MUG’S LUCK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3466, 21 April 1920, Page 7

MUG’S LUCK.

‘ He was :1. very young nlzln——-011.1,V just pasf the callowness of yout'.lx_ to be e.\::lct—:llld he knew little of the WOl-Id‘. and less 01' poker. but despite ‘that, 01" perhaps because of it, he joined in 21 “l?1-iendly gz-m1e““ with tln-ee or t’.ollx' commercial. tx-:ave]lers. He had to have‘ the v.ul'ue- of‘ the» hands, expminer] to I‘li'm—.. am]! rece‘L've=«-T 21. lm: of friendlfy advice from the players, like: “Don’t bet more than haflf a. quid on two p:lii‘," :.In:('{ “‘N.e\7el" see 11 fat hand when you hold a busted flush,‘-‘ But with 21 begl'u»nex-"s‘ luck he won steadily. and" ’rowal-ds' the end of the evelling he held so much of the other men’.< cash that a couple of the C.T.‘s were-.-.beginn‘ing"t.o 1001': a bit blue. and were wonderi'ng if there were any extras they could

squeeze in as “exes."" Then came the biggest: jack-—pot -01’ the evening, and it travelled up and down two or three i~i'lll-es, till’ at length one of‘ the shrewdies opened it.

Ever_vbo«l_V came in, including the new chum and the betting started. There were two “raisesi” before Tll reached the boy, and when it calneto his turn be asked his neighbour innocently,‘ “You told‘ me always“ to ra‘i’se‘ it on a flush, clidn’t you?” to which suggestion the neighbour. who held four lens, cordially agreed. V Finally everybody dropped out except the young player, his fl-fendly neighbour, and anothe-1-, Who. “saw” the f.n, holcling a. full honse, and our friend followed suit‘. ' The fCIIT-C{ll'd man, much elated, was raking in the chips‘, wlien someone called attention to the bows hand. The mug held an flush all right, buf it ran. seven. eight, nine, ten, Jack! Now there are four dTlllnlnel'S to whom it is not safe to ‘mention the words “mugs ” and “pokel'."