The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11

And b" pyuC-.trd To WtIe up Oh. har
Thor Sam Pear. AL. not &" he 0rI,dpn. ~
mon da, ity. remarked tina; he va willing
10 take 4 hand n Tho" was any "uchrc
or old ledge g. lie played. lat b" didn '
rover rlav Joker l'u'" b" couldn't
arn'd o.. Inc Granger lu"k-d at him
with -nr'ic s'Irpri-r bat hI, friends under
t'n"d that 1t was IN Ma II gracefully
'na'iug himself from What was likely tn
hs an eight landed game ard they took
their cue.
I ain't ALTOGETHER stuck an poker. my
Ownself sa,d ,lak" Nirterbutto ON
b.in- high l.w ,:,k ears To l." mo
sCl-ntIiiclIss. hut don't mind "a in =
hand TO is~ Goals II there's gwInc -
hc n -aIn"
Then Bas,ett and Bfai.d-I raid that
they would play rather han s,-'' the NIsI
tors disappointed and they Joined with
oUi enthusiasm m tn. arTan gefnent-
which Mere that II should he "A table stakes
game. Having thur 10 tins, hest 81 their
ability thr ,wn dlIst ~ the eyes oil their
contestants hey Iru'PsGed to the fray
with great 'hcCTfI!tr's-
The play. however. did not run par
rIcularly high. possibly Tor the rea sor
that each .Idr was Il, ~irous Of testing ia"
other before gong too tar. IL was per
i-Ctly und'->I nod hy aN that team play
was 10 he expected on either side and al!
hands wrr. accordingly w2ry. but aftcr
half AN ho'ir ar =" of What might he called
preliminary fencing ther" anne fierce
s'ruREi-.
One Of rh. strangers whom the o, hers
called Rankin. had dealt. and Winter.
bot ON. Who SAT next had put up the usual
ant" of two bits Call four The ucNr
player. SinIt n"r~. came IN promptly on
seeing hi- cards and Bas-.tt rais-d /;
half a dollar Halpin end Miller. IA"
other two Nafchez men, dropped. but
Blaisdell and the dealer both traii.d,
and Ninferboti ON. who had b.--n watching
IA" others while his cards lay uni ouched.
lifted his nand
Without any p.rcept,b. motion he
threw N "A blu. chip. or m" equivalent Of
81. making "a raise Of -. thus laying he
foundai ION for NhIp-aw between HIM
self and Bi~seit
II was not to be- supposed hat the others
were oblIvIous to thus. hut Smit hers
rraAad quite a. promptly a. h" had come
IN al first. and after Basseit hai put in
NO blues and Blalsdall had dropped
Rankin also trailrd without hesitation
WInt"rbott ON also tra,l"d and Smit hers
closed he pot which now contained st5
Then after Winterbottom had stood
pa' S'nt hers took two cards Rassett
on. and tn" dealer on. Not much could
h" told from the draw but after SmIihers
had looked AZ his two cards he pushed
his whole stack forward
Ba~-.tj IL he pushed his own stack
IA remarked with some ferv or that he
must have been a blame fool TO to y pOs..
tnhl" stakes. seem he'd Ink" TO plan his
hand som" harder and Rankin and Win
tcrbottom both laid down BaS-.tt' p
fOur~ however werU smaller than smith
..rss and the other, rallied HIM on hI4
disgust at able stakes Bn he though
h. admitted that h" had -av"d money
IN that hand r"rsiste ed that no Limit
gar" was better. and a. no one mad"
ohI"c' ions IL. gam" WA wide open there
after
No great difference wa. 10 h. noted
n The play for III. newt few hands. hut
m du" course the deaf came 20 Blai-d"ll
and n" mCsi -k'lfui dealer IN the
whole valley prepared a SurprI-.' for the
strangers Not even hi friends were
able to perceive that h. stacked h.. Ce rris
hut whom ih"v picked Up m" pn"s h"
dealt th"'u zach man saw what was ~
IeCt"d Of hun
Rankin had put 40 dollar an" and
NIrr 'rbo' ON came ~ ~uuth"rS traded
and Ba--.''t made {, ioliar more Then
tia,r.n and Miller both 'rall"d ard Blal--
doll dropped
Rank rn .p"t"d h,tl- doubtful ard
ga,"d from or" ~ another cririou-lv
6u' rnllI, A. At -u-,lrrnu-. n" throw
DOWN h.- hand and W.rr"rhutipm mad.
- - 'uur'
Nu''h"-e fraI'd again and - did Ra-
-"tt. bu' HIp'u uf'i' % $40 NOR" and
u"1rsd troubled but finally pui w ht~
$40. end SIN hor> - II frlrrng III. 30
might be- closed. ruis..d s"u
THIN FaS~'tt r-arl"d knowing t't'
"mi"rbo'r',n stril had chance pro.
yldug u"th-r NJ m" other, -hould
70 -. and IIalplr dad hhcwi-... after
Su.Cn Miller mad" II So more
Ih"-, Na- now - good sized pot and all
~" who w"r" N had Declared strength
:" Wrnt"rbottuu looked around and
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