THE SPORTSMAN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 190, 12 August 1922, Page 17

THE SPORTSMAN.

' j g [On more than one occasion kiieiy. lhe • defem-e put in in a burslliiK <-ase uas bec-n that '-it was done fur a bet. ] On the mornins I miirrtertf MaMM.i. My pair.? wfrn unparalleled iiuli.-. I Her finser nails' trace was all over aiy fa-e-She put up a deuce of a nsht. Tlie pokpr was twisted and dente<l. From frequently beating her down: But still, ev-n sn. It was worth it to kn^w I'd won half-a-dollar from Brown. Mr fingers were liorribly blistered, Vor hair it was idie to search; \ud niv eyebrows and beard stralghtawjtj dlsiippearefl. On the day 1 set lire to tho fhurfh. My clumslnesa in the perforinanc-e. Keoalled the must iiwkwanl of sti.it>: But I wasn't apmiled. :is I fur:her v. .<.>;,,1 How Thompson was sivinj; mc odds. When I sandt.ajrsed the s.ilfsman :<::.•. I-.'. . \ With jewels of many i sor:. And he rau?ut mc before I had lot ; , : . He dtilu'i liehave like a sp..rt. 1 ; ; [ WU "°,W l f "S- rewarded inn with, My fr-.-l..ni. my l.iot. my unblpmis.'icd repute. And a couu)= of shillings to Smith. —"London Opinion."