Show SHARKS FLEECED GATES Poker Game Gae on Kaiser Kaser Cost Him 2500 I i New York Journal John ohn W V Yo Gates Gate who deals in barbed I wire fences an the like and loves loes to get the barbs in other lingers than his own I returned from Europe on the th Deutsch Deutch land lanil having learned lerned that there are fire sharks shark at sea so as well wel as on land and i that even eten a great et trust magnate ma na e may get his fingers bitten If i he tries tre them on the ge teeth teth of the merry memo amphibians of the smoking room rom romI If I there is anything that Brother Gates Gate likes better beter than a squeeze in the stock market it is a stiff sur game of poker With millions at his command gme he loves to take the limit off of a game gme and let the bets bet run high e Is reputed a a good gd loser but bul no lot 10 lo hat ever eer lived lve Is L a semi good gol loser i when c ked work Is suspected l On the tho last day o or of the voyage age going gIng over oer on the Kaler Friedrich Gates FrierIch pro Gate posed a little game gme with two quiet young men whom he e had bad seen In the smoking Ok r room r wp playing n nm modestly m e but who had I steered rather shy of hl hIs heavier hevier games game They assented cheerfully and two packs of cords cards the wrappings of which apparently apparently had been enty undisturbed were pro ar ard J the same genie went vent on onIt onI onIt It I was the old old story stor familiar to te I travelers b by the these sea seL Phenomenally bad t I luck showed MI uj in the th hands of the Steel I Wire Vire man The quiet young oung mens te hands as nicely as if i the deals had I j been ben made to order As the hour grew grea r I lae late Mr r Gates Gat s losIn had mounted to toI t I I 1000 0 to 2000 1000 O and from thence then to There was an ominous oti glitter in his eyes e 5 e j I and his square jaws were set like those of ot a steel teel trap as he consumed one black cigar after another At last Jast he had smelled a mouse He was wa waiting for an opportunity to catch the t e short card men red handed hande It I came cm With a cra crash the great ge t paw paw of the mag nate nute descended on the slender hand of one of the card sharps who uttered a cry of pain pin Gazes Gates sprang to his utere feet fet The cr onlookers drew draw back back interested d but a little frightened You scoundrel c r roared r the h magnate a You and n your r nol pai here h have v been e cheat I inc ine In Youre meS mer me merThen Then the unexpected unc te happened happe Quick i I as a flash fash the tha te second s nd young man jumped to ai aire his hi feet arid and aId fac faced d the te angry ango anS million jumpe j I I Yes e Mr Ur Gates G tes Its JEs i true tre We Vere re I swindling you yop what wh we came aboard for tur We have been laying for abr you y u I alt all al the voyage voas Wh lre you going to do about it Alls l s fair In love lov war and I poker The three thre men stood std glaring at each ech ether For a moment the great steel t l mag snag I nate the man whose hose word can crush thousands down don baffled Its fu rous but helpless At lost la he touched an electric button buton Send Seni the the captain here hee he said sid hoar hoars ly b to a steward later Captain Bader castle came om a few minutes What at Is it i he asked S These Thes men have ha e robbed rObb me me They The are professional swindlers OIs Is this true tre asked aske the The spokesman answered We Ve are gamblers captain We Ye admit dmit it It But we weare Wear weare are ar not swindlers swindler Do you ou want to see I I the te picture of ot of a man maC on op this thi ship who whoa Is isa I a a hundred times i worse swindler than tan we w wi a man who swindles swindle widows an and or orans ans s and cheats cheat his own oW government lere ere it i is And Ad the te man pulled out a a magazine from his hi pocket and held hed UD up a n sine of John W Gates t Mr Gates on refused to discuss the inci mci incident Inc dent when he arrived here He said sd the I homeward voyage had been more more plea uleas les ant than tho the outward He made a com coin complaint complaint plaint against the Innocent steward who tarnished discharge the te temporarily cards which resulted in his hi i |