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THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916

her. I still kept even. sharks won. Bill lost.

The

POKER

STORIES : 2.

THE GENTLE ART OF BLUFFING.

CITIZEN POLICE RESERVES.

Some American Views.

the use of frearms and the prin- Britain could look forward.co... In You can talks all the English ciples of mob-discipline, first sið, Germany every soul 1 met was you want in Berlin with impunity. and the other things which police absolutely confident that Germany I have heard it frequent yand man are supposed to have at their would triumph. Broadly, and indons it reportedly, on the subway, Commissioner Tiew of the Central advances in on traine, în restaurants, on the finger-lipe: Hwoods does not like the idea of the past six months, it may be street, in the Dergarten. I hayo | militia or United States troops be- said that sentiment as to the one had some ccossional looks of

ing called to the city's aid it's die- ome is exactly parallel in the curiosity; but never 1 word aster should occur, and at the two countries. The only die hare had no coession ; yet Ishould The necessity for reserves to mame time hints that the special azce is that the svangs English- | feel deep hesitation in speaking back up the first-line forces is im-reserve corps would be of assist man expects to win next year, and German in a street of London. pressing city oficials and police sace in the ereat of stack by a the German believe he has won authorities as well as those re-hostile country. The reservists now.

"They have no hymn of hate în England. That is not the Eng- fion, says the New York Literary handle a commissary department ponsible for the safety of the nae are to be taught how to equipand An latinitaly Soberer Germany. fish way. But they bees sous- Bat, with mushaken confidence, thing in their haarts that is sp- a series of poker stories called himself. So after the cigars F/s hundred and fifty in it dat Digest. New York and Chicago which would be able to food great it is an infinitely soberer Germany | palling in its quintones, like being numbers of people. In the than it must have been at the out- | face to face with an alem- restul scheme of preparedness set. The unconciliating patrio-ental furos I should not want any sites for refugee camps are to be tism remains; but the exaltation man to feel towards me, or any selected, arrangements are to be has gone out of it. Even the hate nation to feel against my people, made to commandeer automobiles has gone. After ten days in Baras England feels towards Gar. for the quick transportation of lin it cooared to me that I had many. people, and the entire police fores, not heard "Gott strafe England," with the reserves, is to be built nor seen it on paper. Lasked my

The following is the second of at last Bill settled the business

from an American newspaper-found myself at a table, with Bill

The talk in the mess, having and Mrs. Bill and the two run through campaign tales and structors. women, tales had turned to card tales. The senior major leaned toward the fire and knocked the sshes from his pipe against the

andiron.

"The queerees bit of poker I ever saw," he said, "was played by a woman. She was the wife of little Bill Stuyvesant You re-

member Bill Stuyvesant-Colonel

in the Third-graduated in '69 ?”

The Colonel nodded.

"The lesson was abort enough. "The professors wrote out a list of bands for Mrs. Stuyvesant to use, told her the rules, and answered the few pitiful questions she ask ed. I was mad clean through Bill was boiling.

“This is a damned outrage,” he

whispered. Help her if you can.

"It was a no-limit affair—a very swift one, 100. I was too busy "He was with Reno at the Cas-mycalf to think more of MS tar business," he answered. "I but I saw that she was terribly mat him the next week He re- conservative,, afraid of her life, signed sfterward and went into and just dribbling sway bar chips

in autes and jack pots.

business."

"That's the one.

Bill was merk but he didn't have much mighty well connected in New cash. If it hadn't been for his poker playing he never could

have kept the pace he did.

"He lived better than any other afficer in the regiment. Es put up one of the neatest games I've had the bad luck to mix up with -cold blooded and steady, but

his winnings to a frazzie when the time came.

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* Once or twice she thraw suró table-afraid to bet them. The winning banda face up on the human sharks were giggling sad gobbling up chips. Bill was

losing. I was about even.

