That sort of people always run up against a buzz saw for their pains.
"Maria," he said, penitently, one morning at breakfast, "last night I played poker and"——
"Played poker!" interrupted Mrs. Stubb. "How dare you spend your money gambling, sir!"
"As I was saying, I played poker and won enough to buy you a set of furs"——
"You did? Oh, John, you are so good! I knew those sharps could not get the best of you."
"And just as I was about to quit I dropped it all and fifty more."
"You brute! To think I should have married a gambler!"
I'm really sorry for Stubb.