The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-05-19

sleight Of hand. hut watchfulness was
hahitual and the stranger vas en-
trely unknown To all Of them.
So far rs thew could determine the
deal Was entirely REGULAR. The strane
er was dcf' enough in handling the
deck 20 hetoken considerable fam
il'arity with the eyccrcise. but not
sufficiently SO to provoke suspicion
and there appeared no evidence tina,
he was cndeayoring to stack the
cards. Nevertheless, the hands that
were given out were. to say the least
unusual.
Winterbottom had put up the us
ual ante of So call s.. and his heart
was thrilled with joyful anticipation
as he saw tina; the first four cards
he picked IN were hearts. Letting
the fifth lie face down he waited to
see what the others would do.
Bassett came in without raising.
He had iacks mn hnt IA not c,u
for premature action. which was un.
called fer anyhow. as no one else had
declared himself p.ars.u bad ,our
troys and made il $40
Hlajsdeu did not care to raise ,.,i,,
IN the first round for ba had thrao
aces and nrafarrad +, whit rather
than friobten ont rho tbr.n others
So he merely eaw tho raiso aud
tho strangor aft.,. , ,orioa of rafloc
tiop that was nrolonqad To tho ,o.pt
If axasnoration did rho Same 4e
was - slow n,avar
Wfnterhottom locked at bis f;ftb
oara .,s s;,,5f,a +b.+ :. ,,,o ,.
hon, ,.i,o5 = s1a ,,,ho.itat;,,otr
,,rttirg tho ,1,v ~ - passo,t hut
&C tho ,la,or.s 700 ~, ,oo,..a
s,,aIlar nm tho. haa =, f;rs. ,a
,,,,,,.,t,1.tod r;,,,,o,f =, hi. .a,
tin, o,a tbra,,. HI, cor5s :, tho scro,
ba.,.
paorson s1;5 a hive ohi, :, no
n,t With a,,,,aran, ra,,ota,oo !,
saarad IittIa worth wbila 10 drive
tho st,.a,.o, ont Who, ba baa mi
~ a,l.. sto ara ,boro v.os nossi
l,ilft,. tho+ bo n,io1,t ,,o r,,.har
pIafsdau tbonah+ o,ounb Of bis
,broo ocos - t,rrv Int NOT a,oueb
- ,oi.o ae,o;, I'D o,oo moro H.,
nd - r.a;t far tho stro,aor 10
,.onaa,a5 tha sit,,ot;,, Win evident
s,,xiat,. I,,t oo,fn +bo,. COW. biS iaw
,;ahtan -. h. ~ -, s,ao ,,a INV
,,.,,,ao.,,l g :, .,,i.. oo.,o L., h,a roou,.
rosal,.ad ., huff
V,i,,to,b,ttop, concl,a.d It vac
worth ,vbi,a 70 tal,e chance acnee.
iol1,. &c ba ,,ar,.aa paorso,rs loo,
of eo,isf.ctio, and raflactea that
o,.,, - tho not sbou1d NOT foil 70 hin,
ba could ba,, paareall to swell il
g bo como i, ond poorso,I nusbed
hi, ,,l,olo stool, forv.ard II was
s1-n oil to,d o,d p1aisdeu rocoo,igad
tho frtilitv of hackino his hand
f,,rtbor
Tho stroroor could NOT evor cover
,ho ro,eo co.. no bod NOT ono,ob i,
'FRONT.' Of hin, hut no cbowad No baei.
.o+;o, INC +i,,o &c no mt nm oil
,o hoa o,a o,o, pooroon,s conf
dorco VOC saxon as ba narcaived
tho ctrangar,s nromntness As for
Naturalization, bo bod diff;c,1t
question 10 eolvo
! Accounting that paarsa,, would win
# would of course he useless 10
Ihocl, bis flush againet him. Int in
cosa tbo s+ranqor cbould nrova IN
10 s+ro,oor tbon poorsou would
f,,,.h 10 .+,ora onorob 70 boot hin, .
Tho draw, yas vet 70 come so the
hott;np was only indication of any
oo., o,ro,o.b ona no wos about
- aoor tho roiso on tho chance
-, !, or,. Doau.o,ps o,.o .rd
,,.h,+ bo oo,,. voc anouob 10 mako
-, L., H..
.rro,,, an oords9. .skoa tho
a. =, ,;o,.o5 80 tho doc,,
-, Doao,,,, o,,,.,,.o, ,,,o. 20 snrood
49,, ~ .ot,o aI oo
-. -. ;,.,o,.o H.. mono no