Show USA VING 2 Of DRAW POKER POKE to lo Avert Avelt Riot Boar a on or u the Steamer Rosa Lee J RACE WON BY AID OF HAM HAMS t tho Tim Hams Co t Five Dollars 1 l Km Bm th tI tile Owner Ovir Did Not Crt I From Flom Sal Murli fllch III the P. P J I I t There aint t no ito manner J o 0 doubt bu t S that the game o o 0 draw poker wore were deI de do wise an b beneficial I Signed by hy a tn dence for to teach humanity how t t to tor r- r It th J troubles s said sali old oli Anan as ns ho lie looked con tem tem- 1 l hy up the tho street streel after a 3 mai mon VhO ho had the preceding tw twi two spent hours In the little back room o 0 oC I k Greenhut's saloon Take the tho case case- ca e o 0 N Jonah in the tho whales whale's belly belty t I Well said Juke Jake I Ill be f t I cn see lee ee what wha ba v.- v. S 'S draw pokers poker's got gol ot to lo tb do with vath It it or ho hoc how hov a n helped Jonah If hot het c lh thu the likely HI-cely t 9 the tho game g a. a j whaled a 3 been to play Cre freez freezout i. i out with him even If hed he'd knowd the how took pot how hed he'd po as s fi j ready arcady l 1 At this Interruption It II seemed kel 1 that thul hat oh old man uan would lo lose hh hi his old crony cron temper He lie glared at angrily for a a. moment and amI then tIet hi In ff saId mid with withering emphasis IR V n I J reckon likely t a n average whale cd cil learn draw poker If he set hl named Win VIi J to tf I learn arn Ive I've aw saw folks nam t. t 1 good average age gumo gane un II play a 3 a L i an an Its It's hard to tn think of oC a ii at J fi whale not havin nor more brain Io ern 7 r nem to run In iho tue th f fam ly S.- S. there thele Moren likely though i Jonah lo to wouldn't a been no call for fui play ilay poker with the tho whale If the game had ad been ben understood them then days lloy The TheS y p- p the they was S- S iI Sf part o 0 0 the parable says AAS trouble trouble aboard ship an nn tn the tho crew got f ugly gly Right Hight then's whore where a game ame o o 0 of f draw a a boon been cn played to adan ad- ad antage an an Jonah bein a sure j nough nough prophet a got t his lis trouble slick hIek enough what the others wa was gob to tei hold Catch Caleb Not Nol a aL Prophet 1 L There want nobody as I ever evero o c. c t reckoned Caleb Armstrong to lo bo Le what you'd call a prophet In fact he ho were Irreligious I most 0 o the time Well I seen Caleb Armstrong once short shortt 14 Into inlo a difficulty t want t 4 o o 0 Hed He'd a been hove ho over Il the side o 0 the boat sames same's the tho prophet pro pro- phet was If It somebody hadn't come J 4 along an an a n game o 0 poker loher for Cor forto V to tn settle ettl the controversy r i. i This here hero trouble t Caleb Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- of oC th the theRosa board Into Inlo was on strong wan att Rot Rosa Lee Let that thai were elo a famous packet in her da day an an counted the tho fastest the boat they the was on nfl the river till Belle Delle 0 o the Chic Bayous was built builL Some on n em om b by one boat ah ab some d cl to to-i to get all they had on r ais' ris ady lother f p like l there want n no Way tay ay v 0 o it which was vas the tho faster though though fr fi I one on em era was alays comin the tho run when whon was up down und and the two ar to bo be In no hurry hurr for to get t em to to- to gether Thc They did lid say t Hopper Hop flop Lee was read ready 0 o the Ro Rosa Ropa a per pel Belle Belie le o the i i. enough h hut but Cutton 0 o the Bayous was hangin back a ar abit th lh his Ills acquainted r bit till he cd od get new boat i 1 Challenge e for Race Boce J Anyway It went on like c that fr 1 two or 01 three months till there come como comoa a n time when the Lee was held for to lo at New Now Orleans fr Cr a few days did an little some have f. f like the painters an carp carpenters carpenters carpen carpen- eni en- en i tel's was almighty almi slow Anyway they through till the Belle o o 0 othe didn't get gel t had come down an an was the Bayous r ready to start starl up tip the river agin j Then Hopper he sent word him him anything anything anything any any- to tn Sutton t l hod hed bet bot f. f t l l the thing fin mi a thousand dollars up Rosa Leed be in Memphis afore the j. j I. I J t Belle Bello o 0 the Bayous like lIJe 