Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-02-26
A Very quiet Game.

! There are some fools 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 tie harm comes in.
why, said the Colonel few days ago
when the subject of card playing was under
discussion, 'does any one pretend that my
wife and can't play few games of euchre
without disputing and arguing and getting
mad over it? Loafers can't perhaps, but we
could play tor thousand years and never
have wOrd-yes, we could"
| The others shook their heads in dubious
way, and the nettled Colonel walked straight
into stationer's and brought the incest pack
| he could find. That evening, when his wife
was ready to sit down to her fancy work, he
produced the cards and said:
"May, l was told to-day that you and
| couldn't play cards without disputing and
getting into row. Darling draw up here"
dearest, we will not have a word of dis
pute-not one, she replied, as she put away
her work.
The Colonel shuffled away and dealt and
turned up heart.
Il order it up" she observed, as she look
ed over her cards.
81 was going to take it up anyhow" growl-
ed the Colonel, as his chin fell, all his other
cares 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?"
80, can play this hand"
''You can, eh Well, I'll make it the sick
est play you ever saw Hal took all the
tricks, eh? Well, thought Id encourage
you a little. Give me the cards-il's my
deal"
''You dealt BEFORE"
mo, didnt?"
"Why, yes, you did, We have only play
ed one hand"
''Well, 60 ahead and deal all the time if
anyhow. What's trump?"
She turned up club. He had only the
nine-spot, but he scratched his head, pucker-
ed his mouth and seemed to want to orGer it
up The bluff didn't work. She took it up
and he led an ace OF hearts.
'No hearts, eh !" he shouted as she trump
ed it. "Refusing suit is regular loafer's
trick! Ill keep an eye on you! Yes take it
and that-and that-and all of 'em! it's
mighty queer where you got all those trumps
Stacked the cards on me did you!"
"Now, dear. played as fair as could be
and made two, and if make one on your
deal I'll skunk you.
''I'd like to see you make one on my deal!"
he puffed "rve been fooling along 10 en-
courage you, but now I'm going to beat you
out of sight. Diamonds are trumps."
She passed and he took it up on two small
trumps. He took the first, she the next two,
he the fourth, and when he put out his last
trump she ha0 the joker.
''Skunked ! skunked!" she exclaimed, as
she clapped her hands in glee.
"You didn't follow suit"
''Oh. yes / did,"
81 know better! You refused spades"
''But hadn't any,"
'You hadn't eh 4? "Why didn't you have |
any?" never saw hand yet without at
least one spade in it,"
why husband, I know how to play |
cards."
"And don't 1? Wasn't playing euchre
when you were learning to walk? I say you
stacked the cards on mel" !"----
'.No, didn't say you are poor player;
you don't know how to lead ]"
"I-I-why, maybe I'm fool, and
maybe don't know anything, and so you
play alone and have all trumps every time ]"
He pushed back, grabbed his paper, wheel
ed around to the gas, and it was nearly
hours before he smiled again.
no one else ever had dispute
over cards.