The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-06

| that she'd been passing up Two pairs
instead Of opening
"Another time we almost had to
turn in a riot call for the police be-
| fore we convinced her that three
hearts and two clubs wasn't full
house. By vote Of three to one we
finally explained that it took three
cards of one denomination and two
of another to make a full house.
Twenty minutes later we had appar-
emily made plain to her the value Of
full house.
"'What kind of house is three
hearts and two clubs 2 she demanded.
ait came near being rough house,
replied, but it's not in the curri-
culum.'
Then the Big Show.
"Things moved along very serenely
for awhile. I'm dealing. Sister opens
the pot for a nickel. Her husband
STAYS and tits it a nickel. Time out
explaining to Mrs. Lewis that he
could do that. Also it will cost her
dime if she cares to take any fur
Their part in the procedings). Evil
IDENTIFY we made it clear. She not only
sees the nickel tilt, but hikes it five
cents more. Me to the deck with my
pair of tens. Sister is hooked for a
jitney and comes in with two red chips
and calls the raise.
"Cards, if any?' says.
"Sister draws two. Her husband
draws one.
"'Help YOURSELF Mrs. Lewis says,
getting all up-stage and giving me
look which indicated was poor fish,
a poor card player and possibly a
poor provider.
"Sister got all panicky, showed her
three Fights for openers and forfeit
ed all rights. Brother-in-law checks
to the pat hand
"'You drew one card, didn't your
Mrs. Lewis demanded (this is one of
her failings-wanting to know how
many cards you draw instead of look
ing when you draw them. So far
every one she has asked has been both
polite and honest. Some day she'll
meet a dishonest person-but why
borrow trouble?).
'He pleaded guilty to drawing one
card.
"I'll bet a dime Mrs. Lewis said
in a tone that indicated she knew
what she was doing.
"He raised her a dime. Then be-
gan one of the incest little head-on
collisions I'd seen in long time. Mrs.
Lewis kept raising and raising. Shed
set in all her chips, the cut glass, her
pet luncheon set and was reaching for
the bird cage when brother-in-law out
of sheer decency merely called in
stead of raising.
"'I'm glad you explained what
full house was,' Mrs. Lewis declared
as she spread three aces and a pair
If kings.
"'Pretty fair hand,' he acknowledge
ID, and probably will win ninety-nine
lines out of hundred. But here's
me you don't often see,' he added as
lie spread royal flush with one hand :
md reached for the chips with the
'ther.
81 thought for minute that I'd
ave to send for the pulmotor. Mrs
,ewis looked like fighter that they
vas counting ten over. She appealed
o me with look which begged for
/ nodded, indicating
hat she had the second best hand.
he was groggy, but game. She took
er punishment without an argument.
he was too weak to speak.
"a little later in the evening l saw
4 sister the trouble of calling for a
loving van to take our furniture over
, her house by getting four trays !
gainst full house that she held. :
after the company had gone Mrs.
evils came over to me, and in her in r
ocent way, said: II
Maybe 1t Will Be the Last.
" DO you know you never told me
,out the royal Pushes and that's the
-st one / ever saw'
Well | replied, far be it from
e to deny you any pleasure, but
'pe it is the last one you ever see,
Hess you should happen to see one r
your own hand"
"Has she got good enough to play r
way from home YETI" Hurrah in h
ired II
"Oh, my, yes," Lewis admitted.
he's played two or three games on |.
reign diamonds. q
Sand she's improving" he added
hey've almost convinced her that
foolish to cali on less than jacks