Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-01
A Poker Game By REGINALD D. HAVEN Copyright. 1910. by American Press
 Association.

When Thomas Morgan of Kentucky
 made up his mind that the war of '6l was coming on he concluded to take bis slaves into the heart of the south. where he considered that they would be safer than in q border state. They consisted of man, his wife and two children, a boy and girl. He had reached Bowling Green, where he was obliged to wait for a train for Nash vile, and was loungfng with his hu- man chattels in the station when q
 man stepped up to him and began to chat with him, ringing in questions about where he was going and what he was going to do with the negroes.
 Having learned the facts, the stranger asked if he would like to sell them. Morgan said he would prefer that to the trouble of taking them south The stranger went away, but soon returned with several men and said:
 "we don't like to see the niggers
 going south; we want 'em here These gentlemen and l would like to buy your slaves, but no one of us has enough money to buy 'em all. and
 we're against the principle of separat- ing families. What do you say to selling us chips to the amount of your ! price for 'em? Then we'll play a
 game of poker. and the man that even tually gets all the chips has the nlg- gers"
 | >to-rar xvbo ras auyfous to tnrn his negroes into cash, consented, and 1 the party adjourned to hotel near
 the station to carry out the plan
 Twenty-four hundred dollars was
 agreed upon as the value Of the prop | erty. The owner, much pleased to be
 able to get so high a price-for the
 coming struggle had lowered the
 market value of negroes-agreed to
 take a share of the chips and enter the game with the rest AS they were
 arranging themselves around the ta' ble a gentleman wearing white era vat stepped up and remonstrated , against the sin of gambling. When Il
 was explained to him that the object of the party was to keep a family ol
 negroes from being separated he re
 gretted that he knew nothing abou , the game or, clergyman that he was, h' , would take a share and hand . "Oh. come in," said one of the party
 even show you how its done. ana I YOU will soon get used to it.
 t All begged the clergyman to Jon
 them. and finally he agreed that sine - the object of the game was noble on n there would be no sin in taking + share. allowing some one else to pla e his hand, but they wished that D
 would do tiat himself, and, draggin o him down into a seat. they put tn r cards in his hands.
 Il For awhile the numerous question o asked by the clergyman about the va
 ue of the cards or the rules of th P game delayed the play.
 0 Nothing but an occasional case T blind luck prevented his being froze
 out. Several times when his pile IS cbips was reduced to a minimum ! .o held the winning hand in large D II and saved himself. On this accoun
 while one by one the other playe
 dropped out of the game. the domin IT kept his place MoTsdh aAso hSPI e. respectable pile before him. and wh'
 all but he and the clergyman had be- lg frozen out it began to look as if n would still own the negroes and tl es s2 400 besides. In case this turned O Id to be so he could not even be prevent s. from selling them separately.
 "It all depends upon you, parsor
 said one of the party.
 "Gentlemen," said the clergyma
 q protest against the fate of the ite poor negroes being left fin my han' 'en One of you play for me"
 -in- But Morgan protested, and the cle un- cal gentleman was obliged to play 00. own hand. Despite the blunders . made he held hands that enabled b HD to keep even. Morgan, seeing that adversary was having run of iu
 ceased to bet till that run seemed 'u have ended, then made several app ain ent bluffs with the view of getti .Lc =. considerable money in the pot and | xn. ing 1t. Singularly enough. every u 70 he tried this expedieut the clerUma