Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-08-13

ANNiNNh w " ~ HAfNA NANFN hNANN VI |
poker tonight. and I'm going 20 sit In.
The pot1l rpn hlgh-no limit. Be
tween ourselves we'll cooperate IN
this game. IN finance the partner
ship with Ave thousand dollars. ri
we double that amount you get half
the winnings and your tour hundred a
week. n not, you1l still contrlve TO
scrape along on two hundred"
The poker pnme that night took
place In n South side hotel. II was a
slx-handed game. the players being Of
the class commonly known as "mcn
about town" Two were professional
gamblers. another was n wheat pit
SPECTATOR. a fourth was n wealthy sa-
loon wner The remaining two were
Fitzhugh and Quigg. Playing com
menced shortly nfter eight. Compared
10 subsequent betting. II was modest
nj first. a flve-dollar limit having been
imposed. About niue, however. the
limit was removed. and the game be-
gan TO warm up. Another hour. and II
had reached the point where nve-and-
six-hundred-dollar pots were the rule
and not the exception.
The Golden Goddess. Luck. smiled
upon Fltzhugh from the very start.
Perhaps II was his superior playing
that won her favor. Anyhow. he as
tonished his ~coadJutor by his skill at
the game. He was n hundred differ
ent men,. Ills fellow players never
knew how TO take hlm-never knew
what he would do next. And while
they were wondering he continued to
take their money from them rs though
II were only n matter OF course that
he should.
But as Fitzhugh steadily won Quigg
as steadily lost. When the game ended
at nine n. m. II was noticeable that
Of the Ave men sitting around the pn .
ded table beneath the pail OF tobacco
smoke and the green-shaded electric
lights Fltzhugh was the only one who
showed no III sign OF the thirteen
hours stendy playing. lie seemed as
fresh as when he started and appnr.
emily was quite At for another thlr-
tcen.hour session. When he "cashed
in" he was winner to the extent Of
some eighteen thousand dollars. The
professional gamblers had won n few
thousands each. The rest had lost.
QuIgg. who had left the same. was
not TO be found In the hotel rotunda.
While Fitzhugh was walking about
looking for him the wheat pit speculn-
tor, a joviui. red-faced nan named
Henry Hunt, clapped him heartily OF
the shoulder and wrung his hand.
"Oid man, I'D give n million II
could blum like you. Where did you
learn ho 7"
at " mes naturally" smiled Fltz-
hugh.
Hunt glanced around and lowered
his voice. "Fttzhugh. I'm putting
through today one OF the biggest
wheat deals I've ever handled,
and I'd like to let you In on IT,
Whnt time can | see you, and whereT'
"Any time ut amy place"
meet me ut Burton & Burton's
then-brokers, you know. Board OF
Trnde-at eleven sharp. Don't fail
It's a big thing. SO long. Must hurry
Upon certain OF the casual ~acqualnt'
nnces he had made In La Sulle street
Ntzhugh had taken pains to create
the impression OF being the scion OF q
highly respected family unknown Il
the newspaper columns but possessed
Of wealth. Hunt was one OF those thui
deluded. Others he had impressed II
different wise. But every man WHIT
met him believed him TO be a persof
OF means. II was nm emphatic poln
with him 10 see TO that.
In II secluded corner and n low toni
Hunt explained his project very con
clsely.
september wheat" said he, 'opencI
at ninety-clght and n quarter thl
morning. A gnng of bulls have inflated
! II till she's like n soap bubble-read,
10 hurst amy moment. A gigantic ben
, raid Is coming on here tomorrow tina
will send September wheat down Tx
that"-throwlng a cigar end to til
floor. 'These bears" he went on
kicking the cigar aside, "have got mi
lions behind 'em. and they're going I
!, claw the entralls out OF those bulls
I They won't stop clnwlng NJ long a
y there's a live bul. left. They're goln
to sell-sell-sell. TN be the bigges
!, smnsh you ever heard OF, And th
man who's headlng this big bear raj
: Is hone other than Symlngton otis
, "Otis7"
AS you know, OF course, otis ha
|" always been one of the greatest bull
: In Chicago. Hns thnt reputation. Bu
: all OF u sudden he's gone over TO tn
!" other side. | found II out last nigh
: Only n handful besides myself kno'
Ia Ia nnnnnn hnln mol a. In lnr a AAIInl