M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-03-29
"seven UP" for q Wife; or ''0eOd
R6 wheat" Ef,o.,

..r r. as wheat 6'1ow
In the State Of Tennessee there is q
certain village Boosting Of a,tavern,
three stores and four groceries swhere,
from morning till night, and from
night till dawn, person entering the
town may find in the tavern, stores,
groceries, aforesaid, ons aor mora
groups of persons playing cardS.---
Gambling thereris feduced to q sci.
ence, the history Of the four kings ia
thoroughly studied, and from tha
school,boy 10 the gray.haired veter.
an, from the miss in her teens to the
mother of, Q large family, they ara
initiated into the mysteries of high,
low, jack, game, right and left bowers
--the honors and the odd trick. One
Of the best players in the village waa
Major Smith, the tavern keeper; or,
as he expressed it, the proprietor of
the hotel; a widower who, like
... "Jeptha, Judge in Israel .,asa .
Hada daughter passing fair" gs
Fanny, the daughter, was One of the
prettiest girls in Tennessee, and there,
fore one Of the prettiest in the world,
for We here digress in order TO lay
down as ipse diait, that Tennessee
women, in point Of beauty, are match
less, The sweethear! OF Fanny was
young farmer, residing in the neigh,
borhood, whom we shall, designate by
the name of Bob. ,.'f.. .'-.,.L.,s
1t happened, that one day before
harvest, the young man was detained
in the village, and found him, "a
nsnal, at the hotel, seated between the
Major and his daughter. After a des-
ultory conversation between the two
gentlemen, On the state Of the weather,
the prospects Of the approaching har.
vest, and such important sta Plies of
conversation, the Major asked Robert
how his wheat crop promised to yield,
In reply, lie was told thattho young
farmer expected to make atlsast one
hundred bushels. 81 The Major appear,
ed to study for moment, then ABRUPT
iy proposed a game Of old isledge, ,hor
''seven up;" the stakes to be his dAdghA'
ter Fanny against the crop Of %heats
This, of course, the yoang ih9n ihg
dignantly refused, because he e5blal
not bear the idea that the hand Of heri
heloyed should be made the, subjsct
ola bet, or that he shoulS win a wifsl
by gambling for her; and u perhapsg
because he knew the old 5nang was
"hard to beat" and there was a strong
probability Of ais losing both wheat
and wife. . l.g.tI5 sp.4ob was,
1t was not untihthe Major, with hia
usual Obstinacy, had swornthat unlessl
he won her he should never have her, ?
that the young man, was forced reluct.,
antly to consent to play seNh G'&ooi
| The table was placed, the candlea,
| lit, the cards produced, and the play
cfs took their seats, with Miss Fanny
between them to watch the progress
OF the game. The cards were regular
! ly shuffled and cut, and it fell to the
Majors lot to deal, The first hand
was played, and Robert made gift to
his opponents high, low, game. Rob,,
ert then dealt, the Major begged; il,
was given, and the Major again made
three to his opponents one ra4jlduat
six to two" said Miss Fanny witlH
asigh. -. .r-r.grus Z s,5~l
The Major, as he dealt the cards.
winked and said: .,. .ak
I'm good for the wheat, Master
Bob" ..'.,,,
The old man turned up a trump
it was a spade. Fanny glanced at
hcr fathers hand--her heart sank; hs
held the three, eight,spot, and the
king! She then lookel at Roberta
hand, and 10! he had the ace, queen,
deuce, and jack, or knave. She whis,
pered to Robert to beg--he did SO, y.
Take it" said the Major. - n.
Robert led his Deuce, which tie
Major took with his, three,spot, aud
followed by playing the king Ro6srl
put his queen upon It, The Major
supposing it was the young man I,
last trump, leaned over the table, an
tapping his last trick with his aage
said:. -u .-,--.,,
That's good as wheat"
SIS it9" asked Robert, ashe displa y
edt to the astonished Major the q &c
and jack, yet inohis hands. s.ss1,a s1a0i
"High, ,low, jack, gift. and gam Q,
shouted Robert. 10 eh.--a5m ai.dY I,
"Outlp calculated Fanngm o..la fc
"Good as wheat" added Robert :, Al
he flung his arms around her rpecl
and kissed her. q ygsI ohW sgos9q I,
In due time they were married, and
ever after that, when anything aOc.
cnrred' ola pleasingnature tothel hop
py couple. they uldoexprsss y leir
emphatic appreciation of it by the
phrase, "Geod as wheat.YH .Iinao
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