Show Li 11 t III Mr A Good G d Fellow on Poker Playing I y In nt nit n a 1 little session senion Beslon lost last nl ht I I TSAT jAT Mr r A Good Goo Fellow dolefully a to hIs bis friend on Ibe e way war homo home hOno Crom ram rain r the and ami l Pc c felt hike 10 n a Imo I peel l In n a loe ln fizz null all ni day Aint nt It I I I runny flnoy ninny what a do to rake In n a lit little lt littie tie tic of ot tho the over oer n it round table I drawing to lo fourcard lushes fluShes and tint handing Pt I out Ills luL 11 red while aunt and blue liue c I 1 a little man Instead of oC getting lu tu work 1 and earning tile the th money honestly honesty And did you yon Ot ever think what wb t nn an In j t I object abject species of oC a n n a fellow Is iq Isto Ie to sit pit up all al night long Ion and the 1 I morning try to con can ef Into Inlo thinking j hOI boJ a regular helium 1 good time WOI urn nen be he unwinds the wet wel towel tonel Crom Ils head heJI and looks lok nt at the circles his luis eyes by bJ tho the of ot the tlc cold rcy grey 3 n I AInt It funny But nut It Jt funnier still fUl the Ibe way hell hol KO go o arid and da the th 0 salon parao we week thIng over again tho the very next Take It from mime HIP theres n ii I whole lot It poker n a 1 lou lul nays from fron beIng brn what hat Its Ils cracked up tip to iii tobe t be And believe me mc when hen I tn nan It theres a whole Tholo lot more mor It fo f i 4 r his na pot hot all ni V other forma loU of parlor tinner played 1 away 3 r oft off or tho the hoards boards to p 1 i i Did jou 01 eTer stop Iop to think of ot the tho th way wn P Jn which ono one on of thee little begins be Lw bl gins out o UI ends end and rune run rn amuck BO so to lo speak world worM without end coil Did you I a of ot jours OUN meets you on 1 the street or phone you jou OU the tho tb bl bih b Igo state the place time of or time gathering of ot the clan dOl You Immediately get bet busy hUl and ond figure out Just how ow much coin you our can Rn n rake anti and tc together for tor tin Clue tl little And Ald till nil 11 tho tl rt ret rest t of ot Ii day 1 t tn ron jon 00 lons of oC how ban ho you jou QU I d I will 1 look 1001 l n it red und Dud bIu I us ms high sic n your chin Youre there on time right to the thi minute Everybody gives you yu IU the tho glad nud flouring In hu imi hl own mind juat Ju t what la l i the limit of co h be he can enn take away from froni jou you Som hody furt ure to emIt you jou ou that old chestnut about whether you ron brought n a horse hor with wih yon yan to carry corrI nn the coin or whether you OU were content with a o wheel wheelbarrow wb I barrow brrow 1 You taio tolo off or your our coot coat ODd and collar roll rollup rol rollup up u your and after oCer anxiously In Inquiring inI I quiring Into Inlo the qualIties 1 of oC the 1 bottled InvIgorator and the cheese sand eind you sit down dowa to the table and oud paes over ocr your jour our dough doull for far your first frt stack of ot chip The rite meanwhile you keep up n a J nonchalant running commentary or of do de I Je Jests ts about this that J and tho the other thing anything except I poker I When the tlc question of or the of or the tho limit lu is settled you jou JOI proceed to solemn oath with every overy mini mUl tires eat nt that the Ibo gimo ganie will I break hrcak up tip nt at 1110 1 prompt or lout You Yon tell tel of or the tile ab nb absolute absolute solute ollie necessity lly of oC your being home hOlo bj I midnight ht nt at n t nbc Iho latest and 1101 so 20 El doca doo every other dJ especially the ono ones marred The Tie gets thick and n l hazy hor and heal hea and mil the Ih dwindles down don to the and youre oure ul at It Il again The rho necessaries Did yon yuu over ever stop to think of o the nature of or tho con around a n poker You 11 ply UIt hay ho the vocabulary down tat pat patto to tu be nu tilt full mud to lu avoid nold Ie le h hII lui II picked tilt cut no ns nl the one lamb Imul for thin tho 11 I J pot got cm em off ot ot says nl tine thc fat ft mart coon tan across from Crom you 01 throw throwing Ing lu iii hit opener Ill JU boost hoft you vou drawls out the chop