Stand Pat; Or, Poker Stories from the Mississippi

Curtis, David A. · 1923

Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A. The things that I saw, that seemed worthy of note, I have set down without prejudice to the little town of Brownsville, which has grown since I was there. Let no citizen of the place pursue me vindictively because I found him less interesting than Stumpy. And let no one’s civic pride suffer because I noted in the town only what seemed to me picturesque. I have no quarrel with Brownsville. I got away from there. What I saw while there seems worth the telling. Much of it I have told in the _Sunday Sun_. That, and more will be found in this book.…

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