Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-04
vep BY 4 FOLDING BED.

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 jn q Game of Poker. ''''ss hean faIbing about the danger ,arlss ;p a folding bed, " said Lieut. ''i Tsa@ ~ at the Lotos club, one ino aWell, I know something { therl1, and I always salute a fola' bsd' M One of them saved me my ,ss',s ,sse Ss3sn around the table had full as n front of them and they In,t oct away. They moved m <. < oanflemen, said Lieut.. King, sl,3inb T bed saved my commission aons n like to hear them abused. as while 1 was stationed on the 2 some years ago, and some of onf5r3s of home were missing. My ,sFs were small and my cot bed ,neomfortable. l am a rather fat as vou see, and after few nights ,ubled Sleep on the cot I sent east V e4ranrest folding bed that was
 circus in a country town f marker on the sensation that inc caused when it arrived. Fold ads were a novelty in the west one Weighed nearly ton when aalanoe weights were adjusted, if closed up against the wall
 shock that rattled the nartitions. It was comfortable Useful in many ways l found it valuable than valet. By a simple ae I taught that folding bed to pull boots and draw corks. ;
 three men at the table had ed their glasses and were again e uneasily.
 itIl me this time, gentlemen, he lieutenant. Waiter, four B. s in long glasses. Now, as I was J voaa. continued Lieut. King, bronco of mine could buck harder iclz higher than -
 |lding beds was the text, said one Id how you saved your commis- said another. The third man lent.
 ar me, said Lieut.. King, thow happen to wander off to broneos? perhaps my folding bed did sug- nv bronco. One saved my com n and the other saved my life. were valuable to me then. We'll, Q never told the secret of that g bed, and you may hear it for rst time. You must know that Frontier post is very dull at est This was a rather duller tllan any I have ever been in. y after my bed arrived the snow ed on us heavy, and our amusement was poker. We p nice. quiet little game aturaay night, five of us, and l in mildly on a dollar limit. ps you know how those games
 All of us had money, for we been able to spend any l have n q book on poker, you know, 10 play pretty stiff game, My vas the scene of the action, and ith my back to the folding bed. night we decided to forget the  nd play table stakes.
 elk was dead against me I lost hing l had and then the other $ agreed to take my I 0 Us that 1t have an opportunity to do ling But still luck was against It fhree o'clock had one thou- ollars in paper out, and I knew I didn't get some of it back I have to throw up my commis- nd get out. ] was losing my and a young lieutenant next to IS Forcing his luck My paper hielSer around the board than in asPhiladelphia theater. The lant who was in luck started a ndred dollar jack pot and sug- just to make it lively, that we
 have sweetener of ten Say, that pot was
 We were all stark crazy It Stage of the game, ready lble for our lives. None of us afford to play for such stakes, at didn't matter. The deal kept around, and no one could open {, which increased fifty dollars a This may seem an exaggeration, l remember the event it is not; ot was sweetened for an hour. became big pile of I 0 U's. We inks on every deal Those were avs l was getting desperate. Pney was gone. My credit was exhausted. I knew that never make good unless l opened that ot. An inspiration came to me. lsty folding bedl That it stood me warranted to open anything beer to champagne. 1 reached grabbed it firmly and stealthilv 1t down. It was low trick, l said, my honor was at stake man was intent on the game. tched cards and not his neigh three men at the table were ing hard and listening. They rgotten their drinks.
 l said, l pulled that bed down It Extracting attention, and at
 to it the string that was on 0U. When it came my turn I ed my hold on the bed. It flew The pot was wide open, and I aved. That bed. But the men had deserted their drinks Pnt Upstairs to write complaint ndos hnlton.-N. Y. Sun.
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 e Dick-I heard your mother tell ther that you studied every night Fr so late.
 2 Johnnie-Yep; rm tryin' to
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