1 Cann In ii J must a foil felt like he ho w was ri ready V L h y yil il fr alls all's s he said to the mes- mes messenger Im er was as to 10 Present enl my m compliments an 1 tell 11 him Ill I'll bet bel my boat agin hl n t for Cor 1101 lilt weer a trine trifle strong J I t p per IWI not but hut that he was sas willin enough h hut but he didn't own moren a n third 4 share in iii the Hosa Lee Iee hut but they fixed an nn the two boats up a a. bet all right Marled out iut together Everybody t cd get aboard the boats went an an they the said mid there want Vant wanti i J a a. left in tn New Orleans O 0 o 0 chin music mUsic mu mu- course there were a l heap heal sic Ic frn Im frn the start but there want nobody reckoned fin fm the first two U days ays t the scarcity o 0 ham In the Memphis 1 market marlet was goin to have a n lot to do tie with that there race Even Arm Armstrong didn't figger on that V an he more about han ban just then thon n H anybody else on the tho ho nOS V. V Lee Lec hums Hams of or J i I Shortage e V j You see Caleb Armstrong was wa a speculator Used to travel the river lookin to buy an sell wherever there thero was a o 0 any mone money He lIe le I played pok poker r some hut but were I his Ills business an I Pears lears hed he'd been to Memphis V heard about aboul a shortage in the ham New Ne' Orleans Orlean crop an an hed he'd gone gono one to an un bought hams to sell sel thereAn there the Rosa Rom Lee An them hams was wa on L That hat want want none but hut they t r of oC It later lator Pears Penis the importance seen een I the time Rosa flosa Lee was lookin to la make the tho ho V Pos stops on the way way up tho river but the Belle Bello o u the Bayous was just justa a trifle in 11 the he lead an when they Ul Y come cometo cometo itt to the relar landin Hopper I seen feen t Sutton didn't slow down so i- i he lie Sulon kep right on too An they the didn't neither on cm en make m an any aI stol stop They burned cordwood on the tho heats boats an in both Loth boats boat had a good V them Diem m days das oot but bul Hopper hadn't Jiggered on 01 S the hull run a a stop slop anS an'S an S Sutton had Consequent afore the they r got as fur Cur as ns Arkansas City Hopper Hoppel V J tS SV was out o 0 fuel Cuel I lIe He he didn't have hove no timeto time timeto S to le stop stopS an au al' al he lie begin to chop chOI up the tho tho V woodwork o 0 the bout boat but ho soon wouldn't do so he started V that suon V In on the cargo S Caleb Armstrong were as o keen as lIZ ashim a him lookin out fr CI 1 an he seen Been his hams was liable lable to get cooked V thorough enough enous but So he stood tood ho spoke quick r- r by with a gun bun In each euch hand an told tho the first t t como come for a ham t tI tS S g l I the tho best thing fr rr him him to do was tc to do S S to Willing II to Sel Sell i 1 Then the come an started u to S talk sense sens to him hut but alls all's als al's I Catch Calel CatchI I t he hadn't hadn t atit m ne I V Armstrong Armstron d say ny was as t hams but hm In ht to scum selin tho the it V wanted 5 G apiece for fol COI em cm Caln Hop r per er lowed he reckoned that wei I ome some outrageous an hem bein a man 0 In f Cm Cor some seine little temper he he started lome what hat sort sorta oC oCa to tell tel Caleb Armstrong a person peron ho he to beThere be There was some o 0 the p heerd what was ald bein as neith one on cm em was wn about abou In 10 a whisper an when It got round t Caleb Armstrong were pr a n a to ho he hold Vm tm up in iii II the till I CP they WO was prop indignant Indignant Some on nn em cm was as fr fl clinch in him hini overboard fr fi I piracy on Oil 01 n fl the h high h seas ea There was us ns a rush math mad for Cor to grab him an chock him over eve when on one mOO feller feler spoke up P coo cool ai iii an sensible like hike Jk He lie was a New ew Orleans ional name o 0 Hank Hopkins le He lie says hays fYS nome I lj be I reckon this hi hi o thing tiling cn c a set settled t I ed thou Cli a any ny 11 fl I Pears like hike the th gentleman genteman has a ho has right rigl to hits his hams an an maybe mabl ha a a to put his Ills own price on cm Ami Anwa Any An- was was' there's theres some ome on us has a goo good wa n a what he wants want I deal more mor mone money bet on Cl this thiR here IHIe race I