The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

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seveus. an he done win the houses.
"T'other feller had drawed one
cyard, and was tryin' to blum 1t out on
two pair. but the Judge done called
him. ! reckon he played nigh bout
= dcsp'rit n game Is ever was played
anywheres, but he 'pearcd to know
when TO take a chanst s well = any
body ! ever seen play.
Bill Younger, he was "A other player
what didn't pear to set no grc't store
on money when II come to backin' n
hand. he was settin' in. lie was
a monstrous nervous man. Feared
like he never did set still a minute.
arrays fidgettin', but he sho' was n
pow'ful good player. Took his medi-
cine like a man when he lose, but
didn't gently lose no gre't. ] never
seen him quit n game s long s they
was anybody willin' to play along.
"They was a other gemman in the
game. but he want no such player =
them two. bein' some timid when II
come to backin' a good hand, an
liable to lay down to n BLUM when
he didn't ought. That was George
Strothers, a %ncirhhor a. Y~ounger's.
both on 'em hein' planters back o. Ba-
ton Rouge. They was Ere't friends.
on'y when they got bcttin' ag'in ont
another.
AN they was two p'fessionals in
the game. Buck Wharton was one on
'em. an he was reckoned II % the
most dangerous men on the river. he
in a knife fighter an a capable one.
but even at that he want no such
of a hcllyon as his side pardner. Tom
Spofford. Spofford was sho' 'nough
quality. hut he dom went wrong long
o some dcvilment when he was
younger. an when the quality went
thataway they was the wickedest
Professionals they was. Wouldn't never
stop at nothir'.
"They was three or To- other games
goln' on in the s'loon. first Off. but
bimeby the others all quit playin' an
stood round lookin' on at this one.
bein' = they hadn't been no such
poker played on that BOAT afo' or
any other what ! was ever onto. That
was the game when the Judge win the
houses I'm Younger. but all s iounger
done was to laugh. good natured like.
an call 70 mo- chips.
"They hadn't been no limit onto the
game afo' that. Just nachul,y II they
had "a been. they wouldn't "a been 10
plantation bet onto three sevena. They
want no papers passed on that bet.
II was just one %gemnan's word agtn
another. but they want no doubt but
what Younger d pay. AIS Younger
said when he lose was. The blocks
yours. Judge an the Judge knowed
1t was. but Younger was that rich
what a block o. houses want no mo
10 him n a nifty dollar bill, would a
been to me,
AN alter that 'pearcd like the hull
Ave players done Went crazy. ] don't
mean what they played crazy. They
van nary one on 'em what played
keerless.
They done studied their guards
c~loseter n ever. hut when they bet
'peared like they didn't had no use 70
nothin' but yaller chips, an the yal-
lers was $1,000 apiece. Whites was
So an the ante was two calls five. so il
they all lone come in they was 1925
in the pot afo' they was my bettin'
did. But when they begin TO bet ii
was mostly yallers.
Them two Professionals was mighty
wei nteI'U 10 u bIS tdiIt. buN to sc
they didn't had no such money = the
quality had. nor their word wouldn't
"a went in the game 10 no mo- n they
showed on the table, but the others
was good TO anythin' they choose to
say. Even Strothcrs ca a. bet a
million on his word a mouth II he'd
IA wanted TO. an the others was richer
n he was.
"O' co'se Cap'n Foss was lookin' on.
They want nothin' did on the boat
what he didn't know about, hut he KEEP
as still as the rest OF us, They must
"a been forty men Watchin' the game.
hut nobody said nothin', on'y them I
was playin', an they didn't say nothin'
much. Mos, all the talk.n' was did
with chips. but they sho' did holler
mighty loud FIN time TO time.
"One thing made IL mo- 'XCitin' was
what they was playin' draw. Afo'
that all I was played was straight
poker. an the draw was somcpin' new
TO most everybody in the sloon. They
all seen what ii made a dif'rent
kyind OF a game. hut they was un'y
a few what Il played il theirselfs. an
they was wa,chln' mighty clos't.
Come a mana Nnen every hodN
come in. an Younger rose it afo' The
draw, him bein' the dealer an havin'
put up the ante, 'cordin' to the way
the game uScter be played. We'll. he
made it 500 mo to play. an even at
that they want nobody dropped.
That d "a made it 1925 in the pot afo'
the draw If it hadn't "a went no fur
Their. hut Buck Wharton. he done
made il 500 mo, an they all seen the
double raise.
Then come the draw, mn 'cordin' to
the looks % things they must "a been
some hell roarin' good hands out.
Judge Gwaltney he TOOK two, Strothers
took two, Spofford took two, Wharton
took one an the dealer stood pat.
The Judge. havin' first say.
throwed a white chip in the pot afo'
he done looked at his guards, an
Strothers done the same thing. both
on EN- lookin' to see what the Others
d do.
But Spofford done looked afo' he
played, an 'peared to me what he was
some shook NJ, lie KEEP en- all
! waitin' fo' a spell, Like a man has Il
right TO do in poker. an he kyind'r
tappcd on the table with one finger
absent minded like while he wiS
tudyin' hut he never looked round