Show PETERS QUIT urr AT THE TIME TIE t Knew ew When 1 He Had Enough of f- f f A Arkansas r k ansas C City S S 5 IlY t. t S S fc Poker ir f l ATHLETE KNEW THE GAME J Ami I 1 Won OlI I ii Grudging Praise of Old I Inn Who Saw Sa Good I I StifT hi iii Him S r F 5 il S C Considerable speculation WM was caused 55 5 3 J In l Arkansas Arkanas City when the thc landlord j c of r tho hotel reported that a stranger tr r it 5 5 5 S who ho called himself P Peregrine P. P Peters Pc- Pc r. r 5 and wh who had been in town Home Home- less Jess than had hadt S thing forty eight hours t thing los ICH forty fort hours had r announced his intention of ot staying ii S permanently if It he ho should find an nn op open opening n- n JUg ing that suited him T t What sort sorl of a 0 o opening Is lie lookIn look- look Jit In for tor asked Joe Jao I z mo If I 1 cn out oui S r f aid tId the tho landlord al discontentedly I l l him like that myself an It oil like he he- didn't his lila own i lr Jr for sure suro Ire He studied over ovel it J S an an th then n said Mid he hc reckoned hed he'd d I S IUt have e som of a t i sort S SS S 1 Well said Jako rako t torn S pelting down own his C empty glass with a ap I Ii S parent prent r nt regret I t 1 re reckon kop if l' l 11 Tr rr r a or of a e 1 ho 10 couldn't do 10 o no 80 bc to drop In Into S S 'S t to place place an o open en a a. Jackpot jackS Jack jack- I S pot i t or two i J The landlords landlord's discontent deep n Jd tl jl 4 k 3 Pears liko most o o 0 the tho profitable 11 4 5 s that comes to town gets st steered ted tedo o- o over to You toilers tellers goes goesS goes'S y I fr Vr r suckers stickers an dumps cm em em all allin S 'S J Greenhut's net An mostly most moot fL in Jn old man 5 iti 5 5 J ly you fishes in my I pond on If It there's theres Lj an any more capi capitalists I roped p d I S in round my premises an an led away f 5 like lambs to the slaughter house I II stand In Iii Savey dont don't asked J An how ir If it go go I I S I If it dont don't go answered the tho landlord land land- S lord JOld slowly and emphatically c ways wars o 0 putt In people eople wise ise IJ Bt ctt tt eJI S i his mouth as asif L S S if Jf f to speak hotly but Sheriff L Bassett ett I I I. I S st on OH his toe at the Instant and andS 5 5 himself made answerL answer I L' L S Taint good medicine fr tr two citizens citi ct- t zens of a town like Uk this to have no bo there hard he lie said Mt mf might ht be bc sQl some arrangement Ill I'll S speak t IQ Greenhut Taint alays t thes thes hes he's about such things gs but butS S Ill I'll make him see sea it an I guaran g guarantee S S t tee o you vou a fair ah e in the tho game L Oh well Joe said the It l 5 S a you'll stand for fOl god goca I II 5 I t okon akon an aniC 1St 1 St ll oame nto uta tho b barroom f m. m t li V with rare presence plesence of or t mind fin finished shed his sentence unexpectedly you Y OU BaY SAS' youre you're goin to stand fr rr ji 11 r S c S roun round o 0 drinks I reckon that'll ha have have- I t tb go o too I ir i. i S Mr Bassett grinned g He lie as not noti of humor Looking iJ i i without a sense l I around the he saw Mr MV Peters loo looking ng at atS invited him to join S him and cordially S P. 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P Peters was different from an an 1 City was accustomed i man that Arkansas ArlU I a tomed tome to His Ills clothing was fco o very the outlines of or his form 9 b baggy g that t were not Moreover the cloth or of which it was fashioned was 4 K I bS 1 S patterned d in Iii such a plaid aa to confuse tho tile eye oye of the beholder and ald tho the cloth cap he wore was wa so enS entirely entirely en en- to rob rol his head of S shapeless an appearance of dignity it might any appearance i tc S have havo if he had been uncovered S Stranger l' l d. d i. i ills His face Cace was old ohl in III expression but butI innocent of or conS contact contact con con- 5 so smooth as to seem I 5 tact with a razor lazor and anil BO 80 fresh in colL coloring col col- S L' L oring as to look 1101 boyish His hair hh was r stra straw colored and his eyes were bright 4 5 blue bIn and and he hO spoke with a lisp He was rather rathel undersized and his hiM 5 han hands s and feet were small hut but there there- slow movement move move- S was a t sott of grace in En his S ment that seemed to indicate the 1055 possibility pos of oC quick movements I on un oc oc 5 I S s S S Ss S What hat Arkansas City CHy could not he be s expected to know 1 was that 11 lr dr Peters S S S athlete who had U just been was an nit graduated from a Northern l j. ty and who t possessed o of or an all ample r r S.