The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-20
A Game of Poker.

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Ned Barnard, his bride, Tom pendle-
ton and | sat down one evening at
Neds house to a game OF poker. Susie
Barnard had never played cards, so
we agreed TO help her, We couldn't
leave her out and only expected her to
bet low on the best OF hands. The
game was penny ante with a two cent
limit.
People who think they know things
are very hard 70 teach Susie hadn't
played half a dozen hands before she
insisted on playing her own game in
her own way. She kept losing steadily,
and. although the stake was very small,
she was soon minus something Ike s.,
Since / had won more than half OF this
determined to get It back 70 her.
Having pair Of eights in my hand,
when She aud alone were betting,
made a great ado, daring her to bet I
raised her, and she raised me until
saw that there was a dollar IN the pot
for her. then called her. TO my dis
comnture she had only a pair OF fives.
Instead Of losing dollar | had won
another dollar from her.
I proposed that we should play some
other game. but Susie could not be in
duced to give up poker, so we pro
ceeded as we were. Some one opened
with a Jack pot and the woman in the
case, after studying a long while, asked
FOR one card. When II was given her
che looked at It and said, "oh, pshawr
1t was plain that she had drawn to 4
flush and had failed to Gil We were
aa very much disgruntled when she
came III. Ned and were both anxious
to bet and didn't want to win her
money. Ned told her not to make a
goose Of herself and to stay out When
she refused he told her that she'd have
TO stand the loss out OF her private
fund. She paid no attention to this
and raised us both. Ned. very much
vexed, raised tie pot to top me, and
before we knew It we had several dol
lars on the table. Ned and / showed
down, but the lady couldn't be pre-
vailed upon to do so | had three
kings and Ned three aces.
zone pair isn't any good IS it?' ask
ca Susie,
no" replied her husband, NOR two
pairs"
"But suppose there are two pairs,
with another card Ike one Of the
pairsf
Ned and looked at each other; then
he seized his wife's cards and threw
them on the table face up. She had a
full hand
Susie was now slightly ahead Of the
game and quite proud Of herself Ned,
foreseeing plunging on her part that
might be embarrassing, proposed to
quit but she had caught the gambling
fever and insisted on proceeding with
the game She didn't come in for two
or three hands. Then we all knew
she'd got something handsome, for she
looked happy and said glibly that she
was going to bet How many
cardsT' rs it any advantage to have
the cards run together-four, FIVE, six. |
for instance?" Eyes, II the whole five
run that way" She studied long
while, then said, "Well, you may give
me two cards" We all laughed, and
the game proceeded
This time Tom Pendleton either had
a big hand or wanted to BLUM for he
raised the limit Ned convinced that
he was blufang, raised him. I stayed /
out what are you going to do, SUI
sie2p asked Ned Il don't know. 4
can't tell whether these cards are any
good or not" Ned asked me to look at /
her hand but she laid It face down on i
the table. You say" she said, turning +
her pretty eyes on her liege lord. chat 4
the cards must all run up or down, and /
II there IS one that doesn't at It spells /
the hand2" 'Yes. and they must all be
of the same suit. You couldn't I'll a 4
hand like that by drawing two cards
once IN a hundred times"
She studied her hand till we all got
tired waiting. and Ned passed cigars.
By the time we had lighted up Susie
had come 10 a decision "Its an aw-
ful risk she said. s'but there are three
carlls IN my band pretty high. I may
win on those" She clipped IN, and
Ned groaned. Then he whispered 70
me that he was going to teach her that
It's expensive 70 De stupid He raised
Der. and Tom and both dropped out
She saw Ned and raised him. Then
be "a ise1 her again. with the same re-
snlt and the raising went on TIL there