The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

cabin de so@s diH'rsnt. Hsw q yea IN
Rut ths PaTson shook Al hsaA-,
"LinAaAy won't hear % that he said,
but q It's a 9orssloa o Saok rs s: assn
tyont have 20 bs onto the boat
Vegetables were ooneinuod neat Gay
on this basas. and tho following NIGHT
the two Baton Range nssn camo % board
the Salina eager Tor the game. Whippie
counted OUT. buf had submitted when
L4ndsay assured him that he should share
IN the winnings oxaetly 40 u playtng and
that he should not he intsFfenod with In
any ProCoeaings he might inatituas ARnlnne
bis Zoe s'lhaequsnf to the game. He had
0ams. and his cxploias for ths remainder
Of ths. night, though interesting q thsua-
selves. have no part In this story.
In the Eve handed sAme. though it was
thoroughly understood that partneFnhip
play was 20 b eRpected. neithsr side had
nod to Be losad any ~Hsse along the river.
and though there wns not one ~ the
iable Who was above suspicion nf trichery
each man was confl6ent of his own ability
TO dsteCt % " an other shOuAa tryi 10.
There WAS alsO plenty Of nerve well
distributed among the five playerg. but
be supposed that they were al timid.
Opportunities came In the nFnt few rounds
for daring play and for profit. hut they
we're not improved.
Even LINDSAY, who seldom hesitaisd to
risk q stack u blues On a favorable chance.
laid down without calling a angie white
AFTER Dolan. the opener o. Jackpot. had
drawn three cards and tho OlhNrs had al
dropped. He had taken only one card.
and heavy bet would almost certainly
have taken the pot. but he tncitiy ac-
risk a call And the others played 40
he did for q time. 90 10 Ralging ono
anosheris play before venturing greatly.
The one eyed man Il was who first
broke Iooss Lindsay had dealt andi
Dolan Anted o.. The parson and Poster
A. il happened shs d.sisr found ihrss
queens and dssnlsd u wips 60 Raise again.
DolAn made good and saw the double
raias, whareupon the Pnrson dropped,
aud Foster without looking for . signal
traiIed. He yes In position 10 take his
cue from the Others and 20 support hts
chief In oass he needed aid.
But the one eyed man made IL $50 more
90 play, and Lindsay. stan cautious. de
eided, that threes, even OF a large de-
domination. were noe strong enough Go
Justify Gn0ther raiee. 80 he tratled. and
Dolan. conaidering the play strong enough
before the Asaw. simply saw the raise.
30 Poster closed the p0t.
On the draw each player excepting
One Eye took two cards, and he took
one Neverthelees when Foster Clipped
he put up sseo without looking at his
draw
Lindsay had not bsttered. and he
studied for some minutes. Either 10
ives a hard oiuh or One Eve probably
had fours. end u was impoe~ibbe 10 guess
which was the oase from thu play. Finally
he s1w the raise. though he vas too eau
tious 20 70 hsck 81 q ono card draw. And
he looked TO see Dotnn begin a seesAw.
Thet worthy. however, for some reason
decided % drop. and Foster. with ma rea-
son whatever TO continue. threw down
his hand Also.
Thea on the showdown One Eve dis
played a four f,lsh xithO.It the slightest
e.nha rsps~usent and even smiled when
Tiuc8v raked the rot. IL vas good
advertising. and the game Was Young
On Dolau's deal thers were three hands
out and 49, the PaFaon and Lindsay. both
over confident. undertook TO crossrat
tho one eyed man. the latter trailed with
sIlrh IN APPEARANCE 0f doubt that they
kept Il up tiiI there was nearly - 100 in
the pot. Then suddenly changing his
tactlca. he put FIVE 81 .000 hills in the pot
without a change % exprUn&ion.
Remembering the play on the preceding