| Show SIX FULL HANDS The Boys Doys Managed to Get Even With the Judge Ne New York Sun In a bachelors apartment B in Forty Fort may be found a framed ex cx exhibit hibit hanging banging on the wall which is to say the least leant peculiar It consists of seven poker hands bands in small cards re reproduced reproduced reproduced produced from the actual cards held in ina ingrume ina a game grume played last winter at an un us town hotel by a party of friends The cards are artistically arranged on a e background of green cloth with chip chin decorations and the signature si of each player under the hand he played clayed the whole making interesting an and at attractive attractive attractive mural ornament The story that goes with it is not less interesting as told by the owner of the layout We were playing jackpots 5 5 limit he said and the game had been in progress without anything oc or occurring of special interest t in fact the hands were running so low that fre frequent frequent frequent quent calls were suede made for a 8 change of deck There were half halt a dozen decks I on a table near by and when it came come my deal there having been several I hands dealt with no openers out my friend opposite reached over the table I and handed me one from front the reserve i pile pHe I gave the cards a couple of slaps in my unprofessional way and I I dealt them out The first man nn to mv my i left was a city official who with true political shrewdness passed waiting to see what the tha public sentiment was I the next an insurance man with the usual eagerness to get all there was I opened it for the limit a stock broker next ne t trailed along waiting develop developments developments I ments the next a visiting Yankee raised it 5 the next an erudite judge to give the culprits the full benefit of the law Jaw made it if 15 a western promo promoter promoter ter er next in Mn order with made sty trailed along your humble servant feeling confidence in his integ integrity rity made it 20 When the wily poll poli politician realizing the sentiment sentim t of ot the I majority pushed It along by making it 25 to play This was too tuo much for the I Yankee Who knew the politician and insisted that there was something rot ret rotten I Iten ten in the state st te of Denmark I told him I had dealt the cards and that it was all right and the play ply Everybody made good and in order I asked how many cards they wanted I The only one to draw was the promo Drama promoter ter who culled called for two The chipped a white check everybody called except the promoter and the hands hards were shown And this developed the I extraordinary feature f of the same game e eThe The opener had a six full the broker had a seven full the Yankee an eight full the judge a nine full I had a four full the politician who vho thought he was digging a hole for his friends held helda a five full and the promoter who had evidently broken the th e charm by drawing held three tens In the of the moment some one said there were no picture cards out Another respond responded ed that he had a pair of queens and an another another another other a pair of jacks but the pairs had been overlooked in their astonishment ast t Naturally enough suspicion was aroused bUll hist the deck was examined and found to be b correct The situation was then canvassed ed and the judge ren rca rendered rendered dered a decision and scooped in the pot Realizing that this deal det was be b beyond I yond ordinary possibility we investigated Investigated Investigated gated the matter but arrived at no sat eat satisfactory conclusion until the owner of the room returned at t midnight We told him about the hands and be lie in informed informed Informed I formed us that we had been playing with a deck he lie had used the night be before before before fore In a game of solitaire and aim that I 1 had evidently not slot shuffled the cards sufficiently to break br ak their order ord Just the same the thor judge redistribute the pie pot but we got even with him and he he Quit auit a loser I a |
