![]() The female, "Piney Woods", is a fifteen-year-old girl. While on their rest, the group is met by a pair of runaway lovers on their way to Poker Flat to get married. Once halfway there, all exiles other than Oakhurst decide to stop at noon for a rest, against Oakhurst's wishes. These four set out for a camp which is a day's journey away, over a mountain range. On his way out of town, he is joined by "The Duchess", a saloon girl "Mother Shipton", a madam and "Uncle Billy", the town drunk and a suspected robber. He is among those sent away because of his great success in winning from those on the secret committee. The first of them is a professional poker player, "John Oakhurst". ![]() ![]() On November 23rd of 1850, four "immoral" individuals are exiled from Poker Flat. In an effort to save what is left of the town and reestablish it as a "virtuous" place, a secret society is created to decide whom to exile and whom to kill. The town has lost thousands of dollars, and has experienced a moral decline. Poker Flat is, in the opinions of many, on a downward slope. The story takes place in a Californian community known as Poker Flat, near the town of La Porte.
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