The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20

~ t''f w b''i''e "io' C"sS Nv -
got EN-. Takes II good player to know
when To lay down Il good hand. an
sometimes he'll do it to a bluff. p'vidin'
the bluff Is did c'nvincin' like.
IL don't never bluff my ownself,
'thouten they comes a p'tic'lar
good chanst. an | don't never reckon
what I've done lose "a heap IL I gifts
called onto II. The Teller what calls |
Ia liable to git that pot. O. co'se. but
he's liable TO- to all "A other time on
s'picion, an I'm liable to git even that
Il amt never hcer'd no rule about
bettin' In poker what holds good every
time. but speakin' by an large I don't
c'nsider a bluff no SIGH h%ellroarin' good
poker as some does. Way I looks ut
it. it's "a heap better TO to learn yo'sclf
how to deal an then r'ly onto yo'
knowledge. Blufiin' Is a heap like
shootin' In the dark. Yo' mought get |
"a possum thataway IL yo're shootin' ,
TO 'possuin. an yo' mought not. let
alone bein' liable TO to git n holt O. the
wrong end o. the gun like Greenlaw
done said.
But they amt no denyin' bot what
they IL been some remark h things
did with a BLUM. I reckon the old man
must know that story they told about
younp wb,p,ev Pm C.ne cir,rdoou
an wba, be aono tho ors, ,irro no aone
set into "a game on the boats"
"That sbo' was int'res,in. an.
Instructive" said the old man. earer,y
embracing his opportun,tv. "whip,ev
wa'n't much mo- N 81. y nigh q I en-
r~ec'Iect who, he DOM starred nj, 70.
IN no a p,fessional. an, tho WAY II
looked nc didn't had no mo. chons.
a. winnin' ont nor a bu,l nun into n
passel a. fuI, grown wild oats. hut
they was one thing cd LA said fo. him
, uo .ho, u,., , hui, ovon 4, ho u,.n,t
mn ,po. N n MN nm. be mt IN n
good fight.
~. c,,o q, uaro orco,,,v br,sh ~.
him IN cot ip,o n n.f~essjon., yamo
! tbo,,on b.yin, N, mn, edic.,io, !, he
had hut his hoid was c~'nsid'ab,e
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So, .,.,r,rr HON, - we'll known as
,ra nn. an, ,,,hodv e,se IN bod helm
r-ro,. -, n,.yi,, with Thorn ,wo AT ia,
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.Eirs, IF iii, ry,rds 'p,ared 10 run
acir Whitney. as mough, "a been
enacted an he done lose c~'usid'ahle
.fn, his chanst come 70 to put ovei
as good a bluff $ ever herd on. II
Gonna on his own deal. too. an that
be,r.d some. fn' the other two had done
s,w by that time what he knoweu
/ ,~'psld'abl, bout, the game. an mebl,
they ,ec';on,d he'd du,cd 'em crooked
but them that kuuwed Nhipe t.
al'ays said what he want good enough
20 To fool no SIGH players as them
two thataway. Way it RELY hap
n.n.d Providence divided the oppor'
chunity. an Whipley done grabbed II
5 Nothin' short If a ovorweenin' lrovi-
? dence cd "A put the guards out like
, they come. 'thouten Whiplcy Il beer
slick enough To do it Intentional, Whicl
! he want.
l ".Armstrong helt fo n!nes III" th'
draw. an Peters h"lt three aces, pt