THE TRUE GAMBLER.
Play the ffiinic aiul play it hard, Though your luck looks glum to you; Hack the worth of every card, And, if cards won't come to you, Don't give over to despair, Play as though the cards were there I For the poorest hand of all May assure the game to you; If your bluff don't get a call It is just the same to you As if luck to you should bring Four big aces and a king. What il' someone calls? Ah, well, You must buy a stack again; Luck may leave you for a spell, Hut it must come back again, If you play with all your wit, All your skill and nerve and grit. Life's the game—so play it hard, _ Dare the. woe or mirth of it; Back up each and every card To the utmost worth of it. Pikers find existence tame; If you'd live-why, play the game! —Herton Braley.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 586, 27 December 1915, Page 6
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158THE TRUE GAMBLER. Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 586, 27 December 1915, Page 6
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