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A Friendly Game Of Checkers.

and settled himself for the evening,
,"f you win get the checker-board,
I'll play you game -you'r re learning
SO rapidly that it's really pleasure
to try quits with you ~ t's.z
Mrs. Spoopehdykc giggfed with de-
light, kissed her husband on top Of
the head, and tluttered away to find
the board and checkers. 20 t''' -
'A"Which shall I take, The white or
the red men?" size asked as she
pumped down in a rocker about a
foot and a half lower than his easy
chair. and arranged the apparatas at
an angle of fifty degrees. asii2isaA q
81 think yon misapprehend my sug-
|gestion,' retorteda Mr.. Spoopendyke.
81 didn't propose to go sliding down
hill at this season. My idea was q
game OF checkers, and if you think
those,men are going to stand around
on board tipped up on one end, and
wait to be moved, you're not thor
oughly acquainted with their habits.
There, can't you hold it like that?"
and Mr.. Spoopendyke jerked his
wife's side of the board up to her
chin and began arranging the white
checkers On his rows -s.. f.s:xf
."Maybe I'd better put book un-
der it, recommended Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke. cor, if you could lower your
knees a little, it would come even"
tiVery likely" replied Mr., ,Spoop-
endyke, "but my knees weren't con-
structed with especial regard to
checkers. They were put where they
are and fastened, and they won't run
up and down like flag. If you
can't hold up your side Of the board
we won't play ''''"i - ''
"Oh, yes; certainly" said Mrs.
fspoopendyke. isThink this is q game
Of base ball? Don't yon know you We
got to move cattercorned? Tain t
your move, anyway. Put that. back.
There. Now I'll move there"
"Oh! know you're going to
jump me, you always do, squealed
Mrs. Spoopendyke, picking up the
checker she had moved before and
putting it in her mouth while she
studied the prospect. s'If 1 put il
here youth s a "5p9s. s5i zua
s'' Swallow it, why don't tye! If ye
don't want it jumped, why don't ye
swallow it?'' interrogated Mr.. Spoop-
endyke. Cant ye leave the measly
thing alone till ye get ready to move:
Put it down, l tell ye.'''r..r fa -g:s
{, Mrs. Spoopendyke restored it to it,
square and kept her thumb on it SC
as not to lose her move. =, ?,
* "If Iput it there, can you jump?''
she asked, wiggling it around and
finally drawing her: hand away ir
jerks as if afraid to leave to it. '''
"Just watch and see," grinned
Mfr. Spoopendyke, as he popped |
man over it and gathered it in. 't''
CHOW I'll move here," said Mrs.
Spoopendyke. 81 don't know, though.
Perhaps I'd better move here. " And
she chased man over a half a dozer
squares. taafmes- 90 7-sss@ tFr a'otss
"Going to move in 'em all?" de
manded Mr.. Spoopendyke. s''Thinl
that mans triplets and goes in si1
places at once?l Move it there. Now
let me see. Let me see." And Mr.
Spoopendyke began to whistle. .'>i'
Mrs. Spoopendyke glanced around
to see that the pillow shams had moi
slid off, and then up at the curtains
to see if they hung right, and thel
she turned to- the boald again ant
shoyed a man into another square,
| 'sWhat We doingE, howled Mr.
Spoopendyke. = ''"'Tain't your move
I amt moved yet. Going to play
this thing all alone? Put him bacl
and wait till I move.''
! Mrs. Spoopendyke put it back witt
a sigh, and raised the board a littl'
to get a rest for her elbow ON he
knee. ..
4 'seHold it still, can't ye!" scowlet
/ Mr.. Spoopendyke. "What dye thinl
this thing IS, anyway, a washboard
| Well, it amt, and it amt a water
pitcher, either. It is checker-bo.
aud wants to be held level. Now II
move here" he continued, not no
!, ticlng that he had left his king 70,
/ open. - @5I D. rriH!,eg'p 5-s r =,
gssThen do I jump these two me
i and sget d king?"= inquired Mrs
Spoopendyke'w "of course I dc
Crown me. I've got the first king.
And Mrs. Spoopendpke chuckled hys
terically.s ls.tsslG yfie ,a7i5Gl2h %
!, ss'No you amt, either. / didn'
: mean that move. II you can't pla
|, checkers without. caekhng like a. her
you'd better give it up. III tax
that back and move here now Sc
INow you can move" = ....
Al ssOyer heres'', asked Mrs. Spool
t endyke. 80 81. ..y 5.sf q
Certainly That's very good.
And her husband gobbled two mel
81 didn't see that; I'd rather p'
i lit here" she demonstrated. ~ q.
8 "foo late now" said Mr.. Spool
g Iendyke, pegging away, for the kir
K frow. "You should study your NOV