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Show , . j "TOMMY" PLAYED POKER. .. I Father Relented When He Thought "Suckers" Were in Sight. "Tommy," said Tommy's lather, as he caught the boy counting a roli of bills, "where'd you git all that money?" "Playin' poker," answered the boy. "Tommy," said the old man sternly, "you follow fol-low me out back o' tne house." "But dad" , "Ain't 1 told you never to tackle no game 6f ' chance till you " ' I "But this wasn't no game of chance," protest- I ed the boy, "Why, dad, I run acrost a couple o' WL tenderfeet from the East that didn't know no B more about poker than to buck ag'in a pat hand B in a jack pot with only a pair o' tens." B The old man had picked up a strap, but now mk he dropped it. B "What's that?" he asked. B "Fact, dad," replied the boy. "An' on the very next deal one of 'em had three queens an' let me H' bluff him out on ace high." j "Didn't know no more about playin' poker than B that?" asked the old man. M "They sure didn't, dad." B The old man began to show signs of excite- B ment. B "Have they left town yet, Tommy?" he asked. B "No dad." B "Well, this here poker is a bad thing for boys, flj an' I don't stand fer it nohow," announced the old man, "but if you'll jest steer your ol' dad up agin' them suckers, Tommy, we won't bother with the B: strap this time. Somebody ought to git that mon- ey that can take care ot it, fer it would be a cry- in' shame to leave it with two sech careless fel-H fel-H lers 'as that." Brooklyn Eagle. |