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“THE PLAYERS ARE COME!”
_First Player_ (_who has had a run of ill-luck_). I’m regularly
haunted by the recollection of my losses at Baccarat.
_Second Player._ Quite Shakspearian! “Banco’s” Ghost.
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[Illustration: A PRIZE.]
_Little Spiffkins._ “DON’T YOU THINK ONE MIGHT GET UP A DANCE HERE
SOME EVENING?”
_Young Brown._ “NOT GIRLS ENOUGH, MY BOY!”
_Little Spiffkins._ “NOT GIRLS ENOUGH! WHY, _I_’VE GOT TO KEEP ’EM OFF
ME WITH A STICK!”
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