The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

of that caught bluffing- -the-pot OBJ
servation for the rest of the evening.
But she may still be depended upon 10
trot out other scarcely less time-WOrn
expressions and with them make an
appeal to the appreciation of her TEL
low players
There" she will exclaim. as she ex-
poses an opening hand. made up of two
puny pairs-a hand she should be very
grateful there was no competition
against. There. opened the pot on
/ two pairs and not a single player EV-
erybody looking out the window
This does very we'll as figure OF
| speech designed to show the lack OF IN
| terest displayed by the other players.
| That is, il does very well for one time
| But the frequencs- of its Introduction
| destroys it's charm. 1t is good DIT
/ like country sausage. This may be a
| homely comparison but it is most time
| ly i'm the opinion of the recorder The
! recorder has a friend who has friend
/ who lives in the country where sausage
| comes from. The friend of the coun-
/ try friend said some time ago to the
| historian: Il had the most delicious
country sausage this morning you ever
| stuck your teeth into. | guess 1t went
bad with the buckwheat cakes and ma
pie syrup. WHAT"
said the historian, rebukefully- Il am
strong for the country sausage, but my
| better seven-eighths positively declares
there is no such delicacy to be had IN all
| New York.
THE next time get job lot of it,
said his friend Il will send you bag
to your house"
81 thank you very kindly, said the
| recorder. you are proper pal
ltro % ma a mr.
enjoyed at, the very next breakfast.
| Great" said the historian, and his
| wife agreed Next day there was coun-
try sausage for breakfast. and il was
still great The third morning there
was country sausage for breakfast, and
the writer looked troubled Il think
this country sausage gets better and
better" said the wife of his bosom.
Possibly you are right" agreed the
historian somewhat shortly
|, Next morning the recorder knew, be-
fore he entered the breakfast room,
there was country sausage. Now, see
here" he said to his life companion, Il
yield to no man. woman or child on
Manhattan island in my admiration for
country sausage, but when you deal II
out four times hand running I'm bound
to pass. Scramble me up three eggs OF
I'll forget I'm gentleman and make
IIllS nat lpOh iinC q NOdPlC VI pAS,iits
, had been doing the Merry Widow waltz
. in it."
Which depression has nothing at al
to do with poker expressions. but may
> serve at that.
The woman with the frayed phraseol-
ogy habit isn't anywhere near through
She may pick up a hand that by NJ
i stretch of imagination could be termed
= fiattering. MY" she says to no one II
: particular, but so all may hear, I've
got hand like a foot" Then she
: leans back in her chair and giggles hys
; terically. But no one joins i'm the each
! nation. All the others are filed witt
pity. Pity for her, poor thing. but in
I fnitely greater pity for themselves tina
they have to submit and politeness for
. bids their expression of opinion of ont
( who will insist on Juggling I'm these DO
vine gatherings at an otherwise enjoy
I able occasion.
The possibilities within the scope o
q Mrs. Pest are almost inexhaustible.
one incident of play doesn't give her tn
opening her soul covets. another Will
Sometimes a single situation will seTv
I double purpose. Thus. after our lad.
has declared of a certain set of fiv
. cards that she has a hand like a foot
she may, on the very next deal, b
served with similar hand. The onl.
prerequisite TO the delivery of anothe
s OF her decrepit phrases is that the poo