"Then somebody started a jack-$10 around. It was sweet- ened a $ba clip for five deals running. That pat $75 in it,

Well, one day old Bill went off and got married all of a sudden very much excited. Her eyes were to the timidest, most blushing, snapping, and she was saamin prim little sprig of a country girling her list of hands intensely.

**Oh, she cried, "I wish I you ever 684, I heard his family Isised the devil; but it didn't know! I wish I knew! Can't I matter. Bill and the wee one set-ask Billie ?*

fled down on the post, and were No,' snapped Shark Number sa happy as if she were a Van One. Something or Other, or he were & Farmer Jones.

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At the crash of the glass we all jamped by instinct. As I did so I knocked evar a pile of my chips, and that drew my eyes to the cloth before me instead of the floor, where every one else was looking..

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"At last the night was over. The dawa paled the yellow lamp- light and gave a sickly colour to our fsces # we sat about the tables Bill was over $2000 be hind when they started a bunch of $20 jacks to close the game.

The first two alid off evenly enough into the maws of the hard faced matrons. Then came brats to open.

*We sweetened it until it had Mrs. Stuyvesant cracked it under are taking the lead in organising the guns for the sise. Bill stayed. police "Landstumme". To aid in So did Shark Number One. Then the campaign for a cleaner, safe, Number Two boosted it two hun-and better Chicago," as the papers of the Midwester metropolis pat I dropped and threw my cards is, there is being organized, after on the table Mrs. Stuyvesant stay a meating of police, captains and ed. Bill dropped. The other business men, a citisen police shark hesitated and then shoved force of some 20,000 members into an emergency machine which friends about it. Most of them GERMANY'S DWINDLING in her little stack. Thas made They will be chosen by the Mayur will be able to look after the city's laughed sheepishly. Yes, that the neat total of $1350.

from a host of applicants, and one population and look after it had been, but it wasn't any long- "Mra stuyvesant drew two person in each city block will promptly in the event of any con- ec. Perhaps the naval officers card. S did Number one and receive a card authorizing him toosivable catsarophe. The mem- suong whom it started still used her running uste.

co-operate with the police and bars of the roserve corps will not the "greating. Every one else had 43 Par Cent. of Modern Cruisers I watched the latter lady health departments in eliminating in ordinary time have the power stopped long ago. closely. After skinning back her vice and enforcing sanitary re-or right to act as other than every- The only time the phrase ozme draw she moved har elbow toward gulations. If every such officer day civilians, to make arrests or into my experience was on a rail ounced from Barlin, of the German little stand by her side, and with does his duty, says the St. Louis carry weapons, but when they are road station at Vranna, where raiser Bremen, together wishra elegant carelessness swept off on Republic, not over-enthusiastical-needed, it ever, will be swara in solitary, bedraggled placard with destroyer or torpedo-bost, in the the floor a high ball that had justly," one may see many benefits as special patrolment."

Got strafe Labien remained Baltic, is farther evidence that been brought her.

in the plan. Faithful service New York, it should be said, on the wall. The Vianness, who, the coming of winter is not going would result in the collection of bas a body of volunteer juvenile whatever their faults, are not girea so put an end to the sctivities of iunumerable dead cats and degs, police who have accomplished to deceiving themselves, laughed British and Bassian submittin weeds would be kept mewed, and much on the East Side. And openly at the characteristically in those Taten Is all probabile bibulous persons saleep in alleys among the applicants for enrol- lagging Austrian imitation of the ity the enemy warships were would be gathered up and remormant in Chicago's corps of Civic Prussian sentiment. And that in actually engaged on an antiseb ed. Since Chicago's Sunday lid Cooperators," a3 the Chicago Har spite of the fact that if there is one marine patrol when they wan has been riveted down, these all mina, are many women and thing in the war in regard to smak, for Lieutenant-Commander, citizen police might also be useful young people. The Herald believes which the Austrian shows real Francia Cromie, who ssak the Un- reporters of undue activity around they will prove efficient recruita, foaling is in Italy.

dine on November 7, has stated the back doors of saloons, and for, after all, "This movement And the Hymn of Hate is dead, that that vessel was accompanied "Then one of the sharks open- with enough warmth in it to rashed it for the size on. Mrs. Stay. I saw a jeweled finger rest quicking influence over all sorts of Chicago is essentially a movement parody; but not in Germany, in taken by the train fecties.

