Show A GAMBLERS superstition xie viewed with horror the to huaro a dab of ard they were playing a quiet rubber of whist and had called for a new deck of cards one of the players was an old timer a card player of years of experience and he took up the old worn out pack and put them on the windowsill throw them in the fire said the young man who was his partner what said the elder throw a pack of cards in the fire young man you dont know what you arc talking about I 1 do it for one thousand dollars why not superstition was the answer bum a pack of cards an d they will never give you another hand and will mock you to the last they arc bad enough at best but y w never saw a gambler curse the cards or abuse them or burn them or otherwise ill treat them lie dare to I 1 knew a successful card player who did ithe was dwelling on velvet then in a year he was a beggar and he never won a game worth mentioning forever after its a whim but the gentlemen of the cloth of green respect it and they wont burn a pack of cards |