Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-05-02
Playing Poker With Chum's Wit

A young married man of lexington
met a 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 Holsters
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 glances.
and they tried 10 change the subject
But it was no use.
Come out this evening" relent-
iessly went on the married ex-pal.
An right" they replied. fiaccidly
at the same time signing in unison.
The reluctance with which former
bachelor pals call upon a married
friend after he has been gathered into
the matrimonial fold is one of the ex-
listing sociological mysteries. But any
neglected, not to say passed-up, 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 togged and pretty stir They
weighed their words with great care
before making any sort of an observa-
ton whatever. They seemed TO be
afraid that they M sht make some
strife-producing allusion to the old
days of their unmarried chuminess
In fact, on their way out to lexington
in the car they had warned each
ether. with great sOle.lnity, 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. WOIldn't make a bad break
about Jack and the-er-use-to-was
for 81. And Wen have to watch out.
hey. "reminiscences are a 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 t1ey 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 OF.
Then on a jackpot. which the yOuns
married woman opened. drawing one
card, one of the bachelors filled mis-
flush. and the other took one card and
nailed fun 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.
The full house was a high one and
the flush was a goOd-lOOker. The host
smiled a little feverishly as his wife
kept on raising his pair of former
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 man1l be around as
usual on the 1st of the month. Far be
il for. me to say so, but I've got her
beat mile"
Me too" chimed in the other bach
elor. And. say Jack. | didn't come
cut here to drill a months piano rent
cut of you; honest, I didn't. Better
call her off, OF l 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
ily on his mOustache.
y c'pose she's got as good as pair