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COLD FEET IN HOT POKER
Embarrtuing Momenta that Will Oraep Into
the Merry Oame or Draw.
CHRONICLE OF A SESSION IN IDAHO
Three Slirrpmoii anil n HlrnnBt-r Who
Unit to Cnti;h n Train A llrltle
gruom'x I'lcn An Impera
tive KiiKUKcnicii t.
sheepmen wero pretty craggy by this time, 1 exactly similar situation como out altogether
nnd I didn't know what to expect of them; differently. This happened In Tucson, about
but ten minutes before the train was due, eRht year8 R0. Ocorgo McAIpln Hn cx.
Just after I'd hauled In another Jackpot -0MiPr nf the ravnlrv rnlnr nrmv
man who got the cold feet
"Soma rainy afternoon, when I'vo got noth
ing to do but sit Indoors and wait for pcoplo
to como and hand mo money, I'm golug to
wrlto n trcatlso to bo entitled 'I'okcr Cold
Keet, from a I'atholnglcul and Psychological
1'olnt of View,' said "Doc" I.add of tho
Chcrokeo nation to u Chicago Inter-Ocean
reporter. "Not that I cherish tho belief
that tho grisly symptoms of cold feot In
lokcr are. not fully npprehended by tho wholo
e-onununtty of poker players; but it seems to
tno that tho nature and character of cold
feet In poker, together with some general
tips uh to how and when to get tho same, nnd
perhaps a map of the United Statcj show
ing by shaded sections those parts of tha
country wbero It Isn't healthful for a man
who's n big winner suddonly (o acqulto a
caso of frigid pedals In a game of draw,
would bo a good thing, and that It ought to
sell pretty well. Wo'ro all subject to sudden
nttneks of frappo underpinnings when wo'ro
to tho good In a gamu of draw, but all of uj
don't Just exactly know how to get away
with tho proposition. Tho work of some of us
when we get that way la pretty eoaise;
we're not convincing enough to make It
stick; nnd It occasionally happens that we
hav real dltficulty, or omharrnsamcu, at strictly rn -the-levcl play
tno least, in breaking out Into the open with
tho goods on us. That's why I think a
brocluiro on tho subject ought to mako a
hit.
"I onco sat In a gamo with three sheep
men out lu Idaho. I didn't know- any of
them very well. From tho beginning of tho
fnlreo I couldn't lose. I was due to take
tho midnight train on the Union I'acille for
a town In Oregon, but 1 hadn't said anything
about that tWoro sitting In the game. And
whon I went right out and got their money
In got, 1 didn't feel that it would be ex
actly dead wise on my part to mention It.
At 11 o'clock, nftar three hours' play, I
had $1,S50 of their money and still going
easy, yanking down thtee pots out of tlvci.
In another hour I had to make that train,
nnd I knew ihat I could never do It with
all thnt gilt of those sheepmen on me. Said
I to myself: 'Five hundred's a gcod enough
winner; so I'll Just slough off all but $500
of this bunch, and by that time It'll be
midnight, and I can do a sudden cash-in, nnd
maybe they'll let mo go away with It.'
"So I hegan to bluff 'cm out f their bosU
I raised It before the draw and stood pat
on king til sh. and they cutscd nnd lalJ
down; I drew to thrco-enrd lluhes and
worth 1150, I pushed back my chair,
stretched my arms, yawned qulto cavern
ously and got up.
" 'My friends,' said I, hanging on tight
so as not to permit my volco to tremble,
'this concludes my portion of tho entertain
mont.' t
"They all leaned back In their chairs nnd
looked up at me, and they looked darned
ugly, at that.
" 'Tho devil you nay!' said one of them.
" 'Yes,' said I, still fighting that tend
ency of my voice to wabble on critical oc
casions, 'this Is where I pass out. I'm go
ing to'
" 'Keel h draft on your feet, hey?' said the
ugllca of the sheepmen, surveying mo sar
donically. 'Subject to chilblains, are you?
Look a-here, podner. that may go all right
down In tho Cherokco country, but up thls-a-way
such conduct is viewed with dis
favor, If not with suspicion; and, anyhow,
you'ro not well Acquainted euougb around
this neck o" sage brush to do a Jack rabbit
scramble of that sort. You'vo got to
know'
"I cleared my throat loudly, took a grip
on the back of my chair, nnd cut In right
there.
