The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-16
THE COLONEL,s EXPERIMENT.
How His Quiet Little Game Of Euohre With
His Wife Resulted.
detroit Free Press !

There are some folks who think II awful
wicked for husband and wife to cit down to-
others can't see where the harm comes In.
"Wby," said the Colonel q few days sgO
when the subject OF card-playing was UNDER
discussion. docs any one pretend that my
without disputing aud arguing and getting
mad over it2 Loafers can't, perhaps, but ~
could play for Thousand years and never
have wOrd-yee, we could"
The others shook their heads In q dubious
way, and the nettled colonel walked straight
to stationer's and bought the incest paek he
could find. That evening when his wife was
ready to sit down to her fancy work, he pro-
daGsa the cards and and sald .aa.v +h.t
couldn't play cards without disputiDg and
getting Into q row. Darling, draw up nero"
Dearest, we will not have word Of dis
pute-not one," she replied, as she put away
her work.
The Colonel shufried away and deait and
turned up a heart.
i order It up" she observed, a. she looked
over her cards.
II was going to take itup. anyhow growled
being black.
"Plsy to that" she said, as she put down
!. "@ho ever heard of ANYBODY leading out in
out with an ace2'
80, can play this hand"
"You can, ehf Well, Eli make 1t the sickast
play you ever saw Hal took all the tricks.
ehl Well, thought I'd encourage you lit
tie. Give me the cards-it's my deal"
you dealt before
"No, didn't"
ons "Why, Hh1d yes you did' We have only played
"Well, go ahead and deal all the time II you
want to. I'll make two off your deal anyhow.
What's trumps"
She turned up club. He had only the
nine-spot, but he scratched his head, puck
cred his mouth, and seemed to want to order
1t up. The bluff didn't work. She took 1t up
and led an ace Of hearts.
"No hearts, oh r he shouted, as she trumpet
It. Refusing suit is regular loafer's trick!
I'll keep an eye on you'll Yes, take it--and
that-and that-and all OF 'em It's mighty
queer where you got all those trumpsl
Stocked the cards on me, did you"
Nov, dear, played as fair as could be and
made two, and i'll make one on your deal III
"I'd like to see you make one on my deal r
be pulled I've been fooling along to en-
courage you, but now am going to beat you
out OF sight. Diamonds are trumps.
She passed and he took 1t Up on two small
| trumps. He took the first trick, she the next
| two, he the fourth, and when he put out his
last trump she had the joker.
"Skunked skunkedp she exclaimed, as she
clapped her hands In glee.
"You didn't follow suitp'
"Oh, yes, did"
81 know better You refused spades|
"But hain't any
"You hadn't, eh2 Why didn't you have anyf
never saw hand yet without at least one
spade in itp'
"Why, husband, know how to play cards" !"
"And don't II Wasn't playing euchre when
you were learning to walk! say you stocked
mo, didn't you are . poor player; you
don't know how to leadr'
II 81 -, why, maybe I'm . fool, and
maybe don't know anything, and 80 you can
| play alone and have all trumps every time T.,
He pushed back, grabbed his paper. wheeled
| around to the gas, and 1t was nearly thirty
| six hours before he smiled again. Nevertho.
less no one else ever had dispute over cards.