The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: papers.
"Yance thinks a lot of a pair of deuces when he's
liquored up," sighed the sheriff reflectively.
"Too much," said the gay attorney. "A man has no
business to play poker who drinks as much as he does. I
wonder how much he dropped to-night."
"Close to two hundred. What I wonder is whar he
got it. Yance ain't had a cent fur over a month, I
know."
"Struck a client, maybe. Well, let's get home before
daylight. He'll be all right when he wakes up, except
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