The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18

all three stayed against me. and then
looked closely at the draw. conceaIing my
an xiety
I stood pat. ~ course. and had th'
satisfaction 81 seeing that the other
were impressed MCDermott took one
/ and | sized him for aces up, correctly a.
! ia proved The chief took two and the
: dentist two. ~ there was little doubt as
D ~ " hat thcy had
Having first say put up slUO Then
MclDermott looked at me for a full minute.
| hatter myself he didn't read anything
; IN my face. but he slowly counted out 500
! and showed u in the pot
Then tho others dropped. and all |
could do was To- call for what | had IN
front ~ me Then | bought again. He
had bettsrad his aCes up
The next hand was better hadn =
~ much - start with. but stayed against
two raises on three queens and made
full house on the draw. 30 as The betting
after the draw was heavy ! drov"
the miner and the dentist both hack to the
hOnevard and cleaned up son
II was certainly rapid play, and as the
cards had run 80 well all around for three
o,It II m" four deals had played already
! thought u more than likely there'd he
lull. hut after had dealt looked at my
hand and found four ssVens cold
IL looked too good 10 he true IL u
hadn't been my own deal I would have
s'ispected something wrong A " was
I sat tight and boosted when ~ came 10
me Again I was lucky for | caught
two stayerr. one being NcD~rmott and
the other the miner Mcllsrmott had q
considerable pile in front IT him, for he
had hsen winner before ! came into the
game and h" had taken big pot against
my flush. hut after the draw. ] having
taken one card and each ~ the others one.
the miner hot y white chip before looking
md pui 500 In the pot
again McDernott studied NV face and
reckon he thought was hlufing, for he
came hack AZ M. with s7nn more The
miner ~ course could DO No more than
pu' the whole ~ his stack In. hut he did
that and tried 20 look entirely uncon-
cern~d as ! made u $500 more
I don't know what McDermott though
h" saw N my face hut h" studied a long
time and then called. hut the pot was
mine. for he had only a flush and the
miner hand was 4 small full
4 had considerable trouble m con
trolling myself az that point. for nav first
thought VAS that had the - ono wanted
and ~ vas certainly exciting 10 think
THAT I had won - m lNss than half an hour
hut on counting up NV chips 7 found that
had only little over 81 81
Then IA" thought IAN" 20 N" ~ how
nv cousin Ellis had los' $40 NJ Nv wait
ing overnight 'o win t4.upn moro. and !
started To cash m. hut the Second thought
WAS that | was strll short ~ what ! wanted
and u seemed foolish 10 Gult ~ such
a run ~ luck. 80 | sat IN for On" NOR"
hand
The sixth and asst hand m tha game
80 far a. | was concerned. was "A distinct
reversal don't allow T''vS'lf even now
Ia suspect that MClierrnott dealt crooked.
for I watched him closely and | saw
nothing wrong. hut ha de- Jared another
81 DsH IN the gam" before dealing. and the
Oh Of did the same thing. while TWO Of
~" others bought $50 each
Well Nrn"rinott pl"anad mp over
s. u'U on IN" deal 81 which 81 .ODD was
mine. aud NY dream ~ speculation on
III" morrow faded away I was still
winner. hut hal a bunch that my run
IT lr!rk was over. and uuit the game
week later ! wasn't ~ sorry. for
~" sp'., ulatIon had turned our bad: but
somehow always remember that game
Of poser IN connection with my cousins
error IN judgment