The sun., 1910-05-01

no thought Of making any comment
Outsicars didn't talk m those days When
they we're allowed 10 look OB az nOkeT
game AZ least they didn't anywhere IN
the West
Well, Ioomi. had pair Of tens back
to back. and stayed Of course. The mar
ahead of him. one Of the lOggers. had a
lu~en showing and had made tho first
hc' The next two men dropped and
then ono II th' hour" players with a
seven Of clubs showing pat up his money,
hut tho rest Of The players folded
Then the first man caught another
queen. LOOMS "a trey ard the 'hird man
another small club The man with queens
bet s. aud lioOmis tmiled. To my sur.
prise the housn player also stayed and
could not at first understand his. play
-On the next round no one Bothered,
but the house nlayer caught another clun
The bet pe zsed on this round and on the
fourth the same thing happened. THIS
time the ilrst man bet so and the others
trrlled
Then on the final round the same
thing happened tho third time and the
dealer announced a pos ihle flush. u
was evident and the FIRST man passed
LOOMS with a single are showing. hut
A. u proved only paT oi tens IN ms
hand, put up 80
The house PLAYER with a grin put up
tSO more. and the hrst player believing
II course that he was un against husk
dropped HE hand hut Loomis studied a
while and finally said. Well, you "
either got Il or YOU haven't and ne
called, showing his two tons. As u
proved The hu,i-e nlEyer hal only four
flish and lsOomis took the rot
Now ] have seen men play stud poker
after the fashion that these two men had
and hold their own throughout a game
but I never saw it done before that time
~ since in a professional game with Oh 10
house dealing and housr PLAYERS sitting
In. 81 ! waited with some cynical ANUS
ment Tor what ! thought was the newt
"h'' end. M far as Halscv and LOomls
were Interested
I hadn't long to wait for I.oomis "a
rrach the end of his pile Tie had lost
heavily for PERHAPS \ dozen deals IN what
seemed to be a remarkably heavy run 81
bad hIck. when he ran up against another
possible flush with pair Of kings IN his
own hand. Taking the house player' :
bet ~ t1Oo for "A hlun he called u Tor all
hn had which was about siBO. and found
himself outside the game
4 suspected then what learned afte~-
wand. that he he'd lost tho whole 0f his
winters hoard. but he gave no sign of
annoyance as he rose and joined the circle
of onlookers. There was even uuizzi-
cal smile on his face ~ he watched Halsey
who had elways bean losing. though not
so heavily as he had
The next deal was interesting Three
men stayed In the betting tlll the
fourth round One was Halsey. whose
fourth card gave him a pair of kings
showing. and whose play up to that time
indicated that he had had pair II kings
all the time
Another wns One II the lnggrrs who had
STAYED. as we afterWpr NJ learned on On ace
and buried ten. and whose third and
fourth CErds were also tens. aud the
thind was a house player who had a mir
~ queens and On ace showing The
betting had been heavy and there must
have been $50 in the pot when the fifth
round was dealt
As the dealer beRun 20 serve IL saw
the house player Rash some sort % sig
nal 20 him with his eye Az the same
moment ! perceived without looking
that I.oomis had also seen IL
He was standing next me in the little
crowd aud ] felt his body stifen with
some sudden impulse But ] was looking
az the player aud he. a. u proved. looked
instantly az the dealer Not az his facc.
bot a. his iingers
The house player vas the last % be
served and as he got the ace which was
dealt 10 him. I.oomis gFasped the hack -
the chair in front u him and spoke up. not
loudly. but very distinctly. and as coolly
a. n he had been asking the crowd to
drink
Boys. be said, let. clean out the place
That ace came ~ the bottom
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the housa player who was occupying II.
went out u doors. and I'm not ashamed ~
sly II never relished being IN a fight.
especially when ] was not party o. it
I heard from the outside two or three
shots that were firrd. but the noise u the
scrimmage was louder and u lasted for
some minutes AZ the end Il thDt time.
however. five lOgRers emerged from the
buildiHg laughing. II was said afterward
that there was nothing left ia the place
that Red Masters found worth cleaning
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