The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
Married Angels.
detroit Free Press.l

There are some folks who think it awful
wicked for husband and wife to sit down to
gether of an evening and play cards, while
others can't see where the harm comes in.
"Why," said the Colonel a few DAYS ago,
when the subject of card-playing was under
discussion, "ioes any one pretend that my
wife and | can't play a few games of euchre
without disputing and arguing and getting
mad over it? Loafers can't perhaps, but we
could play for a thousand years and never
have a word-yes, we could"
The others shook their heads in a dubious
way, and the Melted Colonel walked straight
could find. That evening when his W life was
ready to sit down to her fancy work, he pro-
duced the cards and said
"May, | was told to-day that you and l
couldn't play cards without %disputing, and
getting into a row. Darling draw up here"
dearest, we will not have Il word of dis
pute- not one," she replied, as she put away
her work.
The Colonel shutfled away and dealt, and
turned up a heart.
II order it up" she observed, and she
looked over her cards.
II was going to take 1t up anyhow, - growled
cards being black.
"Play to that" she said as she put down
the joker.
"Whoever heard of anybody leading out in
trumps!" he exclaimed. "Why don't you
lead out with an ace ?"
"Oh, l can play this hand.,'
"You can, ell Well, I'll make it the sick est
play you ever saw Ha! took all the tricks,
eh? Well, l thought I'd encourage you a
little. Give me the cards--it's my deal"
.'You dealt BEFORE"
"No, l didnt!'
"Why,, yes, you did! we have only played
one hand.''
"Well, go ahead and deal all the time if
you want to! I'll make two off your deal
anyhow. What's trumps?:"
She turned up a club. He had only the
nine-spot, but he scratched his head, puckered
his mouth and seemed to want to order it up.
The bluff didn't work. She took it up and he
led an ace of hearts.
"No hearts, ell? he shouted as she trumped
il. "Refilsing suit is a regular loafer's trick
I'll keep all eye on YOU Yes, take it and
that-and that-and all of 'em! It's mighty
queer where you got all of those trumps
Stocked the cards on ME, did you?'
"Now, dear, | played as fair as could be
aud made two, and if l make one on you
deal I'll skunk YOU"
"Id like TO see you make one OH my deal,
he pulled. "I've been fooling along to en-
courage you, but now ! am going to beat you
out of sight. Diamonds are trulnps."
''She passed and he took it up on two small
trumps. He took the first trick, she the mex
two, he the fourth, and when he put out hi
last trump she had the joker"
"%Skunked! skunked % she exclaimed a
she clapped her hands in glee.
"You didn't follow suit?"
"Oh, yes l did"
81 know better. You refused spades"
81 hadn't any,"
"You hadn't, eli? Why didn't you hav'
any? l never saw a hand without at leas
one spade in 1t"
"Why husband l know how to play cards.
"And don't l? Wasn't l playing euchr
when you were learning to walk !? l say you
stocked the cards on mel"
"No l { didn't! you are a poor player !; yo'
dont know how to leadm
"I-I-why, maybe I'm a fool, an
maybe | don't know anything, II so yol
can play alone and have all trumps ever,
time!"
He pushed back, grabbed his paper wheel
ed around to the gas, and it was nearly thirty
six hours before he smiled again. Neverthe
less, no one else ever had a dispute owe
! AIDS.