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Show o Henry E. Dixey, the actor, was talking about the terrllic fight that occurred oc-curred recently on an Atlantic liner between two fat and elderly poker players. 'It seems," said Mr. Dixey, with a smile, " that the first man lost thirteen hundred dollars to the second and paid up. The second then lost seventeen hundred and fifty dollars dol-lars to the first, and refused to pay up. No wonder there was a fight, eh? If this sort of thing keeps up, the smoking room morals of a liner will fall as low as the gambling-room morals of Tin Can. A tenderfoot once visited Tin Can and watched with interest in-terest the poker play. From saloon lo saloon he passed. Everything was wide open, and very gay and lively. Eut as he looked on at a poker game that had no limit, the tenderfoot sud- Hi denly frowned. He had seen the dealer deal-er slip himself four aces from the bottom of the pack. 'Gracious powers,' pow-ers,' whispered the tenderfoot, excitedly excit-edly clutching the sleeve of the man next to him, -did yqu notice that?' Notice what?' asked the other. 'Wny, that scoundrel in the red shirt just nealt himself four aces.' The other looked at the tenderfoot calmly. 'Well, wasn't it his deal?' ho said." |