Show MET Al A EYED CROSS MAN And Bought Thirteen Dollars Dollars' Worth W of Chips but bu butHe butHe t tHe He Won and Now Laughs at Hoodoos I have always ahas laughed at nt the superstitions 1 lons of gamblers said an old sport who has grown Gown gra gray In the pursuit of oC tho the elu- elu sire ive goddess but the other day I was glYen glY- glY en n a scare which made me put m my faith In n all al tho the hoodoos and hunches In the tho business You know ho how a n man who places laces his mone money on tho the horses or the tho fall tal ot of f a card Interprets ever every trivial thin thing as asa asa assign a sign that ho will wi win or lose The rel- rel low jw who goes e out to try conclusions o with I hokl str m I the he b bookies examines xoa I the tho I billboards r r and signs on the fences fi In an nn effort to find a tp tip Ip If I he hears a drunken port sport singing a song he ho tries trie to catch some or word ord that thai suggests a horse that Is down n on the card ard If I a n poker player sees a red-headed red man or a person with cross eyes ho ImmediatelY Immediately Im Ira- mediately crosses his lingers to break tho thc spell pell of luck ill that he feels Is la upon him Well Wel eIl as I 1 started to tell you ou 1 bumped into nto the queerest combination last Sunda Sunday Sun- Sun da day ay that 1 I ever evet encountered I started out ut to Cabin John for Cor a little recreation and ind tho the idea of or a little game was farthest from rom my m thoughts On the same car with wih me was a man whom 1 knew and we got sot goto gotto sotto to o talking on the tho the wa way Going Goins out to tackle ono one of ot the games gameson on the other side of the district line lne he asked thought about It I I replied and ind I 1 But somehow the tho suggestion lon tion ton made me chan change e m my mind and 1 told hIm ilm that on second thought I 1 would stop at one of ot tho the Joints awl and try my m luck I 1 dont don't think you OU will wil now he said with wih a laugh Just look at that that lie He le called m my attention to a man sl standing on the ho running board boar a few tew feet behind us usI The fellow had tt ti tho reddest hair I ever el c I saw and In addition additon to that ho he sport sportEd snorted d at the he worst wort pair 1311 o or of eyes cross eyes cros-eyes 1 ever er looked You cant can't beat that said m my friend Red hair or cross cross-c eyes cross es aro are bad enough when you ou tako take them singly but when you OU go o up against such a combination you OU aro are bound to 10 lose Ioe I I 1 never take any stock In such fool fool- I replied Ill I'll Il get off or out here an and ami put pul up a few dollars anyway I got off or at one of oC tho the clubs club Just theOther the tho other ther l Ido o o of the tho district line lne and went In I knew the tho fellow who was as running the place and ho asked me If I wanted to take a hand I 1 dont don't caro care if I I do I replied How Howare Howare Howare are tho the games running This one over here Is a N 5 limit o with aith witha aitha Ih Iha a a out buy-out ho said pointing to one of ot the tables Over O here it is i's a a two-and-a- two half hal limit with a 10 1 U bu buy out Ill Til l take the JW t out buy I 1 said for I Ionly Ionly Ionly only had 15 with wih mei me i 1 went over to the Ute table where half hal a I dozen fellows were playing 1 I started to get m my chips from tho the bank when a ayoung I young oung fellow telo spoke and asked me to bu buy his chips as he was going to quit the game ame Theres a little more than 10 SIO worth here here he said but It i wont won't break you ou to topa pa pay for them Ill Il take cm em I said Count em cm out He lie did so and ane there was exactly 13 la worth in the tho stack slack Hello lo hero here hat What are aro you OU giving givinG me mC I exclaimed med This Is 15 too much of a good thing thins for tor one da day Shat tho the matter mater asked the young oun fellow from whom 1 I was buying th the chips chip Was spas 1 I wrong Iong ong In the tho count l' l No I answered but 1 I wish you OU had been been Then I remembered that he J iw nothing about the red headed headed rec-headed man 14 with eyes cross and took look tho the chips without saying anything Curt further her As s I 1 told you In the first place I never did take much stock In hoodoos but when I 1 started to play In that game I want to 10 tell tel you OU that thai 1 was sidestepping like a bantam weight going up against Jeffries I 1 would h o ha e taken oO ZO iQ cents in counterfeit money for tor or my whole stack But let mo me 10 tell tel you OU there was nothing to to It but me In that game I didn't hold one ono bl big hand Two pair pall was the best besl I saw But In tweet twenty minutes I had won and ane then I got up and Jumped the tho game like a little man 0 You couldn't blame a fellow for or having cold feet reet when he was bucking tho the proposition that I Iwa Iwas Iwas I was wa Hereafter im i'm Im I'm Im not going to be bo scared b by hoodoos for if I there thero ever was a cinch that I would lose It I was that same samo afternoon But It I ani only proves pro that you youcan youcan ou can win when you hold hole th the tho cards cards cards- I Washington Post Post |