Arizona republican., 1898-11-05
OPENING OF "A JACKPOT.
Another Version of inc Man, His
 Wife and a Terfium Quid.

''There was a man and his wife and a Tertium Quid." The man discreetly withdrew from the game after opening the jackpot, the edge having been raised $4 The mans wife stood pat, presumably with a flush CT full house but, to the Tertium Quid, it was certainly a. straight, for she had be- trayed womanly weakness fer that costly piece of gamblers bric-a-b brac so sure to be shattered in the game.
 The Tertium Quid drew one card, and after seeing and raising numer- ous bets, he showed in his remaining pile of blue chips, capped with s bill and called, smiling complacently, as he did so, into two sober black eyes that had been tantalizing him with pretty sure ptitious glances during the brief three hours they had known eachi other
 A moment later he experienced t5fe mental sensation Of falling 900 feet, without having the advantage of a patch of Indian corn at the bottoU, as did his prototype in Kipling's talS
 When the Tertium Quid reached his hotel he was restless. He trieI to in terest the night clark by menftioning, as a little joke on himself, th2lt he get bumped for a few" in a friendly game Then he strolled across the Pobby Ike man who seeks company hnd finally came back and addressed the clerk con fidentially.
 T can't help thinking was taken in by that little woman /and the worst is I won't have a chance to get even v
 This time the clerk/ frightened up, "A woman" said he, "a woman knew how to play poker?Y
 Tt looks suspiciohus, anyhow" con tinued the. Tertium yQuid. You see her husband has been Buying line of me for three seasonsg But I never met her till tonight fIe and were in sev- eral friendly gaFhes down town last spring. He losl every time. I chaffed him about it when I called Cn him last week for a Holiday order. We were in a game Tuesday night and he lost again. I cashed in $15 and remarked it was vefry satisfactory game, very satisfactorE indeed, but it is tco bad tnt, Kan5as City people neglect the great A terican game He was good natured about it and invited me to take dinner with him at his home.
 He has a charming wife; Cnly been married two years. She is full Of fun as child; plqu2nJ; an art SluuSuC III the Corcoran school when he married her and she has the genuine Bohemian temperament. She suggested game of draw instead of three-handed high five. She used to play with the girls in their rooms at school and liked the game. I confess 1 was mere interested in her than the cards.
 q held big hands. Never drew bet ter in my life but I couldn't get action. | I had to lay down a flush. Once I win a dollar on four treys. Whenever l had a big hand they would drop out. l tried checking it. betting easy, raising the ante and betting heavy but It didn't make any difference.
 ''It was getting late and we dscided to finish with q jackpot around. 1 won a small pct on four sevens. When she dealt again 1 drew four treys for the i second time. It was my third hand of fours I had twenty minutes in which to catch the last car. Her hus- through Ire whole game and I remem- ber ke didn't cut h7r cards often. But this time he opened for the size of the pot, $4.25.
 'She had stopped flirting with me and was locking serious. l called for one card; she was about to throw her hand down. Then she examined it again, stood pat and raised S4. That puzzled me but I sized it up fer straight I had noticed her holding up four cards before, frequently dropping