Show S E r 11 t S 1 I A Modern Modera All Au lJ Ski Sin My story relates to another Ah Sin Not Bret a but my own my own kith and kin It was only a tow few short weeks agone In that city you so well know Which the Bride and the Groom s se s. oft frequent Where the south winds gently gentl blow na a 8 city of ot shade and a city of ot flowers A city where laws are made By statesmen great by statesmen small Of Ot every degree and grade Per where there is good there is also alao bad And the t task before e me I h hate i nt Je Jeh As there theres e a much that's true and more that's sad In the story I now relate By invite 3 I came on a a. Saturday night For a 8 friendly game of ot cards Nor Nog or I since have thought it was just the thing While professing the kindest re regards regards re- re gards garde To be trapped into an unknown game As simple as A ABC B C C. C By friends whom each to the other They'd made wipe b boast up she the the table with me On this evening in question I simply dropped InOn in inOn inOn On the Major whose friendship friendship- I prize Not thinking of ot aught but a friendly smoke Or with tales of ot the war to swap lies And there was the Doctor another good friend Such a a. modest and Innocent mate And these two suggested a nice quiet 5 i game Intending my ducats to take a curious game to an innocent kid So full 0 of i surprises unfair Where an honest hand is so frequently bluffed blurred And a bluff is called down by a pair Five cards are dealt out only one at a time An And 1 If youre you're not suited you 4 call While a a. flush is not always the most modest sign To be full Is far tar better than all And should there be dealt you a real royal flush Still worse Is the luck suck you have met I Not a player responds when you open the tho pot Not a sound greets your offers otters to bet To o change my bad luck Jack Pot I X N. 1 i l Bt 5 But no brighter nor better my lot My J name became Dennis and I had hadl l bloomed forth A. A AI Jack Ass instead of or Jack Pot In r spite of or all fusion I quickly caught on As I savvied their tricks and their t wiles When they dealt from the bottom and andS S rang in cold decks deckS' Each deal adding wealth to their 1 piles J. J But to all rl patient t waiters the good goodLord Lord hath bath s said Every good they shall reap all their theirS their'S fr S days So 0 my time for a final Jack Pot And then boldly saw every raise 1 When the betting was over and all allf f hands laid down Two flushes t two o fulls tulls and four tour 1 k kings I spread sPead out Four Aces and then f blandly smiled As AsI 11 gathered the several piles plIes in For two aces I had and two more I Ii Ii i i 5 had drawn From my sleeve like our old friend Ah Sin And I 1 murmured that Kong of ot the old I J Ivy Green II I I 1 gather them In yes l K uther S 1 t them In in |