Life — September 23, 1897 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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A Denver gambler named Dougherty, while in New York, where he found the games too slow for him, heard that a pretty stiff game of poker was being played in Persia. So to Persia Dougherty sailed, and he was soon popular among the young princes, even if he could not talk Persian, They play poker somewhat differently there from what we do in this country. There never is any money insight. A man sits near the table and records the bets, anda settlement is made after the game isover. This bookkeeper is also a linguist, and whenever foreigners play with these princes, as in Dougherty’s case, he tells of the “raises.” One night Dougherty had been trailing in on nearly every hand, only to be beaten in the ‘‘show-down.” Finally he caught a pair of sixes about the time one of the princes caught four of akind. There had been adeal of ‘‘jollying” and “ horse-play” going on all the night. Dougherty, of course, could not understand the words that were being spilled out around him every second, but he never said anything or looked interested. He would simply skin bis cards, come in when he wanted to or lay down, just as the notion struck him. When he picked up his sixes, he looked the Persian in the eye, and the Persian laughed, ‘* Tru-le-lu,” said the Persian. ‘‘Guying me, I reckon," said Dougherty, ‘* but I'll give you some of your own sort of words. Tru-le-lum.” ** Tru-le-lili-lo," said the Persian. ‘* Tru-le-lele-lili-lole-lum,” replied Dougherty; but before he could get the words out of his mouth, the young prince threw down his four of a kind, kicked the table over, fell for- ward ona sofa lying near, and broke out inasob. ‘* Heavens, man!" exclaimed the interpreter, ‘* you raised him ‘leven millions that time !"—Argonaut, FRreverick Locker Lampson told a story of Bedford, the great English bookbinder, which illustrates clearly the nature of the collector. ‘He once sent me home a little book which I considered unsatisfactory. The volume did not sbut properly. It gaped. When I pointed out this grievous defe Bedford, his only remark was, ‘Why, bless me, sir, you've been reading i Wues quiet was restored the lawyer handed the photograph to the jury and quietly remarked : ** You may see for yourselves that the choking was done with the lef: hand, and you have observed that my client has no such member.” He was unmistakably right. The imprint of the thumb and fingers, forced into the fiesh in a singularly ferocious, sprawling and awkward manner, was shown in the photograph with absolute clearness. The prosecution, taker wholly by surprise, blustered and made attempts to assail the evidence, be: without success. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, Meanwhile the prisoner had fainted, and his gag and bonds had been removed, but he recovered at the moment when the verdict was announced. He staggered to his feet, and his eyes rolled; then, with a thick tongue, be exclaimed : “Te was the left arm that did it! This one"—holding his right armas high as he could reach—‘‘ never made a mistake. It was always the left one. A spirit of mischief and murder was in it. I cut it off in a sawmill, but the spirit stayed where the arm used to be, and it choked this man to death. | didn’t want you to acquit me. [ wanted you to hang me. I can't go through life having this thing haunting me and spoiling my business and making a murderer of me. It tries to choke me while I sleep. There it is! Can't yoo see it?” And he looked with wide-staring eyes at his left side. “* Mr. Sheriff,” gravely said the judge, ‘take this man before the commis sioners of lunacy to-morrow."—Lippincott's. An English peer, for some offense, was called out by a politician, ard promptly responded to the challenge. On arriving at home again after tte duel, his lordship gave a guinea to the coachman who had driven him to ac from the ground, The driver appeared to have been an exceptionally honest, simple man, He was surprised at the largeness of the sum presented, atd said, ‘My lord, | only took you to—.” "Yes, yes; I know that. Bat the guinea is for bringing me back."— Argonaut. Blair’s Pills Great English Remedy for GOUT and RHEUMATISM. SAPE, SURE, EFFECTIVE. 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