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Show MARK OF THE POKEP. PLAYER. Ncver.Faillng Sign Pointed Out by Experienced Man. "That man is a poKer player," said ' the elevate i tend liri.ci toiler after' ho hod p'...iel a Lit of pasteboard I through tho v "UjW to a hurried man , carr.r.g a ar.'t ta c. "There's a gteat deal to bo learned Item the way a pas-1 scr.ger lays down his fare. Take that chap who Just dropped his ticket Into the chopper's box. Ho paid for one ticket lth a quarter, getting four nickels in change. The thing that gave him away was the way he laid down his coin. Tho average man slaps his nickel down and letB It He. This man held his nickel curved In the first Joint of his forefinger and tossscd it gently toward mo across the counter with 'reverso English' the trick of a poker player who can flip a coin upon a table and make it settle to tho fraction frac-tion of an inch. He didn't take tho nickel that way intentionally. It's simply a habit." Now York Evening Post. |