"Intemperance is a crime. I presume there are men who take a drink, as you call it, without being intemperate; but I prefer to let the stuff alone entirely, and then there is no danger of going over the limit."
"And I took you for a sport! That shows how a fellow can be fooled. But you do play poker occasionally. I know that."
"How do you know it, Mr. Bloodgood?"
"By your language. You just spoke of going over the limit. That is a poker term."
"And one used by many people who never played a game of cards in their lives."
"But you have played cards? You have played poker? Can you deny it?"
"If I could, I wouldn't take the trouble, Mr. Bloodgood. I think you have made a mistake in sizing up this crowd."
"Guess I have," sneered the fellow. "You must be members of the Y.M.C.A."
"Say, Frank!" panted Jack; "open the door and let me——"
But Frank checked the hot-headed youth again.