The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-19
Real ChivaIry at Poker.

Poker is a mean game" said the
travelling man, according to the Chicago
Inter Ocean. ut doesn't give ones
finer 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 itself to deli
cacy."
''Ah'm 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.
1T was two yehs aftah the wah,
gentlemen that All happened to be
visitin' an old friend of mine, whom
All will call the Majah. Two othah
gentlemen, the General an the Captain
All will call them, were also thar.
I'VE had known one another befo'
the wah, an been in the same regiment
during the late unpleasantness, an
We're dinin together TO the first time
TO many yeahs: OF course we were
glad to see each othah, but we were
feelin' powerful sad just the same.
The Majah was plumb ruined. He
only had the house he lived in, an
that mortgaged. 1t was especially
hard in his case because he showed us
a great chest half full of Confederate
bills.
THE Captain was Twin on what he
made off raisn' a few recehorses, an
All was as poor as the rest.
The General was the most I'M
comfortable of the crowd, because he
alone was prosperous. Coal had been
found on his estate, an he was worth
about d hundred thousand dollars.
well, we KEEP gettin' saddah an
saddah ovah the change in the world
until the mint Juleps came in. Then
a pokah game.
1T was the evenest game All ever
saw, gentlemen, until a hand when the
Majah an the General both stood pat,
raisn' one anothah till all the chips
were in the pot.
1.-The Majah looked at his hand, re-
gretful like, an said he hated to stop,
but he had no money.
'Ah beg of YOU said the General,
not to let q small matter like that in
terfeah with your pokah.'
Gentlemen, All could see what the
Majah was thinkin'-he was sayin' to
himself: 'Ah have $4,000 life in
surance that will go to nah daughter,
an All have a hand cahn't be beat
an then he said:
All raise you $4,000, General
All call you with a low straight
flush, Majah,' replied the General.
1.-The Majah tossed fo' kings an an
ace into the discard an we all sat
silent.
Then the General spoke:
" The wah is ovah, gentlemen" he
said. an we are together heah aftah
a 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
conditions. Majah, will you go to that
chest an bring me $4,000 in ouah
monev?'
1.-The Majah nevah said a word, just
went an brought twelve one thousand
dollars Confederate bills to the General.
Then somehow we found ourselves
standin' an drinkin' a silent toast, not
to Confederacy, but to somelnin' 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, 81 wish you would
have drink with me-
81 should be delighted, sah," said the
Colonel, emerging suddenly from the
brown study into which he had fallen.