" 'I'm up against it, In n wny,' I said, and
I don't think there was a quaver In my pipes
then, 'on account of my nogloctfulncrt?. I
neglected to stato, when I sat Into this
game, that I'm booked for tho westbound
train that crecrs In hero ut midnight; con
sequently, In accordance with the poker codo
that's llcd up to In this (section, It's prob
ahly not up to mo to make that announce
ment now. when I'm 'way to tho good and
expert to hil.o with my winnings. It's com
ing to mo to otate. however, that I'm a
pquaro man, and that I got this bunch In
Hut the business
that. I'm embarking on this midnight train
for la of a wholo lot more Importance to mo
than any poker w innlugs;aiid I'm not try
ing to butt tho hinges off any unwritten
roker rules or notl ns that may prevail up
thin waj. Therefore, for the sake of being
agreeable, I'll Jurt cash lu the $100 worth
of chipo that I bought when t fat In, and you
gentlemen may mako whatevor division of
my winnings that bct.t suits you.'
"Tho three sherpn.en l'rstcned attentively
to that epiel. It was tho only way I knew to
get out of the predicament. As I till It
now It may look bj If I showed tho milk
whlto plumo; but thoy were three against
ono .mil I never went a-huntlng for that
kind of bother. When 1 got through they
looked at each other. Then they all got
up.
" 'Cash In your hundred, nothing,' said
tho ugliest of tho three, locking mo straight
In thy eye, and right then I flgutcd that
whon tho rtioatlng bn;an It would bo best
for mo to dtop suddenly to tho floor and
try to crawl to mo of tho wir.il wu. 'You
don't cnili In no hundred here. You cafh In
every d d chip In your Made and you
( get away with It, too. Wo ain't no hogs
flll.v.1 'am IM 1ml. t nt , ilni.l r...,. In .,!.. I "111
and It nee mod to bo simply
tuo to push any portion of that
to them.1'
llliln't M'uitt In fir I'nrmia,
"On tho contrnry. Inside of another half
hour I was $600 moro to the gool of them,
making mo $2,150 winner. I know that I
couldn't got ii way with 1111 that not with
thia-a-way and wo don't dj the baby
imnrmihi f .r I tlCt "hou tho ?8,no ''oesii't tun our way I they took t
'at $l 850 1 over ' "ot ollt Iicns 1,1 IJaho' wo (lm,'l: a", whc" i 01 J Mcxlco'
' a man hauda mo, for one, n pioper talk like "I havo
McAIpln had
cloancd up all tho money drawn from the j
government by threo troops of cavalry dur- j
Ing his flvo-year enlistment, and when ho
got hla dlschargo he was several thousand
dollars to tho good, so that ho didn't want
any moro soldiering In hls'n. He played
cards around Arizona and Now Mexico,
played square when the people on tho other
sldo of the table wero doing tho same, and
phony when ho knew that ho was in that
kind of a game. On this occasion McAIpln,
who was a big, sinewy, courageous man. go'
Into a gamo in a small room over a Tucson
saloon with three California prospectors who
had struck a silver lode In old Mexico, nnd
who were In Tucson enjoying themselves. 1
looked on at the game, along with four or
flvo other chaps who didn't feel like playing.
McAIpln knew that ho was playing with
men that didn't manipulate the deck them
selves nor Htand for nuybody olso doing It,
nnd ho played fair. Ilut tho way ho got tho
money of tlioro silver men was a caution. He
didn't hnvo to bluff. Ho got the cards. He
was over $3,000 ahead of tho garao after
two houra' play, and still winning. Ho
shoved over all but one stack of chips then,
saying to tho banker;
" 'Just turn some of this Junk Into gilt.
It obstructs my view.'
"Tho banker cashed the checks, nnd then
McAIpln shoved tho remaining stnek In
front of him Into a Jackpot, and lost. He
got up.
" 'I'vo got a dato with myself at a honka
tonk down tho way a bit," ho said.
"Tho threo prospectors became, (lerco all
tognther. They know that McAIpln was a
professional gambler, and they weren't al
together sure that he had got their money
on tho Mqiiare. At any rate, they didn't In
tend to permit him to get a sudden case of
tho polar props when ho was Into them over
a thousand each and the shank of the even
ing not yet arrived, and their hands went
right straight back to where their guns
protruded.
'I'll ll (lie MiimHIiik IIckuii,
"Then McAIpln did precisely what thU do
tcctlvo fellow, Sherlock Holmes, does in tho
play when he's collared In that grow some
gas cellar. He had his hand on the back cf
his chair. Tho light was furnished by a
coal oil lamp In the. mlddlo of the poker
table. McAIpln gave tho chair a lightning
swing, and down it came on the lamp. After
the crash the room was black dark, and It'j
a miracle that somu of us weren't punctured
In tho shooting that followed. McAIpln was
wine, Tho threo prospectors floured that
ho'd take to tho door, and they phot In thnt
direction. But he took tho window for his,
diopped fifteen fect to tho ground, and was
off and away before a match could bo struck.
