Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-21

# ' U WHISPERS: THEY CAN'T BEAT THAT. TAKE FEM UP"
 ,oan strolls up and says to 6 passenger lp.front of you:
 DO you care, sir, to join in a game of E whist for awhile2"
 The stranger does not object. aGoodl" remarks the other. "A friend If mine is very fond of the game and
 wants to play. We have three now
 Then you are suddenly discovered and the courteous devotee of cards in
 onires if you can spare an hour fer q rame. Up comes the friend in the ' meantime, bows to the chap first asked 10 ioin the quartette. and they are all EI such solid. fnely-built and weIl-to-do E locking fellows that you consent with alacrity That consent will cost you about all the money you have iD your pockets, because the three are .'doers- up, swindlers of the most expert char acer, possessed of more money and 3 more brains than most firms. The four of you enter the smoking compartment, or if the porter objects
 roa sit in the rear of the car. No money is put up. The game is played for half an hour or so,
 E T declare.A exeiaims pal number one to pal number two, T wish we were playing poker. I'd bet on my hand against yours for the first three cards. 7 You would, eh2" replies number two. Well, you'd lose.
 aBet dollar on it," retorts number one.
 Meanwhile you and pal number three have been passive spectators. Raise you, says number two They keep up this pantomime until ten dollars depends on the result. The money is produced. You are asked to held it. Number one shows three kings. Number two has three aces. E All hands then play whist. E Well, I'd get my money back now, Ii you'd make poker bet, announces number two after awhile.
 Guess not, is the reply of number
 one I'll put up five on it. If lose Ill be even anyhow.
 E "Gentlemen," speaks number three,
 may go in with my three cards9" E There is 8 little hesitation, but the proposal is favorably received. Mum Der three bets five. Again you are asked to decide. This time three wins Again all hands play whist. Fl The next time this trickery is re- s0rted to you begin to nibble That is part of the game. Pal number. one is
 aagonally opposite you. If you are an
 easy mark rk'-these swindlers dub
 victim the mark'-you are allowed to 8ia at once. If you are not "easy." you
 are Swlndled immediately. When the
 usai has reached pal number one the
 ssisls has come. You cut. It is not soar turn to cut, but the cards are
 thrust to you. Then pal number three,
 rso ssouf slde, who is supposed to be as n.a'n o1 a stranger to the others as ". sga are, leans over confdentiallv and feAe Ill your ear.
 Sulck as flash meanwhile, pal num-
 Ssf one has whisked the cards under sa sae playing board and substituted a hssaeRedD deck. You fail to observe it Ss, 0Isause of the pal who moved over to
 ',. snsper in your ear and thereby ob- 'gucted U the view.
 ,. .Ae cards are dealt. The betting be- Su-s again. You have three cards. Ns,5 Namoer one bets number two five. tbsaa raioer two takes it up Number ipa. i throws down his cards, remark ba 1o. 0entlemen, I'm out of it. :" Then aya. 'vaus over and looks at your hand. can. .Vu Ve got it," he whispers. They m Th. peat that. Take 'em up" onn;n Sls advice accords with your own E tba 1on bol of the three aces. You take oraS e. up Three cards alone are al- | Of eu be to be interested in the showing neets, 'iseS' Nunoer two ppns 1on.t let 'em bluff you whispers I,0er Wa,1 three in your ear. ssno,. .4' - m less than q minute you have busineseea your wad, as they say in the Tho rbs'ness' and they have done the same.
 sour hair. se' you 10 put up all reyeal o u comes to show hands, you has tb. our three aces. Number two ennlr nlneiemen," ..e says number one, sol can ". l hold the highest hand you flush 5, se' In poker, royal straight
 are a tl'a ae lays three cards down. They That ace king and queen of clubs lae tbs ,s enough, because you are play of the ~ cards only, and the sequence
 appears i.ee counts. Your money dis
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