HOW HE PLAYED POKER.
A man on crutches, with: one leg swaddled, registered at a St. Louis hotel as Col, Starr, and hobbled to his room. He had the gout terribly, he said, and for a day or two kept several wailorsbusy attending to his numerous wants; Then he remarked that, just to kill time, he would like to play poker with somebody, It was not long before a professionrl gambler came round to gratify him," and took away £2O. Another won £SO, and so it went on until about £2OO had; been oar'ried away from his room. By that time all the gamblers in the town were wild to get at the victim. Then his luck ohanged suddenly, and on one day of high play the Colonel put himself over ;620C0 ahead, ;No symptons of gout were visible when he paid his bill and departed
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1094, 8 June 1882, Page 2
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146HOW HE PLAYED POKER. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1094, 8 June 1882, Page 2
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