"It was owing to this fact that they might also exercise a restrain for a cleaner, safer, and better One best is in England in by two destroyers on the mate vessat's deal. The other shark stayed. I dropped. So did Billy on the table and slide one of juvenile delinquency, but all of for a batter house-cleaning and other seriousness or jest. Instead,

Germany's lossas in the Baltic the discarded cards deftly under a this saumes **I looked at Mr. S. She wIS

that the citizen house-keeping. And who so well they are discussing whether the have been exceptionally, host lace handkerchief. In an instant policeman would take his office tied to look after house-keeping sentiment it expresses is a wise speaking comparatively. more the bit of pasteboard was seriously. Chicago is about to sa house-keepers and the young one to have. One man, as cultured ing torpedo-craft, of which at slipped into the hand of Shark try the plan and will have an an- people about whose doings and gentleman as there is in the least a dosen has been reported Number Two.

swer to this doubt available for enterprises their mothers take land, had never heard the verses.sanic at one time or anothury the the information of the rest of the just about ten thoughts every day His wife got out her scrap book following vessels have been sent country in time. As to the use while their fathers are taking and read it. It rings even better to the bottom or destroyed in faloess of a citiran police against

in the original than in the trage these waters 2- the more dangerous forms of

lation, of course; and Imaintain. A WINA crime, we have a sill greater

ed that worthy or unworthy sa îte doubt. Every man is already GERMANY MORE SOBER. springs might be, it was genuine white-hot poetry that would last. The family was divided in opinion, They have even got to criticis. ing Lassanar for writing his hymn. AL Kroeber, writing in the He defends himself by admitting Nax York Broening Post, says that he would not write it now, Holland is fall of anecdotes but insists that at the time it re- cil, wrote, "I know. It was my ten their attitude on this matter ma-

resaoning, non-human temper of terially 7"

He is very likely right; ing. of hearts."

Once identified by his neigh Germany at war. I was told on and we can let the defence go at bours, the representative in a block good authority, and at first hand that. But they are not singing

will be as popular as a Gaman such stories go, of a Berlin wo the hymn to-day.

Bitterness Toward America, in London," the Pittsburg Dis man who telephoned her friends patch observes In about six to come to the house in the evƏZ-

In fact, there is far more bitter months at furthest he will here: her son had just fallen in a the choice of leaving the block or hero's death for the fatherland, against America, than towards Friends, chance quitting the force, if he can stick and they were going to toast the England.

acquaintances, strange fellow event in champagus.

I was inclined to believe the travellers, it was always

Finds Mr. and Mrs. BiL

story. After having been in Ger the same. They I started for New York a little

with a queer look in her eyes, tried."

such as erant might have happan trying not to be personally offen later myself, and soon after I hit

ed in the early months of the war,

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"bat the way they fished up That lady looked at her cards ter. I am aby that thousand.

and I go you one thousand bet Bat that small town a chap nained

"Chicago's municipal Brockman asked me up the Hud-and frowned.

anthorities; its uniformed police, though I should doubt whether it at the word America left no doubt son to a house party. When I ar Not this time," she snorted. Bill gasped like a drowning and the citizens generall, he could have been frequent even that the resentment sprang from

them. I know that a deep and sensitive source. Ism stained by the Allies in the zived, who the dence should I find If you want people to bet when man I felf as if I were going given their enthusiastic approval there but Bill Stuyvesant and his you have anything you must learn ander fire again for the first time to the volunteer-police idea would not happen now, except on certain that one can count on the Baltic are the armoured cruiser trau

to bet sometimes when you have Number One threw down her And, observes the New York the part of the sporadic patholo fingers of his hands the Germans Pallads, the mine-Isper Yemeel, She wza pretty as ever, but less than a straight ash Take cards Number Two laughed Globe," New York most probab: gical necrotic that crops up in in all Germany who are not con- and the gunboat Biroutoh (all just sa aby and timid. She didn't tus pot Three kings openers.”

hard little laugh. She pushed ly would do likewise.”

every country even in time of vinced that our country has play. Russian) and the Berish sabe Grammany began the war with seem to be having a very, thrill- Ob! oh!' cried Mrs. Stuyves $2000 worth of chips before her.

