Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-24
The Exception to the Rule.

fpOker is q mean game, SAID pne
travelling man. 1T doesn't give ones
ner feelings any show. You can't
be charitable because If you try to
lose you either win like thunder or the
other sees what you are doing and
gets sore. The game doesn't lend it.
self to delicacy."
calm, sorry to hear you say that
sah." said the Colonel, because All
can't agree with you."
you'll have to give us something in
support Of your opinion Colonel"
"Ah should be delighted-an' All can
vouch for the accuracy Of what Ah'm
about to tell, because All was there"
ut was two yeahs aftah the wah,
visitin'' an old friend Of mine, whom
All will call the Majah. Two othar
gentlemen, the General an thet Cap
tain All will call them, were also thar"
I'VE had known one another befor'
the wah' an been in the same regiment
during the late unpleasantness, an
were dinin' together fo' the first time
fo' many years. OF course we were
glad to see each othah, but we were
feelin' powerful sad just the same.
1.-The Majah was plumb ruined. The
only had the house he lived In, an that
mortgaged. 1t was especially hard in
his case, because he showed us a great
chest full Of Confederate bills.
''The Captain was livin' on what he
made off raisin, a few racehorses, an
All was as poor as the rest.
1.-THE General was the most uncom-
Ill he oil
was prosperous. Coal had been found
on his estate, an he was worth about
a hundred thousand dollahs.
"Well, we KEEP gettin' saddah an
saddah ovah the change in the world
until the mint juleps came in. Then
we perked up, an some one suggested
a pokah game.
"It was the evenest game All ever
saw, gentlemen, until a hand when the
Majah an the General both stood pat
raisin' one anothah till all the chips
were in the pot.
'"The Majah looked at his hand, re-
gretful like, an said he hated to stop,
but he had no mo- money.
'''Ah beg of you,' said the General
mot to let small mattah like that in
terfeah with your pokah.'
Gentlemen, All could see what the
Maiah was thinkin'-he was sayin' to
himself: 'Ah have $4,000 life insur-
ance that will go to nah daughter, an
All have hand that cahn't be beat,
an then he said:
"'Ah raise you $4,000, General
"'Ah call you with a low straight
flush, Majah,' replied the General.
"The Majah tossed fo' kings an an
ace into the discard an we all sat si-
lent.
"Then the General spoke:
"'The war is ovah, gentlemen he
said, AN we are together heah aftah
long time. There amt any mo- Con-
federate states. except in our own
hearts. There amt much pleasure left
TO- any of us, but All would like to
considah this evenin' as bein' one back
in the old times an undah the old con-
ditions. Majah, will you go to that
chest an bring me $4,000 in ouah
money!"
"The Majah nevah said a word, just
went an brought twelve one thousand
dollah Confederate bills to the Cen
eral.
"Then somehow we found ourselves
standin' an drinkin a silent toast. not
to Confederacy, but to somethin' the
end of the wah had not taken from the
South"
And then the Colonel stopped short
and looked solemn
1t was the travelling man that broke
the silence.
Colonel" he said, Il wish you would
have drink with me-"
I should be delighted, sah." said
the Colonel. emerging suddenly from
the brown study into which he had fall