It was suddon work, but McAIpln was a
sudden man. When Tucson heard tho story,
Tuiuon notified the three prospectors that
the town didn't feel llko extending hospital
Ity to people who couldn't tand for llttlo
poker IcnufM without gun plays that put tho
place in Jeopardy of being burnt up, and
they took themselves back to their lode in
Ho wfnt right out in tho lead and won
steadily. Ho hadn't started the game until ,
after midnight, and bcfoio wo knew it thu
light of dawn begun to sneak in at the
window, and the young man who managed
the wholesale grocery had Muck us each up
for something like $."i00. When wo tsaw the
daylight creeping in he announced that It
was pretty near all off as far as he was
concerned, but wo Jollied him out of that
notion, and he played on, winning right
along. At 0 o'clock In tho morning he gave
a quick look at hln watch, pushed back his
chair, and said that he guessed he'd cash.
"Quito without Justlllcation wo all threo
set up tho cold-feet wall.
" 'You won't do,' we raid to him. 'You're
a quarter-horse, and you can't go tho dis
tance. Can't you Interview your chiropodist
about thoso cold feet later In the day? Hero
It Is Just' i
"The young man gazed at us helple tly,
and then ho broke out with:
I) It all, I'm going to bo married at
11 o'clock this morning, and I've got to go
homo and Jump Into my duds, haven't I?'
"Of courso we had to apologize for accus
ing him of being a victim of frozen lowoi
extremities, and I guess ho tirted to
housekeeping with that $1,500 he took away
from us,
iilf KeiiNim .Mm tnll.
"On another occasion I felt resentment In
my houl over tho dcslro of u man to quit, a
wnolesalo winner and was Just about to sug
gest tho hot-water euro for his pedals when
I was tipped off as to the situation in the
nick of time. I got Into n game with a
sheriff I know In a little town In southwest
ern Colorado, and after we wero well under
way a. dark-skinned chap, with a lot of Mex
ican In him, stuck hi. head In at the door of
tho sheriff's ofnee, inside the Jail, whore we
were playing.
" 'Como on In. Jim.' said the sheriff. 'Want
to break Into this?'
"The mau tho sheriff addressed as Urn
didn't mind, nnd he went out for a mlnuto
and returned with a sizable sack filled with
gold coins. He bought $100 worth and tho
cards began to filter his way from the go-off.
I was sorry tho sheriff had Invltrd the chap
In beforo an hour was over, for he had moro
than $200 of my plores of eight, nnd It didn't
look llko Jim knew how to lose at poker
auywny ho or wo played It. Ho got Into
the sherllf Just as hard as ho did me, ami
tho longer wo played the more ho won.
Along about 1! o'clock In tho morning Jim
looked up at tho clock and uaid that he
guessed he'd pass out that he had a few
lotters to write. I felt llko being real rudo
to Jim, and I was Just nbout to tell him
that 2 o'clock was a pretty untoward hnir
for a unan to pry himself looso from a gamo
In which he was such a big winner, wnon tho
BhPrlff gave mo u kick on the leg under the
table. So I didn't say anything .vhllo Jim
cashed In, and when he took mo b the hand
and bado mo good-by with qultn n wholo
lot moro fervor than seemed to bo callel for
under tho circumstances, I wondered a heap
Just what kind of n propo?ltIon Jim was,
anyhow. He packed his winnings Into tho
bag ho'd brought Into the room and went
out.
" 'Huh!' faid I to my friend, tho sheriff,
you took that good and easy, pal, didn't
you'' It's a wonder you wouldn't let out
I ono roar, anyhow, over that fellow's hiking and Major Burko wore at on early luncheou
! nway with so much of our good dough In given by tho American consul In Munich.
hln rMlnnvcnnb ' tin cnl.l t. . .. .... '
" " '" " '"i nan nenni discussions re-
"My friend, the sheriff, spat at tho stove liiutlng upon tho Integrity, as It were, of
and grinned dreamily. J the Mclouaneis of the bucking broncho', as
" 'Well, may bo I would ha',' said he, 'on'y I displayed during tho performance, some peu.
