Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-05-28
Mr.. and Mrs, Spoopendyke.


pose we play u little game of poker.
Do you know how to play pokerP'
81 guess SO, >" replied Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, hitching up her chair and busting
the top OF the table with n towel
"NOw, how many cards do YOU want?"
Let me think, " iluttered Mrs. Spoop-
endyke. Lets see. believe I'll take
ten"
Better take a grossr' snorted Mr.
Spoopendyke, eyelng her wrathfuly.
Perhaps you'd like half barrel
Don't you know you can't draw but
tveP If you've got any bad cards,
throw 'em away and I'll give you more
for 'em. If your cards are all good
you can stand pat. Do you want to
stand pat?"
II guess so" sighed Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, helplessly. IF [ stand pat, DO |
play the eight or the queen?"
You don't play either" replied Mr..
Spooperdyke, helping himself to five
cards and drawing a couple of kings.
Now, it's my bet. | bet two; what do
you betP"
Then | bet two," answered Mrs.
Spoopendy Ike, Frightening up as she
began TO see her way clear. II bet
queen and an eight, and She laid them
down with confidence.
THAT calls my hand" said Mr..
Spoopendyke, gleefully, "only YOU
don't bet your cards; YOU bet your
checkers. Put in two checkers and
show your cards"
Mrs. Spoopendyke showed her check
ers into the middle Of the table and laid
down three cights and apair of queens.
"Wherc'd you get emp roarcd Mr..
Spoopendyke, recognizing his defeat
"What'd We want to keep talking about
the three of eights and the two OF
queens? Why didn'ty We tell me you had
q full hand?'
you gave 'cm to me, returned
Mrs. SpoopendySe, doIefuly. Il only
had those five What does it dor
1T makes a jack pot!' growled Mr..
Spoopendykc, seeing chance for him
self in his wife's utter ignorance of the
game. "NOw we've each got to put in
one checker, just because you played in
that way"
I'm sorry, dear, cooed Mrs Spoop-
endykc, rather pleased with the idea of
getting out of the scrape at any expense.
"And yet might have known it would
have made ita jack pop, if ! had stopped
TO thiuki'
"When you stop to think, you only
want stick of chewin@-gNm and 81
rat-trap to be made female seminary ,
Do you know what a jack pot Is? Got
some kind of a notion that it has three
LEGS and is used TO cook mush in, have Mt
We? Well, ii isn't, and it isn't to sit
there and grin at, either! Ittakes 4 pair
OF jacks, or something aS good as them
to open it. Now, take these cards and
tell me whether You open it, OF not"
Mrs. Spoopendy Ike examined her
cards critically.
"What have you got?" demanded
Mr.. Spoopendyke.
His wife laid down four aces and a
Jack.
Mr., Spoopendyke glanced at the hand
and then at his own cards. His ace
was only the joker, which he had for
gotten to remove from the pack
(Which opens itP' inquired Mrs.
Spoopendyke, watching the gathering
storm with some trepidatiOn.
Nothing opens it, yelled Mr..
Spoopendvkc, dashing his cards to the
floor with your way of playing it,
it would take a steam oyster-knife to
open it! How'd We think it was opened
with a night key? Got an idea that
it had hinges, haven't ye, ana opens
widest when it has nothing to say, like
your mOuthP'
Must | bet my last cent now?" fal.
tered Mrs. Spoopendyke, profoundly
impressed with the idea that the game
was still going on. 'I've got four dol
lars, but | want one for wiggin. Shall