The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-02
A FAIR POKER SHARP
HOW Mr.. BoWSER FAILED TO ENJOY
A QUIET GAME.

well, by George" " exclaimed Mr.. Bow
ser as he sat reading his paper the other
evening, "but they served that man just
rightP'
"What is it, dear?'' asked Mrs. Bowser.
"Man and wife in Indiana sat down to a
game of poker at their own Preside, and
because she won dollar of him he broke
her neck The people gathered and pulled
him up to limb, and the coroner wouldn't
even hold an inquest on the body. Isn't it
queer how some husbands act2''
Yves" replied Mrs. Bowser, looking
anxiously around for an excuse to leave
the room.
1.-The idea that he should break her neck
because she held the best hand! Hanging
was too good for him. I was wishing only
this afternoon that you knew how to play
poker"
CT do" replied Mrs. Bowser, though
she bit her tongue the next instant for her
foolshness.
'You do? Why, didn't suppose you
ever saw poker chip. Been learning to
gamble without dropping me a hint, eh?
just laying low to give me a surprise
party?''
Mrs Bowser should never have admitted
that she had even heard of the game of
poker There had been a family row be-
cause she beat Mr.. BowseF at fox and
geese, another because she got the best of
him at checkers, a regular riot because she
laid him out at euchre. She should have
gone up stairs or down stairs for ten min
utes and let the matter pass out of his
mind. While she was lamenting her bad
diplomacy Mr.. Bowser got up, with a
beaming smile on his face, and exclaimed:
''Well, what luckl I've got pack of
| cards and box of poker chips on the hall
tree. 1 thought I might drop over and
beat Taylor out of SIS or 500, but as I
came in he said he wouldn't be home this
evening. Well just have little game all
by ourselves
! "I-don't feel we'll this evening" STAN
mered Mrs. Bowser.
"Oh, hol I seel Afraid to play against
! me, eh? That little excuse won't go down,
| however. You said you knew how to play
| poker, and so we will have game. Clear
| off the table and get ready
Really, Mr.. Bowser, but nv head"-
"Your head is all right and pretty near
level l don't expect you can play for
| shucks, but we il have little fun out of it. -
It was now too late for Mrs. Bowser to
get out of it, unless the house caught fire,
and they drew up to the table, each took
dollars worth of chips, and as Mr.. Bowser
dealt the cards he asked:
"Shall we have any limit on this gamer
az don't care" she replied.
every well We can bet the extent of our
| pile. Ante up blue chip, and Well make
'em all jack pots. You must have jacks
or better to open on. Can you open?''
| 81 CAM
''You can, eh? That's rather curious.
| Want three cards, eh? And I'll take one.
What do you betf''
1.-Two blue chips
'You do, ell? Didn't you see that I
drew only one card? Aren't you player
| enough to know that held up four flush
| or straight or two pairs? This is no baby
/ game, Mrs. Bowseri''
IN raise it four blue chips" she replied.
''Well, - he said, after glancing at her for
A0lf %rf-- = k@w~ 1,rr%
look out for mel could have raked in the
coin, but III wait and drop you with a
| cold thud. 1 pass
81 can open it again. she said.
"You can? Well, it takes fool for luck,
| they say. 1 want two cards this time. All,
ha, Mrs. Bowser, 1 bet five blue ohipsr'
"And L raise you my pile
| "Whatl You raise me?' he shouted.
"Couldn t you tell by my draw that held
up threes, and isn't it likely that caught
one more of the same kindf You don't
seem to know the games''
| Nevertheless, 1 raise you," she said.
"But how can you do it? You don't
think you are playing jackstraws, do you?
AS you are a woman, I'll give you a chance
to back down-just this one chance.
| ~ don't want it. -
| 'fThen take the consequences There's
my hand-three aces! rake in''-
Hold on, Mr.. Bowser. have a full
| house. See?''
Woman, " he exclaimed in a whisper as
ne laid down the cards, do you realize
what you are doingS Even though this is
, family game, with no money up, you
ought to.be ashamed to cheat
'tWhy, how did cheat?'' she asked.
'fNever you mind but if you do it again
this game will cut short Off You never
could have got that hand in tb is living
world without skullduggery. III take an
other dollars worth of chips ard go on.
but want honest playing. It's my deal.
What do you do?''
81 pass
"But don't. Drawing to Ill flush,
are you? Well, I'll take three and make a
full house of it Ahuml Now hook out
for me. I bet four ohips''
81 see 'em and raise you four more"
"Whatl You raise me when you ught to
know that I've got a full house? Yo u can't
do it, Mrs. Bowser You can't do ii. -
How do know that you've got full
house,
''How do you know that this world is
round instead of fat? You raise ma, do
you? Well, see the raise and bet the rest
of my pile If you don't know the game,
( you must take the consequences"
81 call you, Mr.. Bowser.''
"You do? How can you call me?"
"It's the game, of course. Let's see your
hand"
Never, Mrs. Bowser-neverl You have
no right TO call a full housed"
''But I've got four acesp'
-Four acesl Four acesi Mrs. Bowser,
you hooked at least three of 'em out of
the pack when 1 turned my head to look
: at the cat
''How foolish, Mr.. Bowserl simply
had luck. Perhaps luck will come to you
.. this time. What's the matter?''
''There is nothing the matter, Mrs
Bowser,' - he said as be pushed back and
rose up; ''nothing at all 1 simply sit
down in my own house to play poker with
my own wife. She resorts to gambling
tactics to beat me- 1t remains for me to