I'm goin' to bang Jim at 7:30 this moinln', plo claiming that oh.irp steel burrs wero
and l guess ho wonts to get ready for hln j placed beneath the saddle Haps, or that tho
llttlo parade across tho border.' ;anlnals were trained to do ns .they did He
"Jim was hanged on sehedulo time, nil Uierofcrc. wished to .m n hmnrk J,imJi
rigm, uua ns lie swung inio me circuiiiam- -'oro him and inountdl. Ho was told lh
. blent I couldn't help but feel sort o' guilty (ho experiment was somewhat .lnnm,,,
foi thinking that he'd had cold feet when
hv drew out of that game."
m cKi:i a k i. Mi
sneopmen on mo oinnr sine oi iue laniu: i - . , ,, . ,, ,
n,i i MAn't want -em to render mc norous '" t happen back thls-a-way Us all right
and leaky with the forty-fives that tbey Dad ," '
the ono you'vo Just put up, ho got's all that's
a-eomlug to him and r. tiuublo to follow.
You raih In and you tako a drink with us
and wo'll put you on tho train and If you
ever happen back thlw-way Just dig us
up nnd give U3 another hack at you; If you
eald tho other two In
also known of some occasions
when the desire of a man who was a good
winner to quit the gamo was Improperly
diagnosed by the other players as a case of
cold fect. I sat Into n four-handed game In
a hotel room In Denver one night u fow
An f 1 ....... . ....A A . 1. 1 . L . . .
j jvaici afau. nu u mu J'lajrm, UUL
tno otner ono was a stranger to all three
of us, We'd been Introduced to him by
bomcbody or other in the corridor of the
hotel, and when we said we were going up
stalrB to have a little drnw fun he atkcsi
to be allowed to butt in. He was a guilelesj
Ktr.mr.0,1 In nliiln view around their waists. amo here,
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Neither did 1 want to do any backing and , cirua. ,
Riling and cruw tlbhlng. I'd gut their money j "That's how I got out of Idaho with $2,600
nn .h lavol. nnd It was initio: nnd If I ot threo theepmen's money, when tho best
rnnirin'i in ii hark to them decently and ' I was loaklng for was a chance to Jump out ! sort of a young follow, and was the mana
In order at tho same game at which I'd got ; of the window and take tho sash nlons with gcr of a big wholesale grocery In Denver.
It away from tbem. then It was up to me to ! mo. Hut I was Just lucky enough to be up Krr all that young man's gullelesness h
do something clue. Tho tempers cf the three J against three square men, and fve ren an j had ui all on the run from tho first Jump.
if f'
Wild Itnlil on ltu)iilt by a Wild
Wi'Mt llronelio.
Tho llttlo finger of the right hand of
Colonel William V. Cody Is encircled by a
signet ring bearing the royal arms ol H.i
varla, and Duffalo Hill frequently wear In
I his scarf a pin emblazoned with a similar
i Insignia. Hack of thoee poisesslcns, reUtos
thu Philadelphia Times, Is a story that con
cerns tho Amorlcnn broncho, regarding which
them is much mlsapprohens on In tho pub ic
mind.
' During tho Journey of the Wild West show
' to wistorn Kuropo It exhibited In London
during the time of tho quorn's poire Jubilee.
Among the distinguished royal guoits thero
I was tho prlnco icgent of Bavaria, Lultpold,
! and ho was so entertalnod by tho prcsenln
( tlon of American ways In the far wostcui
country thnt ho told Colonel Cody and his
! representative. Major Burke, that If thov
'over eamo to Havarla to command him for
any friendly torvlco In his power. In 18 10
tho Wild Wert Itinerary Included n stay In
Munich, but thu advance representation had
difficulties presonted In th'ir path by the
chief of police, among which wns a law for
bidding the bringing of horned animals Into
tho kingdom from tho empire of Austrlu
through fear of Infertlous d'so.w. This
meant the elimination of the buffaloes frrm
tho perfotmaiico. and buffaloes meant much
to people In that part of tho world who had
nevor Keen thm. Tlirso nnlmali therefore
were loft at Innsbruek. In scmo way the
prince rc-ron had learned of this, nnd nt ')
o'clock at night, through an equerry, royal
commands wero Issued to the head cf the
royal veterinary department and to the henl
of tho customs service nn I to the head of
tho pnllrci that resuU'd lu Huffa'o Hil when
to nrousfd from slumber next mo nlng, hav-
J Ing his eyrs brightened by is-elng Ms cher
ished blfcons browsing upon the heibjge of
tl'O Bavarian soil.
