THE TRUE GAMBLER.
Play the game and play it hard, 1 hough your luck looks glum to you; Back the worth of every carcl And, if cards won't come to yoiij Iron t give over to despair, Play as though the cards were there.' For the poorest hand of all May assure the gaino 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 if someone calls? Ah well, You must buy a stack again; Luck may leave you for a spell, But 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 and every card To the utmost worth of it. Pikers find existence tame If you d live—why, play the game 1 —Berton Braley.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11578, 23 December 1915, Page 4
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160THE TRUE GAMBLER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11578, 23 December 1915, Page 4
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