The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-10-25
A Quiet Game Of Poker.

There is delightful unoertaint
about draw-pokor, as illusory as
is expensive. One judge IN tt
East has decided that 1T is a gan
OF chance. Another judge in Il
, West didn't know what it was u,
til, after an hours sitting, in whic
he transferred all OF his right, It'll,
interest and dover to handsom
chinchilla overcoat, and anticipate
two months salary, be erawle
back to the bench and handed dow
a decision to the effect TINT draw
poker, as manipulated west of tn
Mississippi, was a game of science
Then one of the players steppe
up and informed his honor tina
there was a little amount back vet
and II 1t was all the same to hin
he would take his gold boweC
spectacles for loose change and cal
1 the thing square.
! The judge handed them dowr
also, remarking, by the way, tina
he was willing to do anything il
the cause of science.
Mr.. job Pollyiox wandered out
to Nebraska in 1878, and, having
located In a county scat, proceeded
to supply a long-felt want. He
started newspaper. 1t was of
radical politics and conservative
revenue. The material, all new,
was purchased from Chicago
house and heavily blanketed with
mortgages to keep it warm during
tho winter. In the spring Mr.. Polly
fox bad intended to graft it with
ring ana the county p.lns..s.,
But Mr.. Pollyiox never proceed
cd that far.
He looked on the poker game
when it was rod, and forthwith it
proceeded to stir him Alright.
Worry soon after, the opponent OF
Mr.. Pollyfox commenced to feed
him with face cards and nine spots
the latter also commenced to notice
that his small change as we'll as
various bills of denominations rang.
ing from one to five dollars rapidly
took up direct line of march
across the table and sought the
moro oongenial society of his OPP.
ponent, Mr.. Expeters. This heart
less action on the part of his collat-
eral seemed to touch Mr.. Pollyfox
to tho quick, and while the size Of
his roll gradually diminished, that
of Mr.. Expeters increased volumin.
ously. At last Mr.. Job Pollyfox
became what is technically known
as broke or strapped and the ex'
element of the game appeared tC
have died out.
I'm in o box exclaimed Mr.. Pol
lyfox, at last, rs the agile Expeter'
whipped in the last run OF Mr.. Pol
lyfox's shad in the shape of quar-
ter, with which as u forlorn hope
he had called hand. You have
We'll, III tell you,' said Pollyfoz
phore are two fonts of body type
BREWER and long primer-fity lbs
Of nonpareil and a whole lot of mis-
{ celaneous material. Lump tn
whole thing, and if you WIN you'll
f have a newspaper
4 Mr., Expeters won.
8 That's all right, said Mr.. 10
2 Pollyiox, showing back from. tb
r table, What will you give me t
o run her for you on sound, stalwal
n republican priqciplesr
}. GIVE you $1,000 year. said &
e peters, shifting cold dock from h
., coat sleeve into his pants pocket.
d Done, said PoIlyfox.
Q A year passed on. While NJ
d Expotors was constantly putin
% money into tho constantly putin
Is the organ, Mr.. Job Pollyiox WI
4 quietly but industrlously taking o.
his sl25 a month; his wifo cor
monoed TO wear bettor clothes tn
r. faces of HE children was clean Q
o and Mr.. Pollyfox admitted that !
Is bad never been in such hapT
d franc of mind, and Otter alluded
IF that quiet game Of poker as Il
1t luck lest episode Of his hto.
II Then the mortgage WIS for
r closed.
ts This WIS The arst that mr. n
pa potora hsd syor heard e5out b
mortgage.