- S. fortune was traveling to study places S I apt ail people In llo lo own country before he should hould go 0 abroad S 'S Peters leters dill did most of or the thc talking He lIe r was vas easily led however to tn admit his hit hisS 5 S fondness for fol sport and when he hc learnS learned learn learn- S 5 ed eel that the game of draw poker was wasa wasS a favorite local pastime he promptly S for 01 th the he avowed his hia own fondness 5 5 S' S game 1 Accordingly it was ivas arranged S S S without that a card party patty 4 be given Iven that thai night in old man 5 iA 4 Cr back roomI room hand to encourage J. I I aint no gret S babes and said 1111 S tie old ld man nina after he hc had a L good look 1001 at the stranger for there Is times when they'll turn and grind you YIU lute like 5 t the thc they was lions Pears Pear like Ilke this here p Peters was too ca easy y lookin S may m me In the t S S you lv P. P Stands to i 5 5 river Ilver If Its It's Peregrine S 5 reason there thero couldn't cO bo bu two such V Vs fools a as ho hio looks looka In th tho same S an n If Ie his old man give him that name he must ha Jm been In some sonic sort of at it a asylum s. s 5 Wanted Pl c I t There were five players In the tho card cant 11 5 5 5 room while the old man Greenhut S was aS grumbling his discontent I S. 4 1 and bottom had hail In Induced Jim Jimy y Waters Naters and Sam to join not H 4 1 f that they required assistance V i in their enterprise but hut because Peters f said ho would not IJa play with less than j v r lIve vo in tn J 4 Mr 11 Peters acknowledged that he hc I had played considerably hut but he hc as asked I several curious questions explaining S that he had run lun up against local rules S in different parts of or the country and andS S once or twice had hud suffered thereby Among other things he asked what S table stakes meant and arid Jake Winter Winter- bottom said aId Yell Well you ou cant can't bet bel no moron you have on the table afore tho cards i IS dealt an you OU cn czi alays alas have havo a u. show fr Vr what sha youve you've got InS InI in S I sight Oh vcr very well ivell said Mr 11 Peters and pulling out a tight roll of or bills some onie two inches in diameter with a d stout elastic band around it he laid it alongside his chips As A. each player i S had bought hought a hundred this tIlls S seemed to indicate liberal play piny S bottom opened his mouth as asIt asif asif if It to explain that it was customary to state the amount at stake but thinkIng thinking thinking think- think ing better better- of or It it he lie reached into his I pocket aria and brought brought out an old loath wallet which he placed on th the tho table i III front of or him hini After fIer a n moments moment's hl hovi hesi- l- l tattoo tallon the others followed his x t-x tX ample and what was practically a an unlimited game gamt began Vall Wanted Action It was evident from the beginning that Mr ML yearned for action and hi his first step toward securing It Ita a wn as to 10 make mak the pot as la large PRO an as might bt be Bassett dealt first White chips rl 1 reels rEeds 3 and blues hIms 2 K IS anted a white whitt Waters rs came lame in wit with two all laid down and Peter threw in n R n red d found enough to stay elay and th the made good no so there was wan 20 00 1 In Inthe the pot before th the draw till lion tool took three cards to a pair of oC kin kingS king and caught two sevens Vaters Waters drew dio one to a flu flush h and Potent Peters took look throe three o and Bassett a ReU three Waters refused to to bet hel and anti Peters be betho bet tho the size of or the pot pOt t W If I seemed to the others that he ho had raised on aces and anti his hlA bet het after tho the draw drow was was was' good piR play piny whether he In- had bettered o or not nol Bassett however hOWl had aces with will witha willa a queen next and he aw saw his way t ta to toa toft a ft call and would old not lay down cown kings up it was waR a c call and Pet Peters showed haWed d down wn a pail pal of tens only It ft locked I Ike kc a deliberate bluff blurt and an Judged Ill one ont Later on the they d decided that it was not really a bluff hut but that Peters Petr was tent Impatient a athe at the Cue of or tt tho Ua stake After that tha he other othI threw down hs his cards or made It at nt least f 5 3 to play piny wh whenever Dever his turn eo came c. c Play Piny Went cut High High play had no terrors however for party part and th the ante soon loon became two calls After Aftel that Mr Peters had no cause for tor complaint The oth others Bas Ball rs-Ball- Baa Baa- 8 sett tt developed a fondness for foi ra equal to hs hIs own a II angle bet was almost Invariably either cither a I Iwhite white clup or the tho size of the tho pot a n afew afew few minutes 25 and 50 O pots lOtS were the rule while th there rc welo vero 8 same mo of ot It was soon evident that Mr Peters W was S no por player and that what he I hat had already bet In a pot had no Influence on h lii R judgment when It t en came me to a n question ques ques- tion of Ot whether to t ct et in more ore e 1 Je was a jackpot of ot 4 O H on the table tabi on deal Waters Vaters opened it for fol the size sine of at iL It Pearsall Pear sal I dropped and PeU rR ra raised It 40 Bassett stayed dropped and Waters m made