chopou ou out tile the t h loft left lef Not for little I exclaims c the tine fellow throwing down tile his cards card cordI a disgustedly d Come Como you YOI retort when It gets ets to jou OU real reul mysterious like Aud AudIt so tie It Thon n when the bettIng belling In Is It done dono with wih aud aled your jour 0 1 r you rOil open the time live die le pasteboards one by one lIke Iko a n fan fal au the while concealing them thel JIt an as 3 though you jou UI were sure every good god fellow flow In t the he crowd In tn buck lu k of your chair looking I over your shoulder When the fifth card curd bus bos beers been squeezed n a hairs breadth hr beyond the margin of or time the tlc fourth yon YOI announce hopefully fer f r wino No Xo good your jour opponent retorts retort gleefully I I Cei ly three lucre here You win you ou grunt Say S lumc another stuck of o the You YOI know how It hi Is bo ho he 1110 tIming thing over Ofer nail over ocr deal deul after of tel deal del jou OU lose lost slid ud then thel lieu you jou Ol win winand and you hit a ft real where her you jou ou cant even draw drw u ii 1 picture curd card with wll a n steel magnet Thures sure ture to 10 bo lie h sonic pome fome fresh guy I In ID inthe the lunch hunch who consoles you with wib tint that old foell ossil C 61 Cheer up old pal nl Sometimes you OU play milay In bard lurch luck for a Q long Ion time Limo arid and then It I grows worse wowe wo e And Anul of till nil ni stunts stunt bores hores tho tiu th very Yen Your head hed gets to buzzing like u at Salome lancer dancer nud and you jou ou lane havo hn to bare bavo 1 fresh alt or jouve gone OIt to the lie icebox for Cor or another hattie bottle hOlle of ot burr anyway you ou leave the tho table tohle for one ODe ODer reason r on or another and what do you jou ou do Do Io yen jon Un wiy MI mm sensible lite Jave 10 mn mci out out thIs thin hand band No Xo You play piny plo this band hand for mel mc Dont DODt jou Sure you YOl do ito You cant lose your 1001 money mODey fast enough yourself 0 I 11 and n nl you Oi have hn fe to lo toas as ask On one ie else to help you yon I More titan than that youre to so O that one rattling milling good get ret by I you and andoh oh uh If lC only boon he 1 In wll t a n wad ital 11 you jou 01 would have ha e cleaned up Aln t It th thO ii truth troth Mabel Ioel Then when the appointed el five fe comes around you look 1001 nt at the thc rest rost of them and they the leok Iok nt at you ou ami you YOI nil nIh ni to hun Just one ole round of or and It IL goes soel anti nd then theu somebody starts nn an argument Ir ns 0 lo to where whore they began and ond where her they thoy ended oh well 11 his Ils 11 tho the not next morning before that round of oC I Is IF ml When hen the time docs come to in en h In hum Inand II and anul tho the hanker banker begins to ho dig 11 down 1101 In mm hi I jeans Jean with h a worried look looi unit ond the tho t e C v no up lip lp thirty or forty IB Is pro profuse profuse fuse Cle In his bis willingness to stay n a little I longer nun give Ife you jou rOi n a l chance to get It hack and the lie led fellow who won TOn three plunks stud and sixty cents realize that he lie hns h l up all ni night 10 lo do Ilu It I and tho lh hen losers ore are plan planning In l ning nin already Irel tr for the tine next next sitting and tunit nt the Lime dawn streaks In Iii II nt at the lie window nail and you I hear the tile noise of or tho the wagon and the tint air II Is stale tulo with wih smoke and a nut beer and and nil lint but Ls tho I Ii use untie you YOI know klo jou on realize youve been een In nt at a sitting null all ni right mill all ni right Am Alum I 1 concluded Mr Ir A flood Fellow not If I I 1 Iee see ce It I this way why wi dont 1100 I 1 unIt quit Well Wel elI of or all ni the tho th Do you Toil nl Pin 11 going to 10 drop seven eight not nol nolo go o after It Not ot oL fur for Clr a ut I Thoron henn another session nt at Dills III tomor tomorrow row rout rw night And Atud Ill Il pot get t lo ho cm enu CU thIs thin time you ou bet Hotter heLter Bele take ta ke a mu I hand h ld Di told uld uldine ine me toe to look you up UI Ul sure nure |