At any rate, New York is to peace. The German: father or wife ed them unfi” (That may only marine E 13. And a thousand,” she said.; hava a police “ Landstana” ofa to-day "meets the shock of the prove Germany blind and wrong modernlight cruisers, of which, ing time in acciety. I felt right ant, and I was what you call

husband it is a delicate subject, and I am **And two thousand. *- came | different nature. Police Commis

ommitting all doubtful cases, tem sorry for the little thing.

blafing, too!' and she threw dɔwa

-or 43.5 per cant-have now She and Bill had just arrived, the four, seven and sime of clubs, with a little tremble of despers- sioner Woods is enlisting, we read the front with exactly the not judging any people; I am

been taken or destroyed. Besides and at dinner I noticed the petro- the queen of hearts and the ace of tion from Mra. Bill.

in the New York Bus, a special same sensations, and with exactly only stating facts. Perhape the nizing locks that were handed to spades, 1 thought you'd be 100% garrazing with eagerness. "Bill #hasre willingin time of great dias would an “Azerican or an Eng-|

*We were all leaning forward, police-reserve corps of this the same remotions to the emotion, feeling will die down, 100.

*Les Americans do what they these, fire older Tesels of this consider to be to their own inter-type have been sccounted for them both. The poor child blushed, she went on naively, because as the colour of death. The sater to help keep order and avort This is not hesrazy. I speak est,” seemed to be the Greman the Undine, Arisise, and Heli ed and sat dumb, Bill looked mad I'd been so careful before.” and drank too much champagne.

***Bill confessed to me that he other table fiad broken up, and the pacis. He plans to mašne a special

moran, destroyed at Laingul Along about the fird some nearly died of heart disease right players pressed overoor shoulders force of 20,000 or 25000 mm knowledge which is not attitude, but let them not pre- sunk in home waters, the Clar

hard to obtain, with fifteen hun- tend to be neutral about it.” how the talk turned on cards. on the spot. I was too happy to

Number Two drew back her lips this way and later to add about red deaths coming in day after The explanation that the great and the Geier, interned af Gracz Theza was a couple of hard-faced notice. I was watching the human

until her teeth showed like an 20,000 moze reservists by enroll-

Of the total of 14 vessels

matrons there that I sized up as sharks. R

ing the employees of the "wazione (day. I admit it may have been majority of the American peopleed, including the Ende

different at first. But the Gere were not neutral in sentiment

ed), ten have fallen to the human aberke from the stars. "How did you do it?" I whis

call, abe said. 'I have city departments. The will any of the autumn of 1915 is seemed to strike most Germans as They led the pack in the card pered admizingly when the ping

give him, when his plan is com mortement and they never dropped had started again,

"She threw down her cards and pleted, & reserve corps of about very different thing from the Gierszy of illumination. "Oh, well, Mary and one to the

| the Karlsruhe the scent until they had it fixed

Mrs. Bill smiled in ber be reached for the chips. Bill sank 45,000 special offices, which many of the autumn of 1984; and of coubey in that case, it is differ. while the Cormoran and the Bremen: SILL witching way.

big back in his chair like a sick old believes would be necessary in the this change of spirit Germans out, and somehow something in fo tables of poker after dinner. **Oh! she axewered softly, I man

event of such a disaster as the Sam themselves confess to: 2019 them seemed content. That may

To begin with; and to prevent also seem illogical; but again it is not yet ident Mrs. Stuyvesant tried to beg haven't been studying Bill all|Z

Not good, ent in Mr. Stay- Francisco fire or the

misconception, it must be said German, 1 doubt whether any off beesuse the couldn't play, bat these months for cothing.

vesant sharply, and she threw on floris.

qustaly explain | var with 44 modern

has lout the human sharks insisted on

the table-four queens. The game grow faster. Mrs

The reservists are to be picked smphatically sit the

Lone of loss of confidence. In to any American the mental pro- hing her and made so many Stayvesant became a little bolder.

