Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-03-22
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Had q daughter passing.

it, the proprietor of the hotel; widower,
who, like
"Jcptba, Judge in Israel, fair;
Had daughter passing
Fanny, the daughter, was one of the pretti-
est girls in Tennessee and therefore one of
the prettieSt in the world; for we here di-
gress in order to lay down as ipse diziL that
Tennessee women, in point of beauty, are
matchlesS. The sweetheart of Fanny, was
young farmer residing in the neighborhood,
whom we shall designate by the name of
Bob.
IL happened that one day before harvest.
the young man was detained in the village
and found him, as usual ut the hotel seated
between the Major and his daughter. After a
desultory conversation between the two
gentlemen, on the state of the weather. the
prospects of the approaching harvest, and
such important staples of conversation, the
Major asked Robert how his wheat crop
promised to yield.
In reply, he was told that the young farmer
expected to make at least one hundred
bushels. The Major appeared to study for ii
moment, then abruptly proposed a game of
old sledge, or ''seven up" the stakes to be
his daughter Fanny against the crop of
wheat.
This, of course, the young man Indignantly
refused, because he could not bear the idea
the subject of bet, or that he should win a
wife by gambling for her; and, perhaps, be-
cause he knew the old man was "hard to
beat" and there was a strong probability of
his losing both wheat and wife.
It was not until the Major with his usual
Obstnacy, had sworn that unless he won her,
he should never have her, that the young
man was forced reluctantly to consent to
play.
ryho tob1o ,r,s pIo,od tbo ,oodIo, ia Al,
cards produced, and the players took their
seats, with Miss Fanny between them, to
watch the progress of the game. The cards
were regularly shufied and cut, and it fell to
the Majors lot to deal. The first hand was
played and Rorbert made gift to his oppo-
nents high, low, game. Robert then delt,
the Major begged; it was given, and the
Major again made three to his opponents S
one.
"Six to two" said Miss Fanny with sigh.
The Major, as he delt the cards, winked
and said:
"Tm good for the wheat Master Bob
The old man turned up trump-it was
spade. Fanny glanced at her fathers hand
her heart sank; he held the three, eght-spot
and the kingl She then looked at Robert 5
hand and lol he had the ace, queen, deuce
and jack or knave. She whispered to Robert
t. beg-he did so.
"Take it" said the Major
Robert led his deuce, which the Major took
with his three-spot, and followed by playing
the king. Robert put his queen upon it,
The Major, supposing it was the young man 5
last trump, leaned over the table, and tap
ping his last trick with his finger, said:
"That's good as wheat.
SIS it?' asked Robert, as he displayed to
the astonished Major the ace and jack, yet
in hands
'High, low, jack, and game shouted
Robert.
"Out calculated Fanny.
'Good as wheat" added Robert as he flung
his arms around her neck and kissed her.
In due time they were married, and evey
after that, when anything occurred of pleas
ing nature to the happy couple, they would
express their emphatic appreciation of it by
the phrase "Good as wheat"