The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-04-29
YING on 4 PLAYER.


For tn twentieth time tn. Brook
lyn man who ran 'pok r. room 81 no TX
his head.
'B It why?' persisted tn, agent for
a playing-card concern "is''t the
p:ice rieht?"
eyes, the price is rig It,
"Then, perh lps the cards d,nt su
you. What's wrong with EN-?
"Nothing. They are as gool srd s
as | ever saw
"Then why not give me an der:?"
demanded the agent.
81 II tell you Why" tn cd gambler
replied. "Now. when want cards |
60 to store. They may cost me a
little more than they would if |
brought them from one of you fellows
but-well, | don't Say you amt all
right and on the square, but had an
experience once with man who said
be represented playing-card house
that cost me $4,000, so now | amt
taking any chances. He came in and
gave me his card. He said he repre-
sented house | had heard Of often.
He opened up glip and show, d me
lot of the finest cards I ever saw
ivory finish, stiff and strong.
"In order to IN troduce these cards.
he told me-, I'm going to let you have
tn EN- way be'ow cost And he named
a figure so low that thought would
be flying ia the face of Provil nee not
to stock up. | bought so pac"s.
"That night two fellows who were
strangers to everybody else in the
house sat in. They must have clean
ed $500 between them. They came
around the nxt III ght ard made
another winning ibis kept up for
Il week.
ct never occurred to NE that l.
was anything bat luck. They were
hitting the boys so hard that finally
broke my rule and sat in. They
took my money. Then got to think
ing. There may be a lot | don't know
but do know poker. | kept think
ing for another week, losing money all
the time.
"Then one nj ght in came third
stranger. There was som ethin5 fami-
liar about his face. asked him if |
had ever seen him before, and he said
he didn't think had, but l was sure
| had seen him in Manhattan. He
acted nervous, and after playing a
hand or two, got up and cashed in.
"The other two strangers followed
him out. They never showed up
again. The minute they were gone
one Of the men at the table said to
me-.
That smooth faced guy lied when
he said you never saw him before.
Why, he's the one that sold you that
order of playing cards. | was stand
ing by when he was 'alking to you. |
thought sure you recognized him.
He's shaved off his mustache, but |
knew him the minute he came in.
Il grabbed up the cards from the
table and compared them. 1t didn't
take me five minutes to know what
bunch of lambs we'd been. The backs
were marked. Yes, sir; marked as
plain as the nose on your face.
"There was just enough difference
in the margins of the backs Of those
cards so that anyone with they key
could tell what his opponents held.
That is, you cou dn't tell suits-a
flush, for instance-but you could tell
if a man held pair f deuces
or pair of kings, or three
Of a kind of something else, or
straight. tn fact, you could read any
hand but a flush with those cards.
CIR. at suffering jackpot! No wonder
that guy sold me those cards cheap"
Her-''What did the judge do when
Patrick Henry said Give me liberty
or give me daath?'
Him-"rhe jndg p
Her-"Yes; did he grant him
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