And they would be arrested fur gambling, only them that lived in our town would get away.

Which Si and Ralph was always scared every time they done it.
Then the drummer, or whoever it was, would be took to the calaboose, and spend all night there.
In the morning they would be took before Squire Matthews, that was justice of the peace.

They would be fined a big fine, and he would get all the drummer had won and all he had brung to town with him besides.
Squire Matthews and Jake Smith and Windy Goodell and Mart Watson, which the two last was lawyers, was always playing that there game on drummers that was fool enough to play poker.

Hank, he says he bet they divided it up afterward, though it was supposed them fines went to the town.

Well, they played a purty closte game of poker in our little town.