r motion moton h 1 Il says I t I w maRe up a a pool an nn an pu ut uthe he money y hl his hams barns haJ an an him ar am an moil play a fr tho two While were we're eie the tho tp Caln en n b busin be the hams hanus l like that wr were fair fall enough for to suit Mul everybody an au twant t long iou afore aCore the hams was tl In th lb the furnace an an Hopkins aiT au ali Armstron In th saloon with liv was 11 wih earths cards em cm Played a Fair Pair Game Caine Caleb Armstrong n want want no slouch of a poker player an nn an In li he played cool an nn steady enough even en I It Hopkins were wel reckoned a n slick proposition The They pla played d along fr r I maybe mabe twenty minutes afore there then w were rc any business done dOIt an then Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong caught three kings on his deal dealan strong an stead o 0 com comin In In with wih a r red led t chip like he lie would he looked cier at Hopkins an he says f'S I r 1 reckon we shorten holten this quie juite a bi bit If I you OU was ws to stay slay ta f a big big ig bet O 0 course that hat didn't mean but iut t ut I J reckon reelon he lie WN just celia 11 II I he ic was wa to put lul up a stack an Hopkins vas was to lay lar down fl cown he lie hl wouldn't win but ut whiles two WI whites but If it Hopkins Hoplins lad md hed he'd maybe rahe get gel a 0 pia i layWell lay Well eli all al Hopkins says MYS was wn as t hedIke hedike hed he'd 1 Ike to hurry hm things up sonic some so CalcI leh Armstrong put iUt ut a stack In the pot Hopkins looked at him toady steady fI fr a 3 couple o 0 minutes minuses N an then thenh h 10 IC put in iii two stacks an It were wele up ui to 0 Caleb Calph Armstrong to do some ome study study- In n U Them three thre kings looked tl large to urn him though an finally he shoved its his hull hul pile plC Then Hopkins thought fr fl a long lm line but finally he lie seen the tw bet bel an away two to cards ar s he lie laid haiti three aces ces on the lie table face up You might give gle me inc two to them he 10 IC said ll an If IC youve you've got ol a ice ace ice to 10 pare spare Id I'd Id like Iko It IL An- An Didn't Iid Come Cume Caleb Armstrong had a D good I nel erve an he never quivered but thc they aid Id he turned a little white round the tho cornels cornel's of oC his mouth when he teen seen hem them aces ees He lie dealt leal out the tho two to c ards artis ds though as steady as If IC they'd been up seven fr fi a dollar dolar a aa game a ame me Hopkins didn't get his other ace but ut he hl got a 3 pair pahi o 0 tens an when Caleb Armstrong seen what was wasa as a gal list Ii him hi he e turned hl his own oan hand ver onI an tried Ii to smi smile Peas Pears like hike li it I wont won't do me inc 11 no HO good oot g-oot to 1 get gel a pai pair he ho says a s 's Ill Til Il have to gela get gel a k king I ng Well el the first card conI ho lie got bot was a ain atel tel in II an there was some omo o 0 them t was wasl l okin on t wanted to make a R side I o bet t t-at t at about V ono one nc to-a to hundred t t tier lher ier yd tl be another pair o o 0 tens In i a minute but there thoro want no takers lakers nn n L' L he ho turned over Ovel the next card It 1 were ere a king The 11 crowd clowd didn't like hike it I much but hut Caleb Armstrong ho he kep keim cool an nn an he ho hei sM i s T The Tho he moneys money's mine aint it i l' l An the icy said Mid yes ON an hey they give him time the mone loney ioney Then ho says An the hams is i mine too ive i've Ive got ol to have 5 piece apiece f fr r them hams Well VeI there want agin that hat as a a draw poker proposition but butI I V didn't help none toward mal makin ln Caleb Armstrong popular There was them liem iem l t said sid as a It was understood t l te the lie e hams was to go to the tho Capon eoln oin there was wa four foul times the value of f era em m put up UI In the games ganes an there thele thereas was as an some on cm m lost their temper complete completo That a been ben the reason hy why Caleb Armstrong want on board the he me Rosa Hosa Lee when she tied ted tip p at Memphis twenty minutes ahead o 0 the tho Idle Jelle o 0 the tho Bayous An Au s 's fur furs fur's s 's Inow I T know now there want no rio claim fr them hams lams put iut In by y his estate New New York Sun u un n. n |