The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11
7 Asst HAND GAVE
l. HIM AWAY.
No Southerner, Says Caleb Mix,
Would Have Closed the Game
as Carter Did.

hArtsnner on thS MiSsissippi river packet
City of Natchez
There was all sorts travelled. an
there wouldn't h. nuthin' 10 en- 10 do.
on'y 10 Ca eat their meals al --t On
deck watchin the scenTy. thouten they
get qIainted with each other. an some
how there 'peare,i to he enough novelty
bout the trip 70 most people fp' 10 make
that the easiest thing in the world
just nachully that was what give
the p'fessionll gamblers the ChanS, they
WAS alays lookin' TO. an there was al
most Rlays slathers Of EN- trav lin the
boats torable nigh all the time. an
bein' = most everybody played poksr
them DAYS they picked zap "A good many
suckers I'm time 10 time
20 co'se II was "A lnisiness With en-.
an they pushed ~ 10 all twas wuth
'Iwan't nu'hin' 70 none on EN- whether
they took all Z a man had an they done
II = often = they could
There there Was mo- ar less drinkin
did most o. the time bein' = a mans
liable 70 10 drink Consid' able mo when
he hAint got nothin' else To do n he -
II he's busy 40 between the drink in
an the poker an the genl mixup q
strangers gsttin' 'quainted h-artylike
there was Rl'ays liable 70 10 be- 'Ncits
ment
Just nachully there was a good many
fights rose outen the poker games bein's
there want none a. them p'fs~sionAls
Z wouldn't play crooked Z he seen half
a chanst an they all knowed II war
case a. shoot II they was caught They
had sayin among EN- what u . fessiunals
PLAYED together an passed the word
- H..
the game a al avs be square. tut never
took no stock in that They'd cheat each
other = quick - they would outsider
on'y 10 the chanst - bein' caught. an
they knowed IN. p'f,-ss unals all watched
On. another 81, set. ireln ~ they done II
themselves.
But there'd be cases when some sucker
"a zae snrnepln wrong or have idee =
he seen u au he'd make a kick Then |
there was al'ays trouble I remember
one game on the old Creole Relic lust
afn' the wah what shu' was som. Ncitin
afo' n hrok" up
There was a young Teller on be- a what |
called hls=elf Carter an said he was
I'm South Carl He let On he was a /
States right man an he talked heap
mo fierce TO wah n n good many reel
an there was some On the boat what I
reckoned he was Vans. hut there didn = /
rear 20 he no ~ay - provin u an they /
hadn't heRir hangin p@'ple on suspicion /,
not vet they hAdn : 50 there want /
uothin did 90 him
wall he set into game % poker = |
was started soon a'tsr We left Nicksburg /
AL will saw what he played like con
-, # hn "a an k..
same class with a couple - q fess l,..als
THAT set IA 80 the same game
Roy Snmsrs and Hank Masters was
the two. al they had the name q TEN
two o the SICke~t players there was on
the river They sl'ays travelled together
an most gen ly set in at the same table
bIt they newer let on they was 'quainted
Helm = slick = they was twan't nothin'
onuSIal 10 one a. EN- 81 lose. hut never
seen one lose ~ much a. tother "a win
into the same game.
There was two others playin Pear
To me they called thelrselfs Jones an
Smith ANYHOW that don't make no
din renee. bein as they didn't have no
part IN what happ~ns,i mo n Just 20
set IN an lose consld able money They
va oItplaysSi I'm the start. an II they "A
knOwe enough 10 to get IN outen the
vet they a CAshsd in ter the first
round. bIt there want nobody playin
giArt.Aan angel them DAYS 70 a man z
wanted to blow his money IN poker
game, an they didn't do no better n
ANYBODY els
First ! -a-n - the game " a. n hell
roarIn good play % Garter What took ia
h..i NJ vet an ! r,.ck on there hadn been !,
No such pot plav'-i fu afo tut alter that
th" game ran higher
They vas plavln m old fashioned
-,
an they didn't plav straights Then
there want NJ such thing ~ a lmit
No'.ptin' a man CT call 10 a show 10 his
pal" II D." pat II all IA just ugchullv ~
maize h"rCsr game. an thef. was a
gp-l many mo hluFS went through n
there du 80 ~ limi' game 4 man want
lab" fu' to call me- "NiTy big bet 'thouten
o. was strong his pw n~elf r s'plCions-i "A
blum mighty pO-ItIN"
Well SnmsrS dealt an Carter put up
the ante. a short hit call quarter Jones .
come IN an Masters trailed Then Smith
drupy.=i an SOm.r- rose ~
Z art.r had lot his cvards Law on the
iabl. till n come his urn to play. an
pair % lacks - reCkoned he'd drou.
hrI' he'd been look in ~ Somers tol able
clnst when he PLAYED an q ter ne done
studied "A spell he seen the raise
That pvt II M 10 Jones an he didn't
pear go care non" bout stayin' agin a
raise. - b" dropped. an then Masters
rose u az IN
-Soner- he f. tended 10 TO he some took
back NJ this. an he studied long time,
hut finally he boosted u oncet mo a.
90 - that made Il plain to mo what his
game was 70 HIM an Masters go se@Savv
Carter ont Looked kind o. funny too
bsin' = there wa n = on'v 70 or fiye dollars
IN the pot so fur bat ! reckon they was
irwin II on IN $50 n = "a work
Well Carter a be-n lO,,kIn' tol'ahla
Clo-f his own-eh. an he didn't say
no'hIn'. ony Just traileh az in Then
Masters rose u IS. an Soners made IL IS
mo. an I'm blamed - Carter didn't trail
oncet mo. couldn't understand u
nohOw.
Then Masters rose " SO an Someru
made u ten mo. an Carter kind q Rrinnsd
n little an made u $50 mo n him
The others was consid able upset an
Masters dropped. b~in' = he a on v h~en
playin' 90 help Snmers along. an he aeon
I'm Somerrs face what twa'nt likely Z
he q care bout goin' no furder. hut .
reckon Som~rs had a fair hand. 70 he seen
tarfer'a raise hut didn't 20 no firder