Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-24
THE BLUFF FAILED.
.,,r IT BROUGHT ABouTTH DESIRED
 RESULT AT LAST.

e-.,,s~e society Chapter That Was h ..s Rapute = A Medal That Contained
 ,.Aor;ntion = Poker and Bottled Re. regiments.
 eIt frequently happens, said col. oradnate, "that different chapters of @ inc same Greek letter fraternity, sit- - s.od at different colleges. develop diff ssront characteristics. All of these so. s;o+;as I think, are organized to enconr- literary pursuits l mean that's ssSat a5 the constitutions say. As mat an W. of fact. the literary element is rath. v. ,ost sight of ill most cases in the st,oss of having jolly good time. sThon convention time comes round, ,'amaver. the chapters that have main 4s;nod their literary quality come to the fore. m and the others have to put up a blnff by sending as delegates men who saya high standing as scholars or else .oLA q very back seat
 .eThe chapter to which l belonged .,as heated at country college, and 7, some way or other it had acquired q .anutation in the fraternity of being es- ]. ssntially nonliterary, and, i'll fact, rath- or snorty in character. This was so opch the case that in my junior year ,hora was movement on foot to expel or snspend our chapter from the frater- n;tv We weren't very strong i'll high stand men and couldn't even scare up two to go as delegates to the eonven- ,ion. Another man and myself were finally selected for this function as ths most unsophisticated looking members of tine chapter.
 AAs usual in such cases, X special rain was made up to start from the westernmost chapter and to pick up as many of the other delegations as could he arranged on it's way to the convention city We were among the more remote charters, and when we boarded the train there was only one other delega= tion on board, composed of three mem bars IT ;r,ted when we saw big boxes ot bottiea be1r ln the freight ear and reflected OH the elaborate instructions we had received from our constituents. We were primed for the occasion. My companion, Forbes, had classical vol. uue in each side pocket of his coat and l there were ink stains on his fingers. bud borrowed from classmate medal given for scholarship, and this I had l rather ostentatiously hung on my watch chain.
 I've soon made the acquaintance of the other three delegates and joined them in their stateroom. Before long they proposed game of poker, and one Of them produced pack of cards. Forbes said he didn't play, retired to a corner, pulled out copy of Gladstone's \ Landmarks of Homeric Study and after gazing thoughtfully ont of the window for moment or two apparently became absorbed i'll if. I admired his conception of the part, but 1 couldn' t bring myself to break up the game, and that's what 1t meant, for everybody knows there s no fun in three handed poker Besides, there were only three delegates on the train to witness my fall. said didn't play, but had seen the game and thought it looked inter esting. was willing to learn.
 When we got started, there was a
 demand for buck, and l unhitched the ,p scholarship medal and dropped it into the pot as good means of calling at md 'ention to it. Everything went on ss 'wlmmingly for awhile. had outra- oi seous luck and won pot after pot, so they Is were confirmed in the idea that I was & ,d ,ad beginner. After awhile one of the other aN sg uelesates got away with jack pot, and sl Slllc he was waiting for the cards tu A " deait he picked up the medal and prq siaaced carelessly at the obverse side.
 hadn't examined it particularly, but
 i0unu out afterward that it bore this
 M usa' inscription: Garrett J. Gardner.
 AsSmouth University, Glass of 'S7.' n me delegate started and looked as us With glance that was first mysti- ,,, AN and then suspicious.
 IlIk peg your pardon, Brother Gard,
 4p', fe sald. with touch of sarcasm. 'ooD 'aoaght you said your name was ,s, ssaSkins and we've all been calling No. q 'su '',,l that right along
 !. mere was a smothered guffaw from n .ano the Landmarks of Homeric l sss 'aay amt saw the jig was up. We
 9 clean breast of it, and Forbes sd T,u'o ma. the game, making it five hand.
 euleh' Of course, is the ideal game.
 ulant lose any time sending for
 sss s,a iof consignment of that bottled
 sa ssa and the floor was strewn with
 ss i's indians when the train filled up ..l., ,@aa sau'aer delegates, and they crowded |lal' su1u sn 10 watch the game.
 tl0D 0ui sa elaborate bluff hadn't worked, an1en soas tue convention opened with our srsl ~a n just as bad odor as before, j, v sss n0 naa made stanch supporters of ,e req ,sil' @'se delegates and some other kind ,uaIt sp jp4l's s, Who had joined us on the IVY iney all went to work like bea-
 tbs aaa when our case was taken up
 rs @.,o' V,0nyention we had good work
 Tist TistsOllty which sustained our char.
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