But in anything except straights and straight flushes--if there is any such thing as a straight flush--the cuter card counts as an ace.

Got that ?" "Yes; I think I can remember that." "All right! You watch us play a while, then, till you get on to our methods of betting--they're different from yours too.

When you think you're wise, you can take a hand if you want to." Boland watched for a few hands and then bought in.

The game ran on for an hour, with the usual vicissitudes.

Nothing very startling happened.