“ ‘Why you can’t raise less than double what the last bet was,’ says Hapgood.
“ ‘Is that in the book?’ asked Bassett, sudden like.
“ ‘Yes,’ says Hapgood.
“ ‘Then we play it,’ says Bassett very determined.
“ ‘Well,’ says Pearsall, ‘I raise you sixteen chips.’
“Winterbottom he studies for a minute an’ he says, ‘I’ll come in,’ but he says it kind o’ slow.
“It were Bassett’s turn next, an’ he says, ‘I raise it thirty-two chips.’
“Things was gettin’ interestin’ about then. It were quick poker even for Arkansas City, an’ I looked to see some layin’ down, but they all had pretty good cards as it happened an’ they all made good. In the draw Bassett took one card, Hapgood took two, Pearsall stood pat, an’ Winterbottom took two.
“Then they all waited for a minute or so, an’ finally Winterbottom says to Hapgood, ‘It’s your bet.’
“ ‘Oh, no,’ says Hapgood, ‘it isn’t my bet, I straddled.’