The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-27

He found four aces.
With straight 1lushes barred, that
hand was q certainty. The only ques-
tion was how much he could WIN on
It. Ii was his last chance.
Being the man under the gun" he
Clipped in his dollar without raise.
Watkins cano in, so did the dealer,
and then the age raised It fifty dollars.
Remembering the play Maxwell had
made, shortly before, Frank just saw
the raise Watkins, who had king
queen high flush, raised II fifty more.
The dealer dropped, but Draper, who
had three kings again, put up a hun
dred. Frank took out all his money
and counted 1t. Finding he would
have about hundred left to bet with
II ne called the raise, he saw 1t, and
Watkins dropped his flush.
Colonel Draper asked for two cards
and got a pair of fours with his three
kings. Frank stood pat and bet fifty
dollars. After some apparent hesita-
tion, Draper raised him two hundred
and fifty The barkeeper pressed his
elbow against Franks chair as II to
say, "Now is your chance. You can't
lose"
To call for a sight with such a GER
tainty In his hand as four aces would
be folly They would never be done
laughing at him. Turning to Watkins,
who was sitting on his left, Frank
asked him II he would lend him enough
to make a play, offering to show him
his hand After a glance at the cards,
Watkins told Frank he could let him
have all he had with him, as they were
just going to quit any way, but 1t was
only about three hundred dollars.
Frank took 1t and put 1t with his
own fifty, saying he would raise 1t an
} other hundred.
+. It was now Colonel Draper's turn
7 to be out OF cash, and he borrowed
r from Maxwell, who had won the big
pot from Frank. He not only bor'
{ rowed enough TO see Franks raise, but
enough to boost 1t five hundred dollars
< more.
No one at the table had enough
money to loan to meet this raise, and
!, Colonel Draper insisted that he would
not take any mouth bets for II. He
wanted to see the cash on the table
where his cash was, or he would TAXI
? the pot Frank had borrowed Il
. raise, he said, and he would have L
borrow to call. That was the rule o.
: the game. While Draper was Insist
y ing on this point, Watkins rose from
. the table to have few words with thu
p barkeeper, who came forward with ;
= proposition. If Frank Avery wished Il
o call Colonel Diapers last raise, h
thought he Ought to be allowed to sea
q his hand in an envelope until he coul'
a raise the money, the Colonels han'
- being also sealed up.
The Colonel agreed to this on condi
a, tion that there should be no furthe
. raising and the barkeeper went OFF L
- get the envelopes from the clerk OF tn
4 boat.
e Each man having sealed his hand Il
K an envelope, and written his name Of
it, the clerk put the money In anothe
f. envelope and locked them up in tn
r. safe, to remain until such time as tn
e question of calling the bets should b
o settled, there being now about tw
II thousand dollars depending on the II
8. suit.
9, Watkins had no more cash. Fran
j. did not like to tell Maxwell what h
d had, as Maxwell had loaned the none
ID TO bet against him. 1t was gettin
g late, and while Watkins, the barkeepe
le and Frank We're discussing the poss
Iy bility of getting loan on the boat, tn
ID two colonels went of to bed. The bal
At keeper was sure he could find a ma
10 who would loan five hundred dollar
TX 10 bet on sure thing like four acei
ID but every one had gone to bed an