Salt Lake Herald | 1905-09-17 | Page 4 | New Source for Excuses

NEW HOT SOURCE FOR EXCUSES Poker Player Who Can Always Ac Account Account count For Late Hours Philadelphia Record j I He Is a man about town with a reputation tation for or diplomacy and an this was borne out by b the story he was telling some friends in a cafe last night I 1 Joined joine a poker club he lie said sal and Hand pot got so infatuated with the game that my m wife besan beran b an to raise a howl overy every night because 1 Ilu I staved out late I had ex ox exhausted exhausted hausted all the usual l excuses of bust busi business ness neu sick friends etc when one night know nf there would be an unusual row rowa a brilliant idea struck me Sure enough she nailed me and I calmly told her leer a n mU er had hd occurred and anil that I had stopped ped to see the te finish of ot the case calk Of Ot course she said I was not the truth but the next lay day the newspapers reported the case ca e in detail and md vindicated me m meThe The next nC t late night I excused myself with having stopped to see a big b fire ire and ana she was only half baIt convinced until my t tale le was published next day lay My mater master piece was a thrilling description df crl Uon of Or a madman adman who vho dashed i into to the Delaware Dela river after a chase through the streets M arrival home at daybreak I told my m wife wits was RS de d to tse io C fat fa t tU t I J wanted Ol to see e the tb polite police tor br the body bedy gain Again the tb n vindicate e eMr eHUl eMr Mr HUl wife id is i sort of dubious but as a long as site she cant prove poker Jol er sJ Ih ste keeps kees k ps hf her iter r month h And the fact that all these things occur after midnight squares toe rne The explanation is ia that I J ave avo a n friend on cue cite of et the ne nEs T and ever nl ht Im late at the tiie club I t cull Chit hill UT u boc b beere ce e home and rat et t the tho details detail 01 o s w co v t e li latr t ins 8