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Show oo rOP-HJ ODDS, lh Bcrton Bralej 'Said old Jim Budd, the gambler: "I've often staked my wad. j And watched the wheel com even. when 1 have backed the odd;( I've played the racln' ponies, I've plunged a heap at stud. There wasn't any game of chance that frightened Jimmy Budd. I like the thrill of gnmblln". It's, breath of life to me. I ll take a shot at anything an" bet mv money free, 1 11 shove my stack acrost the board if there's a chance to win. iBut r won't gamble on this fluff they're sellia' now as gin: .'I've bucked the faro outfits. I.ve rolled the bones as well; I've won an" lost more heaps of jack than I would care to tell: rve took my losses smllin'. the way a guy should do. A: any game I've ever seen that's either eith-er old or new. My limit was the bright blue sky. an people used to say I never moved an eyjBjash when my pile was swept away. I bad my bouts with Barleycorn before be-fore the land went dry. 'But I don't take no chances now On j Prohibition Bye: "I never was no piker, 1 ain't no piker now. But every guy has limits, an this is mlne.'I vow; 1 will not bet my years of life against a little drink An' any time 1 get the stuff I pour It down the sink. An' though I've seen most everything. I somehow ain't inclined To relish going to a home for people who are blind. Name anv game you wanta play. you'll find I won't refuse. But I won't bet my two good eyes against a shot Of boozel" (Copyright. 1 9 2'2 . N BA Service.) -oo |