Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-09
MODERN FABLES.
BY GEORGE ABE,
The Modern Fable of the AlI-Night
Senace and the limit That Ceased
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Men sat down at the Green ,Baize to
tllrt with the Goddess of Fortune for
one Hour, no more, no less. The Mar
rled Men did not want to go Home too
early for fear that it would be too much
OF a Shock to their Wives.
These four Good Fellows. who NAV he
designated as A. B. C. and ID. we're I'D
IN AS Room. Someone remarked that
1t was the mere Shank OF the Evening
just the Fringe of the Night, as it We're
and 1t seemed a Shame to pull for
nome while so many other and more at
tractlve Resorts were still open. A
he had a Room where everything
went. So they followed him A
Drought out the necessary Tools and
the Q Comrades squared away.
II was to be a Gentleman's Game. No
one al the Table wanted to take Money
OUT OF a Friends Pocket. They put on
an easy Limit of 10 Cents, so that NO
could win or lose enough to Hurt.
Inc had to make it an Object in order
to keep their Blood in Circulation. hut
III was agreed tat one fleeting Hour of
10+Cent Limit would not make or
break any one, And it was positively
understood and agreed that when the
cuckoo Clock hooted for Eleven O'clock
mat was to be the Signal. A had been
out the Night before with a Bad Man
from council Bluffs and he wanted to
make up a few Hours of Slumber. B
a to figure on a Contract next Day.
n he need Eight Hours so as to show
up with a Clear Head. C said he had a.
couple of Black Marks standing against
him and if he didn't get in by Midnight.
he might lose his Latch-Key. d said he
was glad they were going to make it a.
brief Session, as the Electric Light
hurt his Eyes. 1t seemed that not one
had more than an Hour to spare.
Ut was a beautiful Getaway. All
the Stacks were the same size. neatly
built up into Stand-Pipes of Red. White
and Blue. The Cards riffled smoothly
and the Dove of Peace seemed to hover
over the Round Table. Each Man light
ed an eight-inch Perfecto and got it
slanted up so cas- to keep the Smoke
gu OF his Eyes. He was feeling I'm
mense because he counted on pulling
out about Five Bones and buying a
Hat with it.
lnasmuch as they were playing in AS
Room n he was providing all the wet
and dry Provisions. they felt at liberty
to Trim him. "A Host is not supposed
to act Peevish, no matter what they do
to him. So what they did to A was a
Plenty. 1t was only a measly little
Child's Game with a Come-In of Two
call Five and a Blue Seed for the Out
side Bet. but when two of them got A
in between them and started the Whip
Saw, they left him with nothing but
| Whites. He died like a Tramp with
three TypeIWriters clutched in his Sal
airy Hook.
He touched up the Bone-Yard in a
low injured Tone of Voice and they
could notice the Gloom curdling on his
side of the Table. In a few Moments
he tried to Get Back by making it Ex-
pensive to Draw. ID picked up two
Cards and filed a Straight and he lit
on Mr.. Bluffer all %spraddled out. 1t
was about this time that A began to
get Red around the Ears. He told them
to be careful where they dropped their
Ashes, as the Rug they were sitting on
was a genuine lBokhara and had stood
| him more than Two Hundred. They
asked him if he was Sore. and he said
he was not. but he hated to sit in with
Farmers who would hold up Three.
| open in the Middle, and the Fill. Any
one who would do that ought to be Ar
rested. D remarked that their Host
was an Imitation Sport who ought to
be out playing Mumblety-Peg or Gro
quet. D had a long Breastwork of
Plush in front of him and he was full
of Conversation. He told A that if
they injured the Rug he would buy an
| other.
| In the meantime the Short Hand had
J crept up toward XI. d kept calling
Attention to the Fact that the Time was
| just about up. He wanted to get his
Velvet and Dig. The Electric Light
was hurting his Eyes worse than ever.
But when the Hour struck. A was
just beginning to be keen for Trouble.
He told them to forget the Clock. He
threw the Jonah Deck into the Crate.
broke a fresh Pack. walked around his
Chair three times. took of his Coat
and Gave Fair Warning that all Boys
and Cripples must get back Of the
Ropes. He rung In a new Rule that
any o who bet les than 80 Cents
would ~ .considered aRikor. Ho put
IN aRatent Cofk1creW f0e = Buck ana
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