The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26
SUCCESSFUL STORY
It Came Out in an Unexpected
Way.
IT ILLUSTRATED A POINT
Il r Browns Latest and Il II Up to
Dazzle Il IN Oracle on Poker.
An Intrudsrs Pun
ishmont

The poker game which had started In
the baggage at Port Chester was
running along smoothly when the
Mount Vernon man came in and seated
himself where he could overlook
Browns hands. Ever since Saw Pits
became Port Chester the Browns had
been summer residents there. and by
virtue OF this fact young Brown as
sumed for himself certain privileges
along the line which no self-respecting
commuter ever questioned. When
young Brown told q story TO the poker
crowd In the baggage a each man
VINO heard IL made II his business to
~buttonhole some man who had not and
say:
Let me tell you Browns latest. 1t
ID the best up to date"
Brown on Poker" had never been
published. but all lovers of the game
who had heard the oracle speak on
this subject dear to his heart said that
some day. perhaps not until memoirs
were In order. but at any rate some
day. such a book would appear in edi-
ton de luxe, n then the last word
on poker would ave been spoken.
Brown was accurate.
why didn't you hold out your
threes and draw in that Jack pot?"
asked h Mount Vernon man Of
Brown. The other poker players look
ed at him In surprise. He was evil
IDENTIFY not aware OF Browns identity,
and the baggageman. feeling sorry for
him. leaned over and whispered in his
ear:
That's Brown"
"Now you've got me-" whispered the
Mount Vernon man. Who is Brown"
The b-aggageman whispered the de-
sired Information and the Mou YER
non man whispered back:
Can't help It. captain; he played
that hand wrong"
Brown was too certain OF his repu-
tation to Justify his play to the strang-
er. The e came around to Brown
and another Jack pot was on the table.
Browns discard obviously displeased
h Mount Vernon man. inc when he
failed to I'LL his hand and threw il
down h Noun Vernon man said:
draw for a flush when you had -four
cards right to start with. / never saw
such poker"
Brown turned around and looked the
Mount Vernon man over critically, but
said nothing. The baggageman said
later hat the Mount Vernon man GER
tainly interfered with Browns play by
his frequent remarks. Just as the
train reached the tunnel Brown said.
by way of showing that his i'll luck
had not made him peevish:
1T heard a good story last night
about a man who was head master OF
st. Anthony's school years ago and a
minister who never could tell a story
without missing the point. This head
master was a man with much tact in
his dealings with the boys. and on oc-
casions when he invited them to dine
with him he had a graceful way of
dismissing them. Boys. you know. are
m MI orl onI than And n Ai4irtrtf N
leave occasionally. This headmaster
would say to the largest boy when he
wanted to dismiss them:
MUS you go now? Can't you
stay?' And the boy would. of course.
insist that he had to go, and
Hold on there" said h oun YER
non man. why don't you tell that
straight? II was the headmaster of an
English school who did that, and not
the headmaster of st. Anthony's. i
was at st. Anthony's myself, and 1
know"
Brown gasped in establishment at this
interruption. but the Mount Vernon
mans statement that he had been to
81. Anthony's upset him. and he con-
tinued:
well. perhaps 1t was an English
school, but hat has nothing to do with
III story. i will take three cards.
Thank you. To continue. A somewhat
laundering minister who thought this
a good story
Hold on. there" interrupted the
Vernon man, tell II straight
minister at all. 1t was a member of
parliament and I knew him."
This staggered Brown and IT also
angered him.
Member Of parliament, then, II you
insist. but that isn't h point of the
story" he said with contempt. This
er-er-th1s member of parliament never
could get a story straight. and
There are Others" said the Noun
Vernon man, as he ~re-lighted his pipe.
And so." continued Brown, as II lie
had not heard the interruption. when,
at q dinner party, this head masters
name came up, he started to tell this
Illustration Of his tact he said: When
he wanted the boys to go he would say |
to the largest one. Must you go? Can't
you stay?"'"
No one laughed.
Must you go? Can't you stay?"
repeated Brown. expectantly.
Hold. there" said the Mount YER
man. You have missed the point
yourself. He said. that is the member |
OF parliament who never got things
straight; he SAT- that the head mas
ter displayed his tact by saying: Can't
you go? must you stay That's the
point OF the whole story, dye seeT'
Can't you go? Must you stay?' That's
1t. Tell II straight or don't"
The baggageman had thrown open
the door of the car. which by this
time had stopped in the depot. and he
says that the subsequent events hap |
pened so rapidly that they seemed to
be simultaneous. Browns Eyes blazed,
according to other witnesses. No one
knew just what was happening until
he Jaw the Mount Vernon man flying
through the side door Of the baggage
car a. II he had wings. As he landed
In . confused heap on the platform
Brown said according to the train
boy he Kissed IL through his teeth:
Must you go? Can't you stay?'
Served hin right for an intruder"
waa the verdict of the Commuterns