Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-19
DAILY POST IsfgLLlaEECER.
Mr.. spO0PENDyEE ATTEMPTS 10
TEACm MS WIFE TO PIAr
POKER.

MR. RPOOPENDS&k ATbEUrn 1v
TEACm MS WIFE TO PLAY
POKER.
.Now. nv dear" said Mr.. spoopAn-
dyke. sLuffiinQ the cards and diyidin1
the checkers into two even piles, sup
nose We play little game ct poker.
Do you know how 10 pIaY poksrE'
Il guess So" replied Mira. Sp 1open-
DIXIE. hitchin9 Up her chair and dostins
the top of the table with towel. Ism
that the game where you have the right
and left joker and pass when yoo take
it upw loo. xo,
do- retortsd Mr.. Spoopendyke. Il
learned this game over at Mr. Speckle-
vottIe's the other night. The Way You
pIay II is TO have one pair, OF two psirs'
or four noes. Four aces beat anything.
When you get four aces You want 10
bet Your las. cent. Now, I'll deal hve
II hone I'll get -four aces" eigpisd
Mrs. spoopendyke. III | do win'
aYes, if you get en- Rrinned hr.
Spoopendyke. "Now then, what do you
DOR
LET me see what I'll do" murmnred
Mrs. Spoopendyke. nibbling at the cor
ner Of one card and regarding the rest
with puzzled visage. suppose !
have the three Of Fights and the two OF
uueens, can play, can't II"
"You might play in nena9erie
snorted Mr.. Spoopendyke, running over
his hand and ffowning eloomily as he
failed to detect pair or anything IKE
" TO make one. IF you've got any
such hand an that your proper sphere
would be playing before crowned heads;
What do you do! Are You coming IN
Where's your ante, anyway! Don ! you
know its your edge?
"Of course" proclaimed Mrs. spoop,,
endyke, boldly. II know that. Now, i
head my edge" and she laid down an
eight SPOT; '.though presume your edge
will take it," and she rested her chiI
ON the table and stared at the card earn
sstly. ux
Spoopendyke. "Yon don't play ina
one I! Where's your ante -
sDo you mean her = huttered Mrs
Spoopendyke. hastily catching up her
eight spot and laying down the queen:
II thought ] wouldn't play TILL had
drawn your four aces. Then would
win, wouldn't n
"rake up that card p retorted Mr..
SpOopendyke. sternls. Take mp that
card and pat one of your checkers In
the middle Of the table. There, SO.
That's the way to play: Now, how
many cards do you want =
"Let mo think, huttered Mrs. Spoo-
pendykc. LET me see, | believe u
take ten"
"Bstter take gross r snorted Mr..
Spoopendyke, cycling her wrathfuily,
Perhaps y.u'll take half a barrel
Don't yon know yon can't draw but
five ? II you've any bad cards, throw
EN- away and I'll give you more OF EN-:
II your cards are all good, Won can stand
pat. Do you want TO stand pat =
II guess so.' sighed Mrs. Spoopen.
dyke, helplessly. "If | stand pat do
plav the eight or the queen !!
"Yo1 don't play either replied Mr..
Spoopcndyke, helping himself to five
cards and drawing compile OF kings.
''NOw it's my bet. Ibet two; what do
you betY'
"Then / bot two," answered Mira.
Spoopendyke, Frightening up az she be-
gan TO see her way clear. II bot Queen
huu eight, hHu BIO idlu thein uo"H
with confidence.
THAT calls my hand said Mr.
Spoopendyke, gleefully. "only you don't
bet your cards; you bet y,ur checkers.
Put in two checkers and show your
cards."
Mrs. Spoopendyke showed her check.
ers into the middle OF TIE table and laid
down three Fights and p,ir OF queens
"Where'd you got 'su!' roared MIR.
Spoopendyke, recognizing his defeat
'.Whatd ye want to keep talking about
the three Of Fights and the two queensi
Why didn't 70 tell me you had a full
hand?'
"You gave 'em to me-" returned Mrs
Spoopendyke. dolefuily. 81 only had
those five. What does 1t dor
st makes jack pot" growled Dir.
6poopendyke. seeing u 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. Scoop
endyke, rather pleased with the idea Of
getting out Of tho scrape nj any ex'
ponse. "And yet | might have known
1t would have made it jack pot il
had stopped to Think
when you stop to think, you only
want \ stick OF chewing gum and rat
trap to be female seminary! DO you
know what a jack pot. is2 Got somo
kind Of notion that il has three legs
ye2 Well, 1t isn't. and il isn't to sit
there and grin at. either II takes a
pair OF jacks, or something as good as
~ lax -,
cards and tell me wkother you open IL
Mrs. Spoopendyks examined her cards
critically.
II stand pat" she remarked after a
long pause. .say. dear, ars four aces
~ good as q Jack pot?"
Certainly" replied Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke, who had captured an ece, a pair
Of kings and a couple OF tens. "Now.
open that pot for four chips"
Then open It for four" said Mrs.
6poopendyke. following her husbands
example.
II raise yon tsn." grinned Mr.. Spoe-
pendyke. Nov you are playing some
thing like. Want to raise me9''
"Of COURSE" Qiggled Mrs. Spoopen.
dyke, who hadn't the remotest notion
what raising meant. Il raise you," and
she shovelod up tbs checkers with
Trembling hand.
"What have you Rot,a demanded Mr..
Hpoopendyke.
His wife laid down four aces and
jack.
Mr.. Spoopendyks glanced at tho hand
and then At bis own cards. His ace was
only the joker, which he had forgotten
TO remove from the pack.
(which opens it?" inquired Mrs.
Spoopcndyke, Watching the gathering
storm With trepidation.
Nothing opens it, yelled Mr..
Spoopendyke, dashing his cards to the
floor. with your way Of playing il
would take = dodgasted steam oyster
knife to open Is. How dye think il was
opened-with night keyg Get an idea
It has hinges. havcn't We. and opens
widest when il has nothing TO say, like
your measly mouth"
"Must bet my last cent now.'' fall
tered Mrs. Spoopendyke, profoundly
impressed with the idea that the game
was still going on. I've got 81. but /
wart one for virgin. Shall | be, the
other three?s't
bet 'mr howled Mr.. Spoopend, he,
Who. like great many men, regarded
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