The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-10-01

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scrape along on two hundred"
The poker game that night took
place in q South side hotel. It ~ .
six-handed game. the players being OF
the class commonly known A. "men
about town" Two ere professional
samblefs. another was q ! wheat pit
Spectator. q fourth ri . wealthy So
loon owner. The remaining two were
Fitzhugh and 0uigg. Playing COM
menced shortly after eight. Compared
to subsequent betting, it was modest
At drst. q Hve-dolfar limit having been
imposed About nine, however. the
limit was removed. and the game be
gan to warm up. Another hour. and It
had reached the point where dve.and-
six-hundred-dollar pots were the rule
and not the exception.
The Golden Goddess, Luck. smiled
upon Ftshush from the very start.
Perhaps It was his superior playing
that won her favor. Anyhow, he as
tonished his coad1utsr BY his skill At
the game. He was . hundred dif1er-
ent men. His fellow players never
knew how to take him-never knew
what he would do next. And while
they were wondering he continued to
take their money from them as though
It were only = matter Of course that
he should.
But ~ Ntshugh steadily won Quigg
~ steadily lost. When the game ended
at nine q. m. 1t was noticeable that
Of the Ave men sitting around the pad
ded table beneath the pail Of tobacco
smoke and the green-shaded electric
lights Fitxhugh was the only n who
showed 10 Ill sign Of the thirteen
hours steady playing. BE seemed 80
fresh As when he started and appar.
emily YES quite at for another thir-
teen-hour session. When he "cashed
In" he was winner to the extent Of
some eighteen thousand dollars. The
professional gamblers had won q few
thousands each. The rest had lost.
Quigg, who had left the game, was
not to be found in the hotel rotunda.
While Fitxhugh was walking about
looking for him the wheat pit specula-
tor, 4 jovial, red-faced man named
Henry Hunt. clapped him heartily on
the shoulder and wrung his hand.
"Old man, I'd give q million il ]
could blur like you. Where did you
Elearn how9",.. 4@si
..It- comes naturally" smiled Fitn
hugh.
Hunt glanced around and lowered
his voice. "Fftzhugh. I'm putting
through today one Of the bigges'
wheat deals I've eve handled
and I'd like to let you in on 1t
What time can l see you. and whereT
"Any time al any place"
Meet me at Burton 4 Burton's
then-brokers, you know, Board o.
Trade-at eleven sharp. Don't fail
It's a big thing. So long. Must hurry.
Upon certain Of the casual acquaint
ances he had made in La Sale stree
Ntzhugh had taken pains to create
the impression Of being the scion Of
highly respected family unknown t
the newspaper columns but possesse'
Of wealth. Hunt was one Of those thu
deluded. Others he had impressed il
different wise. But every man VIII
met him believed him to be a persOl
Of means. 1t was an emphatic poin
with him to see to that.
In a secluded corner and a low ton
Hunt explained his project very cor
cisely.
September wheat" said he. "Opene
at n~inety-eight and a quarter thi
morning. A gang of bulls have initiate
it till she's like a soap bubble-read
to burst any moment. A gigantic bea
raid is coming off here tomorrow this
will send September wheat down lik
that"-throwing a cigar end to tn
floor. "These BEARS" he went OF
kicking the cigar aside. "have got mi
lions behind 'em, and they're going I
claw the entrails out Of those bull
They won't stop clawing as long q
there's a live bull left. They're goin
to sell-sell-sell. It1l be the bigge:
smash you ever heard Of. And tn
man who's heading this big bear raj
is none other than Symington Otis
"OtisY"
LAS you know, of course. Otis Ia
always been one of the greatest bull
in Chicago. Has that reputation. b.
all of a sudden he's gone owe to til
other side. l found it Out last nigh
Only a handful besides myself knO
1t. 1t seems he's got it in for a fello
who was associated with him in a bu
charge a few months ago, and he
going the smash that fellow if 1t TAX
the last cent he's got. That's Otis q
over. Once you get in bad with hi
you might as we'll jump in the lake
$50 / was once given to unde
T, stand" said Fitzhugh quietly.
, you see where we come in,
course. I'm only an outsider myself
but you! Lord. what q pile you c,
make"
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