Front matter
Reading edition
S T A N D P A T

"THERE WAS NO NEED, HOWEVER, OF ANOTHER SHOT.” (See page 36.)

S t a n d P a t Or Poker Stories from the Mississippi
By D a v i d A. C u r t i s
Illustrated by H e n r y R o t h

B o s t o n L. C. P A G E & C O M P A N Y Mdccccvi


Copyright, 1900, 1901, 1902 By the Sun Printing and Publishing Association ——— Copyright, 1906 By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) ——— All rights reserved First Impression, May, 1906 Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A.