The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-04-10
"; SIS 1T AIT pinochle--it's

doing the amaZement 'stail 10 periec-
ton. .Euchre-why, what have you
got the seven and eight spots in for if
it's euchreg
..Pretenoing that | believe his sur
prise is sincere, repeat the explana-
ton about the Joker having been dis
carded and lac other cards added to
compensate ior it. That appears to
shut the strangers up for the time be-
ing. and they sit looking on in silence
until the one who spoke before once
more inquiries with exquisite
POLISH OF MANNER.
Il beg your pardon again, but hare
you any objection to making the
game four handed =? 1t
might make it pleasanter and livelier.
My friend and 1 will play partners
if you like
81 hesitate for q moment, as if in
doubt about admitting the stranger,
and then say:
well. l guess there isn't any OBJ
lection We were just playing for fun,
and you might just as we'll enjoy The
fun, too, l suppose. We can't play
very long, because 1 have got to 60
as soon as some packages come for
me-"
1T is just at this point. my friend,
when the game is started as a four
hand racket. that the seven and Fights
are worked in beautifully on the
countryman, and the sharpers get ON
to the marked cardboard like streak
of lightning. It's my deal, you see.
and one of the newcomers cuts. and |
sling out the hands quickly and turn
up the seven of clubs for trumps. You
being the greenhorn in the game. p ok
up your cards one after the other, and
are lost 10 rapturous contemplation Of
this remarkable assortment !: l, right
bower : 2, left bower !; 3, eight spot
of trumps; 4, nine of diamonds 5.
ace of spades. 1t is the other fellows
first say, and he cody blurts out: Il
order that up and 60 i. alone That,
of course, gives you a chance to make
q hand of four trumps, two of them
the highest in the pack, backed by an
ace. 1t seems to be an invincible
hand, and you naturally are a little
staggered by the gall of the other fell
lows announcement but feeling Ger.
tain of winning, you give him as good
as ne sent, aud exclaim, with great
confidence, We'll, / GO it alone. too
and chime in neatly with something
classic about when Greek meets Greek.
Then throw down my hand and look
over your shoulder. am apparently
thunderstruck at what | see, and
casting a sympathizing eye at the sup
posed stranger, give him pretty strong
talk about his folly of running against
such a stack of cards.
stranger" | say. ''you must be
pretty strongly fixed to beat my pard
this time
Pooh ? contemptuously respond
ed nv confederate. "l'll bet you
Fifty dollars I'll enchre him-that's
just about the size of my hand. if you
want to know.
81 am quite overcome by this, but
recovering, exclaim Why. the fel-
lows clean over his head, Haysesd
He must be crazy /; take him up. I'll
20 halves, if you want to-
"The wager is closed with agreeable
promptness, for you think you have a
sure thing. But the mement the
moneys up the ether fellow proceeds
toknock the nice, little, picturesque,
sure thing higher than Virgins esti-
mate of his prophesies by planklng
down the ace of clubs. You smile
sereneIy as you rake it in with the
/ left bower. The ether fellow frowns
slightly. Tben he slaps down the
king of trumps trying to throw you
of by making believe he's nervous
about the result. You don't emile
quite SO serenely this time, for the
card draws out your right bower, and
presto your invincible hand is bro
ken all to smash. and the enemy walks
away with the rest by capturing your
eigbt-spot with the queen and your
seven-spot with the ten-spot. and fn-
ally breaks your heart, and maybe your
pocket.book, by sitting completely
down on your ace of spades with the
final trump-tbe nine of clubs"
The bunko man pulled away at
his cigar, az if e give the reporter
time to reflect UPON the tboroughness
with which the thing was done, and
then resumed:
ats all sleight of hand in
THE BUNKO BUSINESS,
almost, you see even the game they
played on the great ssthete with the
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