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THE STORY BY MACK McMACK
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in which Mr. Lowell Schmaltz explained his interesting tactics in the rest of the hand.—Editor.)

But as I started saying—

I certainly do hate conversation during a poker game. That's the trouble with women; that's why it isn't any fun to play with 'em.

You get going on a game, and they want to stop and talk about kitchen-mechanics and kids and God knows what all. What I always say to Mamie is, "If we're going to talk, all right, we'll talk, but if we're playing cards, then let's play cards!"

But considering that we've been interrupted by having to send out for these new cards, I just thought I'd tell you this new story I heard about a year ago—story that a fellow named Mack McMack told me one time on a fishing trip.

Mack is, I may say, about the leading undertaker of Zenith, and one of the funniest clowns you ever listened to. Well, to make it short, Mack told us—

It seems—the way Mack told it—it seems an