Show I HOW THE COW ALLEY POKER CLUB WAS BROKEN UP WITH WITHA A POKER L I Washington Post Pot The W w 1 Alloy Alley Poker dub club tIed t of f r Washington D C is in tate taft of or temporary eclipse I ast week was ns strut k by something that looked it ft like Ilk the Kingston earthquake up eji with the time Galveston cyclone Ii nut out of gun JUn and tho the erstwhile I onty of Its dusky sports has hasHI g HI 11 pU pla P to an somberness m berness f to ut mt as gay as a country funeral Jim Pullman ear car ar porter ruefully con eon consulates the patches patch S that the recent compelled him to put Jut on ons s 11 cotin clothes while Sam who 5 ies Fres a llory J wagon regards his Ills wn Irn lV pockets with disgust and a aV V akin IVy even of ot the d dr r fl I 1 porter Dat ear iyar says pays 1114 he heI hea 1 I n a git It all d II dough he lie want de den n 1 hR ti oi de nex flex trip tri trl while oh if t to wait ait twel de en er r de do mont Ah Ahr j I T r to n wait it tYE de en or er de do mont Ah All UlO haw ha Ahm Ahin gwine ter pay mah 5 d 01 nox n 11 X week Je le lone wid i l ah alt cir cards ls any mo Mose Hanson a barber and andi i tab Jick Jackson on who fires a boiler un una une e a downtown building and the rs who hi make up a s lect coterie of or n lel Alloy Aily y club chub are aie likewise aring despondent countenances and of the diro dire financial r K Even en the older bewails his of or L ish d therrill is another grief riel plied piled i the of woes that beset be t the k There Theres s a muttering doubt within rl rif of r the members and In fir tr Ir nn on abiding disbelief that 0 is as poor as al he Ime talks nay t a growing conviction that gentleman Is ID considerably h than he hr was before supper su per time J 1 w jn aay night the night of the tile t desirous lob dub meeting jIe Kitty Contributes the Gin b Jw organization composed of a Ire fre call local colored sports flo o clubhouse but like a sewing le e or mothers club meets in turn b tl the lodgings loging of oC the different mem meni The temporary host sees to it ita t ample gin Is pr provided for f r which h reimburses himself out of ot ota ofa a m f careful auditing of his hi a v by y the contributing players IT Th i fatal atal meeting mf was held last ast Wed Ted l fatal Cata meeting was held last f f sJay evening at the apartments the tue ne elder eidor an eight by twelve back too In n ur tI lodging house of 01 one Mis I SOli This rendezvous had been jI f lOll b ly after much mur ii ted OPposition PP Sti t the part of ot the time thee l f c e S e ry who ho Insisted In Johnson was not pot only a lady lad of 1 tro con convictions Ions but like h n nv n v tf as well as huge of Tl aLd 1 hard of ot muscle But Dut tilt the thea c a reassurance rC at length soothed I I 10 their forebodings He lie told them Mis 11 Is Johnson would be b wholly of the sportive nature of or the services to tobe tobe tobe be held there the e indeed he lie had already forestalled any an suspicions the unwonted gathering might arouse in that tut ladys lad mind by b informing hep he he lie o h to entertain w sonic some me visiting vestrymen an Alexandria meeting house When hen the time elder older added that a superior quality of gin could be purchased from froma nun nuna a neighboring at an absurd absurdly ly low figure all the opposition vanish vanished ed into thin air airo So o promptly at S 8 a quorum appeared at the tho elders lodgings antI and after the washstand was removed Into the closet to make mak room time the party proceeded to business But when Jackson who between games conserves consents the of or the club set out the tIme box of poker toker chips the time elder waved his hand anti and all fell Cell into deep thought Ah Alt reckon leab dem bones in do de box Jackson he lie said at length While Ah Ak aint o 0 Mis Johnson o 0 us t all taint ter tor go fer r r trouble Mos anybody Ah Ak don deer how much ligion doy d got knows dc do rattle er chips an taint no use fer ter go de fuss right Mis Johnsons nose nos Ah AIm done tole her hah hyah vestrymen was ter see lee me er new house an Ah reckoned we be er dr r countin do lc domoney money till mighty late In do de night So jes fo supper upper dis Ah Ab got all nit de Ic p pew w rent money what I takes hoer keer of bus up UI inter small change sos POS we all nIl kin use dat stId