“Bassett was puzzled for a moment, an’ before he could get started Winterbottom busted loose. ‘No!’ he hollered, just like he were mad. ‘No, we don’t play with a joker, nor big an’ little casino, nor right and left bower, nor his nobs, nor his heels. We play draw-poker. An’ we don’t play blazers nor jumpers, because we don’t know what they are and we don’t care a darn. We wouldn’t play them if we did know.’ “‘Well, well,’ says Hapgood, ‘that’s all right. I only asked because they’re in the book, and we have to know, you know, before we play, you know.’ “‘Well, we know,’ growled Jake and he started to deal again. While he was dealing Bassett put up his ante an’ Hapgood, who set next, he says, ‘I straddle,’ an’ throws in two chips. That makes it four to play, an’ Blaisdell he throws down his cards. Pearsall comes in an’ so does Winterbottom. Bassett makes good an’ Hapgood raises it eight. They was playin’ table stakes. “Pearsall, havin’ next say, he says, ‘I raise you eight,’ an’ shoves up his chips. “‘Oh!’ says Hapgood, speakin’ up quick. ‘Then you don’t play the doublin’ game?’ “‘What in thunder is the doublin’ game?’ says Pearsall. “‘Why you can’t raise less than double what the last bet was,’ says Hapgood. “‘Is that in the book?’ asked Bassett, sudden like. “‘Yes,’ says Hapgood. “‘Then we play it,’ says Bassett very determined. “‘Well,’ says Pearsall, ‘I raise you sixteen chips.’ “Winterbottom he studies for a minute an’ he says, ‘I’ll come in,’ but he says it kind o’ slow. “It were Bassett’s turn next, an’ he says, ‘I raise it thirty-two chips.’ “Things was gettin’ interestin’ about then. It were quick poker even for Arkansas City, an’ I looked to see some layin’ down, but they all had pretty good cards as it happened an’ they all made good. In the draw Bassett took one card, Hapgood took two, Pearsall stood pat, an’ Winterbottom took two. “Then they all waited for a minute or so, an’ finally Winterbottom says to Hapgood, ‘It’s your bet.’ “‘Oh, no,’ says Hapgood, ‘it isn’t my bet, I straddled.’ “‘Well, what in blue blazes has that got to do with it?’ says Pearsall. “‘Why, if I straddled I get the age,’ says Hapgood, an’ the boys was struck dumb for a minute or so. “Finally, Bassett he caught his breath, an’ he says, ‘Is that in the book?’ “‘Why, certainly,’ says Hapgood, an’ just then his keeper come in with the book in his hand. It was a monstrous pretty little red book, too, with a fancy cover an’ gilt edges on the leaves. “Well, Bassett he were gettin’ sort o’ weak by this time, but he managed to say, ‘I ain’t doubtin’ your word, stranger, but this here is kind o’ strong liquor for us. We ain’t used to it. Don’t you think you’re mistaken? Do you think that any man that knowed enough about poker to write a book about it would put that in?’