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Even if Aunt Hattie had been mentally selected as the beneficiary of the evening we should feel compelled to play the cards close to our chest. She is a dear old lady and not a bit prudish, but we're sure she would never approve of whooping the pot on a king and an ace and a seven spot. EVEN IF AUNT HATTIE HAD BEEN MENTALLY SELECTED AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE EVENING WE SHOULD FEEL COMPELLED TO PLAY THE CARDS CLOSE TO OUR CHEST SHE IS A DEAR OLD LADY AND NOT A BIT PRUDISH BUT WE'RE SURE SHE WOULD NEVER APPROVE OF WHOOPING THE POT ON A KING AND AN ACE AND A SEVENTH SPOT
 called "The Compelling Lover." "In my early married life," writes Mrs. Wilcox, "he was much in demand for the game of poker," but a little later she explains, "Even in his love of cards and in his monotonous life of travel for the first seven years after our marriage, when card games were his only recreation, he introduced his idea of altruism. This, too, was a matter known only to me. He played games of chance only with men he knew; whatever money he made was kept in a separate purse, and when he came home he asked me to help him distribute it among deserving people." Any new system is worth trying when your luck is bad, and yet it seems to us that there are fundamental objections to the scheme suggested by Mrs. Wilcox. At least, we don't think it would work well for us. If we drew a club to four hearts we might bravely push all our chips forward and say "Raise it," provided the risk was ours alone. We couldn't do that if we were playing for Uncle Albert. Our anxiety would betray us. D'S POKER SYSTEM IN THE CHAPTER CALLED THE COMPELLING LOVER IN MY EARLY MARRIED LIFE WRITES MISSUS WILCOX HE WAS MUCH IN DEMAND FOR THE GAME OF POKER BUT A LITTLE LATER SHE EXPLAINS EVEN IN HIS LOVE OF CARDS AND IN HIS MONOTONOUS LIFE OF TRAVEL FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF OUR MARRIAGE WHEN CARD GAMES WERE HIS ONLY RECREATION HE INTRODUCED HIS IDEA OF ALTRUISM THIS TOO WAS A MATTER KNOWN ONLY TO ME HE PLAYED GAMES OF CHANCE ONLY WITH MEN HE KNEW WHATEVER MONEY HE MADE WAS KEPT IN A SEPARATE PURSE AND WHEN HE CAME HOME HE ASKED ME TO HELP HIM DISTRIBUTE IT AMONG DESERVING PEOPLE ANY NEW SYSTEM IS WORTH TRYING WHEN YOUR LUCK IS BAD AND YET IT SEEMS TO US THAT THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIONS TO THE SCHEME SUGGESTED BY MISSUS WILCOX AT LEAST WE DON'T THINK IT WOULD WORK WELL FOR US IF WE DREW A CLUB TO FOUR HEARTS WE MIGHT BRAVELY PUSH ALL OUR CHIPS FORWARD AND SAY RAISE IT PROVIDED THE RISK WAS OURS ALONE WE COULDN'T DO THAT IF WE WERE PLAYING FOR UNCLE ALBERT OUR ANXIETY WOULD BETRAY US
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