d good On the tho draw to took toak l one card Peters stood dood pat And nd tot took k two having as I a matter maLter of fact tact three fous fours which he decided was as not a strong enough h hh h hand d for or a second ra j aso raso Bc betor Jhc the draw tn w waters In n a a. hip chip before belore at Ma hIs draw and Iet r bet Basse Bassett tt laid down clown not having bettered and Waters looked at h hs h's 8 fifth card Peters Peters Peters Pe Pe- Pe- Pe was as naturally wAtching him hm closely Down Pat Item hand Without a quiver he lad a n bill bIM in inthe inthe the thc pot and threw V down hs hK pat hal hand d whereupon Wat Waters rs showed h hs h's s hand hane It was queen full fun fullon fullon on kings S Presently th there rc came a struggle between the same sarno two players that the others as a decisive c t test t of ot Pe Peters Peters' era s It was on deal and od the tho other Arkansas C Ct ty players know knew that DD Bassett whatever h lis hH other merits were as a l payer er always dealt alt on the square It was a jackpot t tco co t s sweetened so that 33 33 la lay 13 In III th the tho center of tb tic the J table passed ant Waters Vater opened for for- forthe the Sl se of the poL pot stayed and Peters leters raed It 50 asseLt a found fourd nothing to stay en en and Waters made madr It t o more moe to draw cards deckled that the double raise rase was too strong for him and Peters studied stud stud- led a n h bt finally however he no made madeO good O J and sctt Bai-sctt up the lie deck to se seive ve the draw waters Vaters skinned down his cards with a ti show l of oC perplexity It was I well done one As a matter r of or tact fact he had two para hairs ars oni hut I h in deriding to consider eon con on- on sider aider whether to draw or stand pat he strove to make e P Peters think that be lie was wan trying to deceive O him while h r tally hold lh-ft lh Ing A pl A b. b t wt Just th the of cn I 1 reckon I cant can't Improve S Gl Gh me inc two said Peters POIN and looked carefully to 10 see sea e if ho had bettered hs three tons landing he ho had not 11 he be looked at tit Waters ate This I here re hand han had ought ht to be ho worth wortha a a hun hundred he said And threw In his hs century J Peters continued to look to-look look at him for a along along along long time Then Ihen ho he said Make It It and anti raised raided t Th Thousand more than you sa said sahi Waters Vale Wat Val e ers era putting in the money Peters Peter'S Culled Called S SIt S H It was the largest single l bet het et that had bad icon made and the others looked cofi- cofi denU dently to 10 sec Peters lay down unless In Indeed In In- deed ho lie had bettered his threes Tic lie did not lay down Instead be lie look looked intently at Waters n agan Co for I a aul Lilt fun minute Then he said salt You may have a n pat list hand I I ought not noto notto notto to o again but hut Ill I'll call And after the showdown there was no longer a a. doubt of or Mr Ir Peters Peters' standing as a player Then most unexpectedly be lie announced that be he had had enough and arid would pia play no DO more I 1 came here gentlemen he said to find tind out If Ir you really played ath good a game ath nih people hay thay 1 I dont don't mind thay- thay ing that I wath looking too to thee theo if it there wath anything croo crooked cd about It hut but there then I dont don't play for or tho the mono money but Jut It If you OU had tried an any funny funn I could have showed you 1 0 some Rome Now Ive I've had bad a n delightful hour or two and nobody much If It you'll all jo jon join n mo mf Id I'd 11 like to thet cot em up It was Va true that he had hail won nothing n the game despite the last lost hand for he lie had hail made considerable 10 losses CH before In any alY case however lie hp could not easily ha have ve been heen forced to pin pia play longer BO so so tile thc they all adjourned to the bar etl Fat Pa t Itoh After Mr lr Peters had bad spent enough nou h money to restore old man Greenhut equanimity na at lit least In n some degree he lie strolled out alone done apparently fearless and carolers More Mon than one OM In the room however fat Cat roll and nothing ng was V said when one man 1008 loosened n d the pistol in hs belt and stai started led out after him Mm Thel-P Thel IP W wA i much silent lent smoking in the nem for Ir the next 20 minutes minute Then the man who had bad followed Mr Ir Peters came hack bark With two vo black k eyes eye anti anil a n slight alteration In the Iho contour of or his nese lb Ill offered orr no explanation ami and none WitS asked for tor but presently old man mai Greenhut Pears Pear I bike liki- t l' l there m might ht he IMS thc iho makins makin's o of or a n good citizen in this bet herc Peters Peter There Theres on one comfort thol though Jh there aint no great to to- the feller up to o the hotel Servos Serves hm bm right too I If IL r thetas theta's T I hate hale It its it's u a aS a'S S- S like klan |