The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-05-01
think this is good play, but it isn't.

think this is good play, but it isn't.
OTHER BURGLARS HAVE THROUGH
ALONG CoUK," OF MISERY,
acquired some horse at this game,
and know that that second lead of
club. sisuiti-s II short suit in your
hand, ANA p,rasantiy reasoning thai
you must have II long suit concealed
about Your person, determine to lay
for you. Which is it They will
find out. Your club j.. captured aud u
spasir is ied bacn III you. lua in,"W
utf YOU. lack o. tIlc ace, which also ga
theirs III tae ~taS ald queen. Then il
second spade, the six, i, led. 1oa cap
,uie wllll the ten. Now eight spades
are bn,icd. and only five are out, ot
which yol ll"th the tw" largest. You
know that on the next spade lead you
are bound to catch IL heart from some
r%qttian. $" you boldly come out with
the king of diamonds t. throw tliem
off Iii, scent. You get tour diamonds.
Then YOU lead the nine. The sinner
on the LETT gives you the five, his part
neI in crime favors you with the tour.
and thea? Why then the villain on
your right chuckles and makes you il
present IF Il fat cross-vycd king Of
hearts that makes your hair curl. You
see he happened, by ii run of the cards,
L. be IS sn".t of diamonds as you
Wy >onetimrSin Hrarts-ir is II pecu-
liarity of The game. Well, you have
lost your W lance of salvation, and
feel real devili>h. and your one object
il life i, to get somebody else in
tro t,,e. so Aou lead ont the deuce OF
he.,t>. H.. ha Somebody has got 10
take it. That is one of the unpleasant
features Of IL deuce. Now the real hu-
siness has begun, and everybody puts
Oh his thinking cap and immer-.s him
self in Il h'own stady. The highway
man on your right seems particularly
blue, at which, of course, you are Sc
cretly pleased, for vengeance is what
you are after. Well. the convict on
your Left, after combining owe his wits
"a while, surprises you by taking the
deuce with Il queen. The other pick
pocket throws off a ten with a sigh of
relief. and the murderer on your right
with a joyful whosp inserts a jack right
under it. You are foiled. Now the
brigand on your left, who was friendly
before, bears you a grudge, and pro-
ceeds to crafty it by leading a small
spade. His neighbor follows suit, and
then the ,icket-of-leave man on your
right adds new insult to his previous
injury by giving you another heart, for
you are bound to take the trick. Now
you are indeed mad. You reason that
the caids can't be exactly divided
around the table. so you leap for your
revenge bp firing tho six of hearts,
The man on your left gives you the
ltay, The next makes youa present Of
the tour, and the scaiawag on your
right, the very man you were after.
ready for Il strait jacket, and what is
worse, you don't see how you avoid
getting Il few more. You venture with
the deuce of diamonds. You got Il
heart in your last diamond trick, and
now some other friend willhaye to take
one. Will he? Your enemy Oh the left
takes it with the queen. his neighbo,
slides in the four, aud the man you
were gunninsfor, who has no diamonds.
gives him a club.
NOW o THE COUP DE GRACE.
The range: on your left, whom you an
%:agOnized some time ago, comes back
at you with the seven of hearts-the
lowest out. The man you We're attel
has none, and you are bound to take
the trick with your unguarded ace,
This completes the hand for all the
hearts are out: you have nine and pay
for them ; the %kidnapper on your lief
scowIs at you and pays tor four, ant
you have the satisfaction Of seeing til,
beetle proved architect of all your so