or cr bones Mis Johnson don mine de d o 0 do de domoney demoney money With that the thC elder eider produced a wealth of copper and silver coin The Tile others agreed that his precaution had bad been wise and he proceeded to sell soIl each player patr a quantity of or the small change c ange The Th initial purchase of chips chills in iii the games of ot the club was usually a dona dollare worth but this time the eld cId elder cIder er or suggested a further urther innovation Sells Pew Money as Chips Alls got er heap er cr die dis di hyah h ah little fine moncy money he ho said Dar par nigh on ter in de dc pew rent So tIT ter sabo sabe de trouble o bankin i Ah Alt moves moes dat evey swap all do de big money what he M got with ale pew pe rent scat an an take de do little money noney Den Ah Ab A Awon won von be pestered scum sellin ter yo all mos inos evey ban han in de game came The Th elders ciders again a aln pre pro prevailed prevailed Each darky dark dug up all his worldly wealth In bills and amid exchanged it for Cor coin which the elder a ain ln pro proposing proposing posing was placed and kept in stacks before the respective owners awner Dar IDar now said he when everything was Avas set for or play pla Dat look hook I ok huh lak ve we us gwine ter play sh l What s de Jacl Same ole olo Vanderbil limmick re responded spon ed Ustah Jackson aa as a be lie dealt the cards Ten cents on de oldina pots and dat much on de jacks Put up yo 0 cent fer fec de do ante yo sleepy sleep gO he added turning to tn tile the Puiman porter Yo talks so brash Ahm Ahin a gwine swine ter make malte dot pot 2 cents fer for ter call callo fo fu o sos ter sech lech trash cz yo o is it returned Jim bridling at the dealers words word Alls got plenny money dats what Ah Au Is Yo inus mus bin bum roun de do close o some er or dora dom folks on de tIe when deys sl sleep p d n retorted Jackson Jakson finishing the tile deal and upend upending ing In the gin bottle Ah Alt nobber heared sech fool talk I yo o all quit dat an play pia do de I game put in the tile elder in a tone that I ended the time badinage and for Some time the game proceeded proceed d in silence broken I only by b the deep breathings of the I players aa aim they drew to straights and flushes or raised a fat jackpot to the Vanderbil limmick of oC twenty cents cont The Elder Bruises Roun a Spell By and by the tile elder pushed PUS back his chair elmair Lab Leab L ab me out er han ban er or so gemmen Ah Ahi reckon Ah Alt go JO out an bruise roun er or spell pell he lie explained as he gained the door Mis keepin kee ln mighty quiet an Ah Aim wants ter see of ef on all right out dar Saying which the elder cIder slipped quietly into the hall The Tile sound of muffled voices at the foot of the tIme steps stops filtered up to the players In Ina Int a t short time the tho elder returned jes ter Mis Johnsin ergin bout us er countin de money he said stid Id half apologetically as be pick picked picked ed od up his cards card an all Ah gib her er bottle o gin fer ter keep her peace peaceful peaceful ful UI he lie added Ah Alt heared o no lams lains on gin fer for ter make maliC cm eni have growled Sam the delivery wagon driver who was of thrifty mind nind An Ah Alt hearod hEared o 0 de kitty payin fer dc do o habin or quiet me when de do club uz vIsit in er Dar aint ip dc do bylaws er or de do d bout de do kitty habin tot tor gib Miss Johnsin no gin AhIl AhlI pay fer it Ahll hll pay fer it the tile elder hastened to explain hastened with an alacrity that In the light of later Inter developments looked very er suspicious to the players But none then dreamed dr of evil plots and the elders eders words placated even the tho thrifty wagon driver very er much former satisfaction Ah Alt raises dat jacked de do he cried in eagerness on OIt the next hand after laying aing down the deck hed beer dealing and scanning his cards Jim Tim the Pullman porter had opened It ItAh It ItAh itAim Ah Aim raises dat jackpot do de cried the porter when th tin elders 40 cents was safely Jn In the cen center center ter Dar aint no chuch wha kin er or railroad man nian and hi In h hoisted the pot p t The Driver Has Doubts Pears ter tor me dat ought pen or whose loin cloin le do dealin remarked 8 S Sam in inthe m the driver dover addressing no one In particular lar Jar larThe The h elder again