Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-18

! Inc Icth-tu boy lOoh tlt LAOAeN
with an exuItant chuckle and began
shutting for the next deal The other
players looked al him sheepishly and
seemed to be annoyed.
"Oh, you needn't laugh" said the
dentist. I'd have played you if I'd had
anything"
Did you have ace high?" asked the
freckled boy.
| The dentist was too mad TO answer.
On the second deal the playing was
between the dentist and the freckIed
| boy.
Your bet" said the freckled boy.
III bet FIVE"
| Il see your five and raise it
Hold on. want TO ask question"
What is it?"
do you play straights in this game?"
Certainly" replied the dentist.
And a straight is-where they count
| five, six, seven, eight, nine?"
| Yes
| The freckIed boy had been listening
| his eyes squinted with doubt. Il guess
/ you can take it, he said.
Lets see your hand" said the den
! list, taking il from him.
| The student pulled in Is cents.
What did you have?" asked Doe
Elves and deuces."
Not straight"
NO, certainly not. Do you think
| I'd have asked about a straight if I'd
/ had one in my hand?"
/ The dentist pounded the table with
/ both fists and yelled with JOY, while the
/ freckied boy swallowed something and
became red TO the ears.
He had-three mines and laid
down." shrieked the dentist.
The student smirked quietly, while
'Doc" Horne stroked his chin beard
and shook with dignified and restrained
laughter.
That's all right said the freckled
boy. bitterly. That's all right. /
thought he was new to the game, and
didn't want"
But the dentist howled again, and
just then the lush" entered. and the
game was stopped until he could hear
the story. He received it quietly and
said: That's what a man always gets
when he tries to play fair game"
There was a strange sequel. Three
hands later the student stood pat and
the freckled boy bet him until the pot
was good for 80 cents. Then he called
and the student showed a straight. The
dentist had another fit of laughing. and
the lush was so cheered that he
pushed the bell and wanted to buy
round of drinks.
Either through luck or skill the vet
Urinary student won steadily. Doc"
bought a dollars worth of chips from
him. and the dentist lost to him both
in money and chips.
The freckled boy, by taking chips out
of the bank and getting two or three
windfaIls of luck, seemed to be about
even with the game when ten o'clock
came. DOC" had insisted that the
game must end at ten o'clock, but the
dentist was 50 loser and wanted an
other Is minutes play. At 1914 O'Clock
he was $3.50 behind the game.
The last hand of all was Jackpot, in
which the betting narrowed down to
Doc" and the freckied boy. The boy,
who had been in hard luck. put in all
his chips and began making stack on
the side. to show the extent TO which he
cents at time. The boy came back.
That is. he added another ten cents 20
his "shyness" at every play. Doc" was
betting money from his pocket. The
freckled boy was using Docs" chips as
counters. When all the chips were in
the shy stack, Doc" said: Il call
you
Full house! Kings on mines"
Not good, my young friend. have
four trays"
But you stood patti"
The lush" rolled over on the bed in
ecstasy. Look here, Doc said he
Don't you know it's wrong to stand
pat when you have four of kind?''
The dentist laughed and seemed to be
somewhat consoled for his losses. He
counted up and said: I've got 30 cents
in chips, and you owe me so cents
change"
The boy produced the 50 bill which!
had been the sole capital of the bank.
BY making change with the lush" and
the student he managed to get so cents,
which he paid 10 the dentist.
The student offered S1.40 in chips
The boy gave him S1-25 and said: wait
till get some more change"
doe" counted carefully and made
the following report to the banker: II
have here SLIP in chips and you owe me
S130. the amount you were shy. That
makes S2.4
'An right, Doc I'll remember that
ard hand it to you"
How did you come out, 'Doc?'"
asked the dentist.
He doesn't know Yet" replied the
lush. "-Chicago Record.
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