Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-17
A Very Quiet Game.

There are some folks who think
1t awful wicked for husband and
wife to sit down together of an
evening and play cards, while 9th.
ers 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, "does
any one pretend that my wife and
| can't play few games OF euchre
without disputing aud arguing and
getting mad over III Loafers can't,
perhaps, but We could play for q
thousand years and never have q
word-yes. We conld!'
The others shook their heads in
dubious way, and the nettled
Colonel walked straight to q sta.
toners and bought the incest pack
he could find. That evening, when
his wife was ready to ait down to
her fancy work, he produced the
cards and said:
"May, l was told to-day that you
aud l couldn't play cards without
disputipg and getting into a row.
Darling, draw up here.'
dearest, We will not have
word of dispute-not one" she re.
piled, as she put away her work.
The Colonel shuff1ed away and
dealt and turned up q heart.
81 order it up" abe observed, as
she looked over her cards.
81 was going to take 1t up any.
how growled the Colonel, as his
chin fell, all bis other cards
being black.
"Play TO that" she said, as she
put down the joker.
"Who ever heard Of anybody
leading ont in trumps!" be exclsim.
ed. "Why don't you lead out with
al ace!7
"Oh, can play this hand
"You can, ehi Well, III make it
the sickest play you ever saw! Ha!
took all the tricks, ehi Well, /
thought I'd encourage you a little.
Give me the cards-it's my deal"
"You dealt before!"
"No, didn't"
"Wby, yes you did! We have
only played Que haud.7
"Well, 60 ahead and deal all the
time if you want to! III make
two of 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, eh!' he shouted, as
she trumped it. "Refusing suit is
regular loater's trick! I'll keep
an eye on you! Yes, take it-and
that-and that-and all of 'emi It's
mighty queer where You got all
those trumps! Stocked the cards
on me, did your
snow, dear, I played as fair as
could be, and made two, and il
make one on your deal I'll skunk
you"
aid like to see ;ou make one on
my deal!r he pulled. "I'vc been
fooling along to encourage you, but
now lm going to beat you out Of
sight. Diamonds are trumps.'
She passed and he took it up OH
two small trumps. He took the
first trick, she the next two, he tho
fourth, and when be put out his
last trump she had the joker.
"Skunked! skunked!' she ex-
claimed, as she clapped he- hands
in glee.
"You didn't follow suit.'
sob, yes / did,
81 know better! You refused
spades."
"But ! hadn't any"
"You hadn't, chi Why didn't you
have any' never saw hand yet
without at least one spade in it!7
"Wby, husband, ! know how to
play cards."
"And don't II Wasn't | playing
euchre when you were learning to
walk! l say you stocked the cards
on me!'
"No, l didn't! you arc a poor
player; you don't know how to lead!'
w-I--why, maybe I'm a
fool, and maybe don't know any
thing, and 30 you can play alone
and have all trumps every timer
He pushed back, grabbed his pa
per, wheeled around to the gas, aud