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Show RIGHT IN THEORY ONLY. Good Argument, but It Failed to Secure Se-cure the Cigars. In a Sixteenth street cigar storo a young man put n nickel In a slot machine. ma-chine. It was one of those poker machines. ma-chines. He pressed the lover and In the "hand" that Rhowcd ho bad two queens. Ho looked on the cntd of explanation ex-planation and saw ono lino that read: "Kings or bGtter, two cigars " That was tho lowest winning "hand." "Well, I win two clgais," ho said to the proprietor. Tho latter looked at the machine. "Indeed you don't," lio said. "You have only two queens." "Well," said the young man, "look here, Dnrsn't this pay 'Kings or l)Pt-ter, l)Pt-ter, two clpars?'" "It does', but you havo two queens." "I was always taught." said tho young man, "Hint the women wero hotter than the men. So queens aren't bettor than kings, eh?" The proprietor laughed, but ho i didn't hand over the cigars. Donvor Post. |