The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-17


gratificatioh, two OF the men vE0 s;aNed Ii
after the draw, raised and re-raised each other
right along, apparently ypaying 10 attention 10
Jimmy until he had TO call for sight. having
put up his last dollar.
Chippy Heinz was the first to lay down his
cards, showing three aces. The other han
had flush The appearance Of Jin..u's
queen full seemed to astonsh them i'm
mensely, the dealer shaking his head II t l.
if it was all news to him, while Chip"v Hem
slapped his cards on the table as lie ;ornei
them down as if to indicate thet soiaething
more than the loss OF the pot annoyed .itr.
WAS you born lucky as well as COED toll;-
ing?" he demanded, looking at Jimmy and
trying TO force smile
"He does have swine luck when he takes h
chance, remarked Tommy Atkins, who was
quite pleased at the size of the pot that his
friend had just rakcd in.
''One OF them kind that falls in sewers and
finds diamond rings, | suppose" " said Fatty,
looking up at Atkins with sneer.
"Not exactly" retorted Atkins, picking up
courage enough to sheer back. One of the
kind that used to write Pixies Peak or bust
on their wagons in 40, is more like it."
Twice after Jimmy won that big pot, very
much the same sort OF play came up. Jimmy
Burke seemed to get hands, by some queer
streak Of luck, that were totally unexpectedb by
the other players Chippy Heinz regarded
him with increasing aninosity and Fatty kept
up running comment on the ability OF cards
to beat their makers.
Presently when Jimmy was at least five
hundred dollars ahead Of the game, there
came along pot, in which Fatty dealt him
three aces, but when Jimmy came to skin his
cards for the draw he happened to notice that
he held also the King and queen OF hearts, and
just f0f m .t--ithe. .aing, being 50 far
ahead Of the game, he drew to the ace
king queen Of hearts instead of to the three
aces
There being two men in against him, both
of whom made one-card draws after raising
the ante twenty-five dollars, Jimmy began to
think he had missed chance if he was right
in his assumption that they were playing up
two pairs before the draw Three aces
would be very handy
Jimmy did not look at the two cards the
dealer gave him, but bet a dollar offhand
with careless smile. AT the same time he
saw Chippy Heinz nudge his right-hand
neighbor, Fatty, with his elbow Whatever
this meant it caused Fatty to withdraw his
intended raise and just see the dollar, leaving
the raising to the third man, who was age and
who promptly boosted it fifty.
Before going further, Jimmy thought 1t
best to have peep at his draw, and, turning
over the edge Of one, he found it was the ten
Of hearts The other was the jack OF that
suit
Assuming as careless an expression as he
could, he remarked that he would have TO see
that fifty, anyway, and raise it just fifty more
for luck. Fatty now came in with, further
raise, which the age again raised.
81 always expect bluff from one-cards
draws" said Jimmy, slowly, as he counted
off some bills. How would raise OF two
fifty harder strike you2"
"Mcuth bets don't 60 here" interposed
Chip Heinz "If you want to make any
bluffs yourself, young feller, after holding up
kickers, put up your stuff That talks tor
itself "
Jimmy blushed slightly at the tone of re-
proof, apologized, and remarked that as he
had not yet put up the two-hfty, he would put
UP five hundred instead, which he promptly
did.
Fatty laid down his hand at once, but the
other man demanded with an air of impa-
tence, Let's stop all this talk and play cards.
How much does it take to call2"
give hundred dollars to see my cards"
replied Jimmy promptly, looking him straight
Al tb
Fatty's attempt to get peep at the cards
alluded to.
"Loan me two hundred, Chippy," said the
age, and on being accommodated he put
enough in the pot to call, while Chippy Heinz
leisurely gathered up the cards for the next
deal, looking over at Jimmy at the same :'me
and remarking as the age showed an ace-high
flush; guess your three aces amt no good
this trip, young feller"
"My flush is ace-king high, F" was Jimmy's
retort, as he raked in the pot, after spreading
his five cards on the table.
The moment Fatty's eyes fell upon the
royal flush, he banged his fist on the table with
an oath, while the man who had called the
hand fingered the cards over carefully, as If TO
be sure that they were real Then he stood
up, with the remark;
"That's enough for me for this evening"
A sentiment in which the Others seemed to
agree, and which promptly broke up the
game.
While sitting together at the supper-table,
Jimmy and his friend talked matters over, and
both had apparently arrived at the same con
clusion; these cattle men were nothing but
card-sharpers. Atkins mentioned things he