Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-14
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1t must be told, this story .ol
our French friend / Mo,sienr L
Blanc, who was passenger on tn
sStrader a few days since from
New Orleans. Shortly afte
leaving the Crescent City th
French gentleman vas introduces
to the jolly western pastime calleC
poker-a game he did not under
stand. Nevertheless be proved t,
be an apt scholar, and was soor
found "bluffing" and betting will
a courage quite astonishing to be
hold. Monsieur, however, wa
an easy goose to pluck, and, al
well naturally be inferred, he wa'
a heavy loser before reaching St
Louis. vHhVH SyuzA
h We met and embraced hin
(Frenchthan fashion, you know,
shortly after the steamer bac
landed at the wharf. We saw be
was greatly troubled in mind. Al
his request, We accompanied him
to the Southern hotel. On oul
way he. spoke in sad, mourntu
tone: ,.fs
"Ah, my friend, wat is zat game
wat you call like lisp (al1d he
pushed his cane backward and
forward. } fgrf feryszT
We at once icomprehended.
"Poker! That's it. Ell p
'Oui, zat is him !" and bang
ing the cane down oflkfhe side
walk. "D-n him Eat game
cost me one tousand dollaire !"'
Again we comprehended, Our
French friend had, during his trip
up OF the Straden, bet tooheavily
on "nairy pair" and had suffered.
We patted him on the back and
told him not to feel discouraged,
that he would have better luck
next time. iDoi5 : GseJ.'55
"No, saire y he eNclaimedl-
81 no ask for more luck. 1 nc
play no more-what YOU call him
--pokaire? sTNo, by. 9-n, no
more no more wish to hear re
name Of pokaire in my two ears!'
We reached the Southern. when
the FlenJ man, ,tatigued by bis jour
ney and distressed at his loss,
sought his room. The weather
was damp and chilly. He rang
the bell, when servant appeared
for orders. o,,-r-,-
n want you to make re fire
burn I want him hot. pa .' ...s- ...
"Aye, sir;;sI can do that with
the poker ZEE, ,,,5a 70 s.. r.. @ ~, T.,
The Frenchman groaned, and
frightened the boy with alook of
savage despair.
"YOu d--n rascal" he moaned,
sit you say pokairezto' me. / will
cut your throat off close to your
head p -. 7 <t555 - 80.
The servant hastily left, and
saw nothing of the Frenehman
until next morning, when he
found him inquiring the way to the
dining:llall. Z He was nottyet in
the best of hurnor. -. y
'iZis is ze way to the breakfast"
he asked. ID ES 81 sE
"No, Sir, that door leads to an
ante-room." Is,.lE 81 o-E
The Frenehman became excl
ted and confused. He mhttered
through bis h.alfclosed teeth:
'Ry gare, l shall quit zis house.
| ask for ze make, re fireIbern, and
you say he want pokaire- tell
you d-n re pokaire. / ask for
ze breakfast, and you show ne to
re anti,room. ItelI you DIN re
anti! I lose one thousand dol
laire, and no more anti and ze po-
kaire. N@t = 5.-..'.'.., S-,.s - = - ,.-,se =.
Saying which he hurried down
stairs, where we met him thor.
oughly convinced that everybody
in st. Louis paid more attention to
poker than to any other, branch
of business.
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A wretched editor, who hasn't
any wife to take care Of him,
went to a ladies' fair. Hecsays
he found there tam article"
which he would H.tain own, but it.
was not. for sale "a .Headeelared
that since that night he. had
been H.'rapturously.q wretched. "
As the article was bound up in
hoops, the readeris left to infer
whether it is a girl or a keg of
whiskey.:Es ..'fAaa,'H -2lz1I =.
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sums up the divorce market
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sBrisk competition among the
lawyers has brought down the