Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-31

A Game of Poker.
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Ned Barnard, his bride, Tom Pendle-
ton and I sat down one evening at
Ned's house to 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 two cent
limit.
People who think they know things
are very hard to teach. Susie hadn't
played half 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 like So.
Since had won more than half of this
determined to get it back to her.
Having pair Of Fights In my hand
when she and I alone were betting.
made a great ado. daring her to bet
raised her. and she raised me until
saw that there was dollar in the pot
for her, then called her. To my dis.
comfture she had only pair Of fives.
Instead Of losing a dollar I had won
another dollar from her.
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 We're. Some one opened
with Jack pot. and the woman IN the
case, after studying long while, asked
for one card When it was given her
she looked at 1t and said, ooh, pshaw"
1t was plain that she had drawn to a
flush and had failed to fill. We were
all very much disgruntled when she
came In. Ned and l 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 the pot to top me. and
before we knew it We had several dol
lars on the table. Ned and I showed
down, but the lady couldn't be pre-
kings kings and uG? Sed hrs H. a G. siS'
tone pair isn't any good, is it?" ask.
"No,"> replied her husband. "nor two
pairs
But suppose there are two pairs
| with another card like one of the
pairsY'
Ned and l looked at each other; then
he seized his wife's cards and threw
them on the table face up. She had q
! full hand.
| Susie was now slightly ahead of the
game and quite proud Of herself. Ned
foreseeing plunging on her part thai
might be embarrassing, proposed tt
quit, but she had caught the gambling
fever and insisted on proceeding will
the game. She didn't come in for two
or three hands. Then we all knew
she'd got something handsome, for sh'
looked happy and said glibly that sht
was going to bet" How man!
cards?" "Is it any advantage to hav'
the cards run together-four, five, six
!, for instance?" Eyes, If the whole fiv>
. run that way" She studied a lont
while, then said, "Well, you may Civ,
me two cards." We all laughed, ant
the game proceeded.
This time Tom Pendleton either hat
big hand or wanted to bluff. for h
raised the limit. Ned, convinced tina
he was bluffing. raised him. l stayet
out. What are you going to do. Su
sie?" asked Ned. II don't know.
can't tell whether these cards are an.
good or not" Ned asked me to look q
her hand, but she laid 1t face down OF
the table. You say" she said, turnin,
her pretty eyes on her liege lord. "tha
the cards must all run up or down, ant
If there is one that doesn't fit it spoil
the hand?' Yes, and they must all b
Of the same suit. You couldn't fill
hand like that by drawing two card
once In hundred times" ".
She studied her hand till we all go
tired waiting, and Ned passed cigars
BY the time we had lighted up Susi
had come to a decision 'Tts an aW
full risk she said, "but there are tire
cards in my hand pretty high. ma
win on those" She Clipped in, an
Ned groaned. Then he whispered t
me that he was going to teach her tina
it's expensive to be stupid. He raise
her, and Tom and both dropped out
She saw Ned and raised him The
he raised her again, with the same Il
suit, and the raising went on till Their
was about SIP in the pot. That
just buy bracelet I saw this morr
ing that want awfully,", said SUSIE
won't it be nice?" Ned looked at 10
and smiled. Cant we get it up t
$15?" Susie asked. 'There's some
thing else for SO want too" ''ver
WELL" said Ned, "we'n take off the lin
1t for this hand" And they chippe
In the required amount. "What 70
igot? 4 full O. kings here,' said Net
He threw down his hand and was raj
ing in the pot when his wife laid dow
the ace, king and queen Of diamond
one after the other. Are they an
fGOOd p she asked looking Mt y1s eapn1