somewhat daneeroua
and ho was asked to take a seat upon tho
grandstand. This ho refused to do. A man
named (ius Uhl who Is still with tho Wild
West show and carries with him a .silver
snuff box encrusted with sixteen diamonds
as n momento of this episode In his life
selected tho ralldest-maniiered broncho
there was in the outfit, for foar that nn ac
cident might happen and ho would never bo
forgiven. Tho prince regent Inspected tha
equipments of the nnlmnl carefully and saw
them adjusted and cxprrmed himself satis
fied that there was no nrrangement made ti
Irritate tho equine. The broncho was headnl
toward its corral in the hope that it might
buck In that direction, but with tho per
versity of its kind tho moment Uhl mountol
it It swerved directly around, put Its hen I
where Its tall had been nnd made n blind,
maddening dnsh toward tho man who todiy
ucts ns a buffer between Kaloer Wllhclm
nnd much of the rest of Kurope. A man
connected with the show, and still conncc'el
with It, William l.ingan, had the nerve to
Jump between his royal highness and the
creature that threatened his destruction. In
tho collision that ensued Langan and L.U li
poid both rolled In tho diiHt, f,nd ns tho crazy
broncho Hew over them ho r.truck the hat
of the prluro regent und severed its top ai
if it had been cut by a rnzor. If his hoofs
had been a fraction of an Inch lower thern
would havo been no more of Luitpold of
Havarla, nnd European historians might to
day be writing different records. Colonel
Cody nrrlved at his camp In time to wltneiM
the prince regent, with a smiling fnce, dust
ing his dlrt-begrlmed clothing.
Tho Wild West show remained In Munich
six weeks nnd before It left Huffnlo Hill worn
the ring and pin that have been referred to,
and which were yescnted to him by l.uit
pold. Tho broncho that figured in this inci
dent wan thereafter named "King Killer."
He has since gono tho wny of all equina
flesh.
"After suffering jrom piles for fifteen
years I was cured by using two boxes of De-
Tho first day of the Wild West exhibition j Wltt'i Witch Hazel Salvo," write W. J,
In Munich tho entire court nt tended In tho Baxter, North Brook, 7 C. It hcala every-
ufimr, tlvln th i ,.'!. 1 ill.tlnniit.it, I... t ' Ihtfic TUu o.n t .niinln.f.ll.
,i..l.li tt.i nu,, ,,ll,,limit 119 .1 1 i I'll ! m..o vnutr u. .uuui.WCItl.
nnre ot muss on IJ.ister Sunday, and tbat s
e,ajlng much; the limit of Havnr.en mon
archical splendor. At Intervals of five min
utes and occupying n rcrkd of tlmo of nearly
ono hour the various mKiiners of tho rnyil
family, with their accompanying attendants,
arrived In the order of tholr years and dig-
.No Iteitret.
Detroit Journal: Wn found th wan, hec
tic sdiool-glrl partaking of her frugal
luncheon of slate-pencils and pickles.
"Why Is t," wo aBked, coming at ones
to the subject we had been fiercely debating
! lulll. nhraaU'na "lli.t vm. ..., .bin ........
IlltV im-lnnl wllh tho ln,.oa. .! ll,l""" .".'". " J " u ,u,,
"',"""" , , , j tint 1 1 vou ran dead any moro?"
humhlfht. the final appearance being nnrio ..why ,,,,, ,r rtcrnnnded she. brus
hy the prlnco regent. who.e rresenco was I nUP,y Scientific calisthenics are less
graced on tho line of his nnxement toward .,0wy as regards Immediate results, per
nnd entrance to tho show, bv 2,000 cavalry- 1 haps, but they aro far moro ladylike."
men. Two hundred thousand people turtle I if he felt any regret for the old order of
I out upon the sticets and abandoned their things, she did not show It.
1 dally toll to wltue tlm spectnc le. 1 he r cx j
I rcomlng, whl'o Co onel Cody and Annlo Oak- 1
I jpy and Johnny Dakpr and Ma or Burko wero 1
Miss Sentiment Were yen over disappointed in love?
Kllglblo Widower Two and a half times.
Mies Sentiment Two and a half times'
Ellglblo Widow or Yoj, tw ico married nd once rejected.
! having their breakfast In thrh tent on tlv
flow groiinclB, they were rurprlsed and. In
fart, startled when the prlnc.' regent, with
two equerries, appeared bentlh tho canvas
and osked the privilege of Joining then at
their matutinal meal. Needlcrs to say tho
liermlsilon was quickly granted, nnd f.o'n
that day I.ultpold. sometlmfs arrompanW 1
by other members of his family, was a dally
morning vlmtor behind tho scenes if that
exprerslon Is permissible as applied to a
rhow where scenery Is entirely natural of
tho American exhibition.
Ono morning ho came when Colonel Cody
o -ex e T o 2?a. x .
Ihs Kind You Han Always Bouh.
Bean the ,ns Mr,!1 m m ml"
Bl8n.r 2Lm
OABTOXIXA.
Juara the The Kind You Haw Always
oAsrcztxii.:
Bor tb KM You Han AlAays
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