Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-04-28

4 A young married man of lexington
met couple of his bachelor pals the
/ other forenoon. He saw them first
and so there was no use in their try
ing to get away
Hey, why don't you two lobster
come out to see us?" the married man
demanded OF his pair of former run
ming mates.
They looked shifty-eyed, each en-
deavoring to catch the others chances
and they tried to change the subject
But it was no use
i Come out this evening"" relent
lessly went on the married eX-pal.
"All right" they replied, faccidly
at the same time signing in unison.
The reluctance with which former
bachelor pals call upon married
friend after he has been gathered int
the matrimonial fold is one of the ex
isting sociological mysteries. But any
neglected, not to say passedup, young
married man will testify that it exists
all right.
The two former pals appeared at the
cunning, but hopelessly new, little
lexington plant that evening They
were logged and pretty stiff They
weighed their words with great care
before making any sort of an observa
ton whatever. They seemed to be
afraid that they might make some
reproducing allusion to the old
days Of their unmarried Guinness
II fact, on their way out to lexington
in the car they had warned each
ether. with great solemnity against
any such lapse.
Say, a paddock for your face when
we get there, one had said to the
other. Chop the "reminiscences, you
see. Wouldn't make bad break
about Jack and the-er-use.tow was
for 50. And Wen have to watch out,
hey. "reminiscences are whole lot
tricksey."
To relieve the obvious constraint,
the married mans wife. a very ami
able woman, suggested that they have
a little game of poker. The suggestion
made a hit. But, of course they could
do no more than insist that she Join
them in the game. She couldn't play
poker, she said. They'd teach her,
they said. And so they all sat in.
All three men explained to her, with
great elaboration and a wealth OF de
tail, the value of the hands, the psy-
Geological opportunities OF the bluff,
and so on. The ante was cents and
the limit 10 cents. The game went
along first rate for little while and
the constraint was eased off
Then on jackpot, which the young
married woman opened drawing one
card, one of the bachelors filed mis-
flush, and the other took one card and
nailed a full house The host dropped
out.
The hostess bet the limit, Both of
her husbands former pals raised her,
and each other right back, of course,
Tho full house was high one and
the flush was a good-looker. The host
smiled little fevershly as his wife
hNpb VII uioll6 ilS pan vi wi il'i
cronies, both OF whom he knew as
poker sharks. But she refused to let
him catch her eye, and kept right on
raising them.
Better advise her to lay down,
Jack" one of the bachelors at length
suggested, generously Remember
the installment man'll be around as
usual on the LIST of the month Far be
it for me to say so, but I've got her
beat mile
Me too" chmed in the other bach
elor, And say, Jack, ! didn't come
cut here to drill a months piano rent
out Of You; honest | didn't. Better
call her of, or | won't be responsible
for the consequences"
Ten more than you" calmly re,
marked the hostess, who had easily
fallen into the patois OF the game.
Her husband began to gnaw gloom
lily on his moustache
II s'pose she's got as good as a pair
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