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"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. 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
cidity stared Strongheart in the face. To be sure, he bit people only because they were bad, but, like most reformers, he had learned to love his work. It was to him more than a duty. We doubt whether he remained long with the honeymooners. It is our notion that on the first dark night he took to the wilds again. We can imagine him stalking a contented cow in the moonlight. The poor beast lowers her head for grass and Strongheart, seeking to convince himself that the horns have been employed in an overt act, mutters: "You would, would you!" Then comes the leap and the crashing of the great wolf jaws. It is the invariable tragedy of the reformer that, though his work has been accomplished, he cannot retire. First come the giants and then the windmills. XVII ALTRUISTIC POKER Although Ella Wheeler Wilcox's autobiography is a human document throughout, nothing in it has interested us quite so much as her description of her husband's poker system in the chapter called "The Compelling Lover.  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF PIECES OF HATE AND OTHER ENTHUSIASMS THIS IS A LIVER BOX RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERBOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JOYCE COUCH PIECES OF HATE AND OTHER ENTHUSIASMS BY HEYWARD BRAH CHAPTER SEVENTEEN ALTRUISTIC POKER ALTHOUGH ELLA WHEELER WILCOX'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS A HUMAN DOCUMENT THROUGHOUT NOTHING IN IT HAS INTERESTED US QUITE SO MUCH AS HER DESCRIPTION OF HER HUSBAND'S POKER SYSTEM IN THE CHAPTER CALLED THE COMPELLING LOVER
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