Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-28

attention to their cards For the
moment at least there was truce.
One Eye cast a single glance at
his hand and put up his five chips
promptly. Killer Lindsay was more
deliberate and they thought for a
moment that he was about to raise,
but he trailed instead, and Frank, the
fifth player. threw down his cards.
George then raised it, proving at
least that his play was not affected
by criticism. 1t was his own deal,
and the others knew that he would
not have hesitated TO stack the cards
if he had been assured of doing it in
safety, but they were all as skilled as
he. and they had watched him keen
not made the attempt.
The pilot, therefore. having three
small cards in his hand, saw the
raise. though he went no further.
Three were a fair risk, providing
there should be no re-raise, and so
/ far as One Eye was concerned there
was none. He trailed however, and
/ the Killer re-raised it $40.
/ Frank was already out, and George
( seemed indispOsed to go further. He
I trailed, though, and the pilot, rea-
soning that One Eye was not likely
to raise. trailed once more, and One
Eye closed the pot.
On the draw the pilot took two.
One Eye took one, the Killer stood
pat and the dealer helped himself
TO a single card.
One Eye passed. He had not i'm
proved his two pairs. Then the Kill
er put $50 in the pot and George
made it $50 more. There was near
~ $500 in the pot and it cost the
pilot 500 to stay with the chance
of another raise. if not two more
! He found A pair to his threes when
he looked for the first time al his
draw, and the full house was tempt
ing even in the face of probable
see-saw, so he determined to play.
Knowing. however, that his best
chance lay in a bold play. he raised
il 500 and looked for no more than
a single call.
He was disappointed, however,
when after the Killer had seen his
raise George came back at him with
$500 more.
"Bein' s yo' dealt EN- yo'self," he
said. with a meaning that was not to
be mistaken, Il reckon l amt got
no call to play further" And he
threw down his cards.
If he expected an instant appeal
to arms he was again disappointed
for George paid no attention to him
for the moment, but fixed his gaze
on the Killer.
That player studied for a long
time. Then he said, "On'y TO- what
the pilot says, I'd hist yo' oncet mo-
But bein s yo' death EN-, l reckon
III Just call, and he did so, showing
down a king full on aces.
mo good" said George briefly. as
he threw four sevens on the table
and reached for the pot. Then in
the same even voice he had used be-
fore he went on: ''If you uns wants
fight l reckon yo' en- have it. But
if yo' want to play poker we en-
fight later on" and he leaned back
in his chair.
eff that's the understanding, l
reckon we mought as well play along
a little" said the one eyed man. "A
fight en- be had most any time, but
this kind of game don't come none
too frequent Pears like I'd be bet /
ter suited If / was to break even"
AS George was the only winner at /
the table and he had no wish TO |
stop. there was no argument and the /
game went on. though they all real i
lied that a clash was almost newt
able.
Nothing of Importance developed !
on the pilots deal, nor on One Eye .
but when Killer Lindsay threw out
the cards there was another con-
test. Frank had made the usual +
ante and George came in. The pi \
lot also came in and One Eye raised I
il. Lindsay saw the raise and Frank .
George looked a little +.
but after some hesitation .
he trailed
The pilot then dropped and One .
Eye raised again, after which the
Killer trailed and they all looked at
Frank
That player gave no intimation of /
his real strength by his expression,
but threw IN 500 more than it took
TO see the last raise and then, 10 the
considerable surprise OF the others.
George made it 5000 more. II reckon
my luck holds again" he said
One Eve. an exceptionally wary
player, abandoned the struggle. but
the Killer deliberately counted out
5 600 in bills and laid them in the
pot.
II looked to Frank like either a
bluff or not unnatural attempt To