Excerpt from Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery

Davy wants to know if four aces are any good? Suggested the doctor, winking at Rayton.

Benjamin Samson, torn with doubt, ventured three beans on the chances of his pair of kings. That started things briskly, but on the second round David Marsh went the limit. That brought things to a standstill, and the pool went to David without a challenge, but he showed his cards for all that.

What I want to know is, who's marked this six of clubs? He asked. That's what I began to ask, a minute back, he added, looking at Doctor Nash.

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