
Il So with varying luck. but with
= strong run against Stum1y. the gam
went on till he had some $50 I'M the hot
! and the stranger was the only WHINE
: Long Mike and GALLAGHER having jus
( 7bout kent even. Yet StumDv n
, way modified the rashuoss of his play
' Oniv as ne chilled for still another stac|
. ne cursed his luck. whereupon Pete
came whining TO his side and licked hi
- haD5.
h stumpy Starts Rough House.
ID sure its rishy y axe. Peter" sal
his master There's little sinSc il
6 pIayin' aEiu d van-eyed man SUI
- | they has the wills own luck.
{ At this Peter growled a little the
g turned and uipped the one-eyeh ma
. sharply on the ankle. and things hap
T. peued with startling rapidity.
Peter was kicked violently into IN
o corner and howled pitcOUsly. though
20 as was afterwards learned. ne wa
T. practically unhurt. StumDy gTabbc
y the one-Cyed man. who drew In Il
n which was Vrested from mis- grasp b
Long Mike who held Gallagher bac
) while the two wrestled and fought a
- over the room. tipping over the tabl
= the floor.
e The excitement Brownsville crave
had come at last. for the fight was
- notable one and Long Tom umpired
e with absolute impartiality.
> Without his knife the oue-eyed ma
= was TO match for the stocky tt
D. Trishman who. after pummeling hin
/ soundly got up with a grin.
% sure, OF 90 be thinlzin ye ha'
II enough for wan day he said, as II
other struggled to- his feet. cursin
viciously.
When the oue-eyed man psf in
le claim to Sam for his winnings, howeve
/ that worthy calmly refused to ente
: tain Z. and Stumpy upheld him in Il
( refusal
r "Oi was teiliu yez. he said. that
ie Brownsville av ycZ have no chips J
1I don't cash in. Sure rt's a dale l0il
H. solitaire that way What ye win J
ie win i'm yer moind. an what yc lose
Is well. ut'U pay TT the drinks. and Sa
$ N set 'em up. Sure. its pity "
e don't drink We mo.ght set even W
3 the game that way"
l. And without his knife the one-eyC
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