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He shot a hard eyed look around a room not yet dimmed by cigar smoke. I got the most baleful glare, I thought. HE SHOT A HARD EYED LOOK AROUND A ROOM NOT YET DIMMED BY CIGAR SMOKE I GOT THE MOST BALEFUL GLARE I THOUGHT
he Psi Lodge had their ways and means of applying pressure, when pressure was needed. But the peculiar talent this fellow showed was one that even they'd never heard of...!_ [Illustration] CARD ... TRICK By WALTER BUPP Illustrated by Douglas * * * * * The game was stud. There were seven at the table, which makes for good poker. Outside of Nick, who banked the game, nobody looked familiar. They all had the beat look of compulsive gamblers, fogged over by their individual attempts at a poker face. They were a cagey-looking lot. Only one of them was within ten years of my age. "Just in case, gamblers," the young one said. I looked up from stacking the chips I had just bought from Nick. The speaker was a skinny little guy with a sharp chin and more freckles than I'd like to have. "If any one of you guys has any psi powers," the sharp-chinned gambler said sourly, "you better beat it. All gamblers here will recoup double their losses from any snake we catch using psi powers to beat the odds. ONE OF CARD TRICK THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY GARRYDENA CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRIMAN SECTION ONE CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRYMAN ILLUSTRATED BY DOUGLAS THE GAME WAS STUD THERE WERE SEVEN AT THE TABLE WHICH MAKES FOR GOOD POKER OUTSIDE OF NICK WHO BANKED THE GAME NOBODY LOOKED FAMILIAR THEY ALL HAD THE BEAT LOOK OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS FOGGED OVER BY THEIR INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTS AT A POKER FACE THEY WERE A CAGY LOOKING LOT ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS WITHIN TEN YEARS OF MY AGE JUST IN CASE GAMBLERS THE YOUNG ONE SAID I LOOKED UP FROM STACKING THE CHIPS I HAD JUST BOUGHT FROM NICK THE SPEAKER WAS A SKINNY LITTLE GUY WITH A SHARP CHIN AND MORE FRECKLES THAN I'D LIKE TO HAVE IF ANY ONE OF YOU GUYS HAS ANY CY POWERS THE SHARP CHINNED GAMBLER SAID SOURLY YOU'D BETTER BEAT IT ALL GAMBLERS HERE WILL RECOUP DOUBLE THEIR LOSSES FROM ANY SNAKE WE CATCH USING CY POWERS TO BEAT THE ODDS
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