Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-19 | Page 3 | Proved Value of Courtesy

proved value of courtesy I 1 found out the other that courtesy pays even in a poker game said a united states senator from one of the southern states I 1 had a par ty 0 gentlemen at my house for a social game and long toward the shank of the evenin there came a right smart jackpot I 1 dealt the cards and the man next to me it I 1 squeezed out the only straight flush I 1 ever held in my life from the seven to the jack of clubs of course every man the six that were trailed along and when it got round to me I 1 just nat mally raised it the limit which by the way was very small everybody stood the raise and all bands drew three cards but me and the bank clerk a young fellow who know much about the game as the sequel will show the opener bet a white chip bank clerk who sat two seats away from him h isted it the limit I 1 baw that he had drawn two cards and figured it out that he had tours in fact I 1 had no right to count on anything else seeing the play he d made and I 1 felt in my bones that I 1 had him skinned to death then I 1 did the courteous thing and says to him young man I 1 ve got you licked to a standstill but bein as I 1 m the host of the evenin and bein I 1 m slightly ahead ot the game I 1 m just coln to call you I 1 m darn sorry you re so polite says he ive got the best hand I 1 ever had in my life and with that ha threw down the king queen jack ten and nine of diamonds the darn fool continued the senator had broke a pair of queens and held up the king queen and ten ot diamonds in the nine and jack and he had done it before he saw that I 1 was pat I 1 having the last draw as I 1 said before that he dian didn t know much about the game but my courtesy saved my life and I 1 only lost about a dollar the band