Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-01
AHEAD OF THE GAME.
How an Easy Conscience Girl Saved He
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How an Easy Conscience Girl Saved Her
Luck.
sit was just this way" said the girl
with the red gloves. ''Jim and Jen
came over to the house that night, and
then Maud dropped in, and so did Char
ley and Will. We began to play cards,
and after awhile at whist and eucher
we just naturally drifted into poker.
Jim was banker. We didn't start
with a big game-penny ante and 10
cent limit, / think it was We played
along and played along, and Maud and
Charley were getting all the money.
don't know how it was, but couldn't
get anything higher than pair of skies,
if was to die for it. | had little money
with me-. and sat there and anted the
greater part of it away without getting
more than one or two small pots.
'Pretty soon somebody suggested that
we raise the limit, and it was put at
quarter. with cent ante. Jim began
to win then, and sat there and saw the
money intended to get that new cape
with go into the center of the table and
none of it come back. This sort of thing
went along until l got sick and disgust
ed, and l proposed that we make the
limit so cents"
"Why-e-e-ev' broke in the other girl.
THAT was gambling"
"Gambling?" said the girl with the red
gloves. Il should think it was. But,
as was saying, my luck kept getting
poorer and poorer until it came my deal
one hand, and found that had drawn
in q six, seven, eight and nine of dia-
monds, with another seven of clubs. l
threw away the black seven and made
up my mind to draw for straight or a
flush. The people threw the cards they,
discarded right in front of me, and it so
happened that a lot of them got on top
of the pack. OF course l had to take
those who were going to play, and as
did so l saw that the first card on the
pack was the ten of diamonds.
Then / was in a quandary. knew
that if | could get that card | would
have straight flush, and that would
be sure to beat anybody round the table.
[ knew that the chances were greatly
against my getting the five of diamonds,
and while straight or flush of the
common kinds were within the bounds
of possibility could not do much with
either one. | looked at my chips and
saw that had lot of money invested.
Then made up my mind to get that ten
of diamonds. and l got it.
"Why-e-e-er' said the other girl. That
was cheatingv
Nobody said it wasn't" replied the
girl with the red gloves sharply, but
r = l,.> l,A md
of the rest saw me do it. Then | dealt
the cards to those who wanted them, and
the betting began. Maud put in 10 cents
and Charlie bet 10 cents too. Jen didn't
want to bet, and then Jim came, and
he raised it 80 cents. | saw that he had
big hand, for he thinks good deal of
his money. and | raised his so cents an
other so cents. The rest of them didn't
want to bet as high as that, and Jim
raised me another so cents. That's the
way it went, until l had borrowed all
the money around the table and Jim
had changed couple of $40 bills. Then
he called me, and l showed him that
straight flush. He had four of Il kind"
Did you VIM" asked the other girl.
Did l VIM" repeated the girl with
the red gloves. "Oh, no, it was a giri
out in California who won. l should
say did win! got just $27 of Mr.. Jim's
money"
'SWhat did you do with it?' asked the
other girl.
Il spent so cents of it for a motto for
Jim which said, Feed My Lambs I'm
going to spend the rest on my Sunday
school class. buffalo Express.