**Remarkable, eh? Yes. But from every walk in, life

sou sure that England Linally encoutlierito

kerman would Platile pokes at her country Shawon on the whole holding the queerest thing is--I had my lawyers, merchant ling and BIB poverty that the lead that that janke had given

the queen of clubs!” labourers and are to be

"Bill, though, never let up a hole on poker, but he was honest about it with his wife. The game usually ran in his house, and she fat and watched until bed-time. At first she worried a good deal, I think.

"It made everybody feel awk

·ward, too, to have her about. But after a while she perked up and we got to missing her if she wasn't mitting there by the fire, sewing or reading, or else leaning over Bill's shoulder watching his cards and asking fool questions.

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"About a year after they were married Bill and she went on leave East. The family wanted to patch up..na har lette

that the ten of us should make

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**'Ob,' cried Mm. 8., then I--- yes; I must!' and she shoved oat $150 worth of chips.

"My first instinct was to speak, I learned forward, but a quick, nervous little handeaught my arm, I looked down. It was Mrs: Stay. Please be still,' she whispered, "What did she mean? Surely sathorised by law and required she had not seen what I saw. I by duty to prevent felonies and 10k out a card, and scribbled on apprehend felons if he can, and ita carelessly as I could. She curzens with a militant hatred of stole from the discard. Tom I wrong-doing frequently across slipped it in front of Mrs. Bill. She that right. Will making certain Number One drew twɔ cards, M nodded, and, boirowing my pen-citizens quasi-policemen change illustrating the fanatical, a represented a deep national, feel~ |

Bill turned white. I shook in my boots. Shark Number One hesitated and scowled. Then she pushed out her $75. Number Two dropped, with a nasty little word

Bill put down the pack.

"How many does the dealer take?' cracked Number one.

"I? Oh, I don't want any, answered Mrs. Bill.

"Bill sighed contentedly. The Shark bet $1. The pot now contained 376 gineleons.

""Dear me!' cried Mrs. Bill 'I want to bet lots. Bill, lend me some!' and she shoved $400 out on the table, and settled back with the pinkest, most imploring expression, mately begging the shark to come on.

"

"I crampled the card in my pocket What was this innocent up to, anyhow?

"She bet two hundred. Shark Number One called. Number Two saw, and rapidly counted out a pile of yellow chips.. ***I raise you five hundred, she said coldly.

Mrs. Stuyvesant hesitated an instant. plural

it out that long. Bat it is a fine idea on paper. It looks almost as easy as creating an army of a mile

Bitter Feeling Against the

United States.

Battleship : Pommern, by a British sub- marins on July 2

Armoured Cruisers ; Friedrick Kari, mined and munk, November, 1914.

Prinz Adalbert, by a British submarine, on October 23, 1915.

Light Cruisers ; Magdeburg, by a Bossian squadron, Angust 27, 1914.

Undine, by s Briñah sab- marine, November 7, 1915. Bremen, by a sa brgazine, 2 data, In addition to the above, the mine-laying cruiser Albatross'wSE driven sahore and destroyed by Russian aguadron on July 2; the battle craiser Molks and the light cruiser Gazelle have been severe- ly damaged in subuɛstine attack - and two other oraisun, said to be the Augsburg and Thetis, were

I see that,' she answered, lion men oraight, until it is many 1.am ready to concede that ful to make it clear that they were claimed by the Batam to have

fourienes

self die

death of BON

been sunk in the futile attempt to score the control of the Galf of Rigs in August. The only losses