rated r lse the pot lIn influenced le It leso by bj this show how of oC than by 11 the ilic sage cage reflection of Or the drive contented himself with merely seeing th tt raise ra e Both players stood pat The elde 4 took the hot bet made It tt the limit and am after afur much deliberation the porter called him Till TIle older elder spread out a queen iuen full Good ejaculated Jim as 15 he flung his flush Into the dis discards discards j cards cr dat tat beats bats mah mali little tusk flisk Ah hi sho alto put pitt yo o up 11 for fr or or r dan tIan what Ah Ab had Whar dat hat gin ginDis ginDis Dis hayah same game done dry dO up imp lP mall mah throat de tIe e bottle ah and he snatched It i from the care of or the UI driver who was Vas s t Idl nursing It Il be hc behind behind hind his hI stack of coin coln Ah movin mon ro out dar in dc do ball lall Ial remarked the elder a afew afew few hands Is InurE Ah AIt aint o 0 oMis oMis Mis Us Johnsin but bilt A p Ah Aim better ras sic roun rotin out Olt dar ilar an all what de corn motion moton Is all al And he softly left heft lef the room again agin Fer or r what wha aint none he do ack mighty culous com corn commented commented wary war Sam the tue driver Irver But the theother others other just then tangled up lip In a big 6 nt put pot ot gave gae no rio heed to his hi words wor Dat If ail right sad sId the te elder eider elIer as al he returned Mis Us Johnsin aint t all al She Sho jes say sa she glad f r ter hab nab such good an holy hol men as dem deni deacons er comin under und r her h t roof Deal Dea de Hansn Hanson Ah feels lucky luck dis han ban But the cards had hardly harly been dealt deal when the door doo flew few omen oen with wih a 0 bang b and anI there framed against the darkness of the hallway hal stood the embodiment of wrath Mis ts Amazonian huge in breadth and amid stature with Ith sleeves rolled up tip for action and grasping gaping In one hand hanl handan hanlan an rollin ln pin while the theother tle other oilier clutched hed a poker the size of oC a crowbar Breaks Up Game With a Poker Dis Is what yo ye 0 calls yo vests vesty cst meet in Is It i ItT she shouted as she advanced and aimed a whack at the unlucky Jim who vho escaped e ca only half of it by b diving under the table Ill Il learn lear jo yo o lowdown ter cum inter or er house what de sens ens his bles ins ter an play yo o games lit Git outer hyah h ah Cit Git out Iut I tote ole c she yelled again agin raging upon the demoralized club dub that flew few be before b before fore for her like dust In a whirlwind Ill Ill earn yo nl gahs bout bolt in n sho shio sh too With that tha she delivered a furious blow with the heavy heay iron kon upon the shins of oC the tho th wretched Sam Sm Tho vho ho stilt stil hovered about abut his piles pies of coin With Wih a howl of or pain he dashed for the time thedoor door loor reached ed the te bottom of the steps In Jn Inne Inne ne bound and brought up on all fours fo I rs the th fence across the street The est eat swarmed sw red after and ard in x 1 few minutes the lodging house of the Mis Johnson was purged of or Its Is vil Inmates WI Ahll AhU bab hab ab de do law Jaw on dat oman alto sho growled Sam Sani as he be rubbed his aching Milks hanks while the rest of the discomfited hub lub gazed ga zed in bewilderment across at the louse ouse wherein even een now they th y suspected he Jie scandalized Mis Johnson ohron was as gather gathor ng Os up tip nfl all al their cash resources She dona doni rot ot evy ey las cent what we all al had hIJ Sam an Ahll AhU son sen en cr or cop up ar as r an anAn anAn anAn An git yosef oser pulled fer gamblin an n nI nIl 11 Il I de rca res rs gt cr or de club too put in he heIder Ides Ider deprecatingly The club sighed hey he recognized rc the tho futility of Invoking he aid of the law a and ad sorrowfully dis We all al thinks tink mighty dat dal night concluded Han mu 11 last lt evening as he ho shaved the tho chin cilia if r a customer to whom wom he lie had narrated he disaster Ah Ak done heared this mawn n 1 dat alLah dc do club done dOM broke UD up lD on ln one lne e C street dat night de do elder eider wen w ick lck d r er cr his hs room an Rn he ime an Mis sot ot up imp twel mos moo daylight cr or UI money an day dey C Uart figurin i 1 no ln house hou wes we ter tel git Sit dat elder cider |