The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-03
A Pious Old Gentleman.

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Nice old gentleman lie was-big,
white waist-coat, low cut shoes, bald
head, and silver-bowed spectacles.
He led in the singing ON Sunday
evening In the hotel parlor, and sung
that old-fashioned bass in "Corona-
tion,' and "China" in that sonorous,
up-and-down style which country
choristers used to practice in accom-
panying the big fiddle; and withal
he had the bland, benevolent look of
a good, old, up-country deacon. lie
was ''looking round the house" next
night, and stepped in where some of
the "boys" were playing cards
something where they were talking
of"calls, . and GRASSES, and "seeing.n
The ''boys" looked little disconcer-
ted but the old man didn't say any
thing until the hand, was played out;
and one of the party, under pretense
of having an engagement, winked to
the othe and said he must go, in
tending TO break up until the old
man had gone away, and then re-
sumo the game. But he had scarcely
turned his back when the aged yisi-
tor remarked:
~ wonder he didn't raise We with
the hand he held"
"Do YOU understand the game 2"
asked one Of the party, taking a
cigar from his mouth.
"Wall. little. I've seen 'em play
in on it; an sometimes I've thort
that I'd like TO take hand jes' for
fun" 3,.t.f
5lsf SO, said another. Hslppose
you try q game or two with lus?'
oval, / don't mind, jes' fer the
fun of the thing" So the old man
sat down, and, with O good deal of
instruction, managed to get through
with the game, and won on the PEN
ny ante. "Thar ~ said, s'if that fell
Ter that's gone had been spunky, and
put in So dollars he'd got II instead
Of these eight cents wouldn't he 2"
"Why, certainly ~ said one of the
young men, certainly It's your
deal, uncle Now, why don't you go
in for a So ante ?"
avail, p said the old fellow, throw
ing down the cards, 81 dunno but i
will; but hain't got nothing but a
$40 bill that 1 drew outer the bank
to come here with.r
"Well, uncle 70 said the other,
gathering up and CHANGING Mt his
cards, "I1l go you twenty, and you
can put il in the missionary box
when you win it, If you like"
.ShO so KEN" said the old man.
~ don't think 'twud be gambolin' at
all, eff that's the case"
e fNot at ALL" said the other, wink
ing at his companions. .a.
"Wcll, then, l don't care ef i go
yer this ERE other fifty; but sup
pose you'll think Pm dom ON IL 10
skear ye. However, our denomina-
tons tarnal poor, aud big contri-
button is jest what they're hankcrin'
arter.r i,
ooh, no cover your fifty, uncle !!
We ought TO be liberal, you know"
And so the game went on till final
" the old man remarked: "Wall,
I'd no idee i had this ere roll o. bills
In my pocket-so you call, do yer
Five hundred dollars upi Yes, you
hey got three picters---three queens
and a Jack ? Wall, tits kinder queer
l got t'other queen! Haw! haw !
haww
"Yes, I'm sorry for you; but what
are your other cards ?" said the
young man, triumphantly.
oval, three Of 'em ez kings
Why, darn II ell, that ERE pc. o'mon-
ey's mine, young fellerl" said he,
stretching out . powerful paw and
squeezing the bills out of the hand
Of the young man, who had already
begun to roll them up. "P'raps, Mis-
ter, you'd like to take your hand
again p said he TO the other, who
had returned meantime; "they are
goin' 10 sing some psalm-tunes up
stairs before goin' TO bed, an prom
Used 10 jine 